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Thread: Panzerwerfer sound/tier21 Jul 2013, 09:13 AM Ost T3 indirect fire is inadequate. Currently Ost has too few indirect options for engaging turtled defenses at this tier. I endorse swapping the Panzerwerfer back to T3 and the Ostwind to T4. Currently Osts only means of engaging defenses is direct or flanking assaults with armor, with only a 81mm mortar as fire support to soften enemy positions. This has nothing ro do with fanboism, it has to do with timings and relative strengths at given tiers, which for Ost are linear, and leave Ost with only a 81mm mortar as indirect fire at a timing/tier where Sov has ZiS Barrage, SU76 Barrage and Katyusha. Returning Ostwind to T4 would undoubtedly make it rare, but that is a separate issue. Osts indirect fire options, in their linear progression, are categorically, systematically and indisputably, inadequate, in any objective analysis. It'd make the Ostwind redundant and Ostheer T-4 fairly redundant (in that it wouldn't introduce any new elements into the army), as well as making Soviet T-3 still less attractive relative to Sov T-4. The ZiS barrage is pretty expensive, so I'm fine with that, the SU-76 comes at the cost of your first vehicle being flimsy as anything and the Katyusha is made of papier mache. . The Ostheer also has the better Howitzer and Mortar Halftracks, so I don't think they're too hard pressed for options. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Panzerwerfer sound/tier21 Jul 2013, 00:27 AM Maxim spam is not due to changes to German T-4 and 3. It's due to German T-1 not having anything to cope with it especially well. German T-3's biggest weak spot at the moment is the StuG vs. SU-85 matchup being off, as far as I can see. Currently, German T-4 is attractive in a standard game because it introduces the new element of the rocket arty into your army. Ostwinds are attractive in a standard game with certain circumstances (Soviet T-70 or T-34 (if you have other AT), a map with flanks that are hard for an SU-85 to dominate, like Kholodny, a metric ton of early guards making P-IV use problematic) because you can get them from T-3. I think changing them back would give German T-3 too many options, German T-4 introduce too few new elements to be worth it in a close match and make the Ostwind genuinely redundant. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: SU-85; The Thread19 Jul 2013, 00:19 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Jul 2013, 23:56 PMOmega_Warrior I'm all for making the pak more accurate and seeing some of the developers feedback that is most likely going to happen, but if the turning speed is turned down any PZ4 can just take the first hit, run up to it, and begin circle strafing. That's what the blitzkrieg ability is for. So it's not like it's impossible to do right now, you just need a single vetted tank, but as I said in my last post the SU-85 is worth a little more then it currently is. The reversing SU-85 is faster than a P-IV and also has much longer range, so I'm not really sure this is a likely scenario given good Soviet management. I'd kind of like this since it promotes combined arms unless the SU-85 is at range like it should be. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: SU-85; The Thread18 Jul 2013, 22:53 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Jul 2013, 21:17 PMOmega_Warrior Thank you for saying this. I think the su-85 really needs to be as effective as it is, just because there is nothing else that covers it's role. The SU-85 seems to be op for those who play against it because it is the direct counter to what is German meta of using tanks as their main strike force. It isn't like it doesn't have counters. Shrecked Pgrens, PAKs, Ferdinand, the buildable Pak. Are all great at destroying them. That said they could be more expensive, but that would leave a huge gap for players who go for tier 4. If I would suggest anything it would be to make the SU-85 20 or so more expensive fuel wise, and buff SU-76's penetration so it can effectively damage PZ4s and be a good stopgap unit. My problem is more that of those 'counters', the speed and range of the SU-85 tends to invalidate them (the vulnerable PAK-43 and uber-pricey elephant are the only really solid ones). P-grens and paks can only really force one back rather than killing one (assuming decent Soviet player), and the SU is just about good enough at sniping infantry vs the small German squads and particularly it tends to make infantry jump around, which stops shreks firing. It's almost impossible to actually kill a well-managed SU-85 without pursuing it with armour, which is the problem I have with them. I'd mostly like to see the speed and turning (and the LOS) nerfed so it's more likely to get ganked if well-positioned shreks and paks catch it and is slightly less good at chasing down things. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Jaeger Infantry Commander18 Jul 2013, 15:04 PM While I love G-43s and am also partial to using the doctrine to soft counter snipers with fast infantry movement on p-grens, I agree with Shazz that the overall munitions costs make it quite problematic to use. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: I don't mind paying 30 more bucks for these change17 Jul 2013, 22:18 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Jul 2013, 17:26 PMPorygon If it is really possible, just a wish list Soviet: - Conscripts Mosin firepower increase 150% - Remove HTD - Decrease Penal squad cost to 300 - Making T1 and T2 fuel cost slightly cheaper - Move Sniper to T2, one man or wowan only, HP increase 100% - Zis-3 move to T3, increase fire rate by 50%, remove barrage, give AP round at vet 1 - T-70 need 60 muni upgrade to become what it is now, accuracy decrease 50% before upgrade - T-34 (both) -10 fuel cost, slightly increase damage and penetration, RAM cost: 60 muni - SU-85 cone vision move to Vet 1 - IS-2 cost -20% 1. Don't really see the advantage of this. Yeah, against weapon teams maybe but against infantry it's fine atm. 2. Nope. Tweak better, yes, remove, is just silly. 