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Jump back to quoted post1 Jun 2022, 13:27 PMrumartinez89

I completely agree on the weapon training, conscripts should not handle an LMG as good as Shocks/Obers.

I was hoping in COH3 they removed the different size squad gimmick for mainlines, keep that for elites/recon squads. It would help control power spike while giving players option on play styles if Doctrine does not include an ELITE unit.

However, I just watched a COh3 video and squad sizes are all over the place. I think it going to cause some weird balance issues at release.

Jump back to quoted post30 May 2022, 22:09 PMTehPowahOfWub

Just wanted to start a discussion on the perception of balance where the difficulty of a faction is the driving force for common views on how each unit performs.

From my browsing on this forum and the COH2 subreddit, I think a fairly common sentiment is that both axis factions (more so Ost, but OKW is not far behind, at least as game modes get larger) are fairly braindead to play atm. The overall design of these factions, in addition to unit philosophy and performance is what makes this seem like a fact. At the core of it, it's a lot easier to micro one very powreful unit (axis) than several weak units (allies). Additionally, axis is generally more forgiving now when it comes to losing units, since they have many backup tools that can help them stall back into the game.

When it comes to performance/cost, I don't think any faction is significantly more "OP" than another, but I think the reality of how immune a faction is to fuckups is what shapes perceptions of balance.

I think rather than discuss how to avoid making units OP, for COH3 we need to equally discuss how to make each faction relatively similar in simplicity of play, and not the huge gap like there is between axis and allies in both coh1 and 2.

Jump back to quoted post28 May 2022, 15:34 PMMr Carmine

If a unit goes from brain dead pick to not being used at all it is an overnerf. Its not that the maxim fell out off favour a few days or weeks it was a long time.

It was nerfed so hard it needed some fixes to have it be even usefull or cost effective. The small fire sector increase and band aid deathloop fix didnt cut it. It needed a vet/muni ability to be of meaninfull impact. It did get the usf treatment of feeding it muni to be most impactfull

So it was overnerfed but the small buffs changed that to nerfed hard. Now if wiped axis players recrew it pretty often so its mostly in a good spot imo.

Jump back to quoted post27 May 2022, 22:00 PMKurobane

The same reason the 76 Sherman has normal AP rounds and HVAP arounds.


German Heat rounds had much higher velocity than standard AP rounds. This meant that Heat rounds not only had greater range than standard AP rounds but could penetrate armor from longer distances.

Having HEAT rounds function like the 76 Sherman would be better than the current implementation.

Jump back to quoted post25 May 2022, 18:59 PMKatukov

the okw MG isn't horrible, the leig performs perfectly fine for its cost, volks cant have good scaling because obers exist. Pfusiliers exist so you can bypass the weak infantry problem

they are not vulnerable to team weapon spam because they have non-doc and doc tools available by like minute 6

snipers can be annoying but two of six okw doctrines have jli and the 221 in 1 of 6, and non doc you can harass snipers with kubel rushes (if its an early sniper)

the okw p4 is a good tank, it gets outmatched when allies get their tank destroyers but it does good vs most allied medium tanks (for some reason the t-34/85 is chronically impotent or godly vs this tank, given the RNGesus mood of that match)

the walking stuka is admittedly easy to dodge (if the rocket pattern is predictable), but its far from unreliable. It works good to smash infantry blobs and is exceptionally good at massacring team weapons. additionally, if you rush it, you can make one by minute 8/9, werfers and katy arrive later