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Thread: [Feuersturm] MP40 and Hetzer23 May 2020, 03:47 AM Jump back to quoted post22 May 2020, 22:57 PMSerrith Well I just dont find k98 volks to be cost effective as the game goes on. They are alright at first when they are facing infantry without upgrades but 5 man sections-let alone 5 man sections with brens- BAR rifles, 7 man cons, penals and any number of other infantry are just going to trade too well with unupgraded volks in the mid and late game. The MP44 is currently a necessary upgrade to keep them scaled properly. Not to mention all the elite infantry options for OKW are superior long range options to K98 volks both in actual performance and cost effectiveness. Other allied upgrades are problematic too, but are a symptom of the stgs not the other way around. Adjusting volks and the way rifles interact with Bars should be done at the same time (I suggest limiting hem to 1 BAR until vetted so they don't power spike so dramatically but instead scale) and tommines need a whole rework. 7 man cons are a non issue in the okw match up simply because they would get murdered by obers (as they should) and volks in cover or with any support would do well enough now that cons lost the cover bonus. Volks scaling should be mostly from their vet. The vet that got gutted because of.... Drum roll please.... The fucking stg upgrade. Okw elite infantry specializing in long range firepower is why volks should refine to close range so they don't step on toes and promote diverse builds. Volks were never meant to go toe to toe effeciently against upgraded allied infantry that's why okw has a strong starting unit and an uber late game AI unit. Volks shouldn't be filling the same role as rifles but lite, they are a different unit in a different army with different (and more accessible) support units. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostruppen cover mechanic is horrible design23 May 2020, 03:08 AM Jump back to quoted post22 May 2020, 21:27 PMoootto92 I should have pointed out that my issue was not with the cost effectiveness of OStruppen as you here implied but rather that in my opinion the long range LMG does not scale well with ostruppen. I have no issue with ostruppen as they are. I think another upgrade option would be more effective and better in line with the theme of this second hand unit. The LMG works fine because it adds concentrated DPS on a unit that has a lot of models to drop meaning even though it's only 75% the damage of a gren lmg it lasts 50% longer on a 40mp cheaper unit with an upgrade that costs 3/4 the price of a gren lmg. They are not on the caliber of vetted, significantly more expensive allied infantry, but the will help hold ground with support. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostruppen cover mechanic is horrible design22 May 2020, 21:22 PM Jump back to quoted post22 May 2020, 21:14 PMoootto92 The ostruppen Lmg42 upgrade is a meme peashooter. Even if you would make it 30munies it still is pepehands tier upgrade that is barely noticeable. At the point when you get to T4 Allied vet3 infantry is just walking all over you anyways. Just remove the meme Lmg42 and give these accountable bois 7th man upgrade unlockable at t4. Do you think the vet 3 allied infantry are walking all over ostroppen because they are significantly more expensive? Like cons are 20% more, rifles and Tommie are