Profile of Kurobane

So why do we already have infrared stg44 or ostwind wich 40 of them have been made. I don't get the rant about the black prince.

They were used in actual combat while the Black Prince was not. COH is loosely based on history. The Black Prince is not history but fantasy.


That is like saying a man is thinking about having sex with your wife vs actually doing it. They could think up whatever they like but the fact is the Black Prince was just a thought that never made it into action.


If you don't shut that down then they will throw realism out the window and it will turn into a fantasy game. They might as well add magic at that point with Pioneers throwing out fireballs and Rear Echelons shooting lightning strikes. This is Relic, the same one that brought us Dawn of War 3. Don't give them any more terrible ideas or else they might try turning COH 3 into a moba again.



The only way the Black Prince becomes acceptable is if its a Single Player Only unit in a Heart of Irons 4 style campaign in which you can research any number of different technologies in which case every faction would have fantasy make believe equipment.

Reminder to be constructive as possible, especially in regards to the developers that made this game that we all care deeply about.

Acting like a white knight and setting my posts to invisible is not going to change the fact that Relic has a track record of failure.


COH 2 had a terrible launch. The game was literally unplayable for years and even then the game is full of bugs that literally take 5 seconds to fix and are still present in the game.





Advanced Warning launched with UKF roughly 7 years ago and it is still broken and does not work. This is one of many bugs reported that have gone on for years and never fixed.

Dawn of War 3 was a failure of epic proportions almost as bad as COH 2's launch.


AOE 4 only sold copies because it had the name Age of Empires attached to it. Had it came with any other name it would have flopped harder than Dawn of War 3. AOE 2 has more players on it than AOE 4 which is a huge embarrassment.


I spent years being Constructive even going as far as highlighting bugs and exploits and sending them to Relic only for it to be ignored until they are forced to do a hotfix.


The simple fact is that Relic died with THQ which is why all former Relic staff left and are in Blackbird Interactive making Homeworld 3. The people who are left are extremely incompetent.





Look 45 seconds at the Artillery or 53 seconds when the Calliope starts shooting. The animations are way off and a huge downgrade from COH2. The entire video showcases terrible animations for different units and Relic is proud to show that off just like how they were proud of the new UI that they put in that everyone hated forcing them to respond saying that they will change it.

They are out of touch and have no idea what they are doing.

I have news for you, they are that bad.

I agree. The sad part is that its not even like they are making a brand new engine with each release.

COH2 is basically a mod of COH1 and COH3 is essentially the same. Like how can you fuck up a mod that badly?

This is why Relic went out of their way to disable modding. COH2 was moddable in the start and the modders embarrassed them so they took away modding for years and gave it back in the form of crappy modding tools that made sure we couldn't make them look bad again.

Guards rifles arent shit. They are good just not op as some claim because they saw a video and stationary tests.

Also that gaurd motor is nearly in everyone cmmd list indicating the doctrine is to strong according to some is silly. Every faction has a commander or 2 every one goes for.

Guard Motor is taken because of Mark Target and the T-34/85. It has nothing to do with Guards and more to do with the fact that the T-34/76 is basically an upgraded T-70/Ram Throwaway Machine while the T-34/85 can actually damage tanks. The Cost of the T-34/85 is also very good and its efficient for the stats that is has on the tank. Combine that with Mark Target and that is why Guard Motor has been a strong/meta pick since COH2 launched.

SU-85 is a good unit but it is a little clumsy due to the lack of a turrent. A player with less micro or even a map where SU-85 would be less ideal the T-35/85 with Mark Target can serve as a replacement.









Guard Rifle Combined Arms Tactics would be considered a "complete" commander with Guards in it as well yet it is not Meta because the KV-1 is another Upgraded T-70 that is only really useful against infantry. It has Guards, a tank, some air strikes yet I rarely have seen anyone use this commander because compared to the T-34/85 the Kv-1 is light years behind and borderline buns especially after the nerfs it got.


On paper Guards are one of those units that are nice but in actuality are shit because they don't offer anything new that Soviets don't have access too already.

Penal Battalions come out sooner than Guards and thus will have veterancy compared to Vet 0 Guards. You can upgrade them and the AT Satchel is a good enough deterrent against dives that Vehicle Button is not needed.

What I am saying here is that the Soviet base kit is strong enough that it doesn't need Guards. It is not like USF and Pathfinders. Guards are not a bad unit but are worthless. Against a player with a brain, they are not going to let your Guards sit in prone for 30 seconds while they take you out. They will be hit with grenades, hit with mortar barrages, Stuka/Panzerwerfered or even air striked.

The lack of mobility make Guards an easy way to drain your MP when you can simply have other units that are cheaper and almost as effective.


This is why Airborne Guards are vastly superior. Not everything is about damage and 1v1 but more about how they fit into the army as whole. Airborne Guards are better due to the more mobile combat of COH2, and the Vet 1 air strike may not do alot of damage but it can force the enemy to move while your units are safely shooting at them.

Forcing movement is a very powerful tool when utilized correctly as a soft form of crowd control. Take for example a situation where you have a Maxim and it is getting flanked by an OKW blob. Normal Guards can't do much to help you accept touch the ground and await the anal pounding that is about to happen to your Maxims.
Meanwhile Airborne Guards with Vet 1 can force the enemy to move buying you time to reposition allowing you to hold the position or avoid a hard retreat back to base.


Guards in a sense are like Rangers. Both units have good stats and do well in combat but are not needed at all by the main armies who use them. I never once played a game of COH2 and thought to myself that having Guards would have changed the outcome of that game compared to Airborne Guards which could have actually helped me hold onto a vital point or VP due to the Vet 1 ability.

Panzer tactician is quite a special ability.

I feel like abilities like this should be built into the faction in some way.

Like imagine if Whermacht had something similar to Hammer/Anvil in which you can choose between Spotting Scopes, Panzer Tactician or Hull Down.


Pretty much every commander I use has one of these abilities and I pick them specifically for one of these abilities only.