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Thread: Grenadiers: 5 man squads?22 Feb 2014, 16:27 PM I don't think this would work out. Gren / Con balance is fine. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Balance the Germans9 Feb 2014, 11:28 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Feb 2014, 18:45 PMLe Wish 1: Schrecks cost 120 muni for each squad equipped. Would really call this a cost. Use this to your advantage. If they got a FHT, they will most likely not get schrecks fast. Other way around is also applicable. 2: Guards and Zis can take down a FHT really fast. Guards are available in some of the best free commanders in game. And Zis is more or less a no brainer to build anyways. 3: SNF finals really didnt prove much about unit balance as much as risk-reward strats of the players and map-balance. 4: The stug has a fixed gun, flank it. Also, the stug is a tankdestroyer, try not to attack it with tanks, because the name kind of implies what it does best. This game is asymetrical in many ways. Tiers is one of them. The counterpart to the STUG is the Su85 (more or less) and comes in a diffrent tier. The counterpart to the t34 is the P4. Both come from t3 and the difference in cost explains the overall better performance of the p4. +1 amen The whole point about this game is assymetry. There shouldnt be any units that are by default evenly matched with stats and cost. That would ruin whats good about the game. Currently there are a few units that already are similar: pio/engi con/gren and this results in rng shootouts that are not really fun. Most other units provide you with tools for diffrent playstyles. You cannot (and should not) play both factions the same way. Mirror units are really boring. There were alot of mirrored units in beta for a while. No fun. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Shocktroops at 1CP31 Jan 2014, 22:09 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2014, 21:10 PM5thSSPzWiking cant believe these sov whiners saying that 1cp shocks/gaurds are balanced. why the fuck hasn't this been fixed yet? relic is a bunch of dog fuckers. Being a completely biased douche will certainly not help the matter. If you are unable to express yourself in a more or less civilized manner, please don't even bother posting. Much appreciated. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: ATR shoutcasts Company of Heroes 231 Jan 2014, 09:24 AM Hei! Thanks for casting our game! It took me forever to get rid of those KV-1s... Sturdy bastards In: COH2 Shoutcasts
Thread: Shocktroops at 1CP30 Jan 2014, 17:18 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Jan 2014, 16:58 PMOZtheWiZARD Not really. Shocks are big investment and they can be controlled very effectively by a 240 MP unit. They are after all very specific and specialised infantry which means that you can exploit it. Especially the fact that they have to close in to do the damage. Use this to set a trap. Multiple Shocks means less other infantry on the field and vulnerability to T2 vehicles. FHT especially. You could have seen this in the recent SNF tournament. I usually build 3x Conscripts, Molotov, Shocktroops, I use the Cons to screen and the shocks to flank and close in on weapon teams, simple and very effective. I know it's a big advantage to have them this early because I regularly use them. Once more, this is less about how well they can be countered but more about the immanent gamplay design. Ciez summed it up very nicely here; Jump back to quoted post17 Dec 2013, 13:57 PMCieZ All that being said - sure Shocks can be beaten that early in the game, but I personally dislike the effect that 1 CP shocks/guards on have on the pace of the game. The past few patches have eroded the sense of "early game" that is so dear in CoH. I personally love/enjoy playing and seeing vanilla Grenadiers fighting vanilla Conscripts for the first few minutes of a game. (Don't read this as me justifying gren spam or con spam, I'm not). I love seeing the "dance" for cover and better positioning, trying to lure enemy squads into MG fire, or into bad positions. These early game engagements can really set the tone for the rest of the match, and have the potential to make matches more unique and dynamic. You can be aggressive and go for early cut-offs, you can play more defensive and try to control your own half of the map etc etc. Elite infantry coming so early really negates this aspect of the game. Shock troops fighting vanilla grens really don't care about cover or positioning, you just right click them next to the Gren squad and watch them shred the grens to pieces. The only thing you have to really worry about is an MG42, and even then you have smoke grenades and Oorah on your Cons to flank. So yes, they may be counter-able this early in the game, but it isn't fun to play against, it erodes the early game to being even shorter than it already was, and simplifies the game even further. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Shocktroops at 1CP30 Jan 2014, 16:25 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Jan 2014, 14:16 PMOZtheWiZARD Shocks at 1CP aren't a problem. You need to adjust your builds and strategies and simply adapt. Guards are different story though. Sure they can be dealt with. Still, it's a huge advantage to have such a powerful AI unit so early in the game. I don't like the whole concept of having acces to superunits so early in to the game because I think it's a bad gamplay mechanic that unnecessarily speeds up the tech race. Along with moving Guards/Shocks to 2cp I would gladly move t-34/85 to 9 cp, Tiger/IS-2/ISU-152/Elepfant to 12cp. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sniper in Scout Car30 Jan 2014, 11:13 AM On some maps the pathfinding issues of the m3 and the amount of available cover/sightblockers make it fairly probable to land a pfaust hit. Ofcourse, the higher the players skill the less likely you will counter an m3 with grens. As others stated I see the problem in having guards available at 1cp. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: lets talk about bunkers 28 Jan 2014, 09:34 AM Bunkers are overrated. They can be destroyed very fast by a lot of weapons in the soviet arsenal. The manpower and ammo is far better invested in more infantry and upgrades. Btw, why would you want bunkers as soviets when the 30 muni mine does the job even better? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: SNF / Halftrack27 Jan 2014, 16:57 PM Both halftracks are fine the way they are. If anything the SNF final showed that some maps are horribly balanced and that even top players can fail to adapt their strategy during an ongoing game. The FHT can be hunt down by at-nade cons and guards/Zis, even more so because of the broken pathfinding. By the Time M5s appear the OH player should have enough AT-power on the field to deal with otherwise he deserves to loose. In my opinion neither halftracks nor their reinforce ability are a issue in this game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sunday Night Fights Season 5 Fan Art Contest27 Jan 2014, 11:33 AM So who won the contest? In: News