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Thread: Soviet AT and circle strafing3 Jul 2013, 03:56 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Jun 2013, 09:30 AMStephennJF Well microed AT guns are no where near as effective in COH2 as they are in CoH1. You must support them much more and keep them more back. No hold fire on ATG's however is part of the issue. Yeah, no hold fire really sucks. I'd also like to see armor take priority in targeting. Right now its ridiculously easy to decrew AT guns with both sides. Strafe can decrew an entire Zis within seconds, as can a flameHT/Ostwind or T70/Snipers with Soviets. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Maxim Spam + SU85 (aka attack move win)3 Jul 2013, 03:51 AM The problem with early Maxin build is you're basically giving up early map control. You aren't going to be able dislodge the Germans inside building unless you build a mortar or Zis. This allows Germans to get an early flameHT which will destroy any T2 unit on the field. If an Ostwin gets out early enough, its good game. Maxim spam works a bit better in team games with the other going clown/flamer/sniper. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Strafe from germans is ridiculous3 Jul 2013, 03:38 AM Jump back to quoted post2 Jul 2013, 13:11 PMShazz While it absolutely is overpowered in its current state, don't confuse that with the fact that every other german commander is terrible right now. Unless you need an elefant tank for some reason, there is literally no reason to pick any other commander. Not because Opel is necessarily OP (except for strafe), but because the rest are worthless. Any German commander with smoke is not useless. There are 3 of them. And no commander is more useless than NVKD. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T-34/76 feels plain pathetic 2 Jul 2013, 00:53 AM Jump back to quoted post1 Jul 2013, 23:28 PMBlovski ^ That's my point - if it lost the soft AT capability it has at the moment I don't really think it'd be viable. Currently, I'm a fan, it's a risk against heavier armour if you don't micro it well, minces infantry and units becomes ridiculously good with vet. Your point isn't a good argument though, since the Ostwin can kill any Soviet T3 unit and 2/3 of their T4 and obliterates Zis guns. You can definitely get an Ostwind out when the Soviets are infantry heavy and it can be completely game changing. Along with it being still being very useful once the heavy armor hits the field due to its mobility, infantry killing power and FREE AA. If you don't think it's 'viable' then you have just haven't used it correctly, or seen it used well. It's ridiculously cost effective if you micro it carefully. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T-34/76 feels plain pathetic 1 Jul 2013, 23:23 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jul 2013, 12:00 PMBlovski ^ Ostwind first is a too big a fuel investment for something without soft AT capability. Disagree, Ostwind is pretty damn versatile. It destroys Hit the dirt conscripts, Shock and Snipers. I've seen it utterly wipe out two guard squads after surviving two buttons. It can kill a T70/T34 and owns halftracks/M3s/su76s/katyushas. It's not going to stand up to a su85, but it's quick enough to stay out of its range and escape certain death. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T-34/76 feels plain pathetic 1 Jul 2013, 23:11 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Jul 2013, 12:42 PMvon_manstein1939 The Ostwind has a 37mm auto-cannon. If it were firing armor piercing shells, it could most certainly penetrate the armor of the T-34/76. The Germans were relying on PZIII with 37mm and 50mm main guns up until late 1942 when the 75mm L/43 variants of the PZIV started seeing service. Even though the T-34 greatly outnumbered them, they still managed to knock out 2,300 T-34's in 1941 and a further 6,600 in 1942. It is certainly possible for the Ostwind's main gun to damage a T-34. The question is whether or not it carried any of the right type of ammunition to do so. And there was about 40~ Ostwinds even built. In game, the Ostwin isn't using armor piercing rounds and have a completely open top gunner which could easily be disabled. But they do get a shock crew vet ability. Again, Oswtwind's effectiveness vs infantry is pretty much supreme and has free anti-air and great mobility, which will make it useful all the way to late game -- i've seen it take 3 shots from a su85 on its side and live. The fact that it can stand toe to toe with a T34 makes no sense. T34s armor needs a pretty substantial buff. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T-34/76 feels plain pathetic 1 Jul 2013, 06:33 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Jun 2013, 10:43 AMWhat Doth Life?! So use the T70. It melts infantry and can be out at like 8 minutes. Pgrens can be out in about 3-4 minutes. T70 isn't going to last long against a faust or Shreks. Even a scout car cannon can clean it up from the rear. The fact that the FLAKpanzer can go toe to toe with a T34 is also laughable. Ostwin is so ridiculously good against infantry/AT guns and also has FREE anti-air. It shouldn't be able to penetrate a T34, which was one of the best tanks of the war. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Strafe from germans is ridiculous1 Jul 2013, 06:18 AM Jump back to quoted post29 Jun 2013, 06:26 AMNullist Raise muni cost. Except that doesn't fix its brokeness. It would still be better than any Soviet strike even with increased cost. Radius and duration are too long. It's too good at killing infantry despite the fact that it pins everything, including retreating units. I've had entire Guard squads killed by Strafe after retreating. Seen 6 man Zis guns decrewed since you can't actually get out of the radius fast enough. Not to mention, a blob of PGrens can just waltz right in strafe radius and clean up everything while the Soviets are helplessly pinned. At 3cp, the cost is about right. The ability itself just needs to be nerfed into the ground to be balanced properly. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Conscript range1 Jul 2013, 05:53 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Jun 2013, 21:32 PMCombatMuffin Well, if CoH-stats isn't wrong.... Combat Engineers have the exact same wepaon as conscripts: Mosin Nagants (the exact same variant), whereas Pioneers have Mp40's that deal much less damage (2.3) vs the mosin nagant (16). If statistics don't lie, Pio's seem to win up close, because they fire small burts of low damage. Yup, that is my experience. I've had in Engineers in yellow cover and Pio squad strolls up right next to them in NO cover and utterly destroy the engineers. I've also seen Engineers in Green cover lose to Pios in yellow up close time after time. Why do Engineers cost 40 more MP again? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sales numbers CoH2?1 Jul 2013, 05:49 AM Like 15~ people searching 1v1 late sat night PST and about 30ish searching team games. The game definitely needs more of a playerbase. With the nickle and dime DLC system charging 60 dollars for a free to play quality game is a pretty bad business decision. Hopefully Steam sales pop up soon. In: Lobby