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Thread: Sniper Balance25 Feb 2014, 14:48 PM Does anyone even read the responses people give on exactly how to deal with soviet snipers? Or do you just skip those so that you can continue whining aimlessly in hopes of getting something nerfed like how it worked for shocks and guards? Soviet sniper has less "DMG output" than the axis sniper based simply on the rate of fire difference. What more do you want? Do you really want it to take two shots to kill a green/pgren? Because at that point they are useless ... But I guess maybe then you guys would be happy. Soviet snipers come in pairs which makes then more survive able on paper. BUT the German sniper has higher armor and recloaks much faster. Not to mention when he snipes cons they tend to get mini surpressed which does not happen to grens. So is the soviet sniper really more surviveable? Against a poorly played German sniper yes. But other other than that it's actually closer than you might think. I have not once had a script squad walk up to my sniper while being sniped and successfully kill it. However I can't say the same for grens. Sov sniper lies down to shoot (other model usually humps the one lying down). Gren squad walks up loses one guy, maybe two. Riflenade snipers and they die (since they are prone they usually cant move in time to avoid the riflenade) Also Idk who pointed it out but for sovs to go snipers they lose mortars, maxims, and zis whereas Germans do not. That alone should warrant for a Soviet sniper buff TLR version: snipers are fine the way they are. Learn how to counter instead of crying for a nerf. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sniper Balance24 Feb 2014, 15:48 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Feb 2014, 15:04 PMBravus The soviet sniper is a big problem to all german player, they dont die too easy and have 2, they shot and get off (diaper), the grenadiers dont take then, just die easy for it, is hard to kill then... And when put a sniper in the car, is totaly OP ridiculous... Correction: the soviet sniper is a problem for all Germans that don't know how to deal with it. G43s, riflenade, and tactical counter sniping is far too hard i guess. I dont see the problem with countersniping. Put german sniper in cover. Bait soviet sniper with gren, after soviet fires kill one sniper, restealth before soviet can fire back. Rinse and repeat until you hit vet 1. At vet one use thr ability to either immediatly frag both soviet snipers or use the stun time to kill the second one of the ability didnt kill him. Is this hard? If hes in a scout car hes even easier to countersnipe becsuse the soviet cant target his snipers (however as of the last time i played the bug still seems to be in effect that prevents the second soviet sniper in scout car from ever being sniped which needs fixing). However regardless of that. Use upgunned scout car to destroy clown fsr and hunt down sniper. If he goes guards you go something with smoke so you can instantly break button and give yourself enough cover from the guards to take down the clown car. If you refute these ways of dealing with them because hes hugging his clown car with cons and guards then i suggest you cap the rest of the map and avoid his 900+ manpower blob. And if that is too micro intensive then I recommend maybe this game isn't for you and you're wasting your time playing a game for which you don't have the necessary microing skills. And I don't mean that in a bad way ... I'm terrible at sports games, so I don't play them. It's just common sense Edit: alternstively if clowncar sniper is so op you could make ur own using the half track calling that comes with the lmg grens and put 2 (I think it holds 2) snipers in it. Look at that you have a clown car that's twice ad effective!! Sure you're stuck with a meh tree and it doesn't come till 3 (I think) cps ... But hell you have an op clown car to win you the game! (I've never actually tried this but I've always wanted to ... Maybe I'll make it my weekend project) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T4 and the Panther24 Feb 2014, 15:37 PM Instead of changing panthers why don't we add a dedicated soviet AT infantry squad? That would solve the problem and is something soviets are desperately lacking. Maybe take the flame thrower upgrade away from penals and replace it with an unlockable AT weapon upgrade from t3 and t4 (something close to the effectiveness of shrecks). I feel lime that would give the penals more of a job as right now its more or less just bunker clearing ... And being forced to go head to head with German armor seems like good punishment for a group of convicts/deserters That way soviets can take on the panther with the thing its weak against insteading of forcing them to try to take out a "medium" (it should be classified as heavy) AT tank with tanks. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Finally some balance, what to do now?24 Feb 2014, 15:26 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Feb 2014, 11:02 AMKatitof Nothing will change. Germans will still whine that something from soviet arsenal killed their ubermensh and space technology tanks, soviets will still whine that T34 can't take on anything and 2 dedicated AT units is not enough. Rinse and repeat for the games lifspan with new DLCs in between. +1 This hits the nail on the head! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Hi all!23 Feb 2014, 23:15 PM G'day m8 In: Lobby
Thread: PPSH x3 Aftermath Update22 Feb 2014, 22:57 PM @everyone crying about axis early game being difficult ... Do you gentlemen not realize that soviets are supposed to have an advantage early because their late game is shit compared to that of the Germans? If soviets go 50/50 early game they lose. Just like Americans did in vcoh. To make it clear: SOVIETS ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A STRONGER EARLY GAME THIS IS PART OF THE BALANCE. If you want to take that away than the axis must lose late game superiority. So I ask, are you ready to give up tigers and panthers? If you said no you best start learning how to deal with con spam, shocks, guards, and whatever else you find op in the early game because its "hard to deal with" The end In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PPSH x3 Aftermath Update21 Feb 2014, 14:33 PM Jump back to quoted post21 Feb 2014, 14:30 PMKatitof Soviet combined arms for guards doctrine, which is free, default doctrine? Soviet shock army doctrine? Ssssshhhhh! Were keeping that a secret! Everyone look over there points at radio intercept and ppsh doctrine that needs attention. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: PPSH x3 Aftermath Update21 Feb 2014, 14:18 PM The clear solution here is to move guards and shocks to 1cp to make that commander less appealing as more soviets will be using elite troops callins thus reducing the number of ppsh con spammers In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Radio Intercept20 Feb 2014, 22:38 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2014, 22:35 PMSarantini Placement of bunkers and mines should not be given out. Imo even when a bunker or mine is finished it should not be given out. Only buildings and units finished is enough. One thing I really hate is that it usually drowns in useless information, I don't want to see ANOTHER notification the enemy is capping a point and that I secured one. The voice lines and minimap provide enough information for that. Please let us modify which notification show! Bunkers are buildings are they not? Id be okay with mines, barbed wire, trenches, and tank traps (lol) not showing up. But buildings (including bunkers) and units should be shown. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Aftermath Update Impressions Thread20 Feb 2014, 19:47 PM Jump back to quoted post20 Feb 2014, 19:37 PMJoshua9 to you I guess. Hell, I'm not being partisan about this. There is almost never a reason not to get molotovs early. I'd rather feel like I were making a choice myself whether to go for 5 fast cons for the sake of proliferation, or 3 cons with molotovs, followed up by a 4th straggler for the early engagement impact. right now, why not just get 4 or 5 cons with molotovs in the first few minutes. I'm not even making a suggestion regarding balance. If this affects balance unfavorably, then Russians should be compensated another way. Its just kind of pointless to be an "option" as it is. The other change I would advocate just as strongly though, would be to raise the cost of both cons and grens by 20 manpower, given that we have so much more resources in the early game to play with. This would improve ostheer t2 start viability, as well as Russian t1 or t2 viability. I agree its a no brainer to get molotoves and at nades ... But I don't think making them more expensive to warrant getting them is the right approach. But honestly I could be wring. I don't claim to know all. Con spam wasn't nearly as common with one cp elite infantry. But I think the days of 4-5 con squads right out the gate is back! (Except that now they will transform into mini shock squads at 3cp) Edit: we've created a monster ... And I love it!! In: Lobby