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Re: this post, I can't quite put my finger on it, but I disagree with everything you say. Why are you comparing su-76 and t-70? They are completely different units and I see people getting both in one game. You say t4 gets rushed too often? On the contrary, I feel like the meta is to go t3 and then rely on a kv-8 or is-2 for late game.

And did you say a '76 and an '85 is a strong combo? It's the weakest medium tank with one of the most underperforming TDs. Having two together won't magically make them super strong. Literally every tank / TD combo is stronger. P4 / StuG. P4 / JP4. Sherman / Jackson or M10. Cromwell or Churchill and Firefly. Compared to literally any other faction, a '76 and an '85 is the weakest by far.

Su76 and T70 were both a light vehicle option, depending on tech choices. You'd choose one or the other with tech. Now that both come from the same building, there's no reason to get a su76 ever.

I'm sure the meta is still doctrinal call ins, I'm speaking from a core faction perspective. You can't take advantage of t3 units for very long because nothing in t3 is conparable to say Ostheer t3. 240/85 or whatever it is just to build light vehicles and a halftrack while everyone else has stuff like Puma's, stuarts, AEC's and stugs? Yeah okay. You have to skip t1/t2 for fast t3 if you really want to take advantage.
As for 534/su85 the reason I say it's a potent combo is because t34's are disposable. The su85 can sit way back picking off his tanks and as long as you trade everytime (with or without ram) you come out ahead. Other factions don't have 300/80 medium tanks.

Axis have slightly weaker infantry.
Allies have slightly weaker vehicles.

Whoa.

Reriiiiiiiic

They'll do significantly less damage next patch. Two of them will still work though.

apparently in the alpha (as in WAY the fuck long time ago) the VP tick rate was similar to dow2. i've played since the beta and as long as i've played it's been the same slower tick rate.

the point being that in dow2 you couldn't let yourself get triple capped or the game would end in a couple of minutes. the vps were actually the most valuable points instead of being the least valuable for 95% the time for 95% of games. dow2 also handle the tech resources differently but that's not as important. personally i'm not really bothered that vps aren't important in dow2 but it does make a difference in game play.

In the early stages of beta the tick rate was every 3 seconds rather than every 4, which was changed sometime during the later stages of the beta. Slower than DoW2, but 25% faster than what we have now.

It was a nice in between point. As it is now a 2-1 VP cap takes 33 minutes to tick down 500 vp's. A 3-0 cap takes 11 minutes. Even the latter is way too long if you consider that's how long I have to play even if I utterly decimate my opponent if he doesn't leave the game.

Here's an old old game that shows it.
https://youtu.be/83u1ueHfe4k


DoW2 tics every 2 seconds, which means a triple cap ends the game from 500 vp's twice as fast as it does here. (Roughly 5.5 minutes) A 2-1 cap ends it in 8 minutes.

This allowed games to end very quickly with uneven skill matches, and in even skill matches they could go on for 30-45 minutes. As it is now, this is only the case in CoH2 if your opponent has the good sense to leave. The actual win conditions of the game (annhilation, victory points) are both fucking atrociously balanced.

Another thing that slows the game down here is that if my opponent starts capping a VP and I force him off, I have to wait until it completely resets before I can start capping. In Coh1 and DoW2 I could click on it which would immediately reset it and begin capping. (Unless that's in Coh2 too and I just haven't thought to try it since I do all my capping with cap zones?)