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"And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?..The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and... the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough...We purely and simply deserved everything that happened afterward.”

― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn , The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956

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Thread: Wehr T2: Luftwaffe Building > Mechanized Building5 Mar 2023, 04:04 AM As a US 4v4 player whose build centers around rushing AA halftrack then AT halftrack out onto the field, securing VPs with MG bunkers and mortar bunkers, and then getting a sherman ASAP, I have to say that this is probably a build that I would be eating for breakfast. Number one, Sherman curbstomps the Wirbelwind utterly. On an even game, I'm able to get a Sherman out onto the field at 12-13 minutes. You have about two minutes to bully my infantry with the Wirbelwind while getting shot and penned at max range by my M3 AT halftrack before the Sherman hits the field and removes the Wirbelwind as a serious player in combat. Number two, if you don't go for a Wirbelwind, and instead for a Marder, not only do you have no good way to deal with my close-medium range specialist riflemen, but my M3 halftrack that's already on the field can hit and pen you from max range, forcing you off the field and putting you on the back foot. Number three, you're giving up on the nebelwerfer, which while it isn't an infantry blob rape god like you might want it to be, the explosion+flames make quick work of bunkers and MGs inside buildings, which I tend to rely on to hold points Number four, you're giving up on the Pak 40, which the only other efficient non-mechanized counter to MG bunkers. Number five, you're giving up on the medical halftrack. Enough said about that. Number six, if you try to get panzershreck Jagers in order to pre-empt my early Sherman, I'm going to walk on you with my riflemen who can suppress you with their vet 1 ability. In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?5 Mar 2023, 03:41 AM Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2023, 02:07 AMGarrett What about Brits? Their AA is seriously lacking. I did mention this in post #107. I was a bit naive about Brits AA and had just assumed that theirs was as effective as the US' AA was. I just did some testing, and here's what I found: If you saw my video with the M16 AA halftrack, I put pretty much everything in the same spot, but switched out the US vehicles for a Churchill, Churchill Black Prince, 15Cwt, and a Crusader II, all equidistant from each other, and then I switched out the M16 AA halftrack for two 15Cwt (yes, two, not one. ) AA halftracks. I also tried with one 15Cwt and a Crusader AA tank. It produced pretty similar results. It ended up being that the Axis planes were shot down after the first strafe. ((It also seemed that the planes didn't choose the same target, and instead opted to spread the damage across multiple targets. The "counterplay" is similar to soviet AT overwatch, except if it was insane.)) Better than the planes being able to loiter the sky for 60 seconds (if there was no AA), but certainly not ideal for the kind of damage that the strafe can do so soon after the flares drop. I would like to point out the fact that the callin is 225 muni and that the brits have access to high HP tanks that can actually take a pass from a stuka strafe and survive, so I think it makes logical sense that the brits have AA that isn't as effective as the US's is. However, the ability in its current state is really too much. If it is to stay this deadly, then it had ought to come out much slower and be more of an area denial tool, maybe with more planes that do less damage individually but are harder to shoot down because there are more of them. (And obviously the fact that TWO AA halftracks are needed to actually shoot down the planes within a reasonable timeframe.) If its to continue to come out that fast after flares, then I think it needs to be less deadly. The neat thing about German emplacement spam is that they will also kill any plane (or air drop) basically instantly, negating most of the counterplay as well! Yep. P.S. - if you were wondering, a single 15Cwt AA halftrack shoots down one plane after a single strafe, but seemingly struggles to shoot down the second before it's able to make a second strafe. In: COH3 Central
Thread: The current state of Anti-Aircraft.5 Mar 2023, 00:47 AM Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2023, 00:39 AMturbotortoise how do you find so much time to post? When you ~~have no life~~ enjoy playing a game, the time finds you. In: COH3 Central
