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Thread: Wehrmacht early game9 Dec 2015, 15:16 PM I REALLY wish people would stop yelling for balance fixes and instead ask for tips or strategies to beat the (possibly) overpowered things in the game. MG42 early is a huge pain if it can get in a house or behind solid green cover. But there are DEFINITELY ways to beat it. I play primarily as Soviets, so I run into that situation all the time. Your best bet is to avoid it early on. Go for cut-offs to deny them the resources they're camping or go and claim the other resources yourself. From the soviet perspective, you can get a mortar and/or molotovs after a short while. Use a smoke barrage on the MG to get close with your units. I don't want to get tied down in specifics. Point is, there are ways to beat an early MG42. If they spam MG42s, then that's your cue to go for a light vehicle and clean up. Rifle grenade is annoying, but I wouldn't say OP. Watch for clumped up units and try to dodge. This a well designed ability to test a battle of micro in my opinion. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: MG42 does not suppress!9 Dec 2015, 14:44 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Dec 2015, 14:34 PMAchtAchter I think I know the problem, it appears when the HMG is firing at a squad, but actually hit's a shot blocker with every hit, hence unable to suppress a squad or even damage it. However this inflicts every HMG I know what you're talking about, but I thought this was an intended part of the game. It's usually pretty obvious that the bullets aren't getting to your target and that acts as a good cue to relocate your MG. After a couple of times, you learn where not to position your MG on the battlefield. I guess it might be better, though, if the MG wouldn't shoot at all in those circumstances? I personally kinda like it the way it is. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Best counter to heavy armor in 2v2?8 Dec 2015, 16:19 PM I'm kinda in the same boat, so don't really have an answer... sorry. The tricky part for me is finding a good balance. Like for example, I was playing a 3v3 game last night where the enemy had 3 King Tigers and loads of lighter armor. I built an ISU and a mix of ZiS and SU-85s for support. This worked well enough against their tanks, but then the blobs showed up and I was helpless. As a side note, if you have identified that an OKW player is using the newest commander, I'd advise against using AT Guns, or at least keep them spread out and well supported. Those mobile Demo Packs are devastating against support weapons. Honestly not sure what to do against OKW's new armor capabilities... In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Unit Abilities23 Nov 2015, 18:41 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Nov 2015, 18:20 PMferwiner Most of my favourite abilities are long gone but there are some still in game. For example refit and regroup from mechanised commander or rapid conscription / ostruppen reserves are still in and I love them. Rapid Conscription is one of my favorite Team Game abilities. When I'm playing with my buddies in 3v3 or 4v4, sometimes I'll tell them right off the bat that I'll handle our infantry needs. I spam conscripts and, then by the late game we make ludicrously inefficient assaults wherein I just throw conscripts into the meatgrinder. But because of Rapid Conscription, I come back in a couple minutes with even more infantry. Rinse/repeat until the Muni's run dry. Don't know if that's the best use of the ability, but it's fun as hell! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Unit Abilities23 Nov 2015, 18:15 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Nov 2015, 17:54 PMbroodwarjc +1 for a positive non-rage thread(which will hopefully not divulge into fanboi war). I really like the Wher Mortar HT's flame barrage as it acts similar to my favorite Soviet artillery: Incendiary Artillery Barrage. Haha,just trying to stay positive about a game we all enjoy playing. Incendiary artillery (and it pains me to say, but Flame Barrage, too) are awesome area-denial tools. When an OKW player issues a large-scale retreat, I always try to drop Incendiary on their forward retreat point. Thereby forcing them to retreat all the way to home-base while I try and destroy their truck buildings. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Unit Abilities23 Nov 2015, 17:42 PM Hey All Longtime lurker, first time poster. Recently, I've come to love the Soviet 120mm Heavy Mortar. It does a lot of damage, yes, but it also offers so much utility to the rest of my army in the form of its Flare and Smoke abilities. A typical engagement would be Flare first (to see what I'm dealing with), then smoke their ATGs and/or MGs, and swarm forward. This way my Conscripts or Tanks can close the distance to the enemy and I can either emerge from the smoke in a hail of bullets or take effective cover before the smoke dissipates. What are some of your favorite unit abilities in the game and how do you use them effectively? In: COH2 Gameplay