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Thread: A Few Gameplay Observations5 Sep 2013, 14:36 PM Interesting observations and it seems you guys actually put in a little more effort than usual to produce these results. I believe it deserves at least 1 reply! I also like your suggestions regarding weapon teams, even though the machine gun teams in particular appear to be quite a touchy subject around here. Looking forward to seeing Relics own balance vision regarding support weapon teams In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Flanking german mg42 crews - Video19 Jul 2013, 17:20 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2013, 16:31 PMpqumsieh Personally, I've encountered similar scenarios as that video depicts and I think that is bad gameplay. If a support weapon like the MG42 or Maxim is caught off guard then it should be punished. The amount of micro needed to take that MG out is no where equivilant to the micro needed by the MG player since attack move is the only order needed to cause your MG to continuously face. This is something we are investigating, but unfortunately it's a fairly complex issue with no easy solution. Our goal is to find the best solution, not the quickest one. I will try to keep you all updated as we explore the problem further. Edit: grammar Thanks for the heads-up pqumsieh. I can only agree with your observations. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Flanking german mg42 crews - Video19 Jul 2013, 10:37 AM Marcus2389, stopping the squad mid movement is hard because of the input delay - you have no way of knowing where exactly they will stop. If I hit the halt button when all squad members are out of the cone, they will still keep running for a short while. It's a good point though. I do know conscripts are relatively weak and I know flanking with more squads coupled with molotovs would yield better results. I meant the topic to be a discussion if the current game pace/mechanic feels right for you regarding the given situation. I'm not really looking for tips to deal with mgs - hence posting in the balance forums. =) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Flanking german mg42 crews - Video18 Jul 2013, 22:27 PM I couldn't circle the mg squad because of it's positioning next to a cover object and snow. As for running too much, that's because of the "input lag" and the squad member AI doing funny things at times. The whole conscript squad will get pinned if even one of them is caught in the firing arc. This tends to happen a lot actually if you don't keep enough distance. I'm not discussing the soviet maxim durability here, just a heads up. The mg42 is a unit with a quite specialized role. What happened in the video was I caught it while it was vulnerable - yet still forcing it to reatreat required a whole 1 minute 30 seconds of intensive microing. My point is this 1 minute 30 seconds is too much. If my opponent would have supported his mg with another unit, I agree a molotov would have been a good choice. As for a 1 on 1 encounter they shouldn't be necessary. Pfuscher, what are you implying? =) Surely the balance forum is the correct place to discuss opinions such as this one. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Flanking german mg42 crews - Video18 Jul 2013, 20:50 PM Hello, here is a video demonstration from the current patch of CoH2 (18th July) where I manage to outmaneuver a German MG42 squad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fq0NIfofQeE Please note the mg is not supported in any way. I also struggle with my micro due to the input delay present in the game. As the mg squad now has 4 members, I feel the damage towards moving / deploying mg42 squads could be increased for more rewarding and strategic gameplay. - jp In: COH2 Balance