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Thread: Here's your f-ing Tiger Relic (replay)20 Nov 2013, 02:32 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Nov 2013, 16:34 PMGreeb That's the next soviet commander. Unlimited T34 Works Link your credit card to your CoH2 profile and each time you click the ability, you can call-in T34s paying real-life resources. The definitive counter to Tiger Ace!!! That's historically plausible in a somewhat contorted sense though. Be careful with such suggestions. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Relic, I have a question.20 Nov 2013, 02:27 AM The flaw is that its strengths aren't designed properly. The strengths of the Tiger Ace come at a trade-off. A very poorly designed, tested, and implemented one, but a trade-off nonetheless. I imagine that it was designed without taking into account the actual state of the game, which is already extremely strained concerning resource management and unit balance. If the Tiger Ace shut off only manpower income, but the doctrine also came with an ability akin to Manpower blitz(vCoH doctrine ability where munitions would be spent to give a sudden boost to manpower.) THEN the Tiger Ace's trade off would make more sense, as map control would still remain an important component of the game. Currently it's really just a freebie for any match that is a lost cause. Blunder in the first five minutes? Pick the TA commander and delay the game. Also, even if the strategy for beating the Tiger Ace is to wait it out until the german player is out of resources, the strategy for winning with the Tiger Ace appears to be... waiting it out until enough CPs tick in. Beat waiting it out with waiting it out. FUN. I love waiting. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Anti-Air disparities20 Nov 2013, 02:10 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Aug 2013, 05:14 AMpqumsieh You would be very lucky to take down a plane with a pintle. The chance per shot is <1% I believe. The Ostwind has a 17% chance, although I would have to double check that number to confirm. The Ostwind has slightly better AA than the Quad, they both should take down planes at a reasonable rate to one another in either event. It should be that way or it is that way? There's a big difference there. Tiny bugs make huge differences: a shifted decimal turns 17% into 1.7 or more specifically to the franchise, a 6.5% accidentally becomes 65%. (Hellcat pintle mgs accuracy v snipers in vCoH, IIRC.) Also, even if there's a small margin that a pintle mg can shoot down a plane, don't they all shoot at a very high rate? Just how many times is that check taken in a single MG burst? **edit Did not realize this was a necro'd thread from August. My point is probably undermined as a result. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Radical: Get rid of 'turret top gunners'19 Nov 2013, 01:08 AM It'd be pretty neat if a tank could still be upgraded with a top gunner, but it had to then be crewed by an infantry squad member. Hence, a top gunner could then stand to be much more vulnerable and flimsy. I always found it silly when you'd have to repair a tank with a gunner killed to replace the gunner. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Flames18 Nov 2013, 03:01 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Nov 2013, 01:44 AMWiFiDi the whole flamer system is based on crits... my point is that you are saying to take away the thing that makes them useful. be interesting if the German flamethrower was better than the soviet one is. to compensate for the squad sizes. I always felt that the utility of flames were that they generally worked in the opposite fashion for cover as small arms. Fire counters buildings and cover. It is less effective in the open and in red cover. The crits they score are another thing entirely, not to mention fire doesn't apparently receive a reduction versus retreating units. (Or maybe that's just the criticals talking.) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Worldbuilder just crashes instead of starting up.16 Nov 2013, 05:23 AM A complete format and fresh install of Windows, Worldbuilder launched. I made a map, placed locations, calculated voronoi for territories, and it saved correctly. A bit of an overkill measure, but I'm glad it's solved in my case. Hopefully a fix will be found that can save people this trouble. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: 7 muni Anti Personnel mine15 Nov 2013, 19:15 PM I'm not sure what you're fishing to troll for. These mini mines introduce a novel way of placing mines that can minimize or maximize their effects to a much higher degree than any other mine in the game. This kind of minmaxing of abilities and units (Take the new Tiger Ace for example) make the game increasingly hard to balance as the numerical values of units and abilities are stretched to their thresholds. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How Coh2 sold out - and what to do about it15 Nov 2013, 19:00 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Nov 2013, 18:22 PMVonIvan Because certain aspects of the game are fixed over time and with patience, it may be unfortunate that this has happened again, but patch fixes do come shortly after criticism is shown in a constructive manner. I know this would rather be avoided, but this isn't a perfect world. (Which is why I'm currently trying to prove a point with my streak) You know, I get that, but this isn't a beta test, nor is it an MMO with monthly subscriptions that propels ongoing development. It's a boxed, released game costing a base $60. How much patience after 'release' are people expected to have for fixes? Especially if it is a recurring trend? Honestly, I would probably pay a $1 a month paid subscription to COH2 to support ongoing development for the multiplayer game and its community being realized in the form of patches, official tournaments, etc. Maybe not at this point as I'm unsure of how CoH2 can currently be reconciled with its last two releases, but I'm very willing to be convinced otherwise. (The fact that such a method would allow for improvements to be added to the core game, rather than through a commander threshhold alone is enough to convince me.) But I'm not going to spend a dime on releases that perpetuate an ongoing Beta-test of a multiplayer game. Not to mention the reality that I'm denied an enjoyable multiplayer experience in the meantime. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 7 muni Anti Personnel mine15 Nov 2013, 18:44 PM 7 Muni mines, when laid correctly, are extremely powerful and are overwhelming, especially compared to the functionality of other mines. But, they can also be completely useless when used wrong. A map with a lot of choke points will make those mines easier to use, a wide open one will make them less potentially powerful. Adjusting and readjusting the stats of the individual mines is only one aspect of looking at these. Their overall function is rather special (A string line can be made, instead of a generic field, etc) which is EVERYTHING that is important to balancing these mines. It's not just the stats, it is the function. Perhaps my point was wasted in trying to make a point about how this affects the greater game, and it's a trend that runs rather deep in CoH2. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Defensive tactics: Tanktraps, trenches, and mines15 Nov 2013, 18:36 PM Memorize the default pathing units take to capture certain points. Lay mines. Chokepoints. On the flanks of an ATG, an assault gun, or a stationary unit. In: COH2 Gameplay