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Thread: [DBP] Firestorm Doctrine feedback thread3 Dec 2017, 17:53 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Dec 2017, 13:39 PMMr.Smith Volksgrenadier MP40 upgrade The intent of this change is to allow players to designate support squads that will help a player advance their squads. Volksgrenadiers trade their powerful MP44 upgrade in order to gain smoke and a normal grenade. Objectively I find this to be an odd choice for firestorm. If anything it should be in this doctrine that they GAIN incendiary nades, not LOSE them. Thematically it just doesn't make sense. And you know what my opinion concerning volks MP40s and normal grenades is by now... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Statdtschutt2 Dec 2017, 22:43 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Dec 2017, 15:06 PMblvckdream This map is going to be pure arty cancer every single mid- to lategame. Same as all the other maps that have this layout. (especially Hamlet). The map is good but why make the bases so close to each other? This was a decision I struggled with throughout the development of the map. At first the bases were in the far corners, but this made the map feel absolutely huge. Furthermore it skewed the balance between factions with FRPs and those without. Because I had focused on the map being so wide, I kept having to move the bases closer towards the center to strike as best a balance as I could. The final version does have an invisible shotblocking wall in the bases perimeter through the south base's forest grove and top base's building row. This was mostly to balance how the buildings in the north already absorb a great deal of rocket artillery and onmap artillery shells. The trees could be easily shot through. It is my hope that this might sufficiently reduce the effectiveness of that artillery spam on base sectors. I did make a conscious effort to provide strong (and sneaky) flanking opportunities to reduce the safety of artillery units as much as possible to counteract this problem as well. In my opinion this is the largest factor that validates the bases being so close together. It's only cancer if you can't even get to those artillery units. I appreciate the concern, though. I tried to address as much as possible with the (lack of) feedback I received through the course of development and the contest. I hope it holds up. In: Map Contest 2017
Thread: December Balance Preview2 Dec 2017, 00:49 AM ...Really going to implement MP40 volks as a doctrinal upgrade in *feuerstorm?* NotLikeThis In: Lobby
Thread: CoH3: Scenario/front - VOTE NOW!!!!30 Nov 2017, 22:00 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2017, 20:49 PMDonnieChan hf with your panzer 2s and crusaders then i think maybe 10% knows there were no fancy panthers in africa Armor and penetration mechanics aren't exactly theatre specific. In: Lobby
Thread: Can we get a USF thread for DBP the faction is falling flat30 Nov 2017, 01:20 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2017, 00:54 AMLoopDloop Huh that's pretty interesting. Did you have it set up more as a linear teching system where you are supposed to (or have to) tech both lt and capt? Because I would much rather have that system then the stupid non linear, pick one unless you're going armor for callin cheese crap (especially the way their tiers are set up) I had to load a few games with different tuning packs to finally remember. There was an 'Officer Corp' upgrade that allowed you to call in officers. I had essentially extracted the officers from tech and made them their own "T1" of sorts to support riflemen. At the time I had the 50 cal in T0 and had given USF a t0 mortar that was essentially the soviet t2 mortar. (I made it pre-USF mortar implementation.) My intention at the time was for the officers to attach to team weapons for unique abilities, but never finished. I'd given USF a lot of doctrinal units as stock units. For example M1 Sherman and M10 were stock with Major (who was unchanged), but then USF could tech further, afterwards, and unlock Easy 8s and Jacksons. It was a different time. I think if I were making another balance suggestion mod (I've made more than a few) I would just change the officers to the 1man system and not mess with any teching to isolate the impact of the changes. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Can we get a USF thread for DBP the faction is falling flat30 Nov 2017, 00:49 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2017, 00:41 AMLoopDloop That would actually be really cool. I miss muh six man rifle squads from vcoh. Also, the officers kinda just force you into really infantry heavy play when coupled with the fact that usf has literally no viable alternatives to a 3-4 rifle opening. One of my test/balance mods still has that functionality... I may try and extract that into a contained single purpose tuning pack if people want to play around with how it works. I think in my mod I decided on up to 3 LTs and 1 captain possible, and the LTs gave AT nades and Captain gave smoke nades. It was definitely unpolished, but at that time I was trying to make it so mortars, ATGs, and MGs all got unique abilities depending of if (and which) officer was attached. I think the LT was only 20 fuel. Both Captain and LT were 100mp. I could get the abilities to transfer IIRC, but hadn't started trying to get the vet to change. (They all retained riflemen vet, so no vet3 sprinting in that scenario.) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Fields of Winnekendonk30 Nov 2017, 00:37 AM I always kind of liked that the "X" sectors also cut off the sectors behind the forest grove. IMO the more cutoffs the better. That said though, since cutoff points are resource points themselves the difference of one more or less standard points being cut off is rather negligible. Those points near the base seemed particularly hard to get to as well as being prime FHQ sectors for at least OKW trucks. However, so long as the "#2" sector and its counterpart remain cutoffs I think the sector shift is just fine. So, essentially, all changes you've made seem for the better. In: Map Contest 2017
Thread: Okw smoke in 1v129 Nov 2017, 22:11 PM Like I said in 2015... Normal grenade for volks. Volks upgrade exchange normal nade for incendiary, and all rifles for smgs. Sturms get smoke nade, with 1 tech truck, no schrecks. Obers get schrecks. I think this is more appropriate than ever considering DBP changes to OKW infantry. /2015 In: COH2 Balance
Thread: December Balance Preview29 Nov 2017, 21:59 PM It is also worth pointing out that atgs, and other team weapons, are objects in their own right with health and armor values. Scatter shots have a chance to "miss" but still hit a target. When the team weapon itself absorbs the shot, the crew (may) not take any damage. This depends on aoe and such, but it is entirely independent of cover. Also, especially concerning the raketenwerfer, when the team weapon is killed, and raketens are easy to kill, the whole crew dies. It is good to note when a raketens gets wiped if there's still a gun leftover. In: Lobby
Thread: Can we get a USF thread for DBP the faction is falling flat29 Nov 2017, 15:24 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Nov 2017, 13:16 PMAngrade (Ægion) When it comes to USF early game it performs too well vs Ostheer. They added the mortar to counter the MG 42 The mg42 was made t0 because USF officer squads overran Ostheer. The design flaw of officer squads in USF has caused a chain reaction of imbalanced changes. It remains a moving target. In: COH2 Balance