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Thread: stug E assault tank14 Jan 2015, 17:40 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2015, 03:06 AMAlexzandvar I don't even know what to say, this commander is one of the few things that keeps Ostheer competative with USF and you think it should be nerfed? The StuG E has the lowest health of any axis medium tank in the game! Because its a light tank. Not a medium tank. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: P47 ignoring area14 Jan 2015, 16:50 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2015, 14:02 PMyolo and why do they draw these circles when the planes attack out of it? it is obviously a bug when the circle means the attack area and the plane rockets attack and destroy units outside of the circle A bug is unintended. A poorly explained Mechanic is what that is. Like for example Relic showing a Circle around the FlakHQ when watching a replay. Yet it can take about 10 feet outside that circle. Its meant to do that because they buffed the FlakHQ range. They just didnt update the circle so it doesnt explain it well. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: That Feeling When......14 Jan 2015, 16:40 PM When you tell the IS2 to reverse but for some reason it wont crush in reverse and instead points its ass towards a Pak gun. When you Engine Damage, Call a P47 on a Panther get it half dead and chase it down with a Sherman and a Jackson where he just parks where you cannot shoot its rear on the corner of the map and you have no way to use your Jackson at max range and then proceed to lose BOTH your Sherman and Jackson #Flank When RNG loves you and your tank goes: Main Gun Destroyed Engine Destroyed Abandoned In your lines... In: Lobby
Thread: The Easiest Change to Help With Balance14 Jan 2015, 16:36 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Jan 2015, 13:38 PMJohnnyB It was a reason for that. You wouldn't see such unrealistic comebacks nowadays if they kept that mechanic. If you got cornered, you lost, you don't call a KT and win. Or you call a KT and that's all your army. I really do think such a mechanic would much improve balance. But that's not the most important thing for Relic to fix. The most important thing to fix are the bugs. CAREFUL JohnnyB CAREFUL! They just "Fixed" memory and caused 5 second freezes. And "Fixed" infantry not using cover causing squad whipes. I am not sure they can dedicate the resources to actual fix code properly without causing other problems they wont address for months. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: stug E assault tank14 Jan 2015, 00:21 AM Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2015, 23:24 PMKatitof If that was the true we'd have about 50 threads to nerf SU-76 a day. I can't even imagine how bad you have to be to achieve that result. AT Riflenade FTW In: COH2 Balance
Thread: stug E assault tank13 Jan 2015, 22:03 PM StugE? You mean the one that can die to an M15 AA HT? Or the ONLY thing in game a Stuart can actually kill? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The Easiest Change to Help With Balance13 Jan 2015, 21:52 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2015, 21:47 PMilGetUSomDay Allies tend to get pop capped in a good game before the axis players at the end of the mid game. The reduced populations would allow allies to stay on similar grounds through out the rest of the game. reduction in upkeep will hopefully allow for the manpower drain to not be utterly crippling. So here is the story that I have seen for myself and on too many streams. Allies do well in the beginning. Axis start fighting back and the game evens out a bit. Allies get earlier armor and pop capped before axis. This halt in unit production allows axis players to catch up In supply and through having bigger marbles continue to do better and better until they outright turn the tables in the late game (some times at the last 100 VP's). The reduction in populations would allow allies to continue to field more units and have the superior numbers to take on the growing axis army that out scales them. Plus upkeep is already not tied very well to relative power. Anything in this game with a munitions upgrade isn't represented in the upkeep system at all which is one of the reasons Soviet design is flawed. Players complain about instant wiping capabilities but what else are you supposed to do when you cannot upgrade any of your units to have things like MG's or hand held AT? Another reason relative power to population is not represented is due to the veterans. Some units have really powerful combat scaling which is not at all seen by the upkeep system. That is one of the reasons OKW scaling is so out of control and why they seem to have little manpower drain. Their units gain such great veterans and combat Prowers that over time they simply do not loose as much Which is exactly what I said to do. I used heavies as an example. Not just Allies. For example how fair would it be to have lower upkeep for Rifles who are better than Grens? Call ins are simply too effcient why should they not have a higher upkeep? Is it because most Call ins are allied? And you dont want upkeep to effect them and just effect Axis? For example an IS2 can beat a Tiger but we should lower the upkeep of the IS2? