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Thread: Panzerfüssiliers balance29 Jan 2020, 12:31 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2020, 11:35 AMT.R. Stormjäger Or you can stop dictating massive changes to factions you have no authority over since you don’t play them at a high level. I am not "dictating" I am suggesting and that is one of porpoise of this forum. You claim that someone need authority is simply silly. I have been providing suggestion for the balance of this games for years now, being a part of all the beta teams even the closed ones. Actually Relic demonstrated her recognition of my contribution for my feedback by including me in the Credits of the EFA campaign (for which I am thankful). Practically I am much more "authorized" to provide suggestions than you. Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2020, 11:35 AMT.R. Stormjäger And we can all just ignore the fact you asked for the raketen to require a truck built. I don’t really wanna go into specifics since it’s a paragraph on why this kills okw early game Vs UC/WC51 builds but just do us all a favour and don’t bother. Your opinion that making faust available earlier while delaying RE slightly will "kills okw early game Vs UC/WC51" simply defies any logic. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzerfüssiliers balance29 Jan 2020, 11:05 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:30 PMHannibal One thing though that you should not forget for Penals: They are overly strong because they do not get support by any basic support weapons, so the main line has to carry everything. Panzerfüsiliere get support by an MG and Raketen after a couple of minutes. They get support by m3/sniper. Actually it is PF that get no support in the first minute since their are simply UP before upgrade. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:30 PMHannibal I might be wrong on this: but does the G43 not also give increased sight to ~42 or something like that? yes it does Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:30 PMHannibal I also would not say that Penals vet that much better than Panzerfüsiliere, although I have not tested it yet. Penals get more accuracy, but less RA. Hard to factor in their Last Man ability though, probably makes them a bit better. Tests should tell. Did you already make some, I have to wait until tomorrow? The rest is cheaper satchels vs flare, sprint and faster decap. A snare that is usually more versatile. I am not saying theat penal vet "that much" better. I am saying that PF start UP because according to their design they will be compensated by becoming stronger. That simply is not the case since their vet bonus are inline with the Penals that start stronger and do not need an 80 munition invested in them. Last point I need to make is that imo allot of people seem to underestimate the importance of timing. G43 PF become available later the Penals. The time difference might not significant but it actually is. According to Siphon X analysis the time difference between CP gain across 1v1 and 4vs4 is only around 3 minutes but even that has a significant impact on performance of call in units. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:30 PMHannibal I'm not saying that everything is perfect regarding Panzerfüsiliere, Volks and Penals, but all in all they are in a good state if you factor in their respective faction. Imo they could: Have their K98 improved and G43 become weaker so that: Perform better at spwan Perform according to cost when upgrade with Shreck Have more linear DPS when losing models or Get 6 G43 so their DPS drop off becomes linear (DPS corrected) Have their upgrade cost reduced since compared to Penal the cost is not really justified. Or redesigned to be a support units for VG based more on their utility and less in their DPS. That would mean something like reducing cost to around 240 lowering the g43 or making it free and reducing the number of weapons to 1-2. On the other hand Penal need to be looked at and at the very least follow a similar design as PF and have start weaker but have a SVT available as weapon upgrade for them. Finally units balance should be looked at all vet levels. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzerfüssiliers balance29 Jan 2020, 10:54 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:43 PMthedarkarmadillo Only read like part of the first page of posts so sorry if this is off topic now or already been discussed--inst a major draw of fussies the starting snare which absolutely neuters m3 play which okw is usually weak against? ... I have respond that but will do once more M3 abuse is something that is no longer necessary and it is cheesy it should be removed from the game by making VG faust require truck built not set up and making RW require truck set up. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Power creep29 Jan 2020, 10:51 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:18 PMNorthFireZ Yeah, can't deny that some units are changed in order to stay competitive. Panzer Grens are a really recent example. They got a new ability and also moved to the HQ building. ... Thank you. That was the point I was trying to make and imo power creep is the reason behind it. Having a specific commander being OP at a certain point is separate issue. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:57 PMelchino7 Or maybe they were nerfed from their original concept? We are not talking about their original concept. We are taking about unit and abilities that where fine for year or even considered op in a time frame and than they had to buffed to stay competitive. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:57 PMelchino7 Obers are no longer free LMG units with free passive suppression (although they still retain it on their Kars), sprint, damage modifiers on retreat and armor. That is a bit inaccurate since ober where "fixed" in 2017 and they recently had to be buffed to stay competitive: similar comment with the rest of your explanations. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:18 PMNorthFireZ Powercreep is not inherently bad. Depends on how you apply it and how you act upon things that might lag behind. WFA levels of DPS re-introduction was bad. Adding complexity and depth in certain areas is not IMO. Yes it is bad. Both for player and developers. There is pace in the game that is optimum and the faster it get the more the game move from RTS to arcade. It also force continuously rebalancing of units instead of fine tuning. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:40 PMMusti Yes, just because things in general are weaker than they used to be it means there is no power creep, not in long term anyway... Not really. Nerfing OP thing does not mean that the pace of the game has not increased. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:40 PMMusti I could write an entire list of units that have been weakend (entire GROUPS of units even) but what's the point? You can read the patch notes just fine (I believe in you!) just read them all and not only the bits that support your claim (pro tip of the day). Can we cut down on personal comments? Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:40 PMMusti Changes to the unit timings come specifically to introduce units back into the meta WITHOUT buffing their stats to OP leves, and to diversify builds (which has been a big point of the last few patches) Changing the timing of unit can be a major buff. It was proven when Guards/Shock where moved at CP 1 and recently with changes to Super heavies. Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 23:40 PMMusti Also, even though elchino already adressed your points, these changes came from: changes of the unit power level (which made their place in the tech tree no longer reasonable), and/or way to diversify the builds (PGrens) or as a result of past (over)nerfs. And that is translates to power creep. More powerful units have become available earlier compressing the window of opportunity for unit and having to be buffed to become solid investments with in that time frame. In: Lobby
Thread: Improving the stormtrooper g43 package upgrade29 Jan 2020, 10:12 AM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:37 PMVipper Even (if) that is true that would make better balanced not a better system... Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2020, 06:10 AMZeroZeroNi We were not talking about what makes a better system but what made a more balanced system. In an effort to prove me wrong and also forgetting what the point of this bak and forth was you at last agreed with me that coh1's system is more balanced. Good JOB!!!! I never claimed that one of the other system where more balanced. I have said that COH2 is superior even if it not more balanced. And my original point is that adding different cover modifier make the system more complicated for no good reason. There simpler solutions. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Panzerfüssilier snare range 29 Jan 2020, 10:03 AM Jump back to quoted post29 Jan 2020, 03:41 AMSkysTheLimit I agree they take longer to fire but they don't have a minimum range anymore From Dec19th patch, 2017: Rifleman/Panzerfusilier AT rifle grenades no longer have a minimum range requirement thank you for clarifying. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: COH2 winter balance mod - discussion28 Jan 2020, 22:40 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:34 PMNorthFireZ Climate change while it exists is a complete red herring here. Based on previous posts in this very thread about the progression of M36s and Panthers and etc, it just seems like there's a lot of reworking instead of power creep. In fact, there seems to be less alpha damage, less RNG, less one shot wipes, and far more tatical options than ever before. If you look at things like Mortars it also seem to be that some things are being toned down from its original state. Removing cheese is one thing and good thing. But how do you explain that the units and abilities that mentioned that worked fine for year had to be buffed to stay competitive or what was once deemed OP is not deemed UP? The only explanation I see is power creep. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Improving the stormtrooper g43 package upgrade28 Jan 2020, 22:37 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:26 PMZeroZeroNi Their were never any 40 hp entities. Partisan where 40 HP entities and that is why you can not merge to them... Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:26 PMZeroZeroNi Secondly give concrete example of your claim "some units untouchable by certain weapon and eradicated by others". Knight cross holder took little damage from weapons but melted to flamers Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:26 PMZeroZeroNi Even that is true that would make better balanced not a better system... In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Improving the stormtrooper g43 package upgrade28 Jan 2020, 22:12 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:08 PMZeroZeroNi Most entities have the same 80 HP but not the same EHP vs small arms fire. So that is not the issue. Again COH1 infatry system was unnecessary complicated making some units untouchable by certain weapon and eradicated by others. And weapons DPS varied from theoretical to practical due to over kill. Moving away from it was improvement. Relic learned the lessons and move to simpler system with similar potentials. They tested those type of solution and did not like them. That is part of the reason the give up armor on most infatry and abandoned 40 HP entities. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Panzerfüssilier snare range 28 Jan 2020, 22:08 PM Jump back to quoted post28 Jan 2020, 22:01 PMaddvaluejack No one mentioned the length of snare animation here, but it matters. The longer the animation, the higher the chance players are forced to cancel snare during the animation. This is a simple case of miscommunication he is talking meters (length) and you are talking time. AT rifle-grenades take longer to fire than other snares and also have minimum range (as far as i can remember). In: COH2 Balance