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Thread: Rank//Insignia22 Aug 2013, 23:05 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 19:06 PMr7Bashy Personally im really unhappy with the current rank system // insignias I know it may seem silly but in Coh1 you used to have to work so hard for those insignias which all had a distinct different look and actually meant something. Now ive played with several so called level 100 and to be honest alot have been bad to say the least. I remember the feeling of panic on the loading screen on a random 2v2 when you saw that gold symbol flash up and you knew you were in for a great game, or even a chance to learn a few things and play with a great player. Now you get matched with a level 100 it means nothing plus if you lose you dont seem to lose a rank or insignia. We are all gonna be level 100 soon May be a trivial point but I do miss it. Anyone else? I wholeheartedly agree. In: Lobby
Thread: What I view as very pressing issues22 Aug 2013, 21:56 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 21:27 PMTwister RNG is a factor a player can control. Part of the skill of a good player is being able to correctly evaluate the risk/reward of every move. There are risky plays and there are safe plays. A risky move can be greatly rewarding or punishing if it fails, a safe move will be less rewarding or punishing. You're only skillcapping yourself by patronisingly telling Relic what they should do instead of adapting the way you apprehend and play this game as it evolves. There's a good reason why the top 5 of every CoH tournament was composed of the same players almost every time. That is just what I tried to explain the whole time In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Do you think ScoutCar is OP now?22 Aug 2013, 21:52 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 20:55 PMVRL Before the coaxial LMG was disabled after upgrading the 20mm Autocannon. Now it stays active, and it's too effective at killing infantry for its cost, it completely denies M3 play (which is should) but it also now dicks on conscripts and other infantry. EDIT: As it has been mentioned elsewhere - now its the early equivalent of SU-85 kiting. It just reverses out of conscript range while peppering away and killing models rapidly. Ok. But they did not buff the coaxial mg or something right? So the only thing that's different now is, that you have the AT and the AI ability of the 222 unified in one unit or am I mistaken? So people managed to deal with one upgraded and one non upgraded scout car but they struggle to take out the "new" scout car? really? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: Do you think ScoutCar is OP now?22 Aug 2013, 20:48 PM I don't get it. The scout car's AI ability remains the same if upgraded or not, why would it suddenly become op? Just because I now only need one instead of two scout cars to deal with m3's n cons? In: Ostheer Strategies
Thread: What I view as very pressing issues22 Aug 2013, 20:43 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 20:39 PMZ3r07 I don't necessarily agree with this. Life and professional sports are full of lucky and unlucky moments. Although I'm not for or against the new patch, I don't really see a problem with RNG and the way they did it. Example: I see AT nades has being a waste of ammo vs. a heavy tank BUT if you are desperate, you try it, if ever it works, it doesn't change the outcome of the game being played unless the player with the heavy tank was too aggressive with it or the tank was unsupported. So the RNG is there but imo doesn't decide a game unless you play a high risk game. So this still rewards good play, if you play High Risk well then expect that maybe an At Nade might work vs. your Heavy Tank because your enemy will probably try it more the once. Well said. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What I view as very pressing issues22 Aug 2013, 20:23 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 19:01 PMCyridius Except it doesn't. Not even close. A damaged engine(Read: DAMAGED i.e. you can still move a reasonable speed) and a fully functioning main gun and coaxial + mounted MG means that tank is far from useless. It's just more vulnerable. If you get caught by a snare when you're on the defensive, you're just not playing well. That's the long and short of it. If you can't reverse when you see a squad with a snare running towards you, it's your own fault. They lose a shit tonne of models and may even die trying to snare you. If you can't handle that then I can't really say anything else. Once again, I'm talking about attacking, how would you attack with an immobile Tank? A t-34/85 with damaged engine is of no use anymore if I want to advance towards my enemy. A Tank is an offensive weapon and the prepatch situation punished aggressive armor manuevers just beacuse a single conscript/gren squad could halt the whole push. There's a military saying that states that an immobile tank is a dead tank. I really do not buy the "killing flanking plays" explanation. If killing flanks was such a gigantic issue they should shorten the range. Not make the ability hit or miss. The hilarious thing that you seem not to realize is that they didn't even fix the issue. It's still RNG, so it can still kill flanks. Yes it can still kill flanks, but there is a reasonable chance of success. Before it was, if A then B now it's, if A then A, B or C. As I stated before I think skill is to be able to evaluate risks and chances. Also you should reread my previous post closely as well as what Fatal_Saint wrote. All in all, I'm just no big fan of drôle de guerre like gamplay. There needs to be room for success for daring endeavours otherwise the game gets boring very quickly. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: camo skins disappear after restart game22 Aug 2013, 16:31 PM Same here. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: What I view as very pressing issues22 Aug 2013, 16:14 PM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 11:21 AMCyridius This is just absolutely false. They punished stupid players that overextended their units. There was no "laziness" about positioning, and there's nothing careless about the action of using an ability. The only people benefiting from this change are bad players while everybody else is losing. I don't think you understand the importance of a vehicle snare. I'm not talking about overextending, I'm talking about attacking and I sure do understand the importance of a vehicle snare. From my point of view the at-nade/faust serves this purpose against the light to medium tanks and the mines/button for the heaviers. My problem is, that a t1/t0 unit can render a expensive late game tank useless by simply pressing a button. By the time you need to repair the tank you've already lost the attack momentum. If an IS-2 has to fear a single Grenadier squad, something is wrong. the bottom line is: fausts/at-nades always had counterplay: kiting (the homing missile thing is bad imho, but that is another story). the nerf effectively makes the game more forgiving for less skilled players that are not good enough to kite, by giving them a chance at another shot of trying to kite away. i don't feel like that is a good change. Now how exactly dou you kite with a Tiger when there is horrible pathing, oorah and the radar homing at-nade? Also what Fatal said. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What I view as very pressing issues22 Aug 2013, 11:02 AM The 100% guaranteed engine damage on medium and heavy tanks caused by Fausts and AT-nades just rewarded lazy or careless players who didn't manage to build up a system of AT-options. When a Tank broke through they could just grab one of their t0/1 units and absorb the assault by killing the tanks engine. Stuff like that is still possible but it's not that likely to happen anymore which is good because it forces people to use combined AT-systems. Holding off a breakthrough and interrupting Tank assaults, that's waht mines are there for. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Do you think ScoutCar is OP now?22 Aug 2013, 10:41 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Aug 2013, 10:04 AMlink0 It's probably well balanced at the average skill level. However, it has a somewhat high skill ceiling that just rewards good players far more than it ought to. In high skill level matches, the only real counter to AC are mines (which of course partly comes down to luck). It's just way too cheap for how good it is. I agree, but the cost increase should remain in balance with the soviet m3. In: Ostheer Strategies