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Thread: What does this message mean in multiplayer matchmaking?29 Mar 2018, 15:04 PM You can't host a game on this map if you don't own the DLC. In: Lobby
Thread: How would you change coh 2?29 Mar 2018, 15:02 PM - No more early faction design vs late game faction design - No more evident gap faction design to create artificial special snowflake - No more specialised faction vs non-specialised faction design - No more Sniper that kill full health models, JLI and Pathfinder concept are in my opinion the way to go for Snipers. - Reduce engine damage use and gives handled AT other capabilities, I understand Coh2 is balanced around this concept but that doesn't mean Coh3 should be. - Create a competitive matchmaking area where dumb units aren't available. Stuff like Jgtiger, Elefant, Sturtiger or ISU-152 and such are fun and all but difficult to balance when half of other factions doesn't have any equivalent. The same concept as pool map could be applied for Commanders in this area. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Performance and cost efficiency of massed SU76s vs SU8528 Mar 2018, 15:37 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2018, 13:22 PMSweetrollNearTheDoor I assume this listing is a comparison of different units put into a similar category and not just a random bunch of units from different factions. I specifically said non-doctrinal TDs. Last time Elephant was non-doctrinal was around open beta in 2013. Panther is not a normal tank destroyer because of its decent "good spot trademark" anti-infantry firepower. Panther is not a better version of a stug and they perform different roles. If that were the case it would always be a good idea to replace every lost stug with a panther to perform the same role but better. This part is once again pretty trivial since the original point is the comparison between SU76 and SU85 which is a thing that exists as a non-doctrinal unit in soviet Tier 4 structure. If you ignore that fact this discussion is of questionable use as the SU85 and its efficiency compared to SU76 is not taken to account. This has been repeated several times by now. (And personally I wouldn't call an SU76 to a medium TD, otherwise SU85 would be a Heavy TD which its certainly not) One SU76 vs one SU85 or a bunch of SU76 vs one SU85? Because if you had to fight any tank with one or the other, would you blindly select the SU76? I didn't disagree with you on the fondemental of this Topic, there is an issue with the SU76 and I give my thought on what could be a good solution to solve it. On the list I provided, maybe the PUMA isn't relevant I was including all medium stock tank destroyers. Other than that, they all share the same issue, they overperform when vetted and only the jpz4 can't be spamed. At the end, if you decide to nerf the SU76, you'll end why two possibilities > or you use your hammer and nobody will use the unit anymore, or you don't and players will be still spamming them. And I just want to remind you that maybe spaming a certain type of unit isn't fun to play but that's a strategy like any others, you can't deny people to do it, just increase its price so it increases its downside and let people counter it more easily. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Performance and cost efficiency of massed SU76s vs SU8528 Mar 2018, 12:43 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Mar 2018, 09:26 AMSweetrollNearTheDoor I have yet to see a few pumas park themselves in front of an ISU or an IS2 and slug it out and win without losses. On the other hand I definitely headbutted an Elephant with SU76s yesterday and it died in under 30 seconds by my estimate. Pumas will do fine lategame when preserved but they need to flank their opponents to get reliable penetrations and most lategame tanks will return fire because of the lower range of 50 instead of the SU76s 60 range. The range difference is a big factor here. You can kite with 60 range units, with 50 range not so much. That has a big effect on the life expectancy of a unit if it can stay out of harms way most of the time while still being able to do decent damage. Now my original point was not about the interaction with tank destroyers of other factions but between SU76 and SU85 which you seemed to miss/ignore. The thing is Stugs and JP4s are the axis lategame non-doctrinal TDs so they need to be able to handle heavy armor as well as medium armor. SU76 on the other hand is not the Soviet lategame tank destroyer, that honor goes to SU85. So do you think it is intended design or beneficial to the gameplay that the T3 SU76 yields better/similar results compared to its counterpart while being cheaper, in a lower tech tier, more mobile, has better utility, better RoF and anti infantry capabilities? This is a matter between two soviet units and their performance and does not necessarily require comparisons between other factions' TDs. What about panthers and elef/jtg? Stugs and jpz4 aren't more dedicated to counter late game tanks that the SU76. I'm not the one here comparing TDs, you are. I'm saying all medium TDs should be able to perform their role late game if preserved. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Performance and cost efficiency of massed SU76s vs SU8528 Mar 2018, 08:02 AM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2018, 11:35 AMSweetrollNearTheDoor You might want to take a look at the replays. Do you think it is beneficial to the gameplay experience when three Su76s kill an Elephant frontally? A late game doctrinal heavy tank destroyer countered without any flanks, without Mark target and with a significantly smaller investment with a unit Elephant should be able to hardcounter. (Snowball effect from damage buff and RoF buffs from veterancy + good penetration to begin with) A SU76 should be able to damage an Elefant yes, as much as a Puma, a stug or a jpz4 should be able to damage Allied late game tanks. And wonderfully they all do. Now maybe the SU76 vet too fast, maybe it can be twicked but nerfing it to the way it becomes useless after a certain point of the game is going against design where we want all units to be relevant all the game long. You build your SU76/PUMA/Jpz4/STUG, you fight with it, you keep it alive, you vet it, your reward is to be able to use it vs bigger cats. The problem you are exposing is clearly that it can be spammed. It is far easier to spam and vet three SU76 than one alone and since on teamgame, the number of potential targets is higher, they vet way faster than usual. Does it means that it is the case on 1vs1, definitively not so you can't simply nerf its stat and vet. How to make sure the unit stay relevant on 1vs1 and cannot be spammed on teamgame, they are probably different options, the one I propose is simple: increase its popcap, it doesn't affect much the player on 1vs1 and it reduce SOV players army size and reinforcement power if he decides to spam them on teamgame. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: No Point to Schwerer Flak anymore?28 Mar 2018, 07:40 AM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2018, 21:52 PMjagd wölfe Basically like usf free bar/bar+thompson squad and major (both scaling with veterancy) with nondoc arty, free frp and recon, or brits tier 4 ultra cheap arty, but unlike both it kills your teching when destroyed, the faction having them has zero indirect fire capabilities of any value that isn't locked behind 150 fuel (conviniently forgetting it can't magically become an artillery unlile the "inferior" bofor ?). But hey, you are right, players must be punished for careless play. Any usf officer wiped must lock teching. If you don't want to risk keep your FREE squad at base. And before starting to cry about popcap, let me remind you what a joke usf popcap is You also could have say like Ostheer free LMG/Nade upgrades. Nobody is complaining about the Schwerer existence but someone is thinking its useless because it has counters... and people know to use them. Now as for USF, a good revamp with removing free-but-not-so-free officers and adding more flexibility would be greatfull. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Faymonville House27 Mar 2018, 17:21 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2018, 15:57 PMIncendiaryRounds The thing is Faymonville is extremely annoying since the only has one door which is on the wrong side for the defender. It's annoying as fuck as you need to grab the garrison first to prevent harrassment. Only Ost needs to build T1 first so pios are delayed. Those crucial seconds mean everything. Just because of the stupid house, I usually get ostruppen on this map so I don't need to get T1 and my pios can get there first to wire off the door. Only to my dismay, the stupid delay entering mechanic fucked everything up. Does door wiring work anymore after the delayed entering? That more or less the purpose of those houses, if your opponent garrison it, you can garrison his... with your HMG42 so nobody get fuel. Or you can rush the fuel with the house giving you advantage, garrison the house, take the fuel. Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2018, 16:40 PMVipper Ostheer should have grenadier as starting unit for exactly this reason. 40 manpower could be deducted from their resources. Yes let's delay even more Ost T1 \o/ In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: pzgren should be wehr's dedicated tank hunters27 Mar 2018, 15:18 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Mar 2018, 12:33 PMKatitof Ost can not afford anything when they Need to pay 60 mun per squad, but USF magically affords to pay 120 mun per squad + use abilities + offmaps. Mmmmkay. When you are base locked, you can't! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Performance and cost efficiency of massed SU76s vs SU8527 Mar 2018, 11:22 AM Not sure if making it useless late game is an viable option. The SU-76 is fine on its own, so if the problem is spam why not simply strongly increase its popcap so spaming it comes at a cost. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: What to do with the KT?26 Mar 2018, 15:06 PM Is it so bad on 4vs4? Haven't play that mod since the patch. Still a pain in the ass on 1vs1 to deal with but at least it doesn't one shot anymore anything on feet. In: COH2 Balance