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Thread: Starcraft 220 Nov 2013, 09:31 AM ^There's actually a lot more to the terrain than just LoS. Xel'Naga, ramps, chokes, destructible rocks, LoS hiding woods, etc. You're right in how the units don't actually 'interact' with the terrain like in coh though. Army placement is extremely important. What I dislike about SC2 is there's no real reason for non-deathball centric play, i.e. not splitting your army up. Sure, you might harass with some drops, but you simply need your army clumped up to fight their clumped up army. Obviously it isn't as black and white as that (you have to consider storms and such in TvP, widow mines in ZvT, etc.) but when you have a battle it's usually just at one place on the map. That being said, seeing a zerg completely surround a terran army from all flanks is sick In: Other Games
Thread: Elite Mod COH - Download and Changelog20 Nov 2013, 09:29 AM Wouldn't VVSMG into grenspam get even stronger with this patch? I guess reduced rifle reinforce is a good counter for US, but you really need 2+ snipers to deal with heavy T2 play supported by a countersniper. I guess we'll just have to test it out edit: considered changing inspired assault? In: COH Central
Thread: Starcraft 219 Nov 2013, 20:55 PM There is no pay to win, although the zergling alternate skin is really annoying In CoH and CoH2 anyone with half a brain can be considered good at the game, in SC2 the skill level is immense and you'll find it very taxing on your mechanics. I'd say give it a try, it's one of the most competitive games out there In: Other Games
Thread: Balance vCoH Trolololo11 Nov 2013, 18:36 PM Thanks for the clarification I have to agree with the weapon crews. US elite infantry is kind of weird because they're not that great vs. Wehr but a lot better vs. PE. In: COH Central
Thread: Balance vCoH Trolololo11 Nov 2013, 11:24 AM Because I have some time on my hands: I like 12ocky's changes. Some points: * Thompsons cost reduced to 80 munitions * Rangers veterancy requirements to 8/16/32 from 12/24/44 Why do we need these? The Thompson buff just seems unnecessary, and rangers already got a pretty big buff, no need for them to vet up faster. * Grease gun moving burst from 1x to 1.5x (to match other smgs) Will this change the pio-engie combat? * Demo Charge research time from 60s to 30s * Engineer vet requirements lowered to 8/14/26 These I like! * Assault nades: removed => REWORKED: Now assault logistics. KCH start with Bundle grenade; When abilitiy is selected: Volksgrenadiers gain the ability to throw standard grenadier grenade + all Wehrmacht grenades and medic packs cost 5 munitions less. (Ideas are welcome for this ability, but the current assault grenades are too buggy in too many ways.) Just having volks be able to throw grenades seems fine to me. * MG42 reinforce cost to 25mp (modifier set from 0.5x to 0,3x), Reinforce time 0.9x * American HMG reinforce cost from 0.5x to 0.35x, reinforce time 0.9x * American Mortar cost from 280mp to 260mp, reinforce cost from 0.5x to 0.3x, reinforce time 0.9x * American Mortar veterancy requirements from 8/16/32 to 8/14/26 Not really sure about these, they just seem unnecessary. I do like that MG42s get back on the field quicker though. Maybe just keep the MG42 reinforce time buff? * Officer cost from 260mp to 210mp * Officer arty barrage cost from 150m to 125m Maybe also make officer build time quicker? That way, if you're floating MP you can quickly get T3, an officer and spend your MP. * Airborne squad reinforce cost from 45 to 40 (0.72x to 0.64x) * Satchel Charge cost from 50m to 45m * Satchel Charge fuse from 5s to 4.5s * American Barracks cost from 160/15 to 160/10 * WSC cost lowered from 180/15 to 160/10 * American Sniper reload from 3s to 4s * Supply yard lvl 1 decreased upkeep amount from 27.5% to 30% * Supply yard lvl price lowered from 200/140 to 150/130 (I left out the research time buff, which I like) * 88mm Flak 36 health from 325hp to 375hp * KT now costs a straight 1000mp (no more mp penalty) * Volksgrenadier MP40 Fire On The Move Accuracy modifier from 0.2x to 0.3x * Halftrack fuel cost from 20 to 25 All these changes just seem so unnecessary and small that all they can do is confuse people. * LMG 42 search radius from 3/4/5 to 3/6/9 Could you tell me what this means? I'm not familiar with the search radius. I do think the LMG42 needs a buff though, 75 munis is just too much an investment for what you get. Other changes are nice, especially the ones for the crab flail, M4 smoke, Jeep, sniper upkeep and rifle reinforce. In: COH Central
Thread: What exactly is the Asymmetrical balancing anyway?5 Nov 2013, 13:39 PM It basically means that things are balanced out not by their mirrored version, but in other facets of the game. Arbitrary example: Germans have better tanks than the soviets, this would be asymmetrically balanced by soviets having better infantry/artillery. It's also a way for people to sound smart when they have no clue what they're talking about. The simple fact that the game is so complex that you can't simply quantify balance changes means that you're almost always just arguing opinions. Jump back to quoted post5 Nov 2013, 13:23 PMMarcoRossolini I'm still struggling with its ramifications. If this was intentional, love it In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Le CoH noobs in SC29 Oct 2013, 14:22 PM Cool, I'll add you. I'll have you know though, I'm top 25 viking drops EU. In: Other Games
Thread: racism on this site24 Sep 2013, 17:02 PM Maybe, just maybe, moderators aren't constantly checking and moderating the shoutbox every day. Also, racism happening does not mean it is allowed. Obviously. In: Site Feedback
Thread: Fatal Saint16 Sep 2013, 17:28 PM I love Fatal. Best caster out there. I got paid to say this In: Fan Clubs
Thread: Rome 2 total war6 Sep 2013, 12:36 PM Other than the obvious performance issues and bugs, I've found the gameplay to be kind of meh. - Because most factions start pretty small, the campaign feels a lot easier than in RTW1, especially on the higher difficulties. You often have no real powerful enemies and sometimes have a few client states of your own at the start of the game. Of the larger spawning factions (Rome, Egypt, Seleucids and arguably Sardes and Carthage, there are probably a few more) only Rome seems to ever get stronger over the course of the campaign. - Campaign AI on hard never seems to build anything other than light infantry and skirmishers. I can get praetorian cohorts only a few dozen years in and all they'll be fighting is crappy infantry and slingers. - Almost no pitched battles. From one of my Macedon campaigns, after taking over 20 settlements I still have played but a single open field battle. The rest is sieges. - Capture points in the middle of a pitched battle. - Combat becoming a giant clusterfuck with all semblance of unit cohesion/formation broken within like 5 seconds. Sure, it might be realistic, but from a gameplay standpoint it's pretty boring. - Higher tier infantry absolute slaughtering lower tier infantry. I regularly play battles where I lose less than a 100 men and kill over 1500 simply by a-moving my heavy infantry into their militia hoplites and such. This gets even worse since it's quite easy to get infantry to vet6+. Related to point nr.2. - A turn takes a year. Recently got a new general? Well he'll be dead in a few turns. Have fun. I really don't see why they couldn't have done 1/2 a year/turn or even a quarter. edit: I haven't played every single faction yet, so some of these might just be unfortunate coincidences. In: Other Games