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Thread: New 203mm Heavy Howitzer29 Sep 2013, 13:40 PM I'm kind of surprised there wasn't a thread on this already, but what is everyone's opinion of the new howitzer that the Counterattack commander got? The weapon is essentially a better Soviet 120mm Howitzer + a better German PAK43 rolled into one unit all for the not-so-expensive price (relative to those two units) of 600 manpower. In my opinion, it is much too efficient considering it can one shot a Panther at vet 2. I know it's doctrinal but a 600mp unit killing a 600mp+130fu unit in one shot? Pretty ridiculous if you ask me. Note that the weapon should only require 600 damage inflicted in order to get to vet 1 - thats only 10 infantry kills. Once it is vet one and has its precision strike, the German player can pretty much kiss any HVT immobile for more than a second good-bye. This leads to easy vet 2 which then after is simply "trolololol." If the German player didn't pick a commander with recon run + some call-in bomb ability, he has literally no way to counter this provided the Soviet player plays smart and defends his base well. I've been on the giving and receiving end of this cheesy unit and I really don't think it adds any fun to the game (maybe in compstomps?). On a side note, why is it that the Soviets always get these insta-gib units like KV-8 and the 203mm? But now that this is here, I have to say this is far more cheesy than the KV-8 ever was, considering this thing can be easily defended due to its long range. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Scout car 221 now cost 15 fuel?29 Sep 2013, 01:20 AM Essentially armoured cars can be spammed now with no detriment to Ostheer mid game. You can get 2 armoured cars compared to 1 before for only 80 more mp and 5 more fuel - that's pretty ridiculous considering there were no stats nerfs. This is very punishing for T1 Soviet play. If you upgun one to deal with M3 and upgun your grenadiers to deal with conscripts, the Soviet player pretty much has to go guards to deal with them - but by then, it'll probably be too late as you'll have a lot of the map. Two upgunned armoured cars will kill a T70 with no problems, by the way. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Beta Play Test29 Sep 2013, 01:15 AM Finally, a veterancy rework! I hope it'll be somewhat closer to its vCoH equivalent because I was getting tired of those invulnerable vet2 flame tracks. Actually, pretty much every unit in the game becomes superman at vet 2 now that I think about it. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: all whining about balance and p2w aside29 Sep 2013, 01:09 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Sep 2013, 07:46 AMBaroof talk about things you like about the game once in a while other than using the forum as your personal complaint diary The game does not get better by us showering it with praise. The game gets better with constructive critism (note the italicized word; I don't agree with all criticism). In: Lobby
Thread: P2W whine thread. 29 Sep 2013, 01:07 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Sep 2013, 20:55 PMCyridius Maybe they should start charging us for patches. If you want to get the new content you have to pay for it, right guys? Shh. Don't give them ideas. In: Lobby
Thread: Undocumented changes to MG42?29 Sep 2013, 00:50 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Sep 2013, 17:52 PMwooof mg42: time to suppress ≈ 2.23 seconds near and 4.63 seconds far prepatch ≈ 2.36 near and 4.90 far maxim: time to suppress ≈ 1.51 seconds near and 3.05 seconds far prepatch ≈ 1.32 near and 2.67 far Ok, is it just me or are these numbers a little illogical here? Why in God's name does a piece of shit Maxim suppress faster than an MG42 that was invented almost 60 years later? I thought the asymmetric balance between the two was supposed to be higher DPS for Maxim and higher suppression for MG42? The hell happened? Right now the Maxim is just godlike when garrisoned in buildings as they have the same arc as the MG42, super fast repositioning time between windows, suppress twice as fast, and are impossible to clear out without a flame halftrack (note: lucky rifle nade crits do not count as a reliable method of clearing buildings except for those small sheds that everyone knows not to garrison anyway). On the other hand, the MG42 takes so long to start firing when garrisoned that a conscript will literally run up to it (without Oorah, I might add), chuck a molotov, and laugh. With the traverse speed nerf, I actually find using Maxims to be easier since you can pretty much still A-move with them and reposition for an insta suppress if you get caught pointing in the wrong direction. Frankly, they're just so much more versatile that I even prefer to pick them up than to build my own MG42s when playing as Ostheer simply because they suppress faster - ironic, isn't it? Note that the garrison scenario happens usually because the MG42 is pointed the wrong way when you garrison (like pointing towards the edge of the map, WTF?) and needs to re-setup when an actual enemy comes. Allowing players to pick which direction the MG is facing would probably alleviate some of this issue. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Soviet FHQ29 Sep 2013, 00:36 AM The forward HQ right now is gimmicky at best. If you are lucky, you can sit on it all game and completely cripple the German economy. If you are unlucky, it dies in three seconds flat to a mortar. If this happens, the Soviet player's economy just got crippled. Essentially it's just one big coin flip for the game and honestly has no place in an RTS with its current stats (especially considering the gamble is actually not 50-50 and is in favour of the Germans). By the way, want the biggest counter to FHQ? Get a mortar halftrack and use the fireball barrage - if lucky, it will flame crit the building and burn it to the ground (yes, from full HP). The mortar halftrack probably won't die to counter-barrages from their mortars if you keep moving it around. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Osttruppen Merge Ability?28 Sep 2013, 06:14 AM Osttrupp definitely have less than 80hp as they die to 2 or 3 shots from rifles rather than 4. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Scout car 221 now cost 15 fuel?27 Sep 2013, 16:37 PM How is the scout car junk? At vet2 it can solo a t70 and win. By the way, this decreased cost is going to make vetting them even easier than before. Bye bye m3's. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: P2W whine thread. 27 Sep 2013, 15:46 PM @Scerun: +1. Someone sticky this guy's post. In: Lobby