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Thread: Popping out of buildings21 Jan 2016, 23:12 PM What Swift said - if (for example) an OKW player gets extremely Falls happy just mine buildings and watch 440 MP evaporate instantly. It's a bit harder on extremely urban maps but you just have to adapt by not leaving weapon teams alone near buildings. Another option is to just force attack buildings or burn them down to prevent spawning (or just leaving a cheap engineer unit in there) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Matchmaking is terrible!21 Jan 2016, 16:41 PM To be fair the matchmaking is at times pretty awful depending on if you are playing at an off-time. Like last night I got thrown into a 2v2 where everyone was Ranked 50+ (ELO) but me. @ OP It should also be pointed out that the In-Game Number (0-100) and 1-3 Stars isn't your match-making rank but just a useless in-game EXP bar that only measures time played and doesn't reflect skill. Matchmaking AKA ELO can be checked if you click on the "Leaderboards" tab in the game lobby. In: Lobby
Thread: Cruzz's The More You Know21 Jan 2016, 15:47 PM So the take home message is that for artillery barrages its generally better to position the center of the UI slightly "in front" of where you want most of the rockets/shells to land? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Can we talk about Panzerschreck Veterancy21 Jan 2016, 15:40 PM I agree with OP. You notice this a lot if a Soviet player goes heavy on T34s or what have you - the EXP feed can get pretty ridiculous. Assuming Relic never changes Shreks on Volks I think it would be nice if they tweaked how AT damages gives vets to Infantry. One idea might be to reduce EXP from damage alone but increase the EXP for vehicle kill shots. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Axis panzershrek spam blobs- i'm losing it20 Jan 2016, 21:08 PM It's pretty frustrating indeed I think half the trick is to realize early that you're facing a shrek blobber and take steps to punish it early before that can start to snowball too bad - once that happens it just gets to be too much of an uphill battle. E.g. Start laying demos down and actively baiting them towards them, buy an AA HT, rocket artillery, pick commanders with anti-blob off maps etc. If you can start to force mass retreats early enough you can get enough map control to push things in your favor at choke points on certain maps and so on and so forth. Honestly I think this is half the reason why Calliope commander is so popular - it's almost a requirement for your loadout for these kind of matches. That and I find that you have to realize when to retreat early so that weapon teams and lone squads don't get wiped easily just by. sheer numbers In: COH2 Balance
Thread: USF mobility20 Jan 2016, 17:49 PM USF is mobile because their Rifleman Garands are Semi-Auto meaning they are more accurate on the move compared to other baseline infantry. Their BARs also fire on the move whereas MG42s, Brens, Etc. require the squad to be stationary. The .50 Cal also has a fast set-up time which encourages you to move it around to support your Rifles. They also have good light vehicles and all of their armor is designed to be fast but not durable - even the Pershing heavy tank is designed to be faster, more mobile and with a faster turret rotation than other factions but is easier to knock out than say a Tiger. This all makes for a mobile faction that has to outmaneuver Ostheer which tends to play more static with a lot of support weapons (typically). In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Interesting Results from 4v4AT Round 120 Jan 2016, 15:17 PM Interestingly enough all the factions appear to be pretty balanced this week. in 4vs4 http://coh2chart.com/ Probably speaks more to the power of AT where I think many people think that Allies benefit more from coordination. We're also talking about a pretty small sample size of what... 4-8 games? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: About USF AT-Grenade 20 Jan 2016, 15:10 PM Oh how many times I've been reversing a Kubel and thinking "Whew got out of there in time!" only to see a tiny cruise missile come down the road after it. The minimum range is indeed very annoying, at times it feels borderline abusive when a player who knows what they are doing will push your squad around to prevent it. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Should Relic take a look at artillery next patch?20 Jan 2016, 14:34 PM What drChengele said... although the Axis fanboy rage at another version of brace would be real. I do think howitzers suffer from being in kind of lackluster doctrines as well. Currently there is no real benefit in having a Howie when you're giving up T85/IS2/Tiger and getting such exciting abilities as the Strumovik Strafe that might ding up 1 or 2 squads or the KV1 with its terrible main gun. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: How To Bring Balance To The Brits19 Jan 2016, 21:46 PM Jump back to quoted post19 Jan 2016, 21:29 PMSturmtigerCobra UC / Bren Carrier: Easy fix that would make the UC more useful in early game strats (low tech strats): 1) replace IS starting unit with an engineer squad, adjust manpower accordingly 2) make healing available without tech 15 fuel and munitions upgrade is only too expensive because brits have to tech up early for healing, repair and mine sweeper(situational). All the other factions can repair and clear mines from their starting unit, brits need tech for this as well. I guess they are tough like that, mine sweeper? Nah brits don't need that Making the Med kits available without tech isn't really balanced if you think about the timing of healing of other factions as they all have the same timing it takes you to tech up as Brits (30 fuel isn't much at all and 15 Fuel for a UC only delays it by maybe half a minute) compared to 60 Muni for Ostheer, Ambu for USF, Etc. Likewise the Brits can get out a Sapper just as fast with that teching as well. If you "rush" a Sapper out there maybe be just 1 or 2 mines out at that point if your opponent is mining early. Personally I'd rather see squads being able to fire out of the UC (it's less of an issue now that they have toned down the Tommy's cover bonus and damage). Its another way to give it utility. Other than that I think they just need to increase the flare throw range for base howies and maybe give their aoe a slight buff (or reduce scatter a bit). I find the Brits lack of non-Mortar Pit indirect fire a lot more of an issue than light vehicle play now that AEC was buffed. In: COH2 Balance