Profile of Doomlord52

Counterplay to T-34 ram is just screening your tanks, and that'd be even easier if it were a vet ability since you'd be completely aware of the danger.

No, it's not. Firstly, on a lot of maps, this isn't possible. Any corners that offer sight blocking mean that you can't screen. Secondly, that's not how 'counter-play' works.

Counter-play works in this order:
#1. Oppenent does something
#2. you have the oppertunity to prevent it
#3. Something ether happens or doesn't, based on #2

Every single (balanced) unit and ability in the game follows this pattern, because it's good game design. Ram+Off map, and a few other abilities, are fundamentally over-powered because they flip the order in which #1 and #2 occur.

In general, "1-click" counters need to be removed. Ram+Off map, like any other "1-click" combo, is OP by any definition; once clicked, there's no counter. The targeted vehicle will take massive amounts of damage - often enough to destroy a 720mp/260f/15 point vehicle.

Anything that powerful needs to have counter-play available AFTER the attacker has "clicked". In most situations, powerful abilities/combos like this have counter-play options - this is one of the few exceptions. The problem is, it's the combination of two abilities that makes it so devastating; so we're left in a situation where one needs to be nerfed a disproportionate amount in relation to its individual power.

My preference would be a ram nerf, as the off-map is currently in-line with similar abilities. Ram should likely be adjusted to have either much less range, be a "skill-shot" (i.e. straight line), or (as suggested by Stormjager) have different effects based on the targets remaining HP.

why remove something from that game that hasnt been a problem since nearly 5 years?

The game has been changed and improved over the years, so the bar for 'balance' or 'quality' has risen. What was once acceptable isn't anymore. Ram+Off map was likely always OP, it just wasn't as OP as other things at the time, so it wasn't discussed that much.

Furthermore, Stormjager's suggestion doesn't remove stun - it just changes it so that the target vehicle needs to be damage first. Ramming a 50%hp vehicle, for example, would behave exactly as it does now.

So let's recap on what cancer will still be in the game after the patch goes through with no more changes.

• Pack howitzers will still be braindead wipe guns.
  
• There's zero punishment for laying your mid and back lines with bunkers with excess resources even though only 2 (3 doctrinal) get no pop bunkers.
  
• Falls have basically no counter with brits except MAYBE commandos. Other than that you cannot fight them with an infantry unit.
  
• The KT is still a laughing stock.
  
• Panther vet is still outdated and has little to no meaning outside of its active abilities against super TDs. Its mobility means little when it can't hit the broad side of a barn while moving.
  
• G43 moving accuracy promotes blobbing and has little to no downsides.
  
• The jackson will still terrorize anything made of armor.
  
• Scotts still require 3 hits and have skill smoke.
  
• Skill tactician still untouched.
  

I'm sure there's more I just can't think of it currently besides snipers OP. And please compare the brummbar to the 105 howitzer sherman bulldozer. Dozer sherman >>>> brummbar.

I somewhat disagree with the UKF/Falls thing; without a faust, falls can be countered by the UC or fast AEC fairly early on.

Regardless, I'd also add:

• OST still extremely vulnerable to fast LVs
  
• OKW/UKF recon flares
  
• Sturmpios still overloaded with jobs, but also unable to build SBs
  
• UKF still missing basic tools (non-doc normal mortar, etc.).
  
• Commander balance (notably USF/OKW essentially using only 2 each)

It's a good patch (and I appreciate the work the team has done), but it feels like "part 1 of 2" considering the current state of things. Hopefully we'll get a patch addressing the above issues sooner than later; the meta is getting pretty stale, imo.

Reminder that in CoH, ranked = quickplay.

I'm not as informed on CS, but i don't think there's such a penalty on non ranked games.

Sort of?

While there isn't a penalty for leaving (or dropping) from a CS-casual match, those casual matches run on very different rule sets. If you want the "true CS experience" (5v5, no starting armor, etc.) you need to play ranked, which has those cooldowns.

While it's true that ranked and quickplay are the same in CoH2 (which is a mistake, imo), a match-making "cooldown" shouldn't prevent you from playing custom games.

• TDs are extremely viable against heavies and mediums at the same time
  
• Mediums are made obsolete by late-game TDs
  
• OST (and OKW, somewhat) rely on vehicle-based AI to stay relevant late-game
  
• Since mediums can't survive late-game, the only option is heavies (better investment)
  
• Constant 'heavy spam' forces allies to TD spam (or get their own heavies)
  
• OST/OKW now forced into heavies since TDs will always be present, invalidating mediums
  

I don't say this lightly, but the only solution to the current "60 TD Meta" is literally a rework of every tank in the game. We're currently stuck in a situation where either "60 TDs" are the obvious pick in every situation, or they're nerfed to the point where the game is unplayable. This needs to be fixed; and the only way to do this is by completely reworking how every vehicles relates to each other.

Rework the current set of TDs, then nerf heavies down to acceptable levels. Then mediums will be viable again, meaning different builds/metas can actually show up. TDs need to good against either] mediums OR heavies; not both. This would allow some actual counter-play.