Cause snipers in their current form are an outdated mechanic that ignores things like cover, veterancy and RNG which made CoH the legend it is
Removing them might have caused different issues, but if the recon teams would get the arty ability as OP proposed it could be good enough to dislodge defensive plays
It has one additional advantage against the other vehicles, besides being a generalist
And that is: Surviving two AT shots instead of dying with the second one, so its more of a long-termer, while having really tiny shock value
I wonder how fun it would be if its survivalability would get buffed to the point of dying with a fourth AT hit, rather than buffing the DPS
You know, before the patch Ive had a few games where I completely caught an opponent off guard and oblitarated them with a stuart spam.
I made 3+ of these bad boys and just pressed the enemy off map
The thing is, They will realize what is goin on eventually and perform counter measures.
At that point, the role of a main damage dealer is passed onto the Pack Howies
Bloody pisses me off, that the two units are no longer in the same tier
well idk as of the moment the ost sniper owns the sov sniper in every concievable way... giving the sov sniper greater utility at the least shouldnt hurt
Well, the flare as a vet1 is much better than the Ost sniper vet 1ability, which is pretty much "kill one guy and stun the squad for 1 second, while paying an ammo fee for it"
BTW I wish all snipers were replaced, but its too late for that as it would make MGs and defensive plays OP
This is just me venting frustration late at night but in my honest opinion you shouldn't post about anything to do with unit balancing or balancing the game in general if none of the following points match you
-You are one of the few pro players of the game
-Ranked at least top 10
-have extensive knowledge on the inner workings of the game
-Be fully unbiased for all factions (the amount of weird faction fanboyism is so dumb to me please stop)
i could probably come up with more criteria but im tired.
I want to see what people think about this to me the most important criteria is to be HIGH ranked since 99% of threads on balance can be summed up with L2P issue...
Well, you missed me big time
Visit a shooting range and try again