Ideally id like to see Noun/Relic step out of the spotlight on this one. Ban away for internet harassment/bullying, that is commendable, but lets not make it a public lynching and go about explaining individual cases on online forums. Should be dealt with in house.
Also, I have seeing some distasteful/immature behaviour from Hans on his public stream that would appear to be fanning the flames at times. I'm not calling for any action to be taken of course, just that he may be better off reframing from getting involved as much as possible, as from the outside, tbh it looks like 2 parties are involved here and it is akin to schoolyard squabbling, with everyone else watching on. |
Unfortunately you'll get this if you stream publicly and react to trolling. I can certainly emphathise with Hans and agree with the ban if relic looked into it and went through the appropriate procedure/channels. Just cause it is the internet, you don't get a free pass to harass people.
But, I do think from what I have seeing, Hans could have perhaps dealt with it better himself. But hey, you live and learn. It did seem to be going OTT and I can certainly understand why Relic stepped in. But now that relic have done it once, they could be opening the floodgates for themselves, plenty of dubious behavior abound in any game and companies with much more resources have struggled with this issue.
Just a practical concern.
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Hey,
As the tittle suggests i'm mostly a newbie when it comes to the COH franchise, I dabbled shortly with 1 and am playing 2 now. Tbh, I always preferred the Dawn of war franchise when it comes to relic rts, the average length of games was shorter and i'm not the biggest fan of base building.
Saying that, I love the work relic do and i'm really optimistic that COH 2 with some support can live up to its name. It's already pretty dam good for an rts just launched imo and there is allot to love here. Plus a successful COH2 may help bring along DOW3 ;-)
My 1st impressions of COH 2 is, holy crap the maps are big for 1vs1! This seems to make games even longer. The farm map in spring time seems the most suitable for 1v1, the rest really show imo that they were designed to be dual purpose with the team games. Not really a fan of this decision tbh and I feel that the maps is an area that relic should look at over the coming months. Generally speaking, if we got 3 really good 1vs1 maps id be chuffed.
I have touched on the lengths of games already, but this seems to be a COH feature that is intended and liked by the core player base, so I guess ill have to adapt. One comment ill make is, that while it is early doors, it seems relatively easier in this game to make comebacks or prolong games. But then, by my own admission, I may simply lack the killer instinct here. DOW 2 and what I played of CCOH was very unforgiving.
I would have liked to see a bit more differentiation between Conscripts and Grens, such as the former being cheaper and the latter more elite in comparison, but I acknowledge that the map sizes already hamper the krauts as they aren't as mobile compared to the soviets.
I'm not going to comment on balance as that will progress no doubt. So overall i'm really enjoying it and am getting to grips with it, just a pity about those maps imo and no lobby/pub games.
Ramble over.
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