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Thread: Doctrinal vehicles spawning system31 Jan 2020, 12:02 PM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 11:39 AMOsinyagov I think the best option here (except WC51 and M3 for obvoius reason) is to bring all doctrinal vehicles to the system "call-in with tech requirements", which was applied in the september patch for part of doctrinal vehicles. True about call-in they are currently a mess. Some require building other do not, some require CP other do not and some require both CP and buildings (I am not talking about Super heavies that are separate issue). Another difference here not mention is that some units can not be call-in if a structure is destroyed and that makes little senses. For instance Ostheer Tiger is always available while Tiger ace/OKW Tiger require a building to exist on map. Imo most light vehicles/transport vehicles are not so much of an issue but an attempt should be made to at least unify the solution across the same "class". Simplest unified solution imo would be to add a separate tech for these vehicles (the tech could be tied to tech). That would allow to bring timing closer across modes and fix any tech cost issues that might be (with a cost form 0 to what ever is needed). In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why panzerfusiliers are buildable?31 Jan 2020, 11:21 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 10:48 AMOsinyagov This. It also true for doctrinal vehicles, but i will create separate thread to avoid offtopic here. Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 10:57 AMSander93 This was the primary reason (for me). Deployment time is only one part of the equation since the unit has to walk and some times that much longer than building in the pipe and some much less. Imo the problem with CP 0 call in infatry is that their timing is very much depended on maps. Currently some units are buildable other are call-in some start on cool down and some start on cooldown after the commander is being chosen, imo there is little reason for different mechanism when they can be unified. This difference can be gradually ironed out the end result would become better. Take for instance rail and metal: The player on the bottom can call-in infatry to player's on the right base greatly reducing walk time creating an unnecessary imbalance. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: COH2 winter balance mod - discussion31 Jan 2020, 10:24 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 07:52 AMEsxile Heard about Brumbar? But that's irrelevant, Scott overlap with Sherman AI shells, not rocket arty. And the initial point was the difficulty for USF to deal with 5 men raketen, they are almost impossible to decrew unless lucky tank shell. The scott has indict fire support weapon with range 60 and barrage. It does not overlap with direct fire weapon like the Sherman's HE shells. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: COH2 winter balance mod - discussion31 Jan 2020, 10:20 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 07:44 AMEsxile Yes vet2, my mistake. Because its an offmap with flares and a time to delivery quite long which is pretty much balanced for an offmap but nothing close to useful as a saturation rocket barrage. And its on a super squishy unit. And you can't call it in the fog of war. So yes, as an offmap it does the job for the cost but that's nothing close to what does rocket arty units. The ability is dirty cheap compared to off map. Major comes with reckon planes, if you want to call it in the FOW call reckon planes first. The unit might be squishy but is also dirty cheap and has smoke to protect it. It really does not need any buffs. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: ISU-152 HE shell range31 Jan 2020, 10:16 AM Part of the problem with ISU-152 is the rest of the ability available to the commander like the mark target and IL. These combination should simply not be available. Same goes for ele, recon and stuka. (edit to include recon as suggest by Acidfreak) In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Undeniable Easy Eight problem.31 Jan 2020, 10:13 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 08:49 AMEsxile That's a really good analysis. The problem with Ez8 is once the Panther is out it become difficult to use them and you're anyway forced into building a Jackson. At that moment their IA is so pathetic that you're ending on the backfoot vs infantry. Riflemen are more than capable to deal with infatry. Else the infatry/TD combo would not be viable. And no their AI is not "pathetic". In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sandbags for RETs31 Jan 2020, 10:10 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 04:25 AMSupport Sapper Also infantry sections since their snare are in the hand of royal engineer. ... Not imo, part of the reason IS where nerfed in their DPS is that they almost always fought from heavy cover. I would rather test moving sand bag and trenches to Ro.E and keep IS DPS strong. Trench would actually become password protected again but able to be captured and able to dismantled. This changes would force UKF to include more Ro.E. in their army composition. Any changes in balance then would about Ro.E. and not just IS. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Ranger population？31 Jan 2020, 10:05 AM CP and Pop of elite infatry is there to control the number of elite units available. There is little reason to lower Ranger pop especially since USF can dismount their vehicles. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Why panzerfusiliers are buildable?31 Jan 2020, 09:58 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 01:07 AMLago It does. A really long cooldown was the solution with I&R Pathfinders. But if you gave Panzerfusiliers a really long cooldown you'd render them unusable as a Volks replacement. Panzerfusiliers are built from the HQ because it's a clean way to meet all of the Balance Team's design goals for them. Then is should apply to all CP 0 call in infantry because arrival is map depended. The question is not so much why they are buildable but why the have different mechanism than other call-in infatry. Osttruppen are also a grenadier replacement and they are still call-in. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why panzerfusiliers are buildable?31 Jan 2020, 00:50 AM Jump back to quoted post31 Jan 2020, 00:25 AMLago Starting on cooldown delays the power spike but it doesn't remove it. Take USF's Armor Company. The Assault Engineer comes off cooldown at the same time the first Rifleman squad completes. An mixed Assault Engineer/Rifleman build then has three squads on the field when a pure Rifleman build would have two. That depend on how much the CD is doesn't it? It also depend on the map since in some call-in units arrive earlier than building a unit thru the pipe and on others later. Actually I had suggested that all CP 0 call in infatry should become buildable from base so standardize arrival time in all maps. Using different mechanism for no good reason when there are other alternatives is a bad habit that should be avoided imo. PF balance issues are not really relevant in this thread and there is another... In: COH2 Balance