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Jump back to quoted post20 Oct 2014, 14:34 PMluvnest

Design of certain factions

• In general: Playing allies feels extremely dull. It's either or. You mostly have only the half amount of units available due to the teching structure. Axis on the other hand are fun to play, especially Wehrmacht.
  
• OKW and USF promotes blobbing. Giving your basic infantry squad (Volks) good AT capabilities is ridiculous. It just asks for blobbing your units cause they can both take on Tanks as well as on Infantry. A good player's army should consist of a good synergy of support weapons and infantry with tanks. Not just basic infantry that you A move to victory.
  
• Support weapons: As the name already said, those weapons are used to SUPPORT infantry. Maxim spam is viable since day 1 (well because of the current bug not that viable, but you know what I mean). There shouldn't be more infantry than basic infantry. MG42 is doing it right in that regard.
  
• OKW vetting system: is just plain stupid. It automatically favours OKW in the later stages of the game, which makes no sense at all. While your concripts do fine early on, they are just getting eaten alive later on. The best part is that once your infantry reaches vet 3, your OKW opponent still gathers vet till the end while you stand still. This has nothing to do with balance.
  Giving units additional abilites once they reach vet 4/5 is fine with me, but not buffing their general stats.
  
• Useless doctrines: There are way too many doctrines that are not beeing used and never will be. If you don't pick a doctrine with a heavy tank call in, you are bound to the regular teching and limit your options (especially with Soviets). I'd rather go for a fast T34 and wait for an ISU or an IS2, than just beeing stuck with T34 all game. Especially with the T4 cost of extra 120 fuel..
  

Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2014, 18:50 PMRogers

Well kids thats a wrap. After almost a decade of casting I am calling it quits. RnP is a wrap, I am not sure if we will ever come back but I am doubting it. If we ever do cast it will be extremely informal (we are good at that) and we will most likely be drunk. Ive been a staunch supporter of Company of Heroes since the alpha with its ups and downs and a defender of Relic but now those days are past. I still love the series for all the fun Ive had with it. For all the great people Ive met over the years. On behalf of Pounder and myself thank you for all the support of our completely shitty amateur bullshit that we have forced on you guys over the years. Best of luck to everyone in the community. I'll still be streaming but it wont be Company of Heroes anymore. Thanks for everything guys. See you on the other side.

Jump back to quoted post25 Sep 2014, 15:45 PMsomenbjorn

SU-100 would do to Panthers what the Jagdtiger does to T-34-85s. Funny at first but horribly OP. What does the German have as a hope for winning if all their heavies are smashed instantly?

The D-10 is a high-velocity gun of 100 mm bore diameter, with a barrel length of 53.5 calibres. Muzzle velocity of 895 m/s gave it good antitank performance by late-war standards. Initially it could penetrate about 146mm of steel armor plate angled by 30 degrees at 1,000 m range, superior to the German 75 mm KwK 42 mounted on the Panther tank and the original 88 mm guns such as the Tiger I's KwK 36, but not as good as the Tiger II's longer KwK 43 L/71 gun until after the war, when APDS and more modern ammunition types were developed. A more effective high-explosive shell was developed, taking advantage of the larger 100 mm bore.