Profile of skemshead

Imo it is difficult to prove faction bias so I am reluctant to ever make that claim and to be perfectly honest I don't see any real evidence of such claims in latest patch.

That being said, some of the modders can fixate on certain issues, such as Frp and house hopping and just be blinded by personnel opinion and just go completely overboard with a "This must be fixed at any cost mentality".

The house enter/exit changes are an absolute mess and a good example of leaving well enough alone. In all the thousand of hours I have played, this has never been an issue that I have ever considered anything more than mildly irritating. The fix that has been implemented really detracts from the game because it interferes with unit control and really removes some of the fluidity from the game. A number of times now I have notice mgs setting up after exiting houses because there are opposing units close to it and because I can't get control of the unit quickly enough. Also lets not forget all the bugs surrounding entering houses. A much simple fix would have been flamethrowers, and/or flame nades for each faction. If asymmetrical balance is required and that is becoming a giant stretch since there are numerous mechanics/abilities shared by all factions, then maybe adjust house bonus or change the bonus, or adjust damage vs houses. Anything except the current changes.

As to your views on the luchs nerf, well I think your showing your bias here. Most people are strongly of the opinion that something need to be done. The fact that m10's were the go to callin for usf further strengthens that view. All your posts about the luchs, that i read all focus on soft counters that often were ineffective on some maps. Almost never did you concede anything or suggest any real effective change that could allow for other metas to be effective.

The issue of the luchs aside, i do agree that the (some)mods are at times a club to themselves and can often disregard many community opinions simply because they are deemed unqualified and irrelevant to mod way of thinking. This is not just my perspective since there are many on this site that mods simply refuse to acknowledge or interact with, a fact that has be noted by those concerned. Unfortunately this has simply led to further elitism and increase hostility towards some mod members.

Unfortunately I doubt much will change.

Indirect fire is by far the biggest issue I have with this game because aside from it being braindead and an rng clusterfuck it almost guarantees any unit that is hit needs to return to base for healing which tbh kinda detracts from the game.

As others have said it completely negates the cover mechanic, especially for 4 man squads, and also counters superior positional play often without input from the player.

The thing that really rubs salt into the wound is how difficult it can often be to kill a mortar squad with a flanking squad. It is virtually impossible unless the allied player is afk.

Now I know many people will say counter it with your own indirect fire but i find that to be too simple of a solution, bit like countering mgs with smoke. Coh is about positional play and flanking, not units of the same type countering each other.

My position is, +1 to limiting use to barrage and decreasing survivability vs flanking squads. Also fix smoke so that it fire s faster and add some timed abilities like phosphorous barage or increased barage rate or creeping barage etc etc.

As much as I like luvnest and dave, more goes into being a top player than just knowing the game. You need to be good at micro, know counters, vet etc. If you excel at one of these areas you can theoredically compensate for maybe a lack in other areas. Such as having excellent micro but not knowing stats and chances to pen etc. Nothing against those players, but I don't think they'd be the absolute best choice when coming to balance arguements.

The issue at hand here is the timing of the luchs and how it contributes to maintaing the okw snowball effect. Stats are not relevant here since most agree the performance of the luchs is not in question.

This is a gameplay issue and no one is more qualified (on this issue) than coh2's GOAT.

Most of my perspective comes from watching top level players such as Vonivan so I would be quite interested in hearing their views.

For the record I don't particularly like the solution of an increased build time. Rather i see a fuel increase as more appropriate as it not only delays the luchs, and prevents the cheese of duel luchs but also makes trying to cut off okw have a more meaningful impact. As things stand atm in is almost impossible to prevent or signicantly delay okw from getting a luchs unless the okw screws up quite badly.

The luchs is an AI light tank, it is supposed to be strong vs infantry when used correctly.

The issue is not the performance of the luchs as an anti infantry unit. The issue is allies, usf especially do not have a suitable counter when the luchs arrives and as such the luchs can often just drive around almost uncontested.

The problem starts with the kubel, (sometimes multiple kubel) which not only gives okw the resource advantage through superior capping capability but also the added benefit of constantly decapping and/or cutting off allied factions. So okw can virtually tech straight to the luchs where usf is constantly being cut off and delayed. The situation is often made worse once the luchs arrives because usf has no hard counters, only soft counters, so okw can maintain the snowball effect while usf struggles to keep its head above water.

To the okw fanboys who wish to argue to the contrary, keep in mind it is not skill if you have an advantage.

The problem starts with the kubel, so to fix luchs rush the kubel needs to be adjusted. Personally i see 1 kubel as manageable but would like to see a nerf to its decapping speed(add it back later with vet if necessary). Secondly I would like to see a fuel cost added so that building more than one has real meaningful consequences if it goes sideways. It should not be possible to spam multiple kubels, only to lose them carelessly and then follow up with luchs spam. Its ridiculous.

To compensate for the fuel cost I would increase starting fuel to allow for one kubel, then increase the cost of t1, t2 and associated vehicles. This way building multiple kubels will delay light vehicles. The cost of vehicles could be adjusted depending on the desired arrival time.

Mortar Pits have being nerfed to near oblivion, considering what it is. Auto Fire range is only 5 more than a regular mortar, it's rate of fire garrison bonus is removed AND brace is down to 20 seconds. Any more nerfs and the mortar pit will never be built again.

Good, i hope so. That shit is utter bs in any form. You come across to me as someone who is blind to the problem and perhaps favour brit camping.

All of the changes mean nothing if the player can build more than one, especially if they include bofors, and multiple at guns. The issue is, if the map is suitable and they can obtain critical mass then it is almost impossible to crack because you bleed out.

I just played some F***wit that build 3 pits and a bofors on his cutoff/muni point on langres. 3 pits on a map like that just annihilate any squad they have sight on. Obviously the secret is not to allow him to amass so many emplacements but if you lose units(fail an attack) when trying to knock out a pit or bofors then there is a window off opportunity(while i heal and reinforce) for the brit to build more emplacements.So next attack there is just more shit to deal with.

In hindsight, i should have followed an attack with a double morter barrage after Brace but even that is highly circumstantial and will only work if emplacements are low health and no counters ( like a bofors or other pits ) are present.

I can't really say if this is beatable as I quit in disgust but i do believe the brit player requires less effort because he can just camp and repair shit as well as having far more room for error.