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Thread: UI enhancement proposition.5 Sep 2014, 08:23 AM Please auto hotkey my units from 1-9!! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: A good starting computer setup to play Coh24 Sep 2014, 19:07 PM While CoH does need a good CPU, an i3 should be sufficient if that's what the budget allows for. I am pretty sure that even for CoH, you get the best FPS/$ by mainly prioritizing the graphics card. In: Lobby
Thread: Okw Balance3 Sep 2014, 22:11 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Sep 2014, 21:07 PMdarkfireslide I don't even think OKW is bad in 1v1. Decent Sturmpio micro in the early game followed up by the use of Obersoldaten late game is extremely difficult to deal with. At best, they're balanced in 1v1. In team games, especially because of the trucks, OKW is completely broken. This In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So I played CoH2 again...3 Sep 2014, 16:24 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Sep 2014, 16:08 PMdrChengele Bought a new computer last year primarily in anticipation of CoH2 because I knew what to expect. Mid-level specs for smooth sailing at mid-level details. It is not a very optimized game, but what's worse, it looks downright ugly when details are lowered. I played it on a gaming laptop for a while, so I know what causes problems. Winter maps (snow and blizzards) are framerate killers. And of course large maps and playercount (3v3, 4v4) are even worse. As a curiosity, Angermuende was disproportionately slow compared to other maps of similar size. Some really demanding effects can be turned off by manually editing the CoH2 config file. This has helped me run the game with acceptable frame rates on mid-level systems without it looking like crap. In: Lobby
Thread: So I played CoH2 again...2 Sep 2014, 18:56 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Sep 2014, 18:33 PMvoltardark Sorry, but getting better fps require a sum of small things. thanks Of course you need to make sure you don't have something running in the background pegging the CPU. You don't need a "windows optimizer" for that though, just common sense. I understand you're trying to help people and that's fair enough, but optimizers are mostly bull. Placebo effect is real though. In: Lobby
Thread: So I played CoH2 again...2 Sep 2014, 18:26 PM Sorry man, a "windows optimizer" is not going to help people with low fps :-) The best thing people can do on the software side is update their graphics driver. CoH2 is just a pretty demanding game and requires a relatively new graphics card. In: Lobby
Thread: So I played CoH2 again...2 Sep 2014, 18:10 PM These days a $250 graphics card should be more than sufficient for 60 fps @ max. It wasn't at CoH2 release though, those same cards cost around $500. My main complaint is the multiplayer performance, namely command lag: In online play CoH2 got nearly a 500ms command latency, at least the double of other RTS games (I get 250ms in SC2). Oh yeah, if you want a competitive game, this should be priority #1, hell. In: Lobby
Thread: What happened to Relic?29 Aug 2014, 19:54 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2014, 18:36 PMFanatic One of the reasons why i stopped playing DoW2 was the removing base building. It´s a bad idea to remove something which represents a franchise. Base building might have been central to DoW1, as it was a rather standard RTS / Starcraft clone. DoW2 was more like a pseudo sequel to CoH1, or at least it built on the same kind of cover/commander/manpower economy mechanics. Base building was hardly relevant in CoH1, so it was a very wise decision to remove it from any future game that was built on the mechanics as CoH1. It might have disappointed some standard RTS fans of DoW1, but as mainly a CoH1 player I felt it was a good move to remove bases. I'm appalled that the whining brought back buildings for CoH2, because as in CoH1, base building is completely irrelevant to the game: - It doesn't fit the combat centric gameplay - it doesn't fit the resource system (you don't need expansions, new bases etc.) - Buildings are expensive and only work as tiers. You never get more than one of each Basically, base building belongs in SC2. It makes no sense in CoH. In: Lobby
Thread: What happened to Relic?29 Aug 2014, 17:48 PM This might make some bring out the pitchforks, but one mechanic I actually think DoW2 got better than CoH2 was removing base building. Base building absolutely brings nothing to the game strategically. They only brought it back for CoH2 because a loud minority cried about DoW2 lacking it. IMO the US faction is the best designed faction because they don't have base building, and IMO all the factions should be like this. It would also be way easier to balance. Other than that, CoH2 is way better than DoW2. DoW2 was too limited especially by the tiny scale. In: Lobby
Thread: What happened to Relic?29 Aug 2014, 15:51 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Aug 2014, 15:36 PMBudwise its just not as competitive and still slightly more for casual players than vCOH was/is. It's a god damn shame. The mechanics of CoH have the potential to create a far more interesting competitive game than say SC2. Problem is the game lacks polish and had a really shitty launch. Also, I guess the commanders gotta go, even if they are less p2w now. I have to grind an undetermined amount of time to get a proper tank for the US (EZ8, rifle commander)? No competitive player can take that seriously. Hell, consider if you had to grind for weeks to get the AWP in CS:GO. Competitive players would have dropped it like a turd. In: Lobby