Thread: The current state of Anti-Aircraft.5 Mar 2023, 00:17 AM As far as balance goes, I suppose it makes sense for the brits to have worse AA, because they have access higher HP tanks, therefore they need to invest more in AA in order to prevent an AT loiter from seriously damaging a churchill etc. For US, all their tanks are pretty squishy, so I can see why they have a better AA. In: COH3 Central
Thread: The current state of Anti-Aircraft.5 Mar 2023, 00:15 AM So, what are the thoughts on the current state of aerial call-ins vs. the strength of AA in the current balance? For allies, as I understand it, Brit AA is a bit lackluster, with centaurs struggling a bit vs. planes plus the AA halftrack not being able to shoot down planes as quickly as one would want. US, on the other hand, has AA so good that it completely nullifies any aerial callins within its range, whether that be the DAK AT loiter or a falls drop in the middle of the map or in your base, even, if the map is small enough (E.G. 2v2 map or lower) For axis, from what I understand, the flak emplacements are good enough to shoot down larger callins, but nothing seems to be able to shoot down the US air support center strafing run fast enough to prevent it from making a full run, and I, personally, have never had a paratrooper squad shot down in the sky, even with a bunch of AA around. What are your experiences? In: COH3 Central
Thread: How to "beat" the 2cm flak emplacement in teamgames4 Mar 2023, 22:09 PM Ofc if its a flak on the frontline it's probably not at full HP any more, but still, that's at least three satchels. One to decrew, two to kill the weapon. Two would only be enough if you were able to deal damage to the flak 88 previously while it was decrewed AND the flak team manning it was at around half health. In: COH3 Central
Thread: How to "beat" the 2cm flak emplacement in teamgames4 Mar 2023, 22:08 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2023, 04:23 AMFireFlyAT Also for USF Paras, if they get smoke support and you use 2 Satchels at the same time, the Flak will be destroyed instantly (at least that happend to me) Pretty sure that was a fluke. Flak 36 takes a satchel plus grenade plus a volley or two to decrew at vet zero full health, and as we know, any damage done to a crewed emplacement doesn't carry over to the abandoned weapon. The actual gun itself can tank a satchel at full HP. You would need 4 satchels thrown to take a full health flak down to nothing from full health. In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?4 Mar 2023, 18:36 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2023, 18:33 PMEtherealDragon Rifle nades just means they definitely win engagements that are 50-50 and map control goes in the toilet. I'm not here to speak on the efficacy of rifle grenades or anything, but in coh3, the rifle grenade animation is clearly visible and the rifle grenade almost has a smoke tracer attached to it while it flies through the air.. Are squad response times just too slow to avoid this, even with such a large amount of telegraphing? In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?4 Mar 2023, 18:32 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2023, 18:01 PMKatitof What does not make any sense tho is how all the spams, emplacements and anti-all infantry come out of the woodworks now despite the fact that apparently there were top player illuminati giving feedback for years. Hahahaha. Well, in my opinion, that's just a factor of the common man coming in to slap some sense into the "pros". Oh? You have a really cool build order with a rechie, two brens and an AT rifle squad plus an MG? Well ooga booga I upgrade my engineer with flamer and drive all over your face and blob panzergrens all over you. Then "pros" who had considered themselves above such play find out it's actually really effective in the current state of balance, and start to adopt and adapt those strategies. EDIT: Not that I like that the balance is currently like this. I'm just saying, more experienced people tend to fall into certain tracks of thinking that newbies don't necessarily also fall into. Same reason why "beginner's luck" is a thing. In: COH3 Central
Thread: Balance thoughts?4 Mar 2023, 14:57 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2023, 08:10 AMSvanh The US AA halftrack is also interesting in that it will tear aeroplanes apart against the rear (100% penetration chance) or side armour (30%-50% penetration chance) but is substantially worse against the front armour (15%-25% penetration chance). Ahh. Welp.. I bet its the same situation as the Panther/Tiger where it does the maximum penetration value no matter what because they input the numbers incorrectly. Calling it now that the M16 gets nerfed next patch. As long as they nerf the AT loiters in return, I have no issues with that. In: COH3 Central