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Thread: Very few cost effective counters to upgraded Grens20 Sep 2013, 00:17 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2013, 11:43 AMraw In an environment involving nonstupid players, not having your grenadiers move is a trivial excercise. Additionally, range is everything in this game and soviets always have to close in, so it's very easy to predict where is moving when towards what. If they won't move they will get punished by mortar or by thrown molotov. I've never said to try to throw one with a squad that is under LMG fire. Hell even Maxim on max range will neglet LMG dps rendering it useless. There are so many options the devil is in the details as always. Play smart, think, set traps, use your units effectively and try not to waste them. I agree Cons are medicore late game, but there are so many AI options for Soviets late game that LMG becomes irrelevant. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Very few cost effective counters to upgraded Grens19 Sep 2013, 10:16 AM Jump back to quoted post19 Sep 2013, 00:47 AMUGBEAR most constructive tips I've seen in my life There is a simple logic. Upgraded Grens have to remain stationary to be effective. Everything that will force them to move, or is good at hitting stationary targets is effective against them. You throw molotov you force them to move, thus neglecting their dps, or they will burn in flames. Mortar will wipe stationary targets with easy. With tanks you just keep them away from panzerfaust range and shoot to death. Or just drive over them. There are plenty counters to Grens and the further game goes the more meaningless they become as game shifts towards heavy hitters. Sorry but this topic is just arguing for the sake of arguing. The statement is false as well. The only one I agree is that LGM Grenadiers are better than vanilla Conscripts but this is obvious and was designed this way. You have many other ways to deal with LMG than Conscripts. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Very few cost effective counters to upgraded Grens19 Sep 2013, 00:16 AM Effective counters to upgraded Grenadiers: 1. Early game: - Mortars, - Maxims, - Zis barrage, - Molotov to some degree, - Shock troops, - Engineeres with flamer to some degree, - Any sort of nades, charges etc. 2. Mid till late game: - T-34 - T-70, - SU-76 - IS-2 - KV-8 - Katyusha, - ISU-152 Anything that's good against infantry tbh. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panthers19 Sep 2013, 00:05 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2013, 09:59 AMpanzerjager2 Arguing with a soviet fangirl like ozwizard is a waste of time. He still doesn't get it that a T4 unit costing 600MP and 135 fuel has the EXACT SAME penetration as a much cheaper su85. Panther needs a definite manpower cost reduction back to 440 (maybe increase fuel to 150 for all I care) along with slightly better anti infantry capability. Right now its ridiculouse to watch a panther needing 2 minutes to force a conscript squad to retreat. Sorry, but this whole topic is waste of time. Panther is a grat tank. The best in fact. Very fast, good armour, good amount of hit points, excellent penetration and it hits like a train. No Soviet armour can go toe to toe with it except for IS-2. After Vet1 it becomes a killing machine. If you're loosing against SU-85 or any other tank it means two things: 1. Your opponent is way better than you. 2. You're doing it wrong. 1v1 is a bit different and is not unusual to not build heavy tanks or even go T4 for both factions. I could complain that I almost never build IS-2 in 1v1. That's not even a valid argument. There is no need to go T4 as PzIV is more than enough to deal with anything Soviet player will throw at you. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panthers18 Sep 2013, 12:00 PM Yeah sure. Make it like PzIV but better. Don't be silly... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panthers18 Sep 2013, 11:53 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2013, 09:59 AMpanzerjager2 Arguing with a soviet fangirl like ozwizard is a waste of time. He still doesn't get it that a T4 unit costing 600MP and 135 fuel has the EXACT SAME penetration as a much cheaper su85. Panther needs a definite manpower cost reduction back to 440 (maybe increase fuel to 150 for all I care) along with slightly better anti infantry capability. Right now its ridiculouse to watch a panther needing 2 minutes to force a conscript squad to retreat. I'm simply trying trying to be reasonable here. SU-85 is a tank destroyer, Panther is a tank. What's more Phanter have no problems dealing with SU-85. After recent patch it's even easier to do so. The real threat to a Panther is a IS-2, but as I said IS-2 should be compared directly with a Tiger. Still 2 Panthers can kill it quite easily. On the side note it's really hilarious being called by a fangirl by someone who plays only Germans. I'll repeat it again. Panther for its value is the best tank in the game. Why would you buff it up even further? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Very few cost effective counters to upgraded Grens18 Sep 2013, 08:59 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2013, 01:30 AMBasilone Why do people keep trying give such obvious tips when I've been playing this game at a somewhat high level since early 2012. FYI comparing units in a vacuum is implying that you are directly comparing 2 units of similar value against each other, such as T34 vs Panzer 4. I'm comparing the entire Soviet infantry arsenal to a single cheap T1 unit, and for most of them there is a large cost discrepancy. FYI combined arms is when you use one units strenghts to counteract your other unit(s) weakness e.g. Snipers kill infantry while SU85 kills tanks. Some of those Soviet units don't even have strenghts, and if they do it is not enough of a "strength" to justify their cost (Shocktroops, Penals, etc). Because Conscripts were made weaker than any German infantry unit be design choice. You are supposed to use other parts of Soviet fighting machine to be effective. This whole topic is pointless. We know they are lacking comparing to Grens or PG. Even Pioneers with flamers are able to defeat them. Is that stooping people from winning matches? No, because they can utilize the full potential of their armies. Relic design it to be this way. ANy changes to this model will cause serious balance issues. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panthers18 Sep 2013, 08:53 AM Jump back to quoted post18 Sep 2013, 07:13 AMpanzerjager2 of course you will find it amazing ... for you everything German is OP being a soviet fanboy yourself. OP excellent points .... lets hope relic does something about it. I already created a thread about the panther a few months ago but apart from the massive and ridiculous manpower increase nothing was done. It's the best tank in the game. You can't deny that. What do you want more? To be super tank? One shoot everything? Someone probably couldn't handle it and lost probably to SU-85 or even IS-2 (tank that should go and goes toe to toe with Tiger) and came here to start new topic to complain how Panthers are useless. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Very few cost effective counters to upgraded Grens17 Sep 2013, 23:37 PM You are suppossed to use combined arms tactic while playing Soviets. Use couple of units together to achieve the goal. Sorry but this comparison is pointless. As someone have said in different topic you shouldn't compare units in vaccum. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panthers17 Sep 2013, 23:33 PM Panther is the best tank in the whole game! What you get for the price is amayzing. This is everything I gotta say regarding the topic. In: COH2 Balance