Profile of Imagelessbean

Artillery cover- easily the most brainless ability in the game, even with the current nerfs, I think the appropriate settings for this would be to make it a sector ability.

I also thought about suggesting this, but sector artillery is already so rare I don't remember the last time I saw it. Maybe an artillery like sector but that only works on range, printed on maps for players, so that it won't be so niche.

Maximum- tho I appreciate the nerfs to this unit, kinda think they are in the wrong direction, I personally would have kept all the stats the same, and simply just reduce the amount of models from 6-4.

The maxim with 4 is just a bad version of the vickers. Also the ability to run away with sprint in a support weapon is stupid.

Vickers- the range and lethality of this MG is no doubt amazing, able to snipe retreating infantry at long range. My problem is the turret traverse/with the arc. Even flanking with infantry on both opposite sides of the arc it's able to reliably pin and serverly damage both units. I often see this unit flirt with firing outside of its arc. Both far/near sides. Id rather have one of these then a MG42, shoot I'd rather have most any other HMG then the MG42 which is odd considering the fact that one is way more popular than the rest...

The vickers has some of the worst suppression in the game. However, its damage vs. units in cover is quite high and so when it drops you to the ground, you still feel it in many cases. You definitely want this MG, but there is no way it beast a vet 1 42 unless it can outrange it. Otherwise you load incendiary and beat it easily.

Command panther nerfs, I agree with them. But why change vet 5? Not like anyone gets it to vet 5. That being said reduce vet requirements to a respectable level as well as the strum tigers, they are legit unrealistic.

The reasons for this unit's change were well discussed by Smith. I also had a thread on here some time ago about it. Just because vet 5 is rare is no excuse for it to be as good as it is. If vet 5 being rare meant any unit could be OP then we could make it call in Stuka dive bombs for free, since once you get it the game is GG. In a team game a player getting vet 5 on a CmdPanther is GG, there is no counterplay. This needs to be addressed. It will have limited impacts in most cases.

British emplacements/trenches- no alien technology with brainless push to become invincible, I would gladly like to see brace removed to 15 sec ability. It should be a provlage not a right to have brace. and someone please tell me what on earth is the password to the trenches? Because I don't see why my infantry can't get into them. That is stupid. There should be equal consequences to building those.

Not seen anything in the notes about brace, but pretty sure the team is aware of the brace hate. Brace sucks.

Is2- think this unit needs some love, I would suggest an AI buff. Not to an infantry wipe machine. But with the recent infantry spacing change, I would like to see this as a viable unit. As I never/hardly ever see this unit.

There is no way the IS2 is currently not amazing. Great AI, great AT, amazing armor, nice vet. The only thing it needs is the vet 1 removed and vet 2 spread to vet 1 and 2.

Would like to see a separation between the firefly and the comet. I suggest a fire fly change/slight buff.

I don't understand this, they are already separated. There is no way the FF needs a buff.

Partisans. No unit should be able to throw an AT nade while immediately spawning with an shreck. It's legit cheese

Many infiltration units need to be adjusted for the same reason. There is a thread about this, head over and take a peak.

Kinda think falls/commandos but I think both these units needs a change, meaning I can see a survival buff to one and a lethality buff to another.

They got a survival buff last patch (squad spacing). They do not need any more lethality, both of these squads are wipe machines. Falls are just in a completely lackluster commander. Name one other ability in the commander that is useful (maybe the recon pass).

I think the OST tiger/panther/panzer 4/ostwind are trash. Tiger is just all around trash and the rest are trash verses AI.

None of these tanks are trash except the Ost Panther. The P4 needs a cost reduction. Tiger might use a slight frontal armor buff, but I am not committed to this.

Reduce accuracy penalty on the move for OST panther or buff it's AI

You mentioned this tank above, we know it sucks. There are many good suggestions for how to make this unit better, some need to be adopted. Right now there is never a reason to get this tank in smaller game modes. In larger modes it can be built up if your opponents don't have 50 comets.

The problem with this commander is that even when balanced it creates extremely boring gameplay.

The FHQ's not healing themselves would help make this commander be better balanced.

Which short cash grab?

*Sorry if I missed the joke.*

Serious answer:
The decision to make commanders was clearly a design to milk the franchise quickly. It was so poorly handled they even gave up on abilities and just tossed in crap already on hand.

The ToW material was also completely designed as a simple ploy.

All the different editions of the game, laughable.

Bulletins, which on the surface appear stupid, I suspect were originally being pushed by THQ as a way to generate cash from purchases. Everything you see displayed right now when you load could easily have been purchase only, and this would have made the most sense.


Ultimately, though quality and community build name recognition, name recogintion once acquired can be monetized for direct income and reduced. This is a sell the farm to pay the bills so to speak, and it is exactly how it started.

After having read more of the article "journalism" is a strong word and this is not it. This is exactly what people complain about with journalists, letting the interviewee basically ask their own questions, instead of asking deep questions and forcing the person answering to demonstrate their expertise. COH2 was so unfinished when it launched I thought the beta was a partial build and was expecting to download a double or triple sized file to begin on day 1. To my surprise the game was the beta. Even simple unit command didn't work, because of lag time from input delay, a cardinal sin in any online game. Relic sold some of its name brand to make COH2, and I hope that is a learning experience. My experience is now to never buy Relic products without a long waiting period. I only bought OKW/Amer/Brits when they were discounted at >90% and OKW/Amer when I could donate all my proceeds to non-profits. The products themselves were simply not worth supporting at release.

One infiltration unit, Stromtroopers are fine. I think also that Jaegers are also ok, but their nades start on cool down. All the other units are completely ridiculous in some way.

Partisans getting nades and a shrek on spawn, laughable.
Falls getting FG42's, a nade, a faust, and if they get vet 1 before they retreat another nade, stupid.
Commandoes getting the satchel charge, but with a short fuse on spawn? Stupid.

Requiring units to arrive and either act like infiltration units, decap, harass, or wait and upgrade their weapons would go a long way to helping these units.

Partisans AT nades should be on cool down as well as Commandoes.

The delay does not interfere with the anti garrison or emplacements since it still goes off. It just adds in a bit of reaction time seeing that there extremely little to no room to dodge it like any other grenade.

But a delay would be a serious nerf. Look at the molotov, that has a huge effective delay and it comes off as being a silly upgrade.

On the ahistoric portion of the flame nade, while I agree flame nades are fantasy, molotovs were used by all armies and they were common. If Volks had the ability changed to molotov it would be historically accurate, although it would be weird that it was different from scripts.

I used to advocated for reduced script cost at vet 3, so that they could be used for merge. This would make sense to me if they lost the received accuracy, as noted. This way conscripts would function like it cannon fodder, the original design, without being too good and overwhelming players.