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Thread: RNG26 Dec 2020, 11:55 AM Jump back to quoted post24 Dec 2020, 00:20 AMDescolata RNG is fine as long as it isnt rare AND extremely impactful AND unmitigatable. Yes! A 1000% this. This is the problem with mechanics like Abandon and Main Gun Crit. It's also really obnoxious when a tank instagibs an entire squad because they clumped when the tank shell hit. There's certainly a weird consistency problem, where King Tigers and IS-2's are unable to one-shot squads but ordinary stuff like Panzer IV's and T-34's are still perfectly capable of it. The range of RNG variance on an ordinary Medium Tank shot shouldn't vary from miss to instagib entire full squad. I think the maximum models hit per squad modifier (like on the T-70 now and mines) should be used across the board for most tanks. Being punished for not doing anything wrong is so frustrating. Infantry clump up all the time when moving around, you can't always avoid being clumped when moving and risk getting instagibbed. In: Lobby
Thread: Will they address Panzergrens in the new patch?26 Dec 2020, 11:36 AM I think PGrens would be much better balanced back in Tier 2 now. Pretty sure when they were in Tier 2 they still had Medpacks as their vet 1 ability and didn't get that passive boost around vehicles. They have been buffed since then so it makes sense they don't arrive in the first few minutes of the game. My main problem with Pgrens is the insane wipe power of the bundle Grenades, especially when they are running around with Shreks. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback24 Dec 2020, 12:56 PM Edit - nevermind. I was ranting about Ram and didn't see the V4 changes. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback10 Dec 2020, 00:04 AM The Penal PTRS conundrum is difficult. I played some more games (against a better opponent) and they don't seem as strong as I initially thought. Double MG42 really shuts Penals down, especially with PTRS because you can't fire on the move. If there is a new OP strategy it will be because of DSHK/Heavy Mortar/Sniper protected behind a PTRS Penal wall, not the Penals themselves. Perhaps Conscripts and Tier 2 will still remain a better and safer route than Tier 1 in high level play but in team games I suspect they'll be popular for their blobability. The problem with relying on DSHK is they still death loop compared to MG42 and they are easy to get stolen, leading to massive swings. All in all though, I love the new changes. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback9 Dec 2020, 04:13 AM I played a couple of games today and Penals feel great but I am worried their anti-infantry accuracy on the PTRS is too high. They seem very strong and blobbable against other mainline infantry squads despite having nice damage against tanks now. Though, while they are scary against Mediums, the 6 man squads get absolutely melted and bled by heavy tanks. Perhaps the PTRS anti-infantry accuracy shouldn't be so high, v2.1 doubled their accuracy on top of many other buffs. I think they could also lose the regular satchel when they are upgraded with PTRS so they can't be used to blow up support weapons and get cheesy wipes. (I also think PGren should lose Bundle when given shreks.) The real OP cheese will be stacking PTRS Penal blobs in front of Heavy Mortars and/or DSHK's. The M5 reinforcement support is also quite strong. (PTRS Penals in an M5 is quite nice against Flak HT, perhaps other lights too) 0 VS GGTheMachine Kpen97 patreon.com/MasterLeague 13 Patch Preview 2.1 Penals vs Kpen by: TheMachine map: (2) Bayeux Assault 1 - 0 VS GGTheMachine Kpen97 patreon.com/MasterLeague 10 Patch Preview 2.1 Penals vs GGTheMachine by: TheMachine map: (2) Amilly Fields 1 - In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Patch Preview 2.1 Penals vs GGTheMachine9 Dec 2020, 04:11 AM This was a nice game. In: Replays
Thread: Patch Preview 2.1 Penals vs Kpen9 Dec 2020, 04:10 AM Power of Penals and PTRS combined with doctrinal support weapons. In: Replays
Thread: Penals, the Elephant in the room8 Dec 2020, 10:46 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Dec 2020, 10:24 AMelchino7 Given the current state of the game and from my awesome 5 minute thought full rework redesign plan which has no flaws whatsoever or any chance of backfiring this is what i came with. /s ---Support weapon company (T2) becomes T1. No further changes. ---Special Rifle comp (T1) becomes T2. Cut cost by half. -New T2 requires T1 and it becomes an optional tier. T3 requires T1 and T4 requires T3. -Penals becomes analog to PG once again (increase cost and buff). Maybe balance them around been a 5 man squad and not sure how historically correct could be to give them zooks cause that would solve the gap of Soviets having a real AT infantry unit to deal with heavy TDs in team games now that we plan on nerfing ram (and probable in the future IL2). -Sniper can be given utility buffs. -M3 can see further buffs now that it arrives at a later timing. Yeah I love this idea. Tier 1 has always been a cheesy risk/reward tier because of lack of support weapons, especially AT guns. If M3 wasn't available at the very start of game like it is now, it could get a lot of buffs without being too cheesy and OP. In: Lobby
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] SOV Feedback8 Dec 2020, 05:00 AM All these new Soviet changes look amazing! I'm confused about the change to Mobilise Reserves though. It is now unlocked when you buy the Tier 4 building and not when it finishes construction? My concern is that even before it's never worthwhile spending the cash to get it in Tier 3 when it unlocks for free when you get Tier 4. If that's the case then it's even more of a no-brainer to just build tier 4 instead of unlocking it at tier 3. Making the tier 3 upgrade cheaper would have been an interesting alternative. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] OST Feedback7 Dec 2020, 02:03 AM Having both MG42 and PGrens on the HQ is indeed very strange. I definitely think Panzer Grenadiers should be moved back onto T2. Swapping Grenadier with MG42 is interesting too. Panzer Grens having been buffed so much now means that they no longer need to come out so early on the HQ. Units like Ostruppen and Ass Grens are difficult to balance when there are 3-4 of them being spammed instead of being mixed into Tier 1 strategies. Combined arms is such a richer way of playing Company of Heroes, and the ability to skip tech by having call-in spam into both HMG and PGrens means that you never see 1-2 squad of Ass Grens or Ostruppen mixed in for tactical use but instead 3-4 blobbing around. In: COH2 Balance