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Thread: Strafe from germans is ridiculous2 Jul 2013, 16:28 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Jul 2013, 15:45 PMrofltehcat Bridgehead is actually quite nice. Most other commanders need a rework though imo. I actually use Spearhead, while my teammate uses Assault. Opel Blitz trucks give too many munitions, so we have all sorts of stuff flying around all the time and coming down on the enemy. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Strafe from germans is ridiculous2 Jul 2013, 03:07 AM It happens. I play a lot of 2v2, and me and my teammate spam the hell out of recon planes. Not once have we ever witnessed a single downed plane crash on either us or the enemy... yet. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: List of infantry weapons by DPS2 Jul 2013, 03:03 AM Excellent work. If its not too much too ask, could you update it with the near values as well (check out the difference for shock troops with rifles!). Also, could you include Combat Engineers without flamethrowers? In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Weird bulletin1 Jul 2013, 21:36 PM I think they went overboard with the Bulletins. I still insist that bulletins should have very good values that DO affect the way you play, but for every advantage, you should get a disadvantage. So maybe infantry can do 20% more damage, but but takes 1.5 more population (and thus upkeep).Maybe MG's come at vet 1, but take 50% more time to set up, and reload than usual. Heck, you can even go for big game changers: conscripts get smoke grenades, instead of AT grenades. Grenadiers lose fausts but gain the ability to plant mines. Stuff like that... In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Pez1 Jul 2013, 21:29 PM He is proof that beer hydrates better than water. In: Reborn
Thread: Weird bulletin1 Jul 2013, 17:47 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jul 2013, 16:55 PMShazz Not to completely shat all over your idea, but... </pants> Reducing call-in time doesn't help at all unless you are massively floating resources. At 480MP a pop you would need to have almost 900MP in the bank for it to be possible to call in a second thing as soon as the cooldown expired. I would recommend picking cards that don't rely on poor resource management but that will help support your game style. Well, my job here is done. <pants> No single bulletin will impact your gameplay performance. AT ALL. It might one day give you that extra 2% to kill one dude faster, but it won't give you a winning formula. Ever. Not with those percentages. I've seen the "Ultimate" Bulletins, which merge the benefits from two bulletins into one (freeing up a slot). Even if you could stack these, with the original ones to stack say, a 4% damage with another 4% damage, it is still very small. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Smart positioning, strategic thinking and situational awareness of the battlefield will get you victories more often than any bulletin or APM possible right now. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Weird bulletin1 Jul 2013, 16:24 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jul 2013, 16:09 PMtheoldive Yeah I know, but anything which helps me is good and if i have to choose between bulleting i`d rather choose that one which support my game style Well said In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: 2v2 Help1 Jul 2013, 15:50 PM No problem, hope it helps you. I'm sure there's other, more advanced strategies other people use especially depending on maps and team synergy. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Strafe from germans is ridiculous1 Jul 2013, 15:49 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jul 2013, 06:18 AMMarxist Except that doesn't fix its brokeness. It would still be better than any Soviet strike even with increased cost. Radius and duration are too long. It's too good at killing infantry despite the fact that it pins everything, including retreating units. I've had entire Guard squads killed by Strafe after retreating. Seen 6 man Zis guns decrewed since you can't actually get out of the radius fast enough. Not to mention, a blob of PGrens can just waltz right in strafe radius and clean up everything while the Soviets are helplessly pinned. At 3cp, the cost is about right. The ability itself just needs to be nerfed into the ground to be balanced properly. All true. Thinking about it, it could pass 3 times and deal low to moderate damage depending on blobbiness, and only in the designated area or perhaps sector. It is, after all 120 munitions. Why the damage? Compare a balanced strafing run (that deals no damage, only suppression), to Fear Propaganda. Not sure how much it is, but back in vCoH, propaganda war was 100 muns: a guaranteed retreat. That's a guaranteed engagement win. Supression is a guaranteed engagement only if you have troops killing the supressed units or if it bought you long enough time (3 runs) to bring troops there, for 120 munitions. so it should balance itself. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Shouldn't the T-34 be stronger than the Panzer IV?1 Jul 2013, 15:37 PM History: T34 caught Germans by surprise with ONE real feature: sloped armor. After that, for every technological superiority the Russians brought to the tank war, the Germans had a superior one to raise, except the IS-3 that doesn't count. Paper statistics means nothing in war. The soldier makes the rifle useful, not the other way around. Game: We cant keep using units how we expect them to be. The T34 has a very good role if you bring it soon enough, but I agree it needs a tiny boost in some areas (perhaps a slightly lower fuel cost). That's the problem with an "authentic" RTS set in a historical period. Everyone starts saying the unit in real life had different this and that. That's like saying Queens in history did not murder every other piece in the battlefield, but they do in Chess. Its. A. Game. In: Red Army Strategies