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Jump back to quoted post24 Oct 2013, 22:02 PMherr anfsim

It played and looked a lot more like a firefight rather than a streed dance face-off

Jump back to quoted post23 Oct 2013, 23:47 PMwayward516

OK I tried this long form, but here's the TLDR, in the hopes that I get a more direct response

1. I cannot believe that some people think the micro requirement in this game is too high. Sorry. Compared to SC2 or any MOBA, the mechanical burden of this game is fairly low.

2. I don't see how it's a bad thing that infantry are required to move to stay clear of grenades, aside from COH1 players being upset that it's different from what they've come to expect. Can someone explain this to me?

3. with Mortars, snipers, MGs, AT Guns, and vehicles all placing a much higher premium on positioning than micro (even, I'd contest, Scout Cars and the T70) I feel that it's quite obvious that positioning is important.

I see other issues as being peripheral to the argument.

Also undostrescuatro I don't see how that statement was at all constructive. As someone else in this thread pointed out (I believe?) the grouping/clumping behavior of squads, and their tendency to seek out cover while moving, are major causes of infantry pathing inconsistencies. And Relic has already addressed some of the input delay and units "dancing" when attacked.

Jump back to quoted post23 Oct 2013, 14:49 PMBasilone

I didn't really mean that dodging grenades is the only thing you need to do well, but that microing is the most important skill to have and nade dodging is just one of the more difficult things to micro. Unit preservation does matter too, but that just comes naturally with micro and awareness.

As far as strategy goes its almost non existent compared to what there was to consider in vcoh. Very few unique doctrines, counterpicking is almost completely dead since you can't even identify them anymore, and teching is extremely linear and predictable. I remember once upon a time a decent strat guide accounted for almost every contingency and the way you played it could vary greatly from game to game. Now its just a doctrine with a list of units, with the only variable being the order in which you buy certain things.