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The Easiest Change to Help With Balance13 Jan 2015, 21:39 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2015, 21:15 PMilGetUSomDay Again, that is a good solution for another problem. This is more of a general faction balance solution Then I dont understand the problem you are trying to address. If you dont tie a units relative power to its upkeep cost then why bother mess with population? Yes you COULD have more units but if their upkeep isnt tied to their relative power you are just using more resources to support the same thing. Since Manpower is the most limited resource and will just keep going down as upkeep is increased then congrats you have 3 more units then he does but still cant afford to replace or reinforce losses... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The Easiest Change to Help With Balance13 Jan 2015, 21:12 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Jan 2015, 20:52 PMilGetUSomDay This is honestly only an allies thing that needs to be adjusted. the early game of all the factions play out ok, the late game is the trouble. Due to this problem, Ostheer and OKW have no need of getting their populations majorly modified. Only Soviets and USF need to have some of their populations reduced. This solution in no way or form addresses the current call in meta or Heavy tank issue, the idea is that it is a quick easy fix to make the middle and late game more even in coh2's Current state. Even if call in's and heavy tanks get addressed, the same persistent problem of allies pop cap vs axis pop cap will continue to be a problem unless the populations get addressed. The meta will shift again, and call ins / heavy tanks might go away, but the whole even number of marbles vs even number of Bigger marbles will still plague the game Heavy Tanks are Triple Size Marbles and should have an upkeep that justifies this. I think upkeep could address Call ins and heavy tanks if done right. You want a Tiger or IS2? COOOL PAY FOR ITS EFFICIENCY MOTHERFUCKER. They can still be wonderful machines of mass destruction but there is a now a big downside and they arent no brainers. It makes lore sense as well. Is it harder to ship in an Engine for a Tiger or a Luchs? All unit effciency should be managed through upkeep and balanced accordingly. So if Volks scale well SWEET low cost for the unit but potential for Vet5 so upkeep of a more expensive unit. Oh Conscripts 240 MP dont scale well? Sweet LOWER upkeep. Etc Etc In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Wehrmacht Ostheer13 Jan 2015, 21:03 PM Jump back to quoted post26 Dec 2014, 02:44 AMMr. Someguy Also in response to "Grenadiers will beat Riflemen at long range" I've decided to test it. Squad vs Squad controlled test, long range, no cover, no vet, no outside factors, no retreating, 20 attempts. Grenadiers won 9 times and Riflemen won 11 times. The number of survivors per-lane is as follows: Surviving Grenadiers: 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Surviving Riflemen: 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 In other words, with both sides on equal footing, victory is mostly RNG. You may take one casualty or lose the squad and anything in between. Riflemen seem to have a very slight statistical advantage, but they have a completely advantage in any sort of actual fight unless Grenadiers are caught in heavy cover and force Rifles to charge. But of course Grens in heavy cover aren't out capping, and heavy cover isn't always available nor can they create it. Now do this with Vet 2 BAR rifles vs Vet 2 LMG grens. Or even max range with double BAR vet 2 Rifles vs vet 2 LMG grens. The only way for rifles to compete with the long range DPS of Vet 2 LMG Grens is become Vet 3 with infantry company LMGs. This is thanks to their wonderful backwards vet system that only rifles have. Since their combat bonuses come at Vet 3 it doesnt help rifles propel their unlike Grens who once reaching Vet 2 3 is shortly there after. The only reason Grens lose to rifles is because a rifle model is almost EXACTLY like a Gren a tiny bit better close a tiny bit worse long range DPS. So a 5 model squad wins. The scale though is rifles will bleed against Grens mid game. The overall issue is the early game. Where Ost must tech and Ost must build a Pak and USF is getting free squads (with terrible terrible upkeep costs). So Rifles better early with a free officer coming and Ost tech kicking them in nuts. Nerfing rifles is fine with me. Just make them cost 240MP and lower their upkeep as well as mirror both Soviet and Ostheers veterancy structure. I think Ost and Soviets both need a teching cost reduction. Alternatively OKW and USF need a tech cost increase. Further to get utility and upgrades USF has a side cost. So again come mid game Ostheer is ok. Its just the early game. Early game screws them. In: COH2 Balance