Profile of skemshead

my ranking with USF is way better than all my other factions, is USF OP?

I am only stating the facts as i see them.

After each game, i check my opponents rank. 100% of the time they are ranked highest with OKW. Many times they are ranked as much as 5 times higher. Now i am sure there are some inconsistencies involved probably from there being more people with Vcoh2 ranks. But the fact remains players do better with OKW ( i am not sure about USF ). I believe this largely due to OKW being more forgiving
skill wise due to OKW units being more durable.

As to your question, i cannot answer as i haven't played USF, nor have i played as OST for a couple of months. However i think OKW is more of an issue outside top 250 where people perhaps have lower micro skills, do not learn every nuance of a faction and tend to play more casually. I think OKW has more of an impact at lower skill levels because of its ability to punish opponent with easy squad wipes that are harder to achieve with other factions.

USF can also be punish opponent, but the difference is their late game is micro intensive and games tend to even out somewhat. OKW only downside is resource penalty, meaning the longer the game continues the less relevant resources become...

Note : My perspective is 1v1 as soviets for ranks between 1000 - 2500.

There is no simple solution to OKW.

However manpower is something OKW is never short of, imo.

I can only speak from a 1v1 and eastern front perspective.

This problem is a result of relic making the game too noob friendly and the fact that very few units have specific roles. The most logical and proven method of controlling blobs is mgs. The fact that relic nerfed them into the ground is why we have the current meta that exists atm.

Firstly, support weapons should not be able to cap while set up. The current arrangement is simply to user friendly. However mgs effectiveness atm the moment is quite weak. Buff mgs back to coh1 effectiveness. Also adjust cost, popcap and manpower drain so they do not become spamable. I think USF and sov have many options to deal with mgs compared to coh1 usf. I personally never had an issue with mgs even at the peak of their power and I think those that did really need to deal with it and l2p instead of just A moving their units around the map.

This unfortunately will not solve a great deal as there are multiple issues through out the game but I think balance wise relic should start with Ost and make them the combined arms side they are meant to be. Then move on too balancing grenspam as well as making t4 viable.

Much of the problem lies in the fact that relic and some people on this forum believe that any and all gamestyles should be viable however this will never lead to balance rather just a ping pong effect of endless balance changes. There are for factions. If people want various strategies or game styles then play a different faction. Nothing annoys me more than seeing ost vs sov where both sides have core inf,mgs, morter, at gun walls, elite inf, super heavies because both sides are playing the same style.

Back on topic. I don't find blobs to be universally op or an automatic match winner however you regularly have to resort to cheese counter to counter it which is not overtly stategic. In the end I simply find it monotonous to play against and boring to watch. More often than not these days I simply quit a match because the game is boring, or I get the same winter map over and over again or because my opponent is okw....

Atm I would rather watch stephenn or luvnest play than actually play the game myself.

Every time i do play i find something more to loathe about this game, be it the horrible lag, the blobs from western fronts or just the numerous design floors thoughout the game.

i only play when i forget why i quit in first place...

I feel like its kind of a given that the ability is amazing and likely OP, but since USF is so bad and every other faction has their OP stuff its OK USF has this right now, mabye re-evaluate if if USF is ever seen in competitive play and is winning left and right b.c of p47s but for now leave as is

i also don't think counters have been thoroughly explored. Since you don't choose targets i think the flak track or 222 can shoot them down and draw rockets away from heavy tanks but havn't tested it much

This sounds like relic logic to me.

Seriously though, this ability is only ok in the hands of idiots or on an open map. I have played vs this 3 times today each time with different outcomes...

First two times i was able to escape with little damage as i move the moment smoke was dropped. Both times i had vet2 222 and it didn't do shit. At both times my opponents timing was poor, ie he just popped it probably because he could. Had they timed it and pushed with shermans after the strike then i would have lost everything because my defensive line has been disrupted by p4s running for their lives. One opponent rage quit because his view was it was a waste of munitions and broken. But he popped ability after he attacked and lost his shermans, instead of before.

The third time was on semosky. This time it was effective although i doubt it was part of his masterplan. He pushes the fuel with large force, i respond with tiger and p4. He pops P-47 and i have to retreat to corner essentially forced from game.

This is the OP side of this ability. Use it close to base or in a position where opponent cannot escape and your almost assured of success.

Irrespective of faction balance, no ability should be able to destroy so many tanks, effectively winning the game just by saving enough munitions..