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Jump back to quoted post15 Oct 2014, 13:21 PMAvNY

This is actually one place were what you described is pretty historically accurate.

The AA given to ground troops was pretty inadequate for the job. The range on many of the AA guns was no more than 1-2 miles at best. A gunner had to use iron sights to track and lead a plane moving at 250-350 miles per hour. If it is heading right for you the speed and deflection is less of a problem, but you are also shooting at it for a pretty short time.

The answer was to mass the amount of firepower. It wasn't one 50 cal gun that would bring down a plane, but having dozens trying to do so with the hope that some might find the target.

That said, there are other elements that are less historical. Allied ground forces were MUCH less likely to be exposed to air attack or recon than Axis ground forces. Not just were there more allied aircraft, they didn't have to spend time defending their own cities or lines and were able to keep the Luftwaffe on the defensive. It was pretty rare by 1944 that the Luftwaffe was able to play much of a role at all.

Further, the Allied planes were much better suited to ground attack. Sturmoviks and Typhoons were designed for ground attack, and the huge P47 was a heavily armored, fast, and very durable plane that turned out to be really well suited to ground attack. (One US P47 pilot, Robert Johnson, tangled with a bunch of German planes returning from an escort mission. He and his ground crew counted some 20 20mm hits to his plane and lost count of 7.62 hits when they were into the hundreds.)

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 09:37 AMthomasthetank

I would agree with you if CoH2 had a very strong e-sports scene in which balance makes or breaks players ability to win large cash prizes such as you seen is Starcarft. I realise this what Relic is aiming for but to do this you need a large and supportive community base. Relic currently relies on continuing funding through purchases of DLC which relies on a happy community. Under mining the balance for the more popular team games undermines community well-being and makes a fairly large majority of players feel marginalized. This causes a risk that players will leave the community and decrease potential customers for new dlc. Clearer communication from Relic about balance design and direction across all game types would go a long way in increasing community moral. Even an knowledge about the flaws would help. Currently it very small tight knit community which has access to direct balance influence.

Jump back to quoted post14 Oct 2014, 09:37 AMthomasthetank

Yes team games are rarely balance but I believe this due more to the lack of active balance then anything else. Focus is given to 1v1 and with decreasing levels of consideration as the player numbers increase.

I too have made calls for change to they way teams are played by forcing into 1v1 style if the trickle up balance is to work.