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Thread: Brits need overhaul next14 Dec 2015, 01:04 AM Emplacements are really powerful when used properly. Mortar pit is great against infantry and has huge range and good rate of fire, bofors is great vs anything that gets near that isn't a medium tank+ with an excellent barrage ability, 17lber 2 shots medium tanks at crazy long distances. Forward assembly is also really useful. Seriously, emplacements are extremely good when used properly. Clear buildings with base howitzers (Pyrotechnic tommies are GOOD), grenades, flamethrower WASP, mortar pit/bofors barrage or a light gammon bomb. AEC isn't strictly a luchs/222 counter, and is quite capable of harassing enemy structures (OKW trucks, bunkers, caches etc) and taking on enemy vehicles. It remains useful even against medium armour due to its smoke ability and engine destroy ability and okay damage. It's even passable against infantry and is good enough to scare off squads that don't have any AT. PIAT's require micro to use effectively (Attack ground.), but even without them you have an amazing 6lber AT gun, 30 muni mines and if a bofors can work just as well vs a 222. (Prevents him from chasing you on retreat, if not killing him outright if unexpected.) They also have soft AT from Vickers vet 2 and Sniper. Brits are completely fine. If you're really struggling Special Weapons Regiment has Tankhunter tommies and the godlike halftrack of doom. (Also has a crocodile if you're really, really struggling yet somehow make it to late game.) Jump back to quoted post13 Dec 2015, 19:23 PMOtherside all of the 4 other factions have a form of on map arty with no smoke, the brits really need a viable one to. Bofors barrage has no smoke and is basically a panzerwerfer barrage with a little less damage. They also have the Sexton which is admittedly underperforming. Jump back to quoted post13 Dec 2015, 20:13 PMBeefSurge UKF design is perfect, only problem is units and weapons underperforming. Base artillery needs buff, AEC needs buff, PIATs need buff, things of that nature. These would be reasonable changes. A conservative touch is the best way to balance this game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Do you prefer the "new" OKW or the "original" OKW?14 Dec 2015, 00:52 AM Jump back to quoted post13 Dec 2015, 15:20 PMQbix The mindbaffling thing is you guys always make it sound as if you would always play the same way, trying to drive into OKW and suddenly discovering that he actually has some Schrecks. This bullshit about being able to "brawl" has to stop as well, when they still only have rifles that are doing the same damage now as let's say those of Riflemen. What exactly is so hard with stopping a 5-6 Volks blob, please enlighten me. No smoke, no suppression resistance or even suppression break, no assault rifles, no sprint, no vehicle snare. What on earth are you doing when you complain about a Schreck blob. A single MG is enough to stop them. Spreading out your Riflemen which are upgraded with BARs or M1919s for 60/70 munitions each against a blob of Volks which are upgraded with a 90 munitions Schreck can't be that hard, can it? There is no way in hell Volks with Schrecks outperform Riflemen with LMGs or BARs. Do you actually know what the easiest way to play an RTS like CoH2 is? Blobbing, because you can temporarily overpower certain stuff while keeping your army easy to navigate. Do you know what the easiest thing to counter is in an RTS like CoH2? Blobbing. Your opponent has the majority of his army in one place while you are free to be active at other places, with some micro management required. A single HMG suppresses the blob and forces it to retreat. There is no Oorah or Fireup, Volks just lay down on the ground and pray for the bullets to stop flying. Keep your vehicle(s) at max distance. I know that USF vehicles suck against infantry compared to the OKW FlakHT and Luchs, but please... Holy shit, this is really getting hilarious. You'll never get through to the team game crowd here. Most people that build MG's just put them in a building and forget about them. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: December 10Th Hotfix13 Dec 2015, 20:07 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2015, 21:09 PMiTzDusty Ayy game is literally fixed again. Funny that with this patch OKW really hasnt changed apart from the tech structure. The costs are basically 1:1 from pre patch, fuel income goes up, so does fuel cost. Literally a facade, the penalty . The difference was before resource conversion could be used to micromanage your economy. Now you don't have that option and their tech structure is boringly simplistic now. Used to be you didn't need a panzer command at all since jp4 was divorces from it. All in all we got a more boring faction out of the deal. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Do you prefer the "new" OKW or the "original" OKW?12 Dec 2015, 18:28 PM I vastly prefer old OKW. Resource conversion gave a level of precise economic micromanagement that they no longer have. The only thing fun about new OKW is using firestorm's manpower recovery ability in every fight. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Kubel worth buying?11 Dec 2015, 23:11 PM God yeah. Should always have one on the field. Just hide it in the corners of the map and sneak out to cap something annoying and then go back to hiding. In: OKW Strategies
Thread: UKF Tank Hunters and AEC/Cromwell/Comet11 Dec 2015, 23:10 PM Have definitely had issues with the cromwell smoke + AEC engine destroy abilities since the patch. Been driving me nuts because I use the smoke ability frequently. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Shrek and Bazooka should be more EXPENSIVE11 Dec 2015, 22:32 PM If they spend 300-400 munitions on anti tank weapons, spend 300-400 munitions on weapon upgrades then. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: UKF on Life Support10 Dec 2015, 19:20 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2015, 17:29 PMNapalm I just don't get where the disconnect is happening.. Sometimes a "wait and see" approach is important. I have a fundamental dislike for the OKW overhaul, but a lot of people seem to like it (with caveats). Usually though Relic's method of balancing is to make something a little overpowered, get everyone using it, and then they can tone it down from there to get it just right. It's hard to buff something that is underpowered straight to a balanced state without a lot of gameplay experience, and if no one is ever using it you simply don't have the data. Personally I've felt the biggest problem with Coh2 is that they are too quick to compromise on their vision for the game/faction to appease the community. It no longer feels like CoH2 to me, more like CoH1.5 now. The OKW overhaul fucked so much simply because it was a half baked. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: MG42 does not suppress!10 Dec 2015, 19:08 PM Green cover/shotblockers vs HMG's is annoying. It should suppress slower but as it is right now it doesn't even suppress at all most of the time. Especially with brits it's way too easy to just pop into green cover and shoot an MG to death. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Time for Statistics10 Dec 2015, 08:54 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2015, 08:34 AMEsxile If you are not foreseeing the Luchs with the appropriate counter ready, you simply lose the game when its pop in the field. As opposed to the allied light vehicle rush? Allies have weapon racks (bazooka/piat), t2 ATG (brits/Sov.), early mines etc etc etc. There's lots of options, you don't have to neuter your build by preemptively building double AT guns or shit like that. Scouting your opponent can also help a ton, you don't need to divine the luchs you just need to check if he's got a medic truck or a mech truck. The difference is germans have learned how to deal with light vehicles, while allies have apparently not given how many people don't know they can build bazookas/PIATs. In: COH2 Balance