Profile of Dullahan

Finished my first time through. Final mission was easy but I wasted a shit ton of units I didn't need to on it.

Fun game, lots of grenade action.

I would like to discuss a change that was made between Coh1 and Coh2. It's a change to a specific unit's statistics that I noticed right away.

-Sniper accuracy at short range has a multiplier of 1 as compared to .75 in CoH1.

I haven't played enough to know whether this change works in CoH2, which is why I'm asking you guys. Personally, I liked that tense moment in CoH1 when you would charge a sniper with a squad and get into detection range with only one member left. From there it was a true battle of wits. Who retreats? and who dies?

Right now, the incentive to rush in with a single squad is much lower, especially considering that the rate of fire is increased for snipers at short range. Of course, that same rate of fire increase existed in CoH1.

I can't say I've seen this scenario crop up all that often.

The changes in camo have kind of changed how snipers function. It's pretty rare to get close to them these days.

Because that's basic statistics. If you have 1k samples of USF 1v1s, then the results won't change if you had 10k samples for usf 1v1 (all same mode ofc)

Depends if it's a random sample of players or not. If he just takes the top 1000 players, then you have to consider the effects of player skill on the results.

the nature of map doesn't allow it; that's the point (at least in 3v3+). at least for caches on normal territory points right outside the bases.

I don't disagree there, but that's again an issue of map design and the inherent flaws in the game mode than it is with the balance of cache bonuses. 1v1 and 2v2 do not have this issue, and are the game is balanced around them first and foremost. The biggest problem with caches is that too many maps give you an easily defend strat point next to your base (that isn't a cutoff), which makes them pretty risk free to build. The gold standard for map design is something like Koholodny where the point is far enough away from your base that it can still be killed, but also quite defensible.

3v3/4v4 is also a game mode where you have to start looking at each player as a component of army strength. In 1v1 and 2v2 you may send 1-2 units off on their own to do stuff, but in bigger game modes you are much better served by acting like a company in a real war wherein you move all your stuff cohesively and work with your teammates as separate forces. The fun of 3v3/4v4 imo is when you have a good team you can strike multiple places at once with efficacy, and use teamwork to set up ambushes etc.

EDIT:
I think the simplest solution would be to have fewer strat points in 3v3/4v4 maps. This would naturally slow down income and make capping/controlling points more significant.