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Thread: okwunits13 Feb 2015, 22:58 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 19:55 PMSpecialka There is no need to &djust the fuel price. The price is 260 if I recall correctly Free First Building no earning of fuel required + 80 actual earned fuel for the PanzerHQ + 40 for the second building + 260 fuel for the unit Total 380 fuel. Thats the cost of the KT to OKWs economy. Of course the small fuel penalty does apply. Map dependant on how much that is actually an impact since starting sector is not counted. More on large maps less on small maps. And if you converted for fuel or not and salvaged. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PGrens with double panzerschrecks against USF13 Feb 2015, 19:59 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 19:22 PMAlexzandvar The thing is with the P4 is it has very poor late game ability, when it gets out on to the field it's an excellent support tank till Jacksons come out and then your going to spend half the bloody game repairing the damn thing. Specifically with Ostheer your problem is that your enemy has better infantry than you, and better mediums, so the answer to both of those things is Panther/Heavy tank. Why invest in something that is just going to get you mixed results? This of course, can be applied to Pgrens with shreks, if you all you going to get out of it is mediocre performance whats the point? Choice you make. Do you want to get overun by allied Mediums well you try to stall for your overly cost effective heavy? Or do you want to use Mediums early to even the playing field? These are the choices that make RTS interesting. Thats like saying I should never build Shermans because a Panther could arrive. The Sherman would get spanked by the P4 but its just cheaper and gives you a huge resource advantage if you can successfully save for the Tiger. Your logic Flow seems like this to me: Sherman counters infantry Shreks counter sherman P4s counter sherman Jackson Counters P4 Shreks Counter Jackson (which is true and pretty ok) Tiger counters all ???Counters Tiger... Thats a weak argument. The games meta has DEVOLVED into the call in Meta. Its easier thus used. Doesnt mean this strat shouldnt have a downside that is punished heavily. I know you currently enjoy this with OKW but doesnt mean Ostheer should enjoy the same benefit. Or Soviets for that matter. Not using a P4 doesnt make the P4 bad. Its your choice. If your infantry gets whiped by HE rounds that are designed to kill them Shrek or no well...shouldnt have stalled. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PGrens with double panzerschrecks against USF13 Feb 2015, 18:55 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 18:49 PMAlexzandvar So wait what the fuck is even the point of paying 120 munitions for shreks when you think they aren't even supposed to counter the very thing they are intended to counter. Seriously how much man power investment do you want from Ostheer? 300 for a AT gun, 320 and 120 munitions for a Shrek squad, and bloody over 600 man power and a 175 fuel in the last most expensive tier for the only damn thing that can reliably counter allied medium armor. You know the Puppchen blows not just because it can't hit shit, but because it has extremely low survivability against the very thing it's intended to counter? Faust + Pak or Faust + Any Armor or Teller + Pak or Teller + Any armor or Faust + Shrek squad + Pak or Shrek Squad+ Shrek Squad + Micro Or or or or Taking out armor as Axis is not hard. All the tools to just that are there in the faction and superior in that regard to the equal allied counterpart. You can say how you would like the game to be. Thats fine. But Infantry is at most supposed to be a soft counter to armor not a hard. At least this was true until WFA... Edit: And the Rak does blow. But thats a different topic. It work real well against Panthers though.... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PGrens with double panzerschrecks against USF13 Feb 2015, 18:41 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 18:32 PMAlexzandvar The problem is your paying 120 munitions in a munition starved faction for alright AT on a already expensive and fragile squad that is very easy to wipe in 1 shot from a tank despite them being a unit that's supposed to counter tanks. What's the point of making a unit counter something when the unit that it counters, counters the unit you made much much better? ? Infantry arent meant to counter tanks. They are meant to provide AT support. Not Blob like OKW and invalidate fuel purchases. Thats the job of weapon teams. The fact that you CAN lose the investment is what makes it interesting. Its high risk high reward. Not low risk high reward that volks currently are. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PGrens with double panzerschrecks against USF13 Feb 2015, 18:28 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 18:23 PMluvnest Oh please, Panzergrenadiers are probably one of the few units in this game that work as intended. You have a dedicated AI squad and you can upgrade it with 120 munitions to make it a dedicated AT squad, sacrificing pretty much all AI capabilites. Actually more units should be like that, instead of Allrounders. 