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Thread: Free weekend!!!16 Jan 2014, 18:41 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jan 2014, 18:29 PMVulvaBoy Was wondering how come i have all the commanders http://blogs.companyofheroes.com/2014/01/16/company-of-heroes-2-steam-free-weekend/ NICE Well - it was only a matter of time. I guess the steamcharts numbers are really showing that even lowering the price to $10 wasn't enough - there was a short bump in player numbers but 2 weeks later they're back to the normal 4k baseline. Really wish they'd just fix COH to it's original pre Steam state at this rate. In: Lobby
Thread: Strategy in Company of Heroes 215 Jan 2014, 18:27 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2014, 18:25 PMKnoxxx To supplement the loss of money from making commanders free, relic could add infantry skins. There are a ton of vehicle skins available but no infantry skin. I have bought vehicle skins and I would gladly purchase infantry skins. Apparently that's how it was meant to be at the start..... I still don't know why this DLC model is required to be perfectly frank - larger expansions like OF and TV were priced at or near the price of the original game and yet there was no uproar at their release and I believe that was $$ that was going to cost of maintaining the game also. In: Lobby
Thread: Strategy in Company of Heroes 215 Jan 2014, 18:25 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Jan 2014, 18:15 PMCieZ I would assume that adding more units to the base game would be possible. They can add new units via commanders so I don't really see why they couldn't add more units to each faction - if they wanted to. I think one thing that would really help out and possibly attract the attention of a lot of people that used to play, but quit, would be a big commander overhaul focusing on the commanders that come with the base game. I'm sure everyone has seen the massive thread about commander overlap being a problem so I'm not going to rehash any of that... but I do have to admit that most of the basic commanders aren't very intriguing, at least on the German side of things. They also tend to have little impact on how the game is played. Not sure if redoing those commanders would be possible/considered by Relic but as I've said in this thread... we already have a LOT of commanders. Continuing to add more and more will eventually prove to be more of a problem than a solution. Nail on the head there in regards to the initial commanders. It was seriously like "Does it even matter?" which commander you selected as the game essentially played out the same irrespective of choice - which was a big criticism at that time. Then the next round of "Pay to Play" commanders showed up...and now you have the conundrum we're in now. Original commanders were too dull and non impacting of game play - then you had the pay-wall commanders that offered a lot more variety (and I use that word loosely as most would say OP) yet you had to PAY even more to use them, no if, buts or maybes. Inverse is great to watch and his opinion is smack on. Even the option of making commanders "earn-able" won't help the significant other problems this game faces - but it's at least a start. In: Lobby
Thread: Strategy in Company of Heroes 215 Jan 2014, 17:50 PM I think a real issue here is that Relic have identified they over simplified/pared down too much COH2 from COH in regards to content and options - such as the lack of tank traps etc. While its good that they acknowledged this error - the problem is the way their reinstating what should have been core - as it was in COH - they're simply "band-aiding" now by "supplemental" commanders. Thus the code is there in the game now - why must the player select a poor choice commander that implements what should have been a common ability available to the player regardless of commander? As it stands - it either looks like they're out of fresh ideas or are a cash grab. I.e. repair bunkers - a non doctrinal baseline ability in COH - is now a PAY MORE IF YOU WANT TO USE IT choice? Forward HQ's? Yep - DLC. Tank Traps? "Free" DLC Soviet MG nests - a "new" DLC is waiting in the wings. Etc....etc. So we're essentially being repackaged COH in $3.99 pieces - there's no ingenuity here or ground breaking "new" items - its the same COH - just now if you want basic choices - you're paying for that "privilege". The unfortunate part of COH2's ingenuity is "cold tech" - which many go out of their way to avoid by map veto oddly enough. This - along with the relatively dull game play AND the fact that many coughed up a lot of money initially to play the game - it just makes for a sour experience. In: Lobby
Thread: Relic is updating VCoH8 Dec 2013, 02:10 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Dec 2013, 01:57 AM12ocky Tbh, Max graphics settings on COH are probably better than on COH2 and you don't even need a beastly computer for it anymore. AoE2 HD (graphics not so HD) was also just a cashcow with new hosting servers. They did bring DLC now, with new factions. A COHO / COH2 matchmaking system. Optionally a couple of new maps? maybe some proper support? (if possibru) Call it COH HD, by changing one visual animation in the game (M10 misfire bug animation) And let the money roll in. I'd personally be happy with a carbon copy COH with the removal of the P2P - but some would want the "HD" to make paying the $$'s more justifiable. So long as they put on the dev team from COH1 and ensured nobody from the COH2 team had ANYTHING to do with COH HD - they'd have a winner on their hands. Given COH2 is in the $10 bargain bin already (you could even get it from Steam for $12 last week) - I think the team at Sega should really look at doing COH HD. I uninstalled COH2 when the "turning point" P2W shenanigans started - and with AAA titles out there like BF4 etc flooding the market at $20 a pop, it doesn't look good. I'd rather let my gaming rig mine litecoins than play COH2 - and funnily enough that's exactly what I have been doing. In: COH Central
Thread: Relic is updating VCoH8 Dec 2013, 00:48 AM Said it before - I'll say it again. COH HD Get rid of the rubbish P2P and bring the graphics up to 2014 (that includes SLI - as we saw COH2 couldn't do). I think after what we've all gone through with COH2 - COH HD would sell beyond belief. In: COH Central
Thread: CoH2 50% off sale, includes commanders and skins27 Nov 2013, 18:56 PM Coupon stacks BTW - looks like they're really trying to get new players in - at $12 we're getting to a price where it should be. In: Lobby
Thread: Community27 Nov 2013, 03:38 AM Jump back to quoted post27 Nov 2013, 02:51 AMsluzbenik At the conference of elitist COH bastards... "Eh, we still have our reliable vCOH on Steam!" ... "Mein fuehrer... They have not yet fixed the issues with vCOH Steam." [untranslatable] The day they fix COH1 - just watch the nose dive of COH2 players.... In: Lobby
Thread: What the PRO's think of COH227 Nov 2013, 00:27 AM Just out of curiosity though - wasn't the 2.6 patch the work of community members and not Relic? You know, the patch that fixed the Roo carriers etc. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Community27 Nov 2013, 00:13 AM Also note you never see a rep involved with actually detailed criticism of the game on this site - they'll respond to other threads but are vacant from say the Pro discussion thread or the Commander thread where real issues are discussed. In: Lobby