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Thread: Ost Heer Bunkers and units inside them5 Nov 2014, 23:25 PM Why wouldn't an art problem be fixed? Is it not important that developers do their job and present a game with an eye for detail? In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Easy spam removal without changing any unit stats 5 Nov 2014, 23:00 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Oct 2014, 09:20 AMakula this might help but I don't think it would totally stop maxim spam. I guess in COH 2 it probably wouldn't matter as map control generally means f all - so you are probably right. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Can we agree something needs to change on explosives5 Nov 2014, 00:40 AM They need two things: Replicate how all explosive type weapons work in vcoh as closely as possible, arty, rockets, tank shots, nades, mines etc And they need to make unitd fan out, expand and contract on movment like in vcoh. The distances between moving inanfty was like 3-4 time greater than in coh 2. Do that and half the issues of the game disapear In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Easy spam removal without changing any unit stats 27 Oct 2014, 08:33 AM Jump back to quoted post27 Oct 2014, 08:14 AMJohnnyB I don't agree, support weapons should not be able to cap full stop. Infantry can capture territory as they are mobile, they can dig in, they can fire and manoeuvre and support weapons cant. HMG's are massive and they can be moved but they move while its safe to do so, same for at guns, mortars ect - they all rely on infantry to screen for them. If you stop these units from capping then a player that chooses to go 3-4 maxims will be severely punished with loss of map control - they can still win, given good positioning but they wont be taking the whole map instantly. Same for mg42 heavy builds, the player will suffer lack of capping as a consequence. its not a hard cap and its not insurmountable, but it would be situational and skill based. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Easy spam removal without changing any unit stats 27 Oct 2014, 07:58 AM The easiest way of stopping stuff like maxim spam is not letting support units cap the map - simple. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Open Beta Changelog22 Oct 2014, 02:58 AM 2 thoughts: Biggest changes since game released and a lot of it looks great so thats good. The movment, weapon tracking and infantry responsiveness as well as predictabilty of buildings is straight out of coh and people love it.. seems like any change that brings the game closer to COH mechanics wise is a step in the right direction guess the old pros were right all along. So congrats on actually making changes butshame on ypu for ruining them a in the first place. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Let's talk about the P-47 anti-tank Rocket Strike21 Oct 2014, 12:07 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Oct 2014, 03:26 AMskemshead This is a simple answer for an issue that can far more complex. Firstly, you are completely ignoring map design, pathing and input delay. Any other callin ability, once you see smoke you can hit retreat, or in the case of atg issue move order and you are relatively safe. If you are slow to react, then you may suffer some casualties or loose entire squads. The problem with P-47 is mainly map design and tanks propensity to go retard and start doing 360 and getting stuck on objects. Further more depending on where you call the strike it can be possible to simply be trapped with nowhere to go. 6 Months ago a similar debate was had about sov skill plane just obliterating infantry, this is no different and its amazing that relic made same mistake... Secondly, as ost AA can often be a roll of the dice, shooting down planes immediately or completely failing the entire game. This is why debating and balancing something like this is virtually impossible. RNG is skewing balance.. P-47 should not be left in its current state simply because USA armour needs adjustment. That is just more bad design. Perfectly put In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Does anyone have hope?20 Oct 2014, 22:46 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 21:58 PMKurobane The biggest problem with Company of Heroes 2 is that they changed things for the sake of change instead of building upon what the franchise was known for. If I go to McDonalds I expect my Big Mac to be a Big Mac no matter what McDonalds I go to. Relic on the other hand took the recipe and changed it without consulting with fans as to what they wanted. Company of Heroes 2 is a crappy chicken sandwhich under the disguise of being served as a juicy burger, that is one reason as to why people are mad and Relic is clueless as to what they should do. +1 They literally have less than no idea - they changed every single aspect of the game that was working.. Verterancy - check. you can now get vet 2 units in less than 5 mins, the idea of veterancy is a joke now. You literally do not have to play well to get vet 3 units.. in fact you get it from playing badly by taking damage.. I'm sorry but did they think the player base is 5 year olds that need a pat on the head and gold stars for doing their homework? It is insulting. Veterancy is meant to be earned from top play not a given in every game, in a matter of minutes. Resources - check. Now you can have no map control all game and still not only win, but bring in superheavy weapons Superheavy weapons - check. Unlike the KT of old, which was a area denial weapon that could be countered by 2-3 at guns the big tanks in this game are absurd. Shooting 2 screen lengths away, squad wiping in one shot and being able to return as soon as they are killed since the resource system is a joke Pop Cap - check. now you always have 100 pop cap its not determined by map control so further reinforces the terrible resource system explosions - check. Before in coh you could basically use the eye test, what you see on screen has basically the effect youd expect it to, in coh2 there is no way to know what will happen with explosions. will they wipe a whole squad? Will they do nothing? Support weapons - check. For the most part they have one, ONE job to do, and they are god awful at it or too powerful. FFS mortar are meant to provide slow but incessant out of sight arty which is super vulnerable to counterattack, and not take cap, mgs are meant to pin/ suppress anything in their arc, but be usless as soon as flanked, flame weapons are meant to provide some punch at close range not make the unit a army wipe squad. Art is meant to be short duration but fairly accurate weapon against static weapons and blobs - not long duration RNG machine. This is what it was like in COH, if you dont want to use this as the basis of the game then there better be a massive good reason not to, so far I see zero evidence of this and I just see pure incompetence. Slow moving buggy units - check. Coh has great response and unit animations was super fluid and extremely responsive, so its great that coh 2 has buggy movement which is not only slower in general but also not responsive at all. Perfect for a RTS game that relies on player reaction then. Inf Combat - check. This use to be the bread and butter of COH, in fact games could go to 20 mins with just inf play alone, and it. was. amazing. Coh2 inf combat is a joke, basically each infantry unit either dies in seconds randomly or rapes everything in front of it (lmgs, flamers, smgs all awfully done) but worst of all is the single shot rifles of any sort. The retreat button doesn't mean shit as squads die on retreat all the time for no reason. Casualties are like ab on/off switch there's is no finesse at all I could go on for another 10 points .. but I wont. In short there's zero hope for the game now, I feel bad for anyone who puts any more money into the game. The devs either have no idea about the first ( or even this game) they don't play it, they never have and they don't know what makes the game work or they just don't care - either way its a lose lose. Every communication smacks of delay tactics to try squeeze the last dollar out of the fans, each new release has nothing to do with what people want. I've never seen a game mismanaged so badly, or a company doing a worse job of appealing to the customer ( or getting new customers) - its nothing personal about the people working there, I'm sure they are as nice as you and me. But when it comes to any aspect of game design, listening to community or customer / community management its a perfect case study in what not to do. They burnt every single influencer that loved the series, 90% of the prolific pro community or casters that poured hundreds if not thousands of hours of their own time to promote their games. That is literally the exact opposite of what it means to successfully launch and manage a game - if its already going to be a niche game make sure you keep the influencers happy, supported, listened to ( hell, they might even have some good ideas.. right?) not divide them, waste their time and lie about everything. You reap what you sow I guess. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Let's talk about the P-47 anti-tank Rocket Strike20 Oct 2014, 22:09 PM Its very much so overpeforming, and like many abilities in the game requires no skill to use but can completely win you the game - just another example of horrific game design. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: RNG12 Oct 2014, 01:27 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Oct 2014, 10:51 AMElSlayer And why so much people play poker then? RNG is extremely big factor in poker. In a game with RNG skill is a value that determines your ability to minimize chance of losing. In the poker you can always calculate your chances based on information you have: total number of cards (the deck), cards in your hand, open cards on the table. You can do same in CoH: theoretically - based on unit stats or practically - based on tests. According to my tests Tiger wins vs IS-2 on mid distance with 75% chance (won 3 times in a sample of 4) That means if I play Wermacht I will ALWAYS take the 1v1 fight with IS-2 on mid distance, and if I play Soviet I will ALWAYS avoid 1v1 fights with Tiger on mid distance. You need to make such tests with your friends (ofc, if you have any ). You can make it for different units, cover types, distances, veterancy levels, etc. As a result you will gain knowledge of which circumstances favors you, so you can minimize risks of losing. Noone is protected from epic unluck, but pro-players minimize influence of unluck. I hope you got my point. I understand what you are saying - but understand what I am trying to say. I like the rng in coh but I think the rng in coh2 is really badly implemented into the game. Its so bad in fact that its almost impossible to predict how any fight is going to turn out due to the huge randomness factor. I would say in general terms that in coh there was a 1/100 chance of something crazy and unexpected happening that added to the game ( mg gunners with mp40 killing someone ect), and the rest played out like expected. In coh2 it feels like about 50% of the time something unexpected happens in a fight and not in a good way. This is just too much and its just badly implemented into the game. Even with using all these factors to maximise your chance of winning the battle it still happens way too much and if making elite level play impossible In: COH2 Gameplay