Profile of donofsandiego

You know, it really pisses me off when I'm on mobile and the site signs me out while I'm writing a reply, and then I have to write the whole thing from scratch all over again because "YoU hAvE tO sIgN iN tO lEaVe A rEpLy".

I wrote a long ass comment about CoH 3, but I'll just sum it up because I'm emotionally drained now:

Despite my hope for this game, despite my efforts to like it, as of the time of writing this comment, I have never ceased to find the game missing something. It always feels like a work in progress game that I've just been given the key to playtest.

Also, Relic has, afaik, *still* not released the real mod tools for this game, so we're stuck with the endless "LUFTWAFFEPANZERSCHÜTZEN MOD" and "BLITZKRIEGHITLERLIEBER SS-KOMMANDO" mods because apparently anyone with an original thought decided that they didn't want to make mods for this game (except for a handful of people).

On one hand I appreciate the small amount of well thought out battlegroups, but at the same time, I really liked how the larger amount of commanders made it feel like there were a lot of different strategies to try out with your friends (yes, I am aware that this is a phone number rank thing and that high rank people essentially had like 4 "correct" commanders to choose from anyways).

CoH 3 is just missing something and I have no idea what it is.

Atze,

After careful consideration and weighing all options available to the Enforcement Team, we have decided to permanently ban all Chinese players from the game, as per your request.

Thanks so much,
Relic Enforcement.

o_0

I'm not like a veteran or anything but I'll give my 2 cents since nobody's said anything yet:

Number one, know matchups. If you know what the average battle between two units looks like, how long it lasts, etc, you'll know beforehand how likely it is that you'll have to retreat them in the first place.

Number two, consider the enemy squad. Is it a close range specialist squad with SMGs? Do they have high moving accuracy? It's much safer to retreat earlier against these squads, because they are more likely to deal damage to retreating squads.

Number three, it's probably better to play it safe than to stand your ground to the last man. In my understanding, if you're at a point where you're considering retreating, you're already in a precarious position to begin with. If you aren't fighting to keep the last VP friendly while the last few tickets count down, it's probably not worth losing a squad to defend.

Company of Heroes and Battle for Middle-Earth II

Man.. that reminds me of that LOTR-themed turn-based tactics game for the Gameboy Advance.

Sounds like fun! Would you be able to choose a "hero" character like in DoW?