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Thread: Matchmaking bullshit vs Jove3 Oct 2015, 13:06 PM Jump back to quoted post1 Oct 2015, 20:26 PM__deleted__ Hi there, Just found out the Jove I played in automatch was the actual rank 3 Brit player Jove. Now I wouldn't mind playing Jove if I wasn't rank 795 as Ostheer. How did this even happen? I mean how is this fair? Edit: rank 796 Kappa, thanks Relic. I'm ranked 900-1000 as OKW, and ended up stuck playing top 100 players several times. There are a lot of times that fewer than 10 people are looking for 1v1's. If you search long enough, there is a good chance that you'll end up playing someone who is much better than you. It doesn't bother me (but it did result in shattering my delusions of adequacy when I had a six-game winning streak going and ended up auto-matched against Ciez). One way to look at it is that if you save the replay, it is your chance to see what build order and capping order good players use on a particular map. If it really bothers you, you could always try stopping the automatch search every minute (maybe every half minute). It seems like the biggest imbalances occur when you've been searching a long time. In: Lobby
Thread: USF commanders3 Oct 2015, 05:30 AM Having para's drop with bazookas isn't a plus, nor is having to bank 900 mp. I like the idea of having them drop with weapons, but would like the choices to be smg's, 1919's, or 2x scoped 30-06's which give them vision like panzerfusiliers. The vision bug would be nice to have fixed. Also, cannister was overnerfed to complete worthlessness. Either replace it or make it usable. Give the scout car a little better vision. It currently is no better than a standard 222 or Kubel. Lastly, the range on pathfinder arty was shortened so that they have to walk into the range of units like the Panzer Schwerer HQ in order to drop arty. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: COH 2 becoming pointless3 Oct 2015, 05:17 AM Jump back to quoted post3 Oct 2015, 02:28 AMelfnik You might ask yourself now...why? ''' 10. No point of leveling up, or getting different commander, or getting bulletins. You don't get rewarded for winning a game. ... but it still beats the pudding out of losing....... In: Lobby
Thread: Cooldown bulletins- how good are they?1 Oct 2015, 01:06 AM Jump back to quoted post16 May 2015, 06:50 AMelchino7 Did the math. Notes: -I expect the Reload bulletins affecting Reload duration and not Reload frequency. -I made the calculations based on the Gren Kar at mid range. Cooldown modifiers are better at longer range than at close range +3 Accuracy: increases damage by 3% 5% cooldown: increases damage by 1.21% 3% Reload: ... by 0.27% 2% Reload + 2% Cooldown: ... by 0.66% Basically using all 3 bulletins gives you a 5% increase damage. I tested with con's and it seemed like reload with cons was slightly better than cooldown. Did you also crunch the numbers for cons? I tested by attack-moving blobs into each other, and every time that a test was flawed (like models from one squad finding nearby cover), the flaw in the test overwhelmed the difference in the bulletins. My favorite bulletins are the 3% JT penetration bulletin, and the 1% accuracy and 2% cooldown RE bulletin, for equal and opposite reasons. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Current State of Balance29 Sep 2015, 06:15 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Sep 2015, 15:27 PMdasheepeh ISG and Pack Howie are nuts at the moment. Too reliable accuracy and suppression, it often pins as well. The ISG range at vet 1 becomes just ridiculous. It doesnt need the +15 range at all. All churchill tanks still have too much hp, should be brought down to 1280. Panzergrens might need a slight DPS buff. SU76 is currently too good for its cost. Rework Penals, give them a long range profile or just buff their rifles, do something meaningful to them. Give the P4 either a cost reduction or a pen buff. Buff Mech Company and Recon Support Company. Overhaul Soviet Industry. Give Volks slightly better vet bonuses to boost their anti infantry viability in the lategame or just give them an AI upgrade that locks the AT upgrade out. NERF CENTAUR Slightly reduce the cooldown on brace. Buff the M8A1 Scott. Agree In addition, USF - buff the Sherman Bulldozer, main gun was nerfed at some point and doesn't seem to do a lot, should also have more hit points or better armor USF - better received accuracy for assault engineers, 280 mp for a really fragile unit means that you have to pay a lot