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Thread: Soviets floating ammo23 Oct 2013, 14:22 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Oct 2013, 12:17 PMBabaRoga Well if you wanna talk German Ammo, then I am majorly short all the time and I need to carefully think when investing any of it. I think when people say Soviets float ammo, they really mean that they simply have more ammo to use on mines and unit abilities, not that they have nowhere to spend it. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Relic: Please beware "The British Curse"23 Oct 2013, 14:15 PM Stop it. You're reminding me of the many days of M3 rampage on release. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Selecting a commander should be a 2-click process...23 Oct 2013, 13:01 PM I wonder if a UI mod is possible? It'd be nice to move the resource counters down to the left side near the minimap. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: T34/8522 Oct 2013, 04:24 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Oct 2013, 00:15 AMvoltardark The T34/85 composed nearly 50% of all T34 tanks produced during WW2. It would rather be normal if the unit was non doctrinal. The T34/85 should switch place in T4 with the Su-85 who was a limited variant of the T34 chassis. The new doctrinal Su-85 should be the pre-nerfed version and priced accordingly. While this is an interesting proposition, Guard Motor Tactics would be the most godly thing since broken Assault Support Doctrine. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Proposal for a small M3 armour buff22 Oct 2013, 04:19 AM Jump back to quoted post21 Oct 2013, 23:55 PMBlovski I kind of enjoy the shrek-track. Eats T-70s - nice having a hard counter. Like, it could probably have the mp cost cut a little for what it is. That's 560mp, 120mu, and 55fu for a "hard counter" to a 160mp, 55fu unit that probably won't be able to do anything else later in the game (considering there won't be any Su-85's or Katyushas to flank if they went T3). Not the most efficient use of resources, don't you think? I mean, just compare the cost of it to the T70. It costs 40 more manpower than that infantry killing beast and has no weapons by itself whatsoever. I'm not saying it's completely useless but it's pretty hard to find a place for it in the vast majority of situations. This call-in and the Stug-E have too high of an opportunity cost (delayed T3 -> Ostwinds/Panzer IVs) versus the minimal utility they bring to the table (do not really fill any major gaps in the German arsenal). Compare these call-ins to the Mortar Halftrack and you'll see what I mean. Frankly, this is actually a related issue to the M3 being a bit underpowered because both have a very limited window of usefulness before they are completely outclassed by tank spam or rendered a liability due to other AT. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Proposal for a small M3 armour buff21 Oct 2013, 20:59 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2013, 21:35 PMTurtle I do think that 250 halftracks should get a similar bump, although they are a PGren delivery system, and those are deadly enough on foot. I still want to see these vehicles used more often and longer in a match. That particular call-in ability is just like the T34-85: extremely useful in some situations, but also extremely hard to save up for (560 manpower is a lot). Frankly, that 55 fuel is better spent on teching to T3 rather than calling in a niche-usage German clown car. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: conscript merge bug full squad left map21 Oct 2013, 20:50 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Oct 2013, 08:25 AMNullist Guess your Cons decided FTS vs 2 LMG grens Those guys need to be shot for desertion. Not one step back! In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Help: dealing with Assault Grens 2v221 Oct 2013, 20:46 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Oct 2013, 07:03 AMLe Wish Got raped by this yesterday on Road to Kharkov (north). 2v2, both opponents went Agrens straight of the bat. Built 4 of them each I think. Since it was almost impossible to get a squadwipe it was hard to push them back and also hard to hold cutoff and fuel. The big issue was the sheer force of them. When they got 3 squads up (Supported by HT) and pushed each side it was really hard to get something useful done. Since the map was narrow, there wasnt really any other place to go to avoid fighting them and harass. Now it was the first time we played against this and we were not prepared. So Im also interested in what can counter this? One player goes penals with flamers and the other one maxims, work on one side? They played very fluid and moved their Agrens all the time so using something like Heavy Mortars to try to protect points or hit advances dont seem like something to rely on. Maxims seem risky if they move about that much, even if the deploytime is short. I had this happen to me on the same map with a teammate. I went four conscripts + molotov and he went for quick T2 + Maxim spam. Shut down the assault grenadiers very quickly (can also shut down the inevitable panzergrenadier rush if the maxims are properly overlapped). Then I went for T1 for sniper support while he rushed to T3 and got an early T-34 (you can swap this for T-70s, I would assume it'd be even better). You have to take advantage of the fact that they don't have rifle nades nor fausts and that their assault nades suck and are extremely expensive. Therefore, Maxims are your best friend. Especially garrisoned in buildings. Also, they cost a lot of manpower to call in so they should always have less squads than you do during the game. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Leaderboard matchmaking system broken?21 Oct 2013, 20:42 PM Out of curiosity, anyone know exactly how the ladder decay works? Does it decay for completely inactive players only or does it decay based on the last time you played a particular faction/mode? How fast does it decay? These are questions that I don't remember being answered very specifically in the stream. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Is the big Russian Howie a bit too accurate ? 21 Oct 2013, 20:37 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Oct 2013, 18:33 PMOmega_Warrior Really? I love it. It just doesn't have much use in a 1v1. 2v2 and up it is great for countering heavy armor and wiping capping infantry. It's just a bit hard to use. Just try to keep your munitions up so you can have recon runs to help you find repairing tanks and defensive positions. It's definitely better at certain team games (cough 2v2 Pripyat Summer cough), but even then it's essentially a gimmick. Any decent German player would have Jaeger Armour equipped in team games which makes any howitzer instantly useless (unless of course multiple Soviet players spam them or the German player with the doctrine foolishly spent all of his munitions elsewhere). I know I have once complained about this howitzer at one point but I've since learned to just equip that doctrine when playing as Germans: problem solved. In: COH2 Balance