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Thread: WHY are soviets the center of winter balance patch18 Dec 2016, 16:24 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Dec 2016, 05:45 AMZombiFrancis The Scope(tm). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Relic Winter Balance Preview v1.3 Update18 Dec 2016, 16:09 PM Bug: Major FRP doesn't work. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Relic Winter Balance Preview 2v2 Tournament:18 Dec 2016, 03:51 AM 2v2 Tournament Sunday 18th -Edit: Woops, I see this was already posted. In: Lobby
Thread: Relic Winter Balance Preview v1.3 Update17 Dec 2016, 03:49 AM Jump back to quoted post17 Dec 2016, 01:09 AMStonedAssassin The changes are reasonable except the return of penal flamethrower with ppsh's. It's out of the scope of fixing the vehicle meta and just adds ppsh's on top of what we had before. Every soviet player is quiet right now cause they know how much flexibility it gives them. PPSH is definitely a downgrade of regular SVT Rifles, and they purposefully synergise poorly with Flamer which can't fire on the move. Penals also have less durability through vet scaling compared to Penals in Live. PPSH Penal Flamers are situational instead of a no-brainer complete upgrade like the previous Flamer Penal. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Relic Winter Balance Preview v1.3 Update17 Dec 2016, 03:17 AM Jump back to quoted post16 Dec 2016, 22:53 PMDonnieChan Still, a dedicated soviet tank hunter squad (4 men, 2 PTRS, mines+at nade) would be better than this blob promoter i can literally feel the penal blobs crawling "the ring"-like out of my screen Go play then, and show us replays of how overpowered Penal Blobs are. (They're not) In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Cromwell and Comet in the WBP16 Dec 2016, 06:05 AM Sigh. Yet another thread made by someone who didn't properly read. Yes, Cromwell and Comet are OP, we know. Jump back to quoted post25 Nov 2016, 20:46 PMTheMachine Just please bare in mind that since this patch was under official direction of Relic we were very limited and only able go make changes along the specific scopes of Light Tanks/Vehicles, Squad Formations & Clumping, USF Mortar, Penals & Guards, and Wehrmacht Infantry Scaling. So please leave feedback to specifically those changes and not about all the other priority issues that need changing too. Yes there's so many more issues that need fixing, and this patch will have some consequences of its own, but it's certainly a huge step forward. If this patch goes well as all is smooth, we might be able to do more of these down the line. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: M42 change ideas - Winter Patch 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.415 Dec 2016, 07:49 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Dec 2016, 07:45 AMbulldozer So what is the reason for going T-1 now? Because Penals are superior to Conscripts, especially scaling wise (on an individual basis, but Con spam is very strong), Sniper is incredibly good on open maps and M3 is a nice sniper counter as well as an excellent way of aggressively clearly MG's from garrisons with Flamers. Overall, it's a more aggressive playstyle than Tier 2 which relies on Support weapons. Without any anti-tank, Tier 1 would be prevented from realising that aggressive potential. We are also working on some more anti infantry utility for Penals in v1.3 to make them more desirable and flexible without making them necessarily stronger. Realistically, T1 isn't so attractive at the moment because of how OP maxims are currently, but Maxims will definitely be getting nerfed next patch (if we get that far) which will make Tier1 a bit more attractive. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M42 change ideas - Winter Patch 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.415 Dec 2016, 05:36 AM When I first made the video talking about PTRS Penals and I mentioned M42, I couldn't articulate my thoughts on it so I breezed over it. I have had a think about putting the M42 on Tier 1 as opposed to PTRS Penals and I have come up with the following issues, aside from the fact that its out of scope and probably not possible to get cleared by Relic anyway It's a boring overlap to just have a shitty version of the Ziss gun on Tier1, whether or not its got some gimicks to make it useful. PTRS Penals is a more unique approach that's completely different to the Ziss gun. This makes Tier1 actually feel unique instead of "It's Tier2 minus the Maxim." since you could argue that Sniper and Mortar fill a similar role. (dislodging and harassing static units) M42 won't scale into the late game where as PTRS Penals are mobile and still decent due to deflection damage. (Assuming that Penals can get a 3rd PTRS option later on in the game which we have coming for 1.3) If M42 gets deflection damage its then going to be the only AT gun in the game with deflection, where as all infantry-based AT weapons have deflection damage It will require the commanders with M42 on it to have a new ability, which will be more work and would put it even more out of scope of the patch PTRS Penals gives a lot of fun synergy with M3 and M5, which will help those units become more interesting because currently they're not very useful or at least one-dimensional. (M3 as Flamer Clown Car, M5 as Quad.) Having to build the M-42 instead of just upgrading PTRS to ward off light vehicles will make Tier 1 even weaker, and that's the opposite of what the concern is now of making people actually want to go Tier1 over Conspam and/or T2. Conspam gives better early game pressure and more AT utility, Tier 2 is more robust and gives better strategic flexibility (and Maxims are OP) Without Flamer Penals being so overpowered, and with Guards being nerfed, what reasons is there for players to want to go Tier1? The only real reason is the Sniper and better scaling of Penals compared to Conscripts. Whilst not necccesary buffing the anti tank of Soviets due to the heavy investment it requires, PTRS Penals give strategic flexibility to anti-tank in ways that all other factions have, since M42 will have the same counters and vulnerabilities as Ziss. In team games, Soviets can be in a very limiting spot late game if heavy Axis Tank destroyers nullify all their armour and Offmaps, Rocket Arty & Sturmtiger can constantly deny AT guns. With no infantry-based AT, Soviets have little options in these situations. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M42 change ideas - Winter Patch 1.2 / 1.3 / 1.415 Dec 2016, 05:06 AM Jump back to quoted post13 Dec 2016, 22:11 PMBudwise You don't need a light vehicle ~~hard~~ [soft] counter in every single tier, come on people... If the teching is non linear and you want said tier to actually be viable and for people to use it instead of skipping it every single game, then yes, you do. Sounds like you never bothered playing the preview if you think PTRS are a hard counter to anything. They're not, it's more about not getting completely pushed off the map when a light vehicles shows up without having to lock Commander specific units. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Winter Balance Preview Replays14 Dec 2016, 19:52 PM Very nice games, would make good casts. Though, we already have ourselves. 0 VS Quicksilver Jesulin Jesulin vs Quicksilver [Preview] v1.2 #1 by: TheMachine map: Crossroads 1 - 0 VS Quicksilver Jesulin Jesulin vs Quicksilver [Preview] v1.2 #2 by: TheMachine map: Crossroads 1 - In: Lobby