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Jump back to quoted post24 Sep 2018, 14:00 PMSander93

I like the new middle section and the North-South road through the castle. Can't wait to see how these new changes will play out (PS don't forget to change the loading screen, lol).


For any further future improvements has opening up West and East entrances into the castle for vehicles as well ever been considered? This would further help to remedy the 1v1 bottom problem as it would open up a way for the second-to-bottom player to become involved in the castle VP. This would further decrease the boring middle muni/VP meatgrinder and would open up flanking routes for this player to come up behind the middle defenses through the castle passage (you can do this with infantry now but it's a death sentence due to the retreat paths usually taking your squads back through the middle).

IMO large sections of a map being impassable (I think Port of Hamburg's canals do the same) is always bad for strategic gameplay as it hinders flanking a lot, makes attacks too predictable and static defensive lines too good.

I think the infantry only castle was a cool idea but it hasn't really worked and it is time to fully include the area into semi-regular gameplay. The new N-S passage will definitely help but I think there's more needed to shift the focus.

Jump back to quoted post22 Sep 2018, 07:35 AMstrafniki

although this is my alltime favourite map i would like some (positive) changes to it because it can get abused so hard in many cases.

Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2018, 14:11 PMaerafield

I am all for the KV-2 buffs, but Urban Defense doctrine definitely should NOT get this unit IMO.

I use this doctrine a lot, and I still think KV2 isn't really fair here. The way how this doc works in the live version is that you use the FHQs to throw yourself at the opponent so you block his way to VPs or important resource points, means you aim for a very fast win on VPs (or cuz you or your teammates out-teched the enemy completely). So by the time the enemy destroyed the FHQs, he has to face mines, booby traps, superior teching and teammates who dug in, making it extremely hard to come back for him; all that at the cost of a poor lategame and extremely delayed teching.


But now with KV-2 you have a strong late game as well... I can see people just spamming one FHQ after the other until they call-in a KV-2 without even teching to t3 or t4.

And also... now where the incendiary barrage got removed and booby trap cost got changed to 50, this will just be another doctrine where you float tons of munitions cuz u cant spend it on anything. I suggest reverting the "swap incendiary barrage with KV2" change.

Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2018, 16:44 PMMajorBloodnok

Can you now reinforce from a FlamerHT?