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"That's kind of always been the point hasn't it? German armor was more powerful back then, and has always been powerful late game, just like in COH 1."

Why do people insist on bringing up historical issues when this issue is brought up? Sure the German units, on paper, were bad-ass. But in reality they also suffered from breakdowns, they were built in vastly smaller quantities, they were notoriously short of fuel, and the ammunition they used, built in occupied factories by slave labor, was prone to being duds. None of that is modeled in the game. Because it isn't historical.

The Germans in total built about 35,000-40,000 tanks, including 10,000 StuGs and 6,000 P3s. Compare that to 50,000 shermans, 6,000 m10s, 2,600 M18s, 1,500 M36s (M18 with 90mm gun)

Below is Soviet tank production through the war:
Light tanks 14,508
T-34 35,119
T-34-85 29,430
KV and KV-85 4,581
IS 3,854
SU-76 12,671
SU-85 2,050
SU-100 1,675
SU-122 1,148
SU-152 4,779

Add another 20,000+ British tanks.

Historically... do you want to field 1 tank in the game for every 5 tanks the U.S. and Soviets have? Do you want it to then misfire or break down while you are advancing?

Let's stick to game balance.

blitzkreig vet 0 for su-85s

Do people even read the OP? This is about CoH1. Mostly some of us I guess just dreaming of what-could-have-been. Or hoping some game developer reads this and makes a newer and better game. (Also a dream.)

My problem is less with the ability on a Schwimm than with the ability to break the VP in general. Messing with the VPs, with the fundamental point system of the game, is as close to an "I win" button as I can fathom. Particularly in that it takes 1 second to apply and 40+ to fix. If it is deemed fundamental to the game then make it take more time, or cost a lot.

To be honest, i think US and Wehr are balanced pretty good.. Just the Brits and Panzer Elite have some balance problems..
Else the game is perfect for ME Just saying for ME, because im pretty noob..
For example, making 1 lieutenant should be the maximum (for the Brits).

Hi Satfkeh,

I don't have a problem with the Lt.s. They are expensive for such fragile units and without them Brit infantry is pretty lame. Sure the Infantry Sections are tough, but they are also EXPENSIVE to both build and reinforce. And slow to reinforce. And if you have played Brit you know that Lt.s are much harder to keep alive than snipers.

Brits might be OP, but they are hard to play. All those abilities means a lot of micro and a lot of remembering which buttons to push.

In general it is a hard thing to create factions that play fundamentally differently from US and Wehr (and each other) and still be balanced against all the others.

I have some issues with PE, few of them major. I think Scorched Earth is F-d. One should not be able to easily, cheaply, and quickly break VPs, especially not with a fast moving unit that is impervious to mines. That just breaks the game. Maybe strat/resource points, but not VPs.

I think Panther Battle Groups should be limited to a 1 PBG call in at a time. Sure they are expensive to tech up to, but at 1200 mp they are ridiculously worthwhile afterwards. At PE income levels that means 4 min for each PG as compared to 3 mins to a single US Pershing. Or compare each of those additional 1200 mp to the 1260mo/270 fuel (4.5 min for the mp, 6-9 min for the fuel) you would need for 3 Shermans (which would you rather have?). Vet them with defensive and they are just beasts; tanks that are better than a US tank in every way and can be made even better with vet. And eventually you don't need fuel to buy them.

I am not sure yet how I feel about the Bergetiger. Couple with PBGs and it is no wonder you face a sea of Panthers in multi-player.

Blitz doesn't really have artillery either (Stuh does not count). You should have to make choices when selecting a doctrine. Not every doctrine should have artillery in my opinion. Two of the PE doctrines don't have artillery either. Henschells and butterfly bombs are not artillery pieces.

I like a good amount of the things posted above.

What I would like to have seen though, was 4 man airborne squads (similar to single player) where you could select either thompsons or recoiless rifles.

I would fix the British Stags (lower their armor and adjust mg on them).

Hetzer veterancy requirements need to be lowered.

I would like the ability to have the Tiger Ace or King Tiger call in.

I would reduce the detection radius just slightly on British Recon squads while moving.

I would make Cromwell Command Tank Bonuses slightly more effective.

I would buff all three Churchills slightly. I don't know how without making them too powerful but they are laughable at the moment.

Piats need a slight damage nerf.

First of all, Wehr have non-doctrinal artillery in the form of Nebels and Stuka, something Americans don't have. They may not be cannons, but they are most certainly artillery. And StuH's absolutely qualify as artillery. They can shoot over things and they blow things up real good! Their range is limited but they are mobile. Compare that to Americans who HAVE to use doctrinal ability to obtain artillery. The only one that doesn't cost munitions to use is the 105mm. AB were supposed to have a powerful off-map int he bombing run but since it is so nerfed they have only mortars and satchel charges (very limited range and cost 75 munitions).

One option to the buff the British armor imight be to give the Cromwell a Comet "upgrade" you can buy. The Comet was a better tank with a true ability to take on German armor. It was in service in some numbers by Dec. 1944 but never saw any major tank engagements (there weren't many German tanks left on the Western Front after Jan. 1945.