Profile of Chaotic

To the people wondering why did i start this poll now (and not at some point earlier) - it has nothing to do with the recent update. Well, maybe except the map list modifications that made 2v2 slightly better and therefore more appealing to play. Anyway, it's just that i've been playing it more often than before and have noticed how the matching works. For whatever reason i thought that the AT/RT separation exists but is just not shown in the interface

My approach to the 2v2 is very similar to Sluzbenik's one btw. I loved RT 2v2 in CoH because it was a more forgiving and casual (yet still mostly balanced) mode that allowed to have fun without getting too intensive. And now every one in three or four games is just immediate-drop-worthy. Not just due to AT of course, the pay-2-win factor chips in too.

I understand the point about the small pool though, so the separation is unreasonable to expect at any point. Maybe something along the lines of AmiPolizeiFunk's idea, if implemented, would help the current situation.

I've voted Langreskaya for both factions IMO vanilla maps are the best with Langres coming slightly ahead. I'm not a huge fan of either winter maps (gameplay is slower and RNG is a bigger factor) or CoH2 maps (they just feel worse).

On an unrelated note, the name of 'Kholodny Ferma' pisses me off a bit because it makes no sense in Russian It sounds somewhat like 'I will eating' would sound to a native English speaker, i would imagine.

I'd say shocks are perfectly fine as they are. IMO they are pretty much the only good elite infantry the Soviets have. They may be somewhat overused at the moment and an argument can be made (as it has been) that they should become available at 2 cps, but their stats are just fine.

Somebody has already pointed up, shocks are an extremely expensive doctrinal unit that happens to be a dedicated AI infantry. They are utterly useless against tanks, and their reinforcement and upkeep can easily run the soviet player's manpower dry. In other words, there is a lot of ways to kill them, and whenever you do, you hurt the other guy's economy greatly. I think it only makes sense that they are that good.

The video the OP delivered () displays 5 shocks dying in 13 seconds, and the last one escaping due to
- suppression/pin modifiers;
- retreat modifier;
- RNG of course;
- the OP not sending his PGrens after the retreating shocks (why btw? They were right there).

I fail to see how that makes them broken, sorry.

A little bit off topic: Whenever i see people unhappy with how strong shocks are, i remember how in CoH they've put G43s on steroids at some point and the only way it was possible to play 1v1 vs PE as the Americans was to basically avoid engaging the panzergren blob altogether, until the proper counter (m8) was on the field.

That's pretty much exactly what i do when fighting aginst shocks. Except, for Germans it's even easier, given that you don't need map control advantage to win.

You HAVE to choose your engagements carefully. Until proper counters, snipe them, or suppress them in red cover, or attack a lone squad with 2 pgrens, or mortar them into oblivion when they are capping a point. Dont fight them with stuff they are supposed to hardcounter. MG bunkers help a lot, MHT is awesome.

There's one thing i'd love to see though - a cheaper upgrade cost for the SC. That could become a nice long-range AI. IMO the way FHT is used right now is kind of ridiculous (not at all OP, just feels weird).

Thank you

What's up everyone?

Long time lurker (particularly GR lurker), i've recently bought CoH2 and now decided to join the new forum

Also, I'd like to apologize in advance for any grammatical errors that may occur, I realize that it'd piss some people of - however, English is not my native language, so stuff happens, unfortunately

Anyway, I'll do my best to contribute to the conversation.