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Thread: Strategy in Company of Heroes 25 Feb 2014, 18:54 PM I think there are really worrying signs here in regards to COH2's lifespan. Its almost as if we're seeing attempts at "shocking" the game back to life to kick start a heart beat. Initially you saw the "bargain hunter" effect - i.e. something was previously priced high - $59.99 - and now its ON SALE!! An influx on people jumped when they saw you could get a $59.99 game for $12!! Then they played it.....and then we saw the numbers return to "pre-sale" figures. Then we see the price cut to $39.99....numbers tread water. Then we had a FREE weekend! Numbers spike. Then they played it. And now look at the numbers playing today. The defense of "well numbers are significantly higher than vCOH at this stage" just simply don't hold water when COH2 has vCOH's NAME and SUCCESS to trade on. In: Lobby
Thread: SNF Tiger Ace news31 Jan 2014, 16:47 PM Given the strength of the overall "Commander" - G43's, Smoke and Insta Vet - they should just make the Tiger Ace a regular Tiger call in with NO gimmicky options (to both the Tank AND the resource income). That way if you WANT that triple Vet Tiger - you have to spend more to do it. Have the Tiger cost the same as the Commanders and be done with it. Even WITH this change I still think this is the strongest Commander going. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SNF / Halftrack29 Jan 2014, 18:35 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2014, 11:21 AMcomputerheat +1. Didn't Peter say something in one of the games to the effect of "Why doesn't the Soviet player get a Katyusha?" I actually thought Barton was going to get a howitzer, instead of the KV-1, in his Kholodny game as Soviets and use that to start blasting the defensive blob. Changing the behavior of the FHT seems like something that should be quite low down on the priorities list for balance changes. They need to leave it as is. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SNF Tiger Ace news27 Jan 2014, 20:25 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Jan 2014, 20:00 PMKatitof That is because CoHo was full of OP imbalanced crap with pay to win while CoH2 aims at balanced game with DLC commanders adding new things, not better things. Well considering one was Free 2 Play and the other slugged for you for $100 for a Collectors Edition at launch and then continues to hit you for $4 every few months to give you "features" that were available as standard play options in COH.... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SNF Tiger Ace news27 Jan 2014, 18:54 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Jan 2014, 18:50 PMVonMecha Well you are asking the wrong person, because I find coh2 boring as fu#@. Coho online had so many ridiculous op strats/abilities/units but it was loads of fun and most op things could be balanced out in the meta due to having so many options to craft your army. Coh2 has barely any real options and anything deemed to be op, or even moderately too good gets the balls cut off it. This seems double for the German side as german units tend to get nerfed into uselessness, then only after an uproar gets buffed to mediocrity. If the "Battle Servers" that were discussed are also proposed for COH - thus returning to pre Steam status - I think all the issues many have with COH2 will go away as simply we won't be forced to play COH2 if we want a game of Company of Heroes. I'm sure if that happens though the statistics of play for COH2 are going to really drop off - so I'm not holding my breath. I always like the default line they use of "Well at this stage of life of the game - COH2 is significantly ahead of COH1..." - well that's because COH broke the ground that COH2 is now treading - if COH2 was a stand alone title ....I'd sure hate to see how low the numbers would be. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SNF Tiger Ace news27 Jan 2014, 18:48 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Jan 2014, 18:42 PMAerohank You would rather have OP P2W commanders and uber units that can swing around games and give undeserved wins? I think we'd all rather the way Doctrines were in COH rather than the cash cow DLC route that COH2 has chosen to pursue. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SNF Tiger Ace news27 Jan 2014, 18:04 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Jan 2014, 17:55 PMOmega_Warrior I rather unit be nerfed to to an underpowered state and then buffed till it's effective rather then having an blatently overpowered unit. Underpowered units don't ruin games. Oh I feel your pain as I like to play both factions and dread seeing that Commander as you know it's going to come, but as far as OP DLC was concerned that was arguably the best going - G43's, Insta Vet and then the god mode Tiger - I've never lost a game when I used that DLC for that weekend, even managed to turn a 300-20 VP match around and hold out thanks to that one unit. Its the epitome of OP. Granted the next round of DLC will be equally troublesome I'm assuming.... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SNF Tiger Ace news27 Jan 2014, 17:41 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Jan 2014, 17:34 PMAurgelwulf Nerfing way too hard on this. I don't even think its going to be worth it as an Axis player anymore. Well that's the point isn't it? I'm sure there is a new DLC in the wings that'll be the next OP must have - all for the bargain price of $3.99. Its as sure as sun rises and sets - one OP DLC is released and then nerfed as the next OP DLC is released....Just like how many Soviet Industry Commanders do you see being used these days? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How was your free weekend?20 Jan 2014, 18:48 PM I have to say the lack of the old style COH game lobby was very difficult if you planned on multiplayer - I had to drop on several games when it was obvious the team was consisting of players working out what to do etc. Lag seemed to be increasingly worse also. In: Lobby
Thread: Free weekend!!!20 Jan 2014, 05:06 AM Can't wait to see all the "Oh - so I have to pay ANOTHER $3.99 to do THAT??" posts from those who played and then purchased on the free weekend... Brace yourselves...LOL In: Lobby