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Thread: State of the ISU-15230 Jun 2020, 15:01 PM Could swap ptac in fortified armour with the concrete repair bunkers. That could be fun In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Should doctrinal units/upgrades be superior?30 Jun 2020, 00:53 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Jun 2020, 00:12 AMElpern This is false, the 76 has a higher firerate than the 85 thus making it stronger vs infantry, for a difference of 40 fuel. If you want to look at an actual upgrade compare SVTs to 7 men for instance, svts bring way higher dmg output and you can get them way earlier (cp1) compared to tier 4, literally a better option in every way possible while 76s are not too uncommonly a better pick than an 85. A slightly faster rof vs more armour, health and pen and iirc better aoe profile. Totally not a direct upgrade, not like the "instead of a more durable squad with cheaper models you shoot more" 7man and svt are like 5th man and lmg for grens. It's not an upgrade over one another its a divergent path. 85mm t34 is an upgrade over the 76mm in the very literally sense. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: The problem with raketen29 Jun 2020, 23:04 PM Mine baiting works better than a rak against clown car IMHO. I know it's drastic and frankly off topic but what would reworking the clown car as more of a transport/ hospital type unit and removing the squads from firing in side thing? Give it the 251 garrisoned healing (no reinforcement) and cheapen it a bit so it becomes not only a fire support platform via the mgs but also a force multiplier and offer soviet some on field healing that isn't base medics. Would fit in well with the rest of soviet t1s aggressive nature while still forcing conscript support to keep things on the front. Hell it might even be worth sideteching for. Gets rid of the entire flame car all in exploitive strat to boot In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reverse the M5 upgrade29 Jun 2020, 21:17 PM Eeeeeeh not a huge fan. On one hand it would free up more munitions in team games for strikes, especially after taking out the quad but on the other hand.... Actually pretty much that but from the other perspective. I'd perhaps maybe suggest looking at lowering the cost of t3 and increasing the cost of the T70 so that timing remains the same (t4 cost increase as well to keep that timing unchanged) basicly increase access and opportunity for the quad, this would also possibly give the su76 a better window and chance as stopgap AT or as a mobile barrage tool in time before just building a t70 is the best option. Edit: or look at a t3 split like okw has that makes the lesser used t3 units more accessible In: COH2 Balance
Thread: "Close the pocket" OP? 29 Jun 2020, 20:51 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Jun 2020, 20:17 PMmr.matrix300 You do not deserve to lose simply because you don't have a certain commander equipped, that you maybe do not even have in the first place Apart from that: I do not think, that one deserves to lose simply because he has no cache. Caches can be destroyed and pioneers be preventet from rebuilding them. You do however deserve to lose if the enemy makes a play and you do nothing to stop it, even trivial things like defending a poin that isn't just the fuel point. A cache alone makes the enemies job much harder. Add in any actual defense at all and it's unlikely the enemy will decap the entire front. If you are worried about it 2/3 allied factions can set up forward retreats nearby and you could retreat your entire infantry army to help protect that one point. Look at the enemy commanders before the match and act accordingly. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Grens changes29 Jun 2020, 20:31 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Jun 2020, 19:02 PMIncendiaryRounds What about my suggestion: Remove the RA bonuses associated with the 5man upgrade. All grens should instead receive a 20% DPS increase vs suppressed and pinned units. This will allow better players to use the MG42 more fluidly as they can use the grens to keep the bait squad at bay and the MG can turn to face any flankers. This will force the allies to retreat their baiting squads earlier, alleviating the MG from worrying about several targets. Grens should get a bonus against supressed/pinned troops at vet 1 and bp3 should give a damage reduction regardless of vet and 5 man grens should lose the rec acc bonus but maintain the medkits that are lost from 4 man grens. That covers everything from early game fire power lacking to 5 man being too good a choice to late game squishiness. These are design elements that miss their mark. Any other changes should be focused on opposing units and how they interact with grens. Stop the power creep. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Grens changes29 Jun 2020, 14:12 PM Jump back to quoted post29 Jun 2020, 13:19 PMVipper Conscript and Grenadier have the same cost. They both cost 240. Conscripts is T0 units and grenadiers are T1 unit. Soviet have the option to tech: molotovs with a cost 80/10 At grenades with a cost 125/10 and after that mobilize reserves with a cost 100/20 (or get it for free with t4). Grenadier: require t1 with a cost 80/10 require BP1 with a cost rifle-grenades with 100/40 and they need T4 for reinforcement discount. No matter how one wants to look at things conscript "spam" is more viable than grenadier "spam". BUT BP1 also grants access to pgrens and progresses tech as well as unlocking lmg42s, so it's not a flat cost for the rifle nades and can't easily be used to accurately inflate the cost of grens. At most we can attribute 1/4 the cost of BP1 into nades, so 25mp and 10 fuel, still putting them under for cost compared to cons. However I do not believe that ost teching should be considered into the cost of grens as it will be done and paid regardless if you use 5 gren squads or none, in contrast to conscript upgrades that serve no purpose if you don't build any cons and could be deemed cost ineffecient if you only build 1 or even 2. I don't think it's fair to include the mobilize reserves unlock cost as it's an opportunity cost that can be mitigated via a full tech, so paying for it is a choice that shouldn't be included in considering their "price" In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Grens changes29 Jun 2020, 10:56 AM Jump back to quoted post29 Jun 2020, 08:32 AMSuperHansFan Actually you're wrong You need to build T1 so this is factored into squad core cost, soviets can build cons without a tech structure so they are the cheapest Might wanna double run those numbers there champ. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: State of the ISU-15229 Jun 2020, 10:53 AM Jump back to quoted post29 Jun 2020, 08:26 AMSuperHansFan Then a reduction of Ele/KT/JT armor is not needed But personally I've had bounces on rear armor so maybe there are some missing values here He specified close range and a t34 has its own fall off rapidly so a bounce isn't unlikely unless you are giving the enemy heavy a cavity search In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Conscript change.28 Jun 2020, 23:05 PM They cost 240mp, and then an extra 80mp for molitovs and another 125mp more for at nades. 3-4 cons kitted out cost 280-270mp depending on if there are 3 or 4. Hardly cheap. In: COH2 Balance