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Thread: Snipers18 Mar 2014, 16:25 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2014, 14:48 PMdasheepeh I'd much rather prefer Snipers that are countersnipeable with one sniper shot than Snipers one one side which are untouchable due to the lack of counters.. The core issue isnt the Sniper + Clown car combo. Did you ever play someone with double snipers? Did you find that to be balanced and fair? Was it so much better than scout car + sniper?? The clown car isnt doing the damage, its the sniper. The soviet sniper is capable of winning entire games as soon as the critical amount of them ( 2 snipers ) is reached. You atleast had the possibility to countersnipe in vCOH. You dont have a counter in this game. I both played with it and against it and the problem is sniper + clown car. If they're on foot, you can attack somewhere else and expect them to take a while to intercept you. The scout car is much faster to react and much harder to trap. I also don't want to introduce a game mechanic where snipers are the best counters to other snipers, which is what mirrored one man snipers would do. I'd much rather have a 221/222 buff or increased accuracy penalty when in scout car. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Magic grenade (AT) and shereks are broken the game18 Mar 2014, 16:07 PM All of Bravus' posts: "Why do _____ hurt my tanks!?" EDIT: Don't take this post too seriously. Please keep voicing your opinions. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Customization!18 Mar 2014, 16:02 PM I'd like to point out that of all Steam games out there, the only ones that don't follow an exponentially decaying curve in player activity are those that make heavy use of the Steam marketplace and workshop. There is plenty of room for skins on tanks, infantry, flags, maps, etc. If these items would randomly drop at the end of games it would also provide incentive for people to keep playing, trading and creating. In: Lobby
Thread: Snipers17 Mar 2014, 22:04 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2014, 21:46 PMMr. Someguy Personally I think the core issue is double snipers and up. Double snipers is not hard to achieve yet the payoff is instant field control wherever you have them (unless he begins blobbing, in which case you get field control wherever he isn't..). CoH1 didn't have this problem because of early access vehicles, counter-sniping (if you so chose), and Volksgrenadier 5 man squads that could also be upgraded with MP 40's and charged at them. There was also a side-effect of how abilities worked, you needed to complete the animation for it to happen. So there was no instant-panzerfaust on the Jeep that came within range for half a second, like there is now. I don't think I've ever seen two snipers being used effectively on separate fronts (in 1v1). If anything, wouldn't it be easier to counter since 2-3 grens could easily overwhelm each front? Whenever I go 2+ snipers I keep them together for maximum shock value but it's usually not a good idea to do that early game without a scout car as I'd lose too much mobility. So really a scout car+sniper for me is the biggest threat as it'll reliably weaken any front that gets pushed while not being too taxing on upkeep. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Napalms impressions of 1v1 game play 17 Mar 2014, 18:26 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Mar 2014, 23:57 PMBasilone Is this talking about the series in general or CoH2 in particular? I had the exact opposite impression from CoH2. Ive had fun working in synergy with mate but 1v1 feels pretty dull with the current doctrine system, lack of a proper mid game, and lack of global upgrades (90% games a vehicle rush). My original comment was aimed at the CoH series in general, including CoH2. My impression is that overall 1v1s offer the deepest most rewarding experience. CoH2 isn't quite as deep as vCoH, I grant you that, but it's very close. In many cases, I feel like the problem is people have the wrong expectations of CoH2 where they try to make the game work as they'd want to instead of pushing themselves to play the most out what's available. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Snipers17 Mar 2014, 17:55 PM I really wish we could put to rest the suggestion of one man snipers as it doesn't solve the core issue (scout car + snipers) and would devolve infantry combat into sniping and counter-sniping a la vCoh. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Napalms impressions of 1v1 game play 14 Mar 2014, 19:09 PM 1v1 is by far the most rewarding game-mode in all CoH. I wish more people would give it a try, but I understand the fear of it. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: How to further improve coh213 Mar 2014, 19:11 PM Jump back to quoted post13 Mar 2014, 18:17 PMSenseo1990 Then you must either be extremely lucky or I am extremely unlucky, except for guard grenades (which i dont use that often) all of them are extremely inconsistent for me. Perfect hit can either be no kills at all or a complete squad wipe. It happens all the time. But Assault grenades are actually quite consistent: They almost never kill anybody Grenades are probably the most consistent abilities in COH2. It's just that unlike other strategy games, a grenade doesn't do a fixed amount of damage to a targeted squad. If you have that expectation, it's wrong. Instead, it does a fixed amount of damage in and around a radius of where it lands. Some nades, such as the rifle nade and shock trooper nade have very small AOEs. They are nevertheless consistent in that anything within that AOE will receive the damage it's supposed to. There are probably other modifiers that affect the AOE such as cover and terrain deformation. If you think you got a perfect hit and nothing died, load up the replay and look again. If you get visual proof of your claims, post them on the forums. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Goodbye12 Mar 2014, 16:52 PM The takeaway here is that Pay To Play can be perceived as P2W. That may be an error in judgement on the customer's part but the fact remains that the comparison is a bit of a gray area where it is sometimes valid, sometimes not. Relic deserves some credit for the recent slowdown in commander releases and their attempts at achieving balance but those efforts may go unnoticed by the potential customers reading bad reviews riddled with P2W. In: Lobby
Thread: Finally some balance, what to do now?11 Mar 2014, 18:40 PM That's beside the point though because Relic depends on noobs for sales. Relic ignored the effect of pay-to-play turning into a perceived P2W and they'll forever loose potential buyers to shitty noob reviews. In: COH2 Gameplay