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Thread: Japan/Late Soviet Union for CoH2 ?20 Jul 2014, 12:18 PM I don´t know whether I get the OPs request right, but the current Russian faction is the late war Russian army. You get IS-2 late models, T-34/85s, ISU-152s - all stuff introduced in 1944. The only thing that´s missing imo are SU-100 and ISU-122. Stuff that should be introduced in a doctrine. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: State of the balance according to Imperial Dane20 Jul 2014, 09:08 AM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2014, 01:11 AMArclyte MGs were later imbedded into German squads in order to make up for the rate of fire deficiency due to American squads being equipped with Garands and BARs. Obvously, it didn't work. But nice try. The funny thing is that you got it wrong again. The Allies were equipping their squads with BARs later on. Reason for that was the fire superiority of the MG34/42. xD Btw.: You were posting some kind of Murica fuck yeah Garand reenactors. They stood there just to show off their Garand. This is actually how fast you can fire a Kar98k. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haf9QURxO4E In: COH2 Balance
Thread: State of the balance according to Imperial Dane20 Jul 2014, 01:00 AM Jump back to quoted post20 Jul 2014, 00:55 AMArclyte Historical infantry combat as per ImperialStooge and the Wehraboo co. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcAASc0kmfE Totally ignoring the concept of German infantry squads which totally revolved around the MG. In fact on a squad basis Germans usually had the upper hand due to the MG. But nice try. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Bulletins don't actually stack!?!20 Jul 2014, 00:27 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Jul 2014, 23:40 PMDullahan Bulletins are so worthless. Don´t know about other units, but three bulletins on a MG can actually make a big difference. Especially the vet upgrades (yes even 10%) can give you a vet MG42 in no time, which drastically boosts performance. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: State of the balance according to Imperial Dane19 Jul 2014, 10:14 AM The most pressing issues imo (note that I don´t have western front armies, so I only fought against them or with them in team games): USA: - Slight cost increase to the vet Rifle call in - A Sherman 76mm medium tank in Tier 4, or some kind of upgrade for the stubby Shermans OKW: - Obersoldaten shouldn´t be able to fire their MG34 on the move Russians: - ISU needs a range buff but an increased reload time and less accuracy Ostheer: - Panther health increase and slight cost decrease - Panzergrenadier armor increase - Elefant is useless with the current range - needs to go up again - Pak 43 also needs more range In: COH2 Balance
Thread: July 15th patch?17 Jul 2014, 15:41 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Jul 2014, 13:26 PMelchino7 And countless times it has been said that you don´t need to close distant with PGs. AND if you want to do so, just screen with other units. And yes, i do use them on everysingle one of my games. I´m pretty sure on far range PGs don´t deal much damage. And that´s where you want to keep your units as Germans to not get swallowed by the blob. LMG Grens deal huge damage on long range. PGs need to move to medium range at least. Even if they can deal damage on far range, its much less than the LMG. This being said the PG unit is redundant, less cost effective and extremely niche. You don´t build a unit that isn´t supposed to charge, but also can´t fight as good on long range as the standard infantry unit. All that for higher cost. In: Lobby
Thread: July 15th patch?17 Jul 2014, 11:46 AM They were totally underpowered before WFA. With WFA they became useful again. I still preferred my Grens with LMGs but every now and then I actually built one for the hell of it. But still LMG Grens where the first choice. In some situations they were on par with LMG Grens - in most cases (US blob comes to mind) you were safer with Grens. Now even with this minor nerf again, the PGs are not useful any longer. I could built them before for the hell of it but this slight nerf causes me to not build them any longer. That´s sufficient to make the unit useless. Especially when you need to get closer to the enemy (blob) with PGs to do damage. This will often result in your PG getting killed. PGs now remind me of the old Penal Battalion. Costing more from the start, costing more to reinforce and performing worse/ exactly like a cheaper Conscript. In: Lobby
Thread: July 15th patch?16 Jul 2014, 20:38 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jul 2014, 20:16 PMPingPing You have more chance of seeing a Tasmanian Tiger in game that you do PZGrens - they've been nerfed into uselessness. Anything the PZ Gren is "meant" to do - Grens do it cheaper and better. With the monster blobs becoming the standard meta - you'd think the PZ Grens would get some love. Exactly. American blob approaching: Stand in cover with your units as Ostheer. LMG Grens will shoot for about 10 seconds and then have to run away. PGs can open up their fire at the last seconds only and then have to run away. They will probably die if they stay longer and receive that much punishment short-mid range.^^ In: Lobby
Thread: July 15th patch?16 Jul 2014, 15:50 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Jul 2014, 14:33 PMKatitof People use sturmpios constantly and believe it or not, they do the job well. There is a distinct difference between having four StG44s at 0:00 and having them at 5:00. Jump back to quoted post16 Jul 2014, 14:33 PMKatitof Play them defensively, protecting your weapon teams or offensively, after you suppress with HMG42, move in for the kill. Everything the Grens with LMG can do better. Defensive usage, not moving, far range? Grens excel at that and are in the long run cheaper. Why should I run up with PGs into suppressed troops if a Gren can just stand next to the MG and do the same job? In: Lobby
Thread: July 15th patch?16 Jul 2014, 09:57 AM Jump back to quoted post16 Jul 2014, 09:39 AMPartisanship This appears like a tiny nerf, why does everybody makes it sound like the units are nerfed to oblivion? Especially about Obs. They still wreck units from afar and usually do not need to stand in harms way most of the time to clear enemy infantry. I´m not complaining about Obers, I´m complaining about Panzergrenadiers. Why is that tiny nerf even needed if the unit is hardly ever built? Then in two weeks everybody is wondering why there are no Panzergrenadiers around. Just wait for the next topic complaining about LMG Gren spam. Every decent player will not built Panzergrenadiers. There was absolutely no nerf needed for PGs. It might be tiny, but doesn´t change the fact that this is bullshit. You don´t nerf a unit that´s decent at best. Imagine they nerf conscripts - don´t worry, it´s only going to be a tiny nerf. See? That argument of a "tiny nerf" doesn´t seem satisfying. In before some smartasses that claim the PGs are still perfect for hiding next to a MG42 in green cover. That´s soooo worth it. I tell you a secret: Grens can do that also and even more cost effective. And nobody is going to built a unit just to park it next to his MG. In: Lobby