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Thread: Had a decent game with everyones favorite idfmp13 Feb 2023, 16:34 PM Saw his name, was expecting some toxic shit, actually played fairly team friendly and no trash talk. WE started dominating around mid game, made a KV8 which didnt due much until the end was more for intimidation. I felt I did fairly well on the forrest side with Penals/AssGuards. Was proud of Ober wipe using assault nades over sight blocker. In: Replays
Thread: Multiple gren wipes early31 Jan 2023, 23:46 PM Larger map, got lucky in early game. Ost left grens unsupported by MG. Since it is a large map for 4v4 I parked my car waiting for retreat wipe. Managed to kill 3 Gren squads and steal MG. Ost switched to G43 Storm spam which clawed him back until tanks hit the field and his lack of snares or AT guns screwed him. Not a technical game, but the early wipes felt great as car is usually useless against OST. In: Replays
Thread: Wanted to play a game to unwind, heart attack by the end 6 Jan 2023, 21:52 PM Didn't play for a week, decided to play and these assholes decided to make it go down to the 30s for both teams. Highlights: Dove to kill enemy Ostwind, got it somehow made it out alive AT Overwatch for KT kill, later on for Double panthers Allied AVRE came in clutch a few times OKW made good use of OPEL plus blob got several kills off on us Lowlights: Couple rams into AT overwatch came up empty We got the shit flanked out of us multiple times KT literally wiped several of my Penal squads in 1 or two shots, like a dummy I kept trying to hold on instead of respecting In: Replays
Thread: Poor start, Great finish27 Dec 2022, 03:18 AM Highlights: Over aggressive P4 and KT killed by 3 T34/ram/AT overwatch Flamehetzer did fairly well, AT overwatched it as I didn't want it to snowball brit player Katy started slow but well targeted creeping barrages got my kill count up Brit mine killed some grens and wiped retreating Obers, for some reason mine sweeper didn't sweep and left line of sight Killed 2nd KT with flank using PTRS Penal Lowlights: Started winning my match up real hard, well placed stuka knocked out 3 squads at once Caught KT rebuild out of position, bounced rear armor about 3 times My sniper got caught out of position, took forever to get it going For the love of RNGesus: Felt bad for OST player, he dived perfectly with P4 to secure cromwell kill possibly even Sexton, bounced 3 times in a row. T34 came in and saved the day In: Replays
Thread: Future balance24 Dec 2022, 16:18 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Dec 2022, 01:44 AMdonofsandiego Soviets play fine in 1v1, it's larger gamemodes where guards are necessary to make a difference with infantry. Otherwise Soviets have to rely on their tanks or bleed themselves dry with penals for only a mediocre performance against axis elites. Make no mistake, conscripts are very useful in 4v4, but in the late game there are slim few situations where they can attack and be useful. They are mostly only good for snaring, defense, and merge by the end of a match. I agree with most if not all of what your saying but your statement seems to be geared around pure infantry level fights. Having a mainline unit that gets a MP/survivability/XP/cool down buff provides a much better return on late game units. Cons can build their own green cover and spot using trip flares which once triggered is uncounterable like other flares. This snyergizes great with arty and most late game call ins as some vision is required. With how cheap Soviet units are you can quickly change from defense to offense and not lose to much momentum if you use Cons vs Penals/Elites. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Building question14 Dec 2022, 23:27 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2022, 22:53 PMVipper Garrison provides "cover bonuses" for units like IS/Ostruppen but that about it. I could have swore in the past(years ago) squads got a small reload bonus from being in a building so units with long reloads like snipers/PTRS got a benefit from being inside. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Building question14 Dec 2022, 21:44 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Dec 2022, 18:33 PMVipper Point blank mechanism does not apply to garrisoned troops. If attacking unit move to cover close to garrison they will still fire vs garrison while garrison will fire with point blank negating cover. Garrison also gets reload bonus right? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Pretty good high pressure game12 Dec 2022, 22:05 PM Not going to lie I have played like ass recently. Been playing other games recently and I can tell that I am getting beat by guys I should be stomping. Got early MG wipe with satchel and Sturm wipe on retreat Lots of early rotation and flanking due to loss of MG, Axis did pretty good job of counter rotating Did a decent job of using Commissar buffs, better job of fear prop and tanking advantage with Penal blob Mines by USF and I gave us plenty of warning and helped stopped a couple flanks and pushes Axis did great job of punishing overly aggressive tank plays Went for NKVD as I was expecting Ele and KT, AT overwatch did great job of scaring tanks out of pushes Katy didn't have a high kill count but did have a few timely wipes that really helped stop axis counter blob to my blob. In: Replays
Thread: Why does Overwatch(commander) exist?4 Dec 2022, 12:59 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Dec 2022, 22:54 PMVipper I have not claimed that you agreed with my points. I do not know what you are trying to prove with this test you are making or how it is related to overwatch commander. I rather obvious that if one is facing JLI one should avoid a static fight at long range behind cover with most unit. You are dead wrong about this. This was clearly proven when Relic in their infinite wisdom moved Shock troops and Guards to CP1 and the Soviet become completely broken. The same actually applied to both JLI and Pathfinder since the started becoming an issue when their CP was requirement where reduced (JLI from 2 to 1) (Pathfinder from 1 to 0) As JLI are part of overwatch commander, the total strength of the commander is decided by the abilities and units that are unlocked once it is chosen. The combat performance vs other units decide how the opponent will respond. Once again, picking a short range focused squad is overall win for OKW as most maps are long range focused along with LMG Obers arriving later to completely negate any push as JLI also have vision and other utility. Why is this obvious? Why should a more expensive and later arriving unit with a LONG RANGE focus lose? Airborne Guards are an AI focused ELITE unit with no utility outside of combat, why should this unit lose to a cheaper scout unit? Which unit should win long range against JLI behind light cover? So what am I wrong about? Unit performance is tied to unit timing, and as I have said several times JLI arrive to early for a unit that can fight mainlines and scale to fight elites. I think I was unclear in my wording when responding to your comment about Pathfinder timing. What I meant to say is it takes about 2.5 mins to 3.5 mins to reach CP1. That means JLI do not arrive much later than Paths, with a dedicated build it is easy to spam JLI. CP2 usually arrives late 5 to early 7 min window(same time gap), so JLI have plenty of time to start vetting before they have to compete with Allied elites. Yes it was broken when shocks arrived that early, but CP cost wasn't the only issue. If I remember correctly at that time Shocks could still throw smoke and HE with separate cooldowns and Guard LMG had Gren LMG performance. Instead of nerfing JLI so they would be less spammable, a significantly longer cooldown was given. So performance was known to be an issue but it was never meaningfully address. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why does Overwatch(commander) exist?3 Dec 2022, 20:07 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Dec 2022, 16:57 PMVipper I am have not intentional of following down the path you have chosen that derail this threat. What you seem to fail to understand is that you are more focused in picking a fight with me than arguing or contributing anything to this thread. Pathfinder/Scott if problematic combination, but is not very relevant to overwatch commander since they are different commander across different factions. On post I have 54 I have explained why rumartinez89 comparison is not very help it does not take into account an number of variables. I have also posted the about the problems with JLI/Pathfinder and I have suggestion on how to fix them (timed ability). (edited) My lack of response was due to us agreeing that they should not be spammable not that I agreed with any of the points that you made. 1. The fact that half the squads need to close in is a win for the OKW player. That means that the JLI and any supporting units are receiving less damage as the Allied units position themselves for better engagements. But, what about the long range focused squads as they cost more they should in theory perform better. Taking Airborne LMG guards as an example since I tested this one about a month or 2 ago. A 360MP, 100muni and CP2 unit wins by a significant margin when both units are out of cover. 6 out of 6 times with Airborne having 3/4 models remaining. The mere addition of light cover which I made using a land mattress with both units at max range as that is where they are both supposed to be used had JLI winning 4/6 times with a model or 2 remaining. Behind green was a stomp in favor of the JLI which I don't remember the Airborne winning once. I haven't tested Rangers, but I would assume they would lose also despite being a CP3 long range focused unit until they are upgraded with Thompsons. Point being JLI(and Paths vs Gren damage reduction) sniper weapon can disregard some of the strongest attributes of Allied elites such as Armor for Shocks or RA for Rangers. They have extended vision which allows them to react preemptively to their counter. 2. This point only stands for 1v1, in 2v2 and above there are players that go Kubel into 2 volks/2 JLI or sometimes 2 Kubel into 3 JLI. They have similar strengths so what works for one can work for the other. Any LV weakness can be covered by T0 rak, despite it being unreliable no one is going to keep their LV around as JLI can easily spot for it in the same way you mentioned Scott/Paths. 3. All this means is that the Pathfinders can do it more consistently, any dropped LMG will make a JLI self sufficient maybe even self-aware. Jokes aside, OKW has stock access to LMG Obers which will feed the crits for JLI. 4. It is only 1 CP it is not that much later. CP1 vs CP2 is similar time, CP1 vs CP3 is quite a distance yet JLI compete with those units especially if any light cover is present. And yes the Pathfinder lower XP is a problem and should be corrected but they also have lower vet bonus compared to JLI and most if not all other mainlines In: COH2 Balance