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Thread: What could be done about engineer vet10 Jul 2021, 13:36 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Jul 2021, 12:52 PMKlement Pikhtura ... Increased vet requirements means less vet for flamers and this hurts SOV more then OST. .. Why? In: Lobby
Thread: The devs did it again... Buffed B4 into the heaven10 Jul 2021, 13:33 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2021, 19:04 PMgeneral_gawain Balancing commanders will be balancing the game as long as commanders are in the role of stuffing holes in nondoctrinal roster. Simply no. Commander changes should focus on creating interesting play and bringing commander at similar power level. Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2021, 19:04 PMgeneral_gawain At an ideal game commanders would only provide optional units and abilities which alter the way to play but are not necessary to win or overcome an opponent playstyle. In CoH2 reality only Ostheer comes close to that, OKW and Soviets still do quite good, USF/UKF is an awful faction design with such big holes in their roster that a KT can slip through unnoticed. So as long as factions are missing units in nondoctrinal roster balancing commanders means balancing the game. The effect of the current commander balance affected game balance in such a way, you can see that at the winrates I stated. The winrates get influenced in a positive way, so don't change single units without having a greater scope at the whole faction if you don't want to revert the positive effect. It is simply to early to talk about balance stats but it also irrelevant to commanders. Having to use a single commander over and over again is simply bad for the game. If B4 is OP it should simply be nerfed, if the Soviet faction weak it should be buffed. There is simply little connection between the two. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The devs did it again... Buffed B4 into the heaven9 Jul 2021, 18:16 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2021, 16:33 PMgeneral_gawain Although it was called a "commander" patch it just wasn't a purely commander patch were some abilities were moved around or added. Balance was touched at multiple units for example at Ostruppen, LFH18, E8, Calliope and B4. Even some nondoctrinal units were touched, for example REs or KT. This patch affects balance. If this doesn't fit your mentality you should suggest that to the devs. I'm personally happy with the shift in balance to more even teamgames. Fact: After the "commander" patch the winrates in teamgames shifted to a more even distribution between allied/axis. Source: https://coh2stats.com/ ("All" games at 2vs2/3vs3/4vs4). At least the data up to today shows that. The "fact" remains that B4 is doctrinal unit and as such it should not be used to balance the game. If B4 is OP it should simply be nerfed regardless of faction balance. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The devs did it again... Buffed B4 into the heaven9 Jul 2021, 15:14 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Jul 2021, 12:14 PMgeneral_gawain Actually the latest patch closed the gap in multiplayer between Axis and Allies wins a little bit, not perfect but better than before. At 4vs4 Allies went up by roughly 2% and Axis went down by 2% that is a 4% difference better than before. It is similar or even better at the other temagame modes. You can check yourself by comparing by Custom range before and after the patch: https://coh2stats.com/stats?range=range&statsSource=all&type=4v4&race=wgerman&fromTimeStamp=1623801600&toTimeStamp=1625788800 Let us nerf the units that play a big part in that without compensation at other units to just revert it? I really don't understand you. The devs got it in the right direction. Nerfing B4 can only be discussed by buffing other allied late game teamgame oriented units to not revert gained changes in winrate. In 4vs4 it is still somewhere at 46% Allies to 54% Axis, but in 3vs3 it is pretty close to beeing 50% to 50% atm. Don't know what you think about that, but for me that are really great news! In comparison to other units with high wipe potential that exist too, B4 still can't move and can simply be removed by a few clicks with the right commanders in a team game. Yeah, you just can't take Jaeger armor doctrine all the way to get Elephant + howitzer removal anymore. Take other commanders, adapt and have fun. That mentality is completely in wrong the direction. Commander patches are there to fix commander issues not balance issues and should be focus on that. If a commander ability or a Commander is OP it should simply be fixed. Balance issues should be fixed by balances patches and not commander patches, else one gets a stale meta where the same commander is over and over again. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What could be done about engineer vet9 Jul 2021, 10:37 AM One should simply not expect a 170MP+30 MU unnit to perform the same with 210MP+120MU unit... Getting more than one engineer as EFA is actually more viable strategy than using more than one as WFA. If there is a need for EFA engineer to gain veterancy via means other than combat they should gain by building things that have a cost. The change that is actually needed is the minesweeper should actually take a weapon slot and so should the Vickers K In: Lobby
Thread: Sturmtiger feels very underwhelming compared to the B48 Jul 2021, 14:44 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 14:20 PMmr.matrix300 Ah yes. Just another 50 hours + of grinding And that was when? And before and after they added this commander? Also there still remains the problem that switching ST with JT or Command Panther (or something else) could result in something that is actually broken It is my opinion that JT simply does not fit the commander neither thematically nor ability wise. There are solution. Think we can agree to disagree on this one. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: What could be done about engineer vet8 Jul 2021, 14:14 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 13:46 PMSkysTheLimit I have yet not seen a single argument why EFA engineer need a buff in their repair speed/shared vet. I have clearly explained my point of view so at this point we will simply have to agree to disagree, have a good one. In: Lobby
Thread: What could be done about engineer vet8 Jul 2021, 13:34 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 13:21 PMSkysTheLimit No, you misunderstood. I'm saying it wouldn't be less investment, not that it wouldn't be faster This is literally why you lock it behind t4... Looking at T4 as an investment to engineers is weird way of looking of thing but rather irrelevant. Point is that EFA would have access to far more cost efficient repair engineer since the unit would cost less and yet be able to repair at similar speed. Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 13:21 PMSkysTheLimit It says exactly what it says, they currently have better repairs USF have crews on top of their engineers, OKW can get the mech HQ repair station on top of their engineers. Brits can get extra man on engineers, can upgrade their repairs further with one of their t4 paths I am not sure what you mean by better since: OKW mech truck has a cost and a tech choice attached UKF heavy sapper have a munition cost and a tech choice attached so they are not really more cost efficient. Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 13:21 PMSkysTheLimit All the while all 3 of those factions engineers can have MUCH better combat after equipping a sweeper Not really unless they also equip a weapons. Sweeper should take up 1 weapon slot for WFA but that is another story. On the other hand EFA can equip flamer without a doc and have other perk as well. There was a time that WFA had more cost efficient repair speeds but that is simply not the case any more after the repair speed patch. EFA simply do not need shared veterancy and minesweeper repair boost, since the are fine. In: Lobby
Thread: Sturmtiger feels very underwhelming compared to the B48 Jul 2021, 13:24 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 13:17 PMmr.matrix300 I am pretty sure that 90% of people that get this commander get it because of the Sturmtiger. The same people would get the commander it was moved to for the same reason. Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 13:17 PMmr.matrix300 Ofc 221 and Heat Shells are nice but overall it would be like removing B4 from Counterattacktactics. Also one needs one other commander that would need to give up one of his abilties in favor of ST ... and which commander should this be? Special OPs or Breakthrough? I am sure Command Panther or Jagdtiger + Tanks that have acess to HEAT + self repair would be a bit too strong Not really. ST was a stock unit while B4 was unique to the commander from start. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sturmtiger feels very underwhelming compared to the B48 Jul 2021, 13:07 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Jul 2021, 12:54 PMmr.matrix300 ... Pls no. It was and is the main selling point of the commander The commander has other selling point like 221/223, Heat shell (little synergy with ST) and Tank commanders (little synergy with ST). The unit could be used a the selling point of another commander where it fits more even the thematically. In: COH2 Balance