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Thread: Is there any point to USF in team games ? 5 Aug 2022, 21:20 PM Just embrace your role as Calliope platform and have you teammates cover USF's other weaknesses In: US Forces Strategies
Thread: What's the best and most effective loiter/skill planes?22 Jun 2022, 19:41 PM Overwatch not even a question. The sheer number of planes means it's hard to shoot them all down (assuming you even have AA if 1v1 or 2v2). It's anti-everything with Pin + AT Strafes so it's not like handheld AT can help you fend off the tank dive that's next. I'd also venture to say that the AT strafe is more accurate versus mediums (I feel like P47's miss a good bit against anything smaller than a Panther.) The Strumovik Stafe is sneaky good though - it's cheap and has good wiping potential but it's not nearly as impactful as the "instant map control" Sector Assault. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Stuart is the worst armored unit in the game, by far.11 Jun 2022, 09:02 AM Jump back to quoted post10 Jun 2022, 05:39 AMEsxile But USF isn't supposed to be the lv faction? To me the premium lv in this game is the puma, not the stuart. I would say Puma would be the axis Stuart. It's a little different - less AI, better at long range exchanges and I would say scales better against mediums but it's the same thing where it stomps LVs but it's not a no-brainer buy because of the fuel investment and it might not equate to map control unless you are losing map control due to LVs. I would say most people would say Puma isn't bad but you don't see a ton of them. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Stuart is the worst armored unit in the game, by far.9 Jun 2022, 18:23 PM Jump back to quoted post5 Jun 2022, 20:33 PMLady Xenarra Stuart is best used as a LV counter...but you are usually in dire straits if you need to rely on that to deal with the Axis LV phase. +1 To me Stuart is just the "I don't want to deal with LVs so I'm going to overkill them with light tank" unit. The fuel premium you spend on it is just a risk/reward on how much map control you wrestle back as a result of forcing your opponent(s) to be more conservative with their LVs. If you don't get more control than you otherwise would w/o Stuart then it's not worth it. Don't know stats offhand but I think Stuart and Greyhound main gun are roughly the same AI potential wise. Greyhound's DPS superiority is all pintle and cheeky canister rounds. So in that way Stuart isn't terrible but certainly not worth it if it isn't primarily being used to reign in LVs. IMO In: COH2 Balance
Thread: JLI + SOV ScoutCar = New Sniper ClownCar??????9 Jun 2022, 18:11 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jun 2022, 09:53 AMHannibal Slightly off-topic on how accuracy generally works. The sniper G43 of the JLI almost can't miss against units in cover. the 1.15 accuracy * 0.9 cover modifier still is above 1. Then they also get +40% accuracy at vet 3. At this point, the only way to miss a shot is if the targeted squad has an RA lower than 0.69. So in virtually all engagements, cover or not: If the sniper G43 shoots, it hits. And if the target is below 70% health, it is dead. When it's spelled out like this I no longer doubt my sanity as to why I feel like Overwatch is an ever-present cancer in team games. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Oberkommando West vs Soviets9 Jun 2022, 18:01 PM Fusies certainly help if you struggle against light vehicles since you get early snare and bigger snare range. With Fusies you just have to realize that you'll get bullied early on before you get G43 upgrades - so you want to tech early and prioritize munitions into upgrades. (Mines are okay if there is a map choke point where you think you can bait M3/Bren) You also have to play a tighter early game Fusies or not - don't send off lone squads to cap because you risk Flamer car wipes and bad engagements in general. This doesn't mean blob but always have units supporting each other and don't retreat late. Sturm pioneers are also very good at damaging Bren Carrier and M3 - use them to damage light vehicles and force down time for repairs. After a certain time OKW late game kicks in and everything gets easier. In: OKW Strategies
