Profile of adamírcz

First World strategy will be very boring and limited. It is very hard to make a high-quality, interesting and accurate WW1 game: BF1 is all the same BF3 / 4 about special forces only in the pseudo WW1 theme: total automatic weapons, prototypes. Verdun - who wander fairly accurate but boring. Another problem: the Western front was very positional, to make a strategy about it is very boring. The Eastern Front could solve this, because it is less positional, but people will take over Verdun, Somme, etc. And the Western Front will be needed to sell the game to European / American gamers.

Partially a good point
I disagree with WW1 and positional warfare being boring, especially not verdun being boring,
but CoH really is quite about somethin else

Would love a separated DLC or a different game for WW1 though

Well, its a certain "must do", giving USF a Churchill or KV1 clone would create a lot of fun

The December Balance Patch (aka the first commander revamp) in December 2017 flipped the then OKW meta on its head. Amongst other nerfs, the Luchs's build time was raised from 40 seconds to a whopping 85.

Mechanized became off-meta. The dominant build was Battlegroup, using the 251 Flak Halftrack as the shock unit instead.

Then the Spring Balance Patch hit in the middle of the GCS qualifiers. This patch wasn't very well received. The first version was full of bizarre nerfs to barely used units, and even the final version seemed determined to turn the then weak UKF into an unplayable meme.

SBP also partially rolled back the Luchs build time, making it 60 seconds.

However, in the style of patches before, it also hit the Flak HT with a double nerf. It had the price of its smoke raised and its suppression cut in half.

Predictably, this put the Battlegroup/Mechanized right back where it started: Mechanized good, Battlegroup bad.

Then the Second Commander Revamp hit. Thanks the USF's much needed tech restructure and UKF's resurrection as a competitively viable faction, the 251 now has to contend with AECs and Stuarts. The Luchs has Puma support: the 251 has to make do with the Raketenwerfer.

As a result, Mechanized is king and Battlegroup is irrelevant.



In light of this, might it be worth reverting SBP's nerfs to the Flak HT? It wasn't really a problem back when it was meta: now the Luchs is back and USF has the Stuart in Lieutenant I can't see it being a problem.

Oh, it WAS a hell of a problem pre-spring nerf.
Every infantry unit getting pinned in less then a second, even in green cover, really wasnt a fun play.

Besides, it´s still very effective against Soviets, since it still pinns the PTRSs squad very fast, just not as quickly as before.

The only buff it might deserve would be cheaper smoke

Ladoga Changes

Deutz Changes

I would like to clarify though. Small arms fire is NEVER blocked in this game. The animation is just that, an animation. The tracers ect; are not indicative of the shot landing, even though there are visuals for them. It is purely visual and instead it is based on the RNG of all the factors we know. On the other hand, this is true for projectiles (at guns, tanks, indirect fire, ect; ), so it can be problematic, but with the current height inclination most of the fighting should happen along the height differences instead of across, the only time it should be across is when someone is pulling a LARGE flank, and this will make it a bit more dangerous to all in an opponents back line. Overall, I knew, and Relic, knew that this would be a polarizing map, but with its performance in SMC and the generally "positive" reception of it, decided to give it ago. In that thread linked above I go over why the changes have happened that did happen (so far) and what the shortcomings of the map were. Sadly the only way to get full feedback is introducing maps to automatch... even though this map has seen close to 140 games played on it in a tournament setting, there will always be issues overlooked.

Cool fun fact
Although what I mean by blockin the small arms fire was, that the squad wouldnt shoot at all in spite of havin the enemy in it´s LOS and when ordered to attack, it tried to move closer to the enemy.

How the hell is nighttime setting annoying? The maplist desperately needed that for too long.
This comunity sometimes...
Maybe you mean the visibility, perhaps slighty more brightness would be cool, but the nighttime creates wonderful atmosphere
FPS killer is a whole another issue, though

As for its design, I´m really impressed. Ammoes and fuels and cut offs are not surrounded by OP buildings with 6 windows and while the cut offs are strong, at least there are two of them.
It´s quite simplistic, but also dynamic, flanking friendly and doesnt seem to have glaring balance issues, at least not at first sight. The mid VP buildings have sight blockers around them, GJ with that.
As for comparisons, it feels like improved crossroads to me.


Nexus seems quite great so far and has the potential to become a both competitive and very fun casual map, with a bit more convoluted design than Lagoda

Deutz is the controversial and problematic one here.
One thing that needs change one way or another are the inconsistencies with elevation in the middle. Sometimes it blocks small arms fire, sometimes it does not.
Also the mid seems to draw way too much attention, and seems too dominant. A couple more pathways that go from base towards the flanks, but not over the middle would make it more fun.