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Thread: Feature request, 'mouse over' on load match.1 Nov 2013, 09:28 AM +1 In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Dear Relic: please include chat in replays30 Oct 2013, 22:38 PM +1 In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 120mm Mortars & Grens Vs Cons29 Oct 2013, 22:45 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Oct 2013, 20:44 PMZtormi Since the 120mm airtime is so huge and it has a very distinct sound, just back away your capping squads .... While the crump of the 120mm is quite distinctive it's there all the time. There is no unique barrage sound - like the howling nebel of CoH1 - as there is no barrage. Thanks to its range the 120mm will fire constantly at something - even your own units if you are not careful Personally a have found the 120mm to be anything from useless to the most devastating unit on the field. If the SU player manages to gain vet for it - things can turn gory very fast. For me precision strike always managed to severely damage or outright kill any immobile target. Especially PAKs, maybe I was just lucky. Jump back to quoted post29 Oct 2013, 21:10 PMZtormi Well I'll have to change my playstyle over tier 0, 0cp Ostheer unit when I play Soviets. Fair point. The DLC commanders are by and large currently not well balanced (go figure) and the Ostheer Commander just makes no sense: Human wave tactics should be a SU thing, if implemented at all ... Regardless : Fair point. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: German sniper survivability27 Oct 2013, 15:24 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Oct 2013, 10:44 AMBabaRoga I don't know how to fix it, but having your sniper counter-sniped by AT gun's, killed by infantry from range and all sort of weird and unexpected ways, most of you guys seen them die in (goes for both snipers, more so German tho) These freak RNG events should generally be extremely rare (and not just for snipers). Being an 1 entity unit the OST sniper is, as you stated, hit the worst by these. The only solution I can think of would be to bring back the target tables - which is not going to happen. Jump back to quoted post27 Oct 2013, 10:44 AMBabaRoga And then other times it will kill 2-3 inf models from close range, retreat through them run past shooting tanks and falling arty/rockets and still get home safe. That just isn't right and its plain and simple annoying.... Jump back to quoted post27 Oct 2013, 10:36 AMc r u C e That will be a dream come true,every time I chase a Sniper that is two feet away from my infantry that awesome Benny Hill music comes to mind An increase of HP and a reduction of armor for the OST sniper (as proposed) won't make him die faster to small arms fire. Overall survivability should stay the same. So instead of sometimes seeming impervious to small arms fire (if RNG wills it) you should see him loose HP consistently ... ... before he makes it back to his base with that last sliver of his health bar In: COH2 Balance
Thread: German sniper survivability26 Oct 2013, 20:35 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Oct 2013, 17:51 PMc r u C e 1.I am calm 2.I see no reason why it should have it's health "tweaked",the Sniper guy doesn't want to die to small arms fire already Oh, he dies to rifles all right. It's annoying if a sniper escapes a good flank. But you got to admit that in terms of pure small arms fire: Both sniper units have about the same survivability. Personally I disliked the sniper centric play of CoH1. Intensely disliked it. I was thrilled with the first tidbits that snipers would now only be able to cloak in cover. However right now we have one faction with a frail but ever so slightly more efficient sniper and the other faction with a far more resilient sniper unit. On top of the natural counter sniping risk to the OST sniper the abilities (natural and vet) of other SU units pose very real threats to the OST sniper (already covered in this tread). All of this might not be an issue if you are a top player and have honed your sniper micro skills in countless hours of vCoH... For most mediocre players this is a problem. I like the current asymmetry but a slight buff towards AOE durability could be a way to make the OST sniper more appealing to non pro players. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The game IS a click fest now26 Oct 2013, 15:47 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Oct 2013, 16:46 PMArray I recall in a developer thread way back this was discussed. It was explained that they wanted to remove 'hidden knowledge' from the game. For example in vcoh volks v rifles volks would win in cover at range whilst rifles needed to get close in. This was not obvious for someone coming to the game... I suspected as much - shame really. Probably the main reason for the removal of the target tables and the current scatter mechanic. There will always be 'hidden knowledge' in any complex game. It's a very important part of game design and UI to impart the game mechanics. Frankly CoH2 has done a pretty mediocre job so far, even though some aspects of the game have been 'stream lined'. Some tooltips are still misleading or just wrong - months after release. I haven't paid much attention to it lately but does the T3 OST research still announce "...medium tanks and rocket artillery are now available"? (The artillery being in T4 since release.) EDIT To be fair: The information flow in vCoH was apparently worse. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: The game IS a click fest now24 Oct 2013, 13:46 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Oct 2013, 13:24 PMwayward516 So then cover bonuses might need to be looked at. I see that as a much different issue than micro/unit control. My feeling (that more active unit control is a good thing) actively supports changes like that, as it makes intelligent usage of units more important. I don't see how "cover needs tweaked" equals "coh2 is a click fest" though. There was a bit more to infanty fights then just cover and positioning. Are you familiar with the volks-riflemen dynamic of CoH1? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: The game IS a click fest now24 Oct 2013, 13:16 PM If we are to compare just vCoH and CoH2 - then yes the games has become more arcady, more DOWish if you will. CoH2 does hoever require more tactics then most other RTS games. But let's face it: It's a new, a different game. While I do prefer the more tactical and strategic approach of vCoh (and lament its demise) the game designers have simply chosen a different tack for CoH2. Every single unit has special abilities (either form the start, unlocked via upgrades or unlocked at vet1). Using these to maximum effect is now an integral and extremely important part of the game. On the other hand many formerly vital parts vCoH were (in all probability) intentionally not integrated into CoH2. Just to name one example: Shaping the battlefield to fit your strategy due to deployment of barbed wire, sandbags and tank traps is now gone or has a negligible impact in most games. But as I said at the beginning: It's a new game. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: COH Steam gonna get fixed?22 Oct 2013, 10:09 AM That's interesting. I've only been playing 1v1s since the Steam transition of Coh1. If the other game modes are indeed broken - well, that would explain the faster and superior matchmaking of Coh1 as all players are forced into that one game mode. In: COH Central
Thread: COH Steam gonna get fixed?22 Oct 2013, 09:02 AM Jump back to quoted post22 Oct 2013, 08:03 AMPepsi Waited pretty much 40 minutes on ranked research yesterday, then I shat coh to play lol. I know exactly what u mean - lol. It seems that at any given time I can get a faster and more importantly better (skill lvl) matched game for Coh1 then for Coh2. If the cause for this is indeed the smaller player pool then this does bode ill for Coh2's online segment unless something happens fast ... In: COH Central