100% This. They have drawbacks. Cost/small squad size. Choice between AI and AT. Not bullet proof. I prefer the double shrek model over the single shrek Volks. It makes for an interesting choice not an A move unit with little to fear. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: American Re-Balance13 Feb 2015, 17:51 PM My god two folks on a forum who disagree finding common ground...Time to press for world peace? I do mean that though Bravo you two! On the OP. I dont think drastic changes are needed to USF. I have to agree with RMMLz here and think that Relic will entertain small changes but not huge ones. And I am a fan of the Jackson rebalance which has been discussed at length. The effective Ober/Shrek blob in combination of heavy tanks are the hardest part for USF to deal with. It shuts them down and is easy to use and rewarding. Requiring much higher skill level to beat and longer time to get effective counters. A good example is USF has a great blob counter in the Bulldozer Sherman. But using it is punishing because HEAVY TANKS will now make your life hell. (mainly the Panther) and since having a Single Jackson that bounces more then it Pens isnt much of a threat to it. If this is solved the rest of USF would fall into place. I am really ok with the Teching as it stands except maybe the cost of Capt. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF Ambulance13 Feb 2015, 16:53 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 16:48 PMHelpingHans L2P L2P Thirdly, yes it's fragile and it should be so. If you're losing it then you've obviously got it too close to the front lines. You're fourth point about it being expensive, slow and terrible acceleration does not out weigh the pros. Okay so it cost 250 manpower and a bit of fuel so does the soviet medics in terms of manpower. The fuel requirement is also needed as it is after all a vehicle which as I previously stated can heal and reinforce wherever you need it which I must stress is a HUGE tactical advantage. L2P See this is the Opinion of Hans. Great. Me I dont agree that it cons dont outweigh the pros. I lose is due to clever flanks. Not being too terribly close to the front lines. Its really not hard to kill it on a flank like killing a Kubel on a flank. But the Kubel is faster so there is that... I would prefer a real Halftrack. Of course I am not USING it that way because I just identified why thats not possible. OKWs truck imho is leaps and bounds better then the Major/Ambu in most situations. Unless of course you have pushed your opponent of the field entirely. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Does anyone elese regret purchasing the USF DLC?13 Feb 2015, 16:40 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 16:35 PMAlexzandvar USF is in a quite good balance power wise at the moment, nobody can touch it's early game and it's mid game makes even Soviets look weak. OKW can touch its early game just finnne. Rifles do jack when suppressed/Pushed and Sturmd. I like USF. I find them fun as it forces me to be better at micro. So for that aspect they are great. I love the Sherman and their flexibility as a faction. I do not appreciate their lack of consistent AT DPS against Heavy Tanks. And their long list of under-performing units. In: Lobby
Thread: USF Ambulance13 Feb 2015, 16:24 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Feb 2015, 16:01 PMHelpingHans Cold down is fine as you can't have these amazing pros without at-least a few cons. Those being it's slow speed, cool down and units being unable to reinforce if it's on the move. If it had no cons then it would be way too good and effect the balance. Cons: Additional Heal Micro in a Micro Intense faction. Not a problem to Hans. Problem to the rest of us. Not that its hard just another thing to do... Slow cool down on heal. Unlike every other 100% always on healing methods. Most fragile unit I have seen in this game next to the Ostheer Sniper. Expensive. Slow. Worst Acceleration. All those things combined make it REDIC to keep alive even on a single flank against your forces. Doesnt Reinforce while its moving. Leading pathing to make it derp around and babysit it until it stops so you can reinforce. Again another thing to pay attention too. Cant reinforce in enemy territory. And there is no USF Halftrack. Opportunity cost here. Design says USF has forward reinforce therefore doesnt need a real half track. Making healing and reinforcing a method of turtling around the Major. Or just not at all if you dont soft retreat to it. If you do however you risk losing it. Compared to the Forward healing truck the ONLY small advantage it has is its mobile. Would be a bigger advantage if it couldnt HEAL in the front lines but COULD reinforce like a Halftrack. Pros: It heals. Medic can help healing by putting an RE inside. It reinforces like a half track in friendly territory. It comes early if you want. No tech. Lots more cons on that list then Pros from where I sit. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF Ambulance13 Feb 2015, 14:53 PM The healing isnt what I hate about it. Its that a SINGLE generalist Infantry Squad can kill it before it can retreat. Love how it has lower acceleration then the King Tiger... In: COH2 Balance