Thread: When you have a konig you are invincible25 May 2022, 23:07 PM Jump back to quoted post25 May 2022, 12:33 PMBasedSecretary If you did not manage to beat OKW when he has no flak hq (meaning no heavy inf either) and he succesfully stalled for kongigstgiger then in all honesty you deserve to get beaten. Yup. Because it's not like he can build Obers prior to it getting destroyed. Or you know... use Falls, Jaegers or Fusies (like 80% of OKW games) which is more than enough to keep your Volks from getting run over while you stall for KT. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: When you have a konig you are invincible25 May 2022, 04:40 AM Jump back to quoted post24 May 2022, 02:46 AMRocket Snip Preach. Like I TOTALLY get people who say that OKW isn't as OP as you make it out to be. I play plenty of OKW and it doesn't feel like a complete cake walk ever. BUT I 100% believe it's the idiot casual player's favorite faction. It's just way too easy to crutch on stupid stuff with minimal skill 1. A Move Raketens that just retreat after sniping your paper mediums and TDs. 2. Obers that are the biggest PITA once they are vetted. 3. Pinpoint accurate Rocket Arty 4. Best stock medium that gets great scatter with vet and best medium armor so RNG can fuck you over even when you play well if you get anything other than a TD 5. Obnoxious FLak Truck for "free" area denial and support weapon protector/ Truck City BS. Bonus for "free AA platform"! Fuck your offmaps! Side tech for your own AA or hamstring your build to fit it in to counter Sector Assault. 6. Oh you punished the Risk/Reward of Flak Truck and Killed it? Hahaha Stall for KT is next. 7. KT that's otherwise balanced but completely busted with Spearhead and/or Panzer Commander Bonus Round Obnoxious Doctrinal Stuff that's omni-present 1. Fusies! Like Volks but better Disclaimer you have to stomach getting pushed around before upgrades then Holy Shit Minimal micro time! Bonus Vision! Great moving Accuracy so you can blob move without giving a shit. Extra Bonus for being in Grand Assault which is all around a great commander and allows for KT/Spearhead abuse! 2. Jaegers. Yay! Map Hack Vision and their Snipes more or less single handedly wrecks UKF. Extra Bonus for being in Overwatch. 3. Overwatch! Yay, Jaegers and you completely counter almost everything else with the most OP Offmap in the game disclaimer, it's slightly more expensive after the last patch... nobody cares! Hope you have AA! Oh wait it's 1v1 and it's hard to fit AA into your build? Well fuck you! Better hope they can't stockpile Munis! Extra bonus for team games because you get Howie too! Better hope you have an offmap and didn't pick a different commander to deal with the other OKW crutches. Again. I totally get it. OKW isn't OP but OMG. It is easily the the one faction that I feel like I have to work harder to beat players with inferior micro/skill. /endrant TLR KT isn't really that OP aside from Spearhead abuse but dear god KT in the greater context of OKW can be annoying as hell and the straw that breaks Allies back. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What was, bar none, THE most busted unit in CoH2 history?20 May 2022, 00:01 AM Jump back to quoted post18 May 2022, 22:59 PMKurobane Not true, rifle grenade used to shoot from outside of MG Range and would one shot Maxim Squads. Then when Grenadiers got Veterancy it was like a full screen away that they could launch the Rifle Grenades. I remember .50 Cal being horribly UP that patch as well. Was so sad to play USF in those "smoke and flank" patch(s). You either got shut down by Konig Kubel suppressing everything or Vet 2 Grens would launch cruise missile rifle nades from across the screen and wreck you. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: What was, bar none, THE most busted unit in CoH2 history?13 May 2022, 15:58 PM Jump back to quoted post13 May 2022, 10:02 AMApplejack Thought of another thing: Damage used to stack with demo charges and mines. Oh SNAP. This totally reminded me of OG demo charges that were cloaked. You had to constantly sweep and pay attention to parts of capping circles that your squads would go to if you queued up capping on the mini-map because it was a guaranteed wipe. Also, less OP but more stupid annoying was original soviet mines that didn't have a model kill limit - so if your squad clumped in the wrong way 1 mine could kill your whole squad. Honorable mention to Volk Shrek blobs at OKW release. Volks then were pretty weak but critical mass of shreks made allied armor play tedious AF. Shreks also had a decent chance of hitting and killing infantry models then - so you would see stupid shit like 1 shrek killing a whole squad because they were clumped in a doorway. In: COH2 Gameplay