Profile of FestiveLongJohns

OK ok i see you are expert with 35 games in 1vs1

Community in CoH is worst in all games, on forums there is only crying for nerfs (most from germany side) and crazy thing is that relic is lisening to them... i never saw a good replay to validate how one side is OP and other under-performing.
With volley fire nerfed what is primary role of this shity unit now ?

Umm I have 400+ games played in 1v1 with a pretty even distribution among all factions and am ranked in the top 100 in all factions except soviet, which I'm ranked ~180 and have been as high as 85 so not sure where your getting this info. I don't have any bias to any faction, I just want to see good, balanced gameplay. I have my player card visible right under my avatar.

Also @ Kaititof, the FHT is not a medium vehicle. Its a squishy glass cannon that acts as a very early shock unit, it can certainly end the game early, but only if used to perfection. I'm talking about a medium AI vehicle that can push an advantage before soviet call ins(T34/85s for example) arrive. Also consider the fact that in its current state it isn't even as effective as a T70 and costs a little more.

LoL what ? flak buffed ? did relic saw what it is already doing to us infrantry ? 1 shot and half of squad dead... if these patch notes are true im will not play us anymore. OKW here i come.

The flak truck in its current state is basically a non factor. It literally never kills half a squad in one shot. Good luck with the OKW btw, I think you'll find it...challenging.

IMO the sherman buff is way to much, it was decent, albeit a little underwhelming, before. This puts it way over the top.

http://www.reddit.com/r/CompanyOfHeroes/comments/29oyd5/july_2nd_update_notes/

USF

The Sherman M3 75 Heavy Explosive shells that were underperforming in a sense that it did not deal with infantry effectively. Most of the time the player using HE shells would often miss their target completely. With a lower scatter and slight increase in splash damage the HE shells should become an effective counter against clumped up infantry.

The M151A AA Halftrack is something we believed was over performing all levels of the game. The time this unit came out it was effective counter against infantry and light vehicles. Another issue was its ability to get out of danger without suffering too much damage. With making minor tweaks to the units stats believe units like the 222, Puma, and other forms of soft AT will have an easier time dealing with this unit.

Volley Fire was another big issue that we wanted address; the design intention of this ability was to be used as a support ability to give rear echelon combat utility. However what we ended up seeing were rear echelons winning engagement that shouldn’t have won. There was also an exploit with the modifers that were applied when rear echelons equipped with bazookas would fire bazooka shells rapidly. With the new implementation of the ability Volley fire will now have its strength and weakness. The suppression modifers have also been tweaked so there will be very rare cases that a squad will get pinned.

-Sherman M3 75mm HE Shells
Radius increased from 3 to 4
Distance Scatter Max reduced from 6.9 to 5.5

-M15A1 AA Halftrack
Cost increased from 55 fuel to 60 fuel
Penetration reduced from 30 / 40 / 50 to 30 / 35 / 40
Acceleration decreased from 4.75 to 4
Armor reduced from 20.5 to 15
Rear Armor reduced from 15 to 10

-Volley Fire
Added Animator state while ability is active
Rear Echelon now receive a 50% receive accuracy penalty while active
Removed Cooldown bonus
Removed Reload Bonus
Reduce suppression values from 0.4 to 0.2


Soviets

A lot of small tweaks were added to the Soviet units to address a few small issues. With the use of receive accuracy modifers stacking with veterancy there were instances where a sniper would miss its target. This was more of a bug fix than anything else.

The Satchel Charge also had its bonus damage to buildings reduced to prevent 2 shoting OKW truck buildings. It will take 3 Satchels to destroy an OKW truck building. PPSH had its profiled tuned to make it’s short range damage kick in a little bit earlier. Previously you would have to get really close to start dishing out good damage against infantry.

Sniper
Modified behavior of snipers to no longer miss vs. units with veterancy. Garrison cover and retreating accuracy remains the same.

Satchel Charge
Bonus damage from buildings reduced from 480 to 340

PPSH
Profile change from 8 / 12 / 30 to 10 / 16 / 30

SU-85
Now has hold fire

KV-1 Heavy Tank
Reload time reduced from 6.2 - 6.8 to 5.2 - 5.8


Wermacht

Sniper
Modified behavior of snipers to no longer miss vs. units with veterancy. Garrison cover and retreating accuracy remains the same.

OKW

The biggest change to the OKW were to the Base Building Flak Gun. Currently the building does not feel very threatening to infantry and light vehicles (which it should feel like) We are seeing at the high level players always setting up their truck inside their base because it is too much of a liability to put it anywhere else.

Another change was to the Panzer II with it coming out at such a late time we wanted to beef up its stats so it could still be useful during the mid-late stages of the game. Various cost adjustments were also added to OKW Call ins that were previously set at a lower than intended value.

LE IG 18 Support Gun
Is now immune to cold

Schwerer Panzer HQ 3.7cm flak gun
Damage increased from 20 to 40
Penetration increased from 35 to 45
Range increased from 40 to 45
Suppression increased from 0 to 0.3
Nearby Suppression multiplier increased from 0 to 0.8
Nearby Suppression radius increased from 0 to 15
AOE increased from 2 to 4
Rate of fire increased from 2 to 4

Panzer II
Health increased from 320 to 400
Moving accuracy increased by 25%
Added Camouflage extension

Command Panther Call in
Cost increased from 560/170 to 560/200

Panzer IV Battle Group
Cost increase from 720/180 to 720/210

Puma
Reduced the aim time and increased the penetration of the puma aimed shot
Puma aimed shot can now be activated while other orders are being issued

Here is another thread with some good points:

http://www.coh2.org/topic/19050/dealing-with-volley-fire

Always thought the 221 & 222 were some of the coolest looking light vehicles in the war. I'd feel like such a badass crusing around in one of those things. Imagine rolling down the street in one of those today