Profile of Esxile

I think this would in turn ruin OKW's balance against Soviets and UKF since Volks definitely need green cover to stand a chance against Tommies and Penals. Better look for a solution in USF itself.

Point is they shouldn't really stand a chance vs them on a 1 squad vs 1 squad fight but yeah that could make the Penal too strong vs them.
The other way around is if we buff USF early game, that could make things going wrong on USF/OST matchup.


There are other solutions, like increasing Volks build/reinforce time at vet0 or before first truck built.
Reducing OKW starting Manpower is also another way to be explored.

In my opinion, Volks aren't the main issue here but the squad field saturation you can reach extremly fast with OKW vs USF. 4 volks should have downside the same way 4 rifles has if you decide to go Lieutnant first.

Right, so who gets to call the shots on the balance then?

Relic severely limits the team on what they can do, but you say that the team is biased, but then again Relic decided to trust them to "fix" their game.

So how do we solve this? They won't fix it themselves so they need unbiased modders, but such people are hard to come by and I would volunteer but I will sure as hell not accept bullshit scopes and rushing of development be put on me and I think that many other modders will agree, feedback and suggestions yes, some compromises maybe, but flat out me putting my ass to hang for some ungrateful person, no way, I've done it enough to know that it's generally not worth it.

Apart from that they'll probably never accept me in a balance team but just putting it out there, I'm willing to fix the game for the sake of the loyal fanbase, but not under bullshit circumstances.

From QA point of view, Relic does the right thing.
When you are modifying a value on the software, you have to evaluate what could be affected anywhere else in the software by that change. Limiting values that can be changed at the same time (aka same patch) limit the risk to see many collateral issues in various areas of the software.

From a player perspective it can be frustrating but I see the "scope" as a solution to avoid bad patchs as we had before.


Now I don't want to blame Mr.Smith and I backed him time to time in the past even when I wasn't agreeing with his position, but not for this last patch because he simply went rogue of the forum, he provided us with an Alpha.patch and zero explaination, zero comment and zero reason to trust him.
I didn't comment much on it, just a saracasm about 222 being twice cheaper than the M20 but my understanding of the situation is that Mr.Smith and his team is responsable for the Alpha version and Relic mitigated the changes, I think we can thanks Relic for having mitigated the disaster that would have bring the Alpha version of the patch.

I also heard rumors about the balance team being Axis bias which could also be a reason why we are in such situation. But this could come from the fact last patch had direct and indirect huge nerf for the USF and UKF, I mean I'm not surprised with the state of the balance today, this was clear from the moment they push the patch live.

Speaking of sprint, how many of you actually use flares on the rifles?

Because I think it's better to combine sprint and the marksman ability rather than sprint and flares and call it riflemen elite training, there's even voice files for it.

BTW did you know rifle flare doesn't reveal camo unit. Now you know.

If you kept nades the same but made Volksgrenadier squads have 50% health, I'm sure you would see OKW winrates drop substantially, but see the same or even more grenade usage from them.

With CoH2 being such a complex game, and the fact that (as for as I remember), nades weren't touched in the last patch, the claim that winrates are attributed to grenades is in my opinion simply preposterous.

If you would stop to put stupid claim in my mouth, it would be easier no? Winate isn't associated to grenade the same way than Soviet winrate isn't associated to T70 alone. But that's a mix where maybe grenade has a bigger impact than expected.

Mobile Defense wasn't touched the last patchs as well, yet today the doctrine is seen as way too powerfull compared to others.

Let's remember guys: correlation does not equal causation.

Unless you think it does. But then I have a theory.

Most GCS2 qualifying players are English second language.

Therefore speaking English as your first language actual means you have a lesser chance for qualifying for GCS! Clearly the game is biased for non natives, as proven by win rates.

3 over 5 factions have the upper hand and it appears they all use free-tech nades (OKW and OS) or Meta (SOV with Penal/Guards). So there is a correlation, now my question has you didn't want to see is if the causation exists.

Grenade isn't a limited faction that have Little to 0 correlation with victory or defeat unlike speaking english or not. Grenade can wipe squads and more generally wins engagement. So the question is how much do they impact the actual meta.
Some time ago when the game was balanced around early/late game assymetrical balance, grenade design was making sens in the way to delay teching and force choices for the early game dominante factions. Today I think the question need to be evaluated.


So far, except being a true sarcastic heroe you didn't prove anything.