Profile of Imagelessbean

This was pretty funny to watch, but somewhat too predictable. Next time I vote we add a little twist at the end like if you sign up and you already have the commanders it deletes all but those commanders.

So considering Brits always build a mortar pit to accompany their Bofors, now whats the counter? As Ost? lol

This is becoming my problem as well. In team games you can have a bofors and mortar pit arrive near simultaneously, this makes Ost player largely useless until multiple MHT can be brought up, or a push by the entire team destroys the bofors.

The Bofors should not be able to suppress units outside of its gun's range with a barrage. It already lights up infantry and light vehicles, and is a credible threat to mediums with any sort of support. Its fuel price is low reducing tech loss, and it has a number of commanders which buff it indirectly.

Bofors needs to feel more vulnerable to Ost players, but OKW can have a mixed bag against it to when a mortar pit supports it. Quite a tough nut to crack.

For spotting scopes, at least you have the trade-off between moving (including) and spotting. Also, the longest-range tank that benefits from it has range 50 (Panther or Stugs). I don't even want to imagine what a self-spotting Elefant would have looked like.

Range 60 self-spotting tank with no mobility trade-off might be a bit trickier (*cough* JP4 *cough*).



I think I prefer the idea of having to use scout vehicles into the late-game (T70, 222, etc), as opposed to having self-spotting tanks. That is, assuming that the vehicles meant for scouting are:
- Cheap, but not dirt-cheap
- The sight range they provide is short enough so that they have to be slightly exposed.

222 + Spotting scopes is broken and completely fails both requirements I mentioned. However, it is easier to fix 222 + spotting scope combo than breaking every other faction to match this cheese.

The easiest way is to make scoping scope upgrade exclusive with other buffs -- similar to how USF Pershing commander "Combined Arms" works. You are the one that found the Pershing bug, so you know what I mean!



Command Panther aura is +20 sight range (additive, not multiplicative). God (222) already has an insane spotting range, though. I don't think this will make a noticeable difference.

Elephant with 100 range, self spotting to over that (Focus Forward), and in a commander with Stuka dive bomb, those were the early days of 3v3 and 4v4, a cold, bitter time.

The 222 with spotting scope and commander panther, although it is additive, is actually more impressive then it sounds. Since area exposed increases by the square root and distance only linearly, the amount actually covered with a commander panther nearby is quite substantial. On steppes without at CmP you can see all of top munitions. With a Commander Panther you can park safely in middle and see almost to their first cap point while giving some LoS to island. Oh and 222 shoots down planes.

On topic, Jacksons should not be able to self spot to more than 50 range, but if they give up vet somewhere they should gain a buff elsewhere.

Whoever said that OKW does not have access to a heavy hitting unit like the Jackson in the CmP, you are not using the unit correctly. With MT, which you should have at every available attack, your CmP does more damage per shot than the Jackson and is far more accurate, it also shoots at lower armor values on average will maintaining high penetration values.

Why get grenades when you can use a mortar and get faster weapon upgrades? Especially now that grenades were directly nerfed versus suppression.


I think factions should have clear cut weaknesses. Elite mod did the same crap where it added units for the sake of variety even when the factions had perfectly fine existing ways to fill that role. I'd be fine with it if the mortar was doctrinal though.


US lacks indirect fire in the early game because of how great riflemen are against other infantry. It's not like US was underperforming versus machine guns, they just had to deal with them through flanking or grenades.

Because going mortar reduces the number of rifles you can attack with (from 3 to 2), so if you do get a breakthrough you have less capping power. You also must have the mortar with your rifles at all times to get smoke, bringing smoke with you guarantees that you can always have it.

US was underperforming on city heavy maps where a single unit in a building meant that you had to immediately pick a doc with flames or get nades and burn away your munitions. This helps to alleviate this difference in strength by providing a natural, albeit light, counter to players sitting in buildings and stifling USF attacks early with little thought.

The extremely static build order from USF was also bad, because an opponent could know prior to the first mouse click the USF build order into the 4th minute. This should not be part of the game, you should have to make choices at all points in the game.

USF still lacks indirect fire, the mortar, as you should have noted from player feedback, is unlikely to be satisfactory in the role of bombarding an MG to death and getting more than one is probably near impossible in any game mode.

I understand that you are upset with the way the game is progressing, but I am afraid you need to accept that and decide if changes within that framework are worth your input. If not, I suggest at this point that COH2 is no longer the game for you.

First image is to help standardize cloaking icons. All cloak icons share a similar image, but they have different forms of cloak. Giving the German sniper a clear difference emphasizes this.