3. Yeah, prolly. 4. I'm fine with it as is. 5. Boring. 6. As 5. Doesn't need to be the same as VCOH just because. 7. Hum. I think it just needs to be hilariously inaccurate when moving so it has to present a target to PAKs if it's trying to kill stuff. 8. Got made more expensive for the right reasons. 9. SU-85 needs bigger changes (mainly to movement speed) 10. Never actually managed to use one so no clue. Ostheer: - Gren Kar98 firepower increase 150%, G43 firepower increase 125% - Riflenade damage to buildings increase - SdKfz 221 Scout Car move to T1, cost and HP increase 50% - SdKfz 222 becomes upgrade, enable at Phase 2, accuracy towards infantry buff to PE level cost: 80 muni - Scharfschütze ablity: cloaking like vCOH, but only activate for 30 seconds, muni cost: 30 - Pioneers now have 30 muni univeral mine - Panzerfaust now require upgrade: cost 100 manpower/25 fuel, damage increase 100%, only damage engine while target under 50% health - Panzerscreck upgrade becomes single, cost: 70 muni - Halftrack HP increase 20%, flamethrower upgrade move to phase 3 - Pak40 can now cloak - Panzer 4 damage decrease 20% - Ostwind -15 fuel cost - Opel Blitz & Strafe nerf - LeFH 10.5 offmap & onmap, damage and rate of fire increase 50% - Panzer 4 command tank move to non-doctrine T4 - Tiger cost -20% 1. As with the mosin... 2. It's pretty decent atm in the right building. It's just the big buildings that skew everything and the ineffectiveness of small arms fire that's a problem. 3. Nah. 4. God not that PE armoured car... those things were just horrible to play against. 5. No need for it. 6. Not a huge fan tbh. Needs some options for cheaper AI stuff and tellers could be a bit cheaper but I'm not sure it just needs to go VCOH on that front as well. 7. Promotes scout car abuse and makes fausts much much less useful vs. mismanaged Soviet armour. 8. Ambivalent on this. 9. Was arguing for this in the closed beta but actually I think the Flammenwerfer's now alright. 10. Maybe would help with the survivability but I never liked the Pak cloaking much. 11. P'raps if SU-85 health dips similarly : p 12. Ostwinds are really good at the moment. I think they are my favourite unit. They don't need to be 15 fuel cheaper. 13. Obviously. 14. I use these fairly often and find the reload time really short. Especially with the arty officer they can be fantastic at putting pressure on Soviets. 15. Command tank seems fine where it is. 16. See IS-2 answer. - Garrisonable Buildings defence bonus = COH1 level At least closer to. Honestly, I'd just spend your thirty bucks on getting another copy of COH-1. You seem to basically just want that... In: Lobby
Thread: Great, they switch the MG spamfest to Ostheer12 Jul 2013, 23:34 PM You see one MG-42, stick to whatever you were planning, you see three, tech and add in a hard counter like a flamecar or a sniper or a mortar or something. This was something you generally had to do seeing masses of MGs before this change as well. Not an enormous problem except for the buildings thing, which is not just a squad size issue (it's more that big buildings spread molotov damage enough that driving squads out is very hard). And @OP - a sniper is a safer counter than a clown car to MGs any day of the week... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Maxim crew wtf.11 Jul 2013, 02:11 AM @Hubewa - the posts are getting funnier and funnier though : ) In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Comments on the July 10 Patch Notes!10 Jul 2013, 23:39 PM @MJ, while the folks here are a bit melodramatic about balance issues... they at least play both sides mostly. I suspect the smaller damage and negligibly increased set-up time on the maxims won't change the fact that it's a very-low-skill start that's extremely hard to punish and very boring to play against. The real benefits are the survivability and flip time, which is still incredible. Anyway, be interesting to see whether the maxim nerf is actually the kind of nerf that makes people use them in a more interesting way or just reducing their general effectiveness while still having them be way too good as an opening unit. @Funkeh/Weehamish - while I'm concerned about the fourth man on the MG-42... on the Pak and the Mortar that would both get decrewed at one man, I think it's a really good choice. @Weehamish - yeah, bailing is going to be a thing but at least that's a little skill-based. I like it more because it makes any true-sight ambush thing a real threat and also makes that guards car a riskier counter for the 222. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Comments on the July 10 Patch Notes!10 Jul 2013, 10:49 AM Interesting patch - in particular, units risking dying in scout cars is a really nice choice (especially against the Marcus Car, which is probably the hardest to counter variety, to no small extent making a flame car a serious risk and probably helps with the sniper car if there's a 25% chance the whole squad dies on vehicle loss). Main thing the far accuracy is going to affect is fighting German scout cars or kiting, which is nice. Moreover, 4-man German mortars and PAKs is a really good choice, I think. Be interested to see how the MG changes play. Waiting to see if the maxim setup-time reduction is enough... I still think it's going to need a biggish increase to reinforce cost for a maxim start to produce acceptable games. In: COH2 Balance