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Thread: Sega Makes Fun Of EA’s ‘Surprise Mechanics'10 Jul 2019, 16:08 PM EA: I REJECT MY HUMANITY! They are a business with shares in the stock market and their first goal is to satisfy investors not gamers. In: Lobby
Thread: Any news about COH 3 ???10 Jul 2019, 15:53 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Jul 2019, 14:47 PMCrecer13 Not quite true, the RTS is really a popular player genre. but not popular with major publishers. Because the "game service" concept with lootboxes completely captured the minds of publishers. They want to create minimal content but sell it for maximum profit. RTS can not squeeze money out of players as much as possible. Therefore, the RTS is not so popular for development. We don't need to lie to ourselves. This is not the 90/00, golden time for RTS is far gone. STRATEGY, as a general category, is popular. But that's because it includes way too many different genres which are not close to each other. RTS, RTT (MoW), TBS (Civ), TBT (Xcom), Artillery, Tower Defense, MOBAs, etc. RTS outside of having big fanbases (Starcraft, Warcraft, Age of empires, CoH) is extremely niche. The genre requires heavy time investment in order to start to scrap the real hidden value of the product, something which the masses are not going to do. That's why MOBAs replaced RTS, at least in terms of PvP demographic. They are easier to start with, even if the skill roof is still high. Jump back to quoted post10 Jul 2019, 09:19 AMBIS-Commando Any news about COH 3 ??? Forget about it, at least for 4/5 years more. Relic is currently busy with AoE4, which you can't expect to get any fresh news till end of year or way into 2020. If they are still assigned to the IP for post release content, you would still need to wait even more. If you can't wait, the closet thing you could get is Iron Harvest. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Machine Guns9 Jul 2019, 05:48 AM Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2019, 20:09 PMdistrofio maxims do very well when garrisoned, because they move quicker and their durability coupled with the heavy cover does wonders. All MG are supposed to be moving at the same speed inside a garrison. It used to be related to reload values of each MG but it was made uniform quite some time ago. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Any consideration to reduce the RNG effects in COE2?7 Jul 2019, 22:30 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jul 2019, 22:14 PMHannibal If you want a more star craft-like gameplay, you need to play starcraft. The WW2-time frame does not really allow for a completely deterministic gameplay in my eyes. In my opinion, CoH2 has reached a nice balance between rng and complete mathematical determination for the most part, although in many regards it's far from perfect. Does the rng make the game require less skill? Well, yes and no, rng can add to the skill ceiling if it is applied in to a limited extent. Yes, as you're sometimes not rewarded, even if you took a fight where you had initial advantage. No, as you are required to reevaluate the engagement at all times. My tank missed twice? -> Abandon the offensive or keep pushing, it's up to you to make a qualified decision. Perfect answer. There's no definite decision, you adapt on the move. Jump back to quoted post7 Jul 2019, 21:37 PMmrtom Just wondering if Relic is considering lessoning the RNG effects in this otherwise great game? I know many have asked this same question in the past. Way too many times have I left a game feeling <strongly> that I either won, or lost, due to some extra-bad luck. After putting in a hard-fought hour-long game, I don't want to win or loose due to a few extra-lucky shots. I have played ~500 games of StarCraft over the past 15 years. I never once left a game feeling this way. It was ALWAYS the better played game that won. I would say ~25% of my games of COH2 ends up in 'rage' due to an entire squad going down with one grenade, or a my T34 missing several shots in a row while the opponent's P4 wipes my T34 out, ...at a critical point in the game. And somehow, it also really seems to come in sets of bad luck. Its not just one or two events typically. Realistic? Maybe, I don't really know. Fun? No, not nearly as much as the more deterministic combat of a game like SC. At least not from a competitive POV. Relic - pls consider reducing the RNG effects. Seems quite a number of other folks feel similarly. Who knows, maybe such a move would bring more folks to COE2, at least more of the competitive types. Because otherwise, COE2 is really a great game. Some of things you are mentioning about are 0 RNG. Grenades have no RNG component. They do a set amount of damage which is reduced the further you are from the center. Ballistic weapons are the more kin to RNG, but even then there are plenty of ways to mitigate them. If you STOP your vehicles, you basically get double the accuracy. If you vision on the target, indirect fire doesn't get punished by fog of war penalties. The game through the years have basically removed or mitigated most of the annoying RNG effects. You want 0 RNG, there's SC2 or AoE2. You want some RNG, there's CoH2 and WC3 (less RNG based but still with some elements of it). In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: RNG has too much of an impact on games7 Jul 2019, 22:04 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jul 2019, 21:36 PMKatitof Talk about necro. When you see a Nullist post, you know this is vanilla coh2.org In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Why all the hate for riflemen?7 Jul 2019, 18:57 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Jul 2019, 13:24 PMblvckdream But that´s because Sturms are way better than RE. Riflemen wouldn`t suck vs Volks at minute 0 if it wasn´t for Sturm support. USF gets free officier squad after only 35 fuel and early LVs. So USF early game isn`t that bad IMO. It´s way better than Soviets for sure. Sturm is only 1 of the factors. Volks trade efficiently with Rifles at range superior to 20. Combine that with sandbags and you get a hard squad to dislodge early on. USF get's outspammed during the first 4 mins of the game. Most people get LT/Cpt after their 3rd Rifle/Call in unit. If you tech up perfectly, you are sitting for more than 1 min with 3 Rifles + RE while OKW would be having 4 Volks + SP while building their SwS. Ambulance vs medkit is also another mp effective exchange which only leverages during the mid game. PD: USF get their goodies on the mid to late game mostly. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: tier 0 and tier 1 OKW rework 7 Jul 2019, 03:07 AM Jump back to quoted post7 Jul 2019, 00:49 AMMazianni Alright, I'll bite. How is the dps being calculated with the accuracy here? Do you have the formula for it or is it some sort of straight multiplication? Values on their own are meaningless. The only worth metric is DPS, which is kinda complicated formula. There are fringe cases (overkill) on which DPS won't tell you the whole story, but those mostly apply only on 1 on 1 comparisons. DPS is basically calculated as: Accuracy x Damage x (Long string of different variables) If you want the whole thing. Either you use this Total damage: accuracy(incremental, range, target_size, moving, cover)damage(cover)penetration(range, armor)burst bullets(range, moving)(1+reload frequency) Burst bullets: 1 if single fire, otherwise Burst duration(range, moving)rate of fire(range) Time required: (wind up+fire aim(range)+burst duration(range, moving)+wind down+cooldown(range, moving))(1+reload frequency) - cooldown(range, moving) - fire aim(range) + ready aim(range) + reload duration(range) DPS: total damage/time required Or this DPS being calculated as: Damage x Accuracy x (Shots per burst x Shots fired before reload / Total time to shoot including reload) Total time to shoot including reload = ((Shoot burst duration + Fire aim time + Wind up + Wind down)Shoots fire before reload) + (Cooldown duration * Reload frequency) + (Reload duration) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF Halftrack6 Jul 2019, 20:26 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Jul 2019, 19:15 PMGrumpy The AA performance has been bad ever since they removed the dedicated AA ability. It does sound effects only. It seems like even the Sherman pintle mg is better. The M20 is much better. Poor AA performance is generally related to poor rotation stats. The closer you are to the plane, the greater the chances that it won't shoot at all. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What Role Should Heavy Tanks Serve?6 Jul 2019, 20:26 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Jul 2019, 10:37 AMLago The problem there is unless you start getting to insane armour values, all you achieve is cementing tank destroyers as the only counter. I don't know if this is even within the capabilities of the mod tools, but what if instead of more frontal armour, they had frontal damage reduction? Say, they've got 720 HP like a premium medium, but 50% DR on the front, meaning attacking one head on gives it 1440 effective hit points (the same as a Churchill?). That'd make them more effective at the spearheads they're designed for, but also much more rewarding to flank. That would be a good idea if it was possible. More so if you could adjust hitbox of tanks (50/50 can lead to scatter shots hitting back from the front. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Mediums to panther/tank destroyer interactions 6 Jul 2019, 19:46 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Jul 2019, 16:17 PMLago How many hit points does a 13 CP generalist heavy need to be worthwhile? On 1v1, what we have now. On 2v2, what we have now but cheaper. On 3v3+ KT levels of HP pool. Heavies punishes builds relying too much on medium and AI vehicles with little to no support AT. A single AT gun can stop a medium or 2 if you have another tank. A single AT gun won't stop a heavy from going forward, killing it and the pulling back. The nature of the game mode is always gonna favour tank destroyers and artillery from 2v2 and onward and there's nothing you can do because each player has 100popcap to work with on maps which generally have 3 VPs. In: COH2 Balance