for a unit that has probably less utility than a 160 mp Ost pioneer. USF- let IR pathfinders drop arty at max vision - they now have to walk into the Panzer Schwerer's range to drop arty on it USF- either give fighting position some hp and smaller hit size, or reduce the cost to the number of seconds that it lasts once a P4 starts shooting at it (8-12). This would really help late game holding ability. Also, make it so grenades don't wipe squad inside fighting position OKW- make upgrade choice between shrek and lmg for Volks(if you have a bad start in 1v1, can be very difficult to get Obers out) OKW- buff Falls (really seem to underwhelm against UKF) OKW- range or something for raketenwerfer - is really annoying to dominate a game then have Croc come out at 30 minute and completely change the game OKW- make smoke available to help with maxim spam In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Forward Observer Bug - for Relic if you're reading this foru29 Sep 2015, 03:59 AM Jump back to quoted post24 Sep 2015, 15:33 PMdasheepeh spotting scopes may fit the commander theme but would be overkill with vision rifles, ir pathfinders having great vision and recon run. id rather buff the canister shot to an usable state and do something with the battlegroup also fix vision rifles already No, it wouldn't be overkill. IR pathfinders have, at best, slightly less vision than Panzerfusiliers. They cost 210 mp and 6 pop cap for a unit with no combat abilities. Panzerfusiliers have six models, are difficult to wipe, and only 7 pop cap, all for only 80 more manpower than the IR pathfinders. The "forward observer" gives vision benefits in heavy cover that are about 15 less range than the Panzerfusilier. The armored car has the same sight range as a kubelwagen. Yes, it's a lot more survivable, but it means one more thing to micro in order to use effectively. In short, the "recon company" has less recon ability than either Breakthrough or Scavenge, with nothing like a JT, cheap grenades with no tech cost, scavenge, or flakpanzer IV to make up for it. Not to mention the almost map-hack IR truck, spotting scopes for Ost, etc. It's still fun to play, but mostly against OKW (double pack-howie barrage plus IR arty = goodbye truck) in smaller games. By the way, if anyone watches the replays, you'll see examples of squads losing the forward observer ability without losing all of the squad members. I'm pretty sure that it is given to only one model, and if that one is killed, the ability is gone. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Those stupid leiG spam29 Sep 2015, 01:08 AM The LeIG has direct fire scatter that is so low that it nearly always damages a Brit sniper in testing, when direct firing. It occasionally hits directly and 1-shots a sniper. It shouldn't be that accurate. The pak howie isn't as accurate, but the damage radius is bigger and it seems to kill more stuff overall. Both are too strong. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF thoughts?29 Sep 2015, 00:53 AM I think they're pretty good in 1's & 2's. In 4's, they aren't so good because they can't take a punch. Every other faction has some sort of damage sponge. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Forward Observer Bug - for Relic if you're reading this foru25 Sep 2015, 16:24 PM Jump back to quoted post24 Sep 2015, 23:08 PMCuddletronic What's the problem with the Forward Observer? The Forward Observer squad loses the ability, and then is like a plain rifle squad after that. In the course of a normal match, there is a near certainty that the ability will be lost if the squad is used. There are lots of theories why. I used a modified Kepner Tragoe to test all theories that I found here plus ones that I developed. The vision bonus can be lost losing 1, 2, 3, or 4 models in a squad. It was lost both with, and without the ability active during the start of combat. It was lost both with and without the squad shooting back. In a couple hours of testing, I did not see it lost without losing at least one model. In multiple cases, I saw the ability lost with the loss of one specific model. Based on this, I think the ability was given to only one specific model in the squad and if that model is lost, the ability is lost permanently. Thank you for reading this thread. 0 VS ~TAB~ Grumpy Grumpy Forward Observer Bug #3 by: Grumpy map: Unknown 1 - In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Forward Observer Bug #325 Sep 2015, 16:21 PM losing ability looks to be tied to losing a specific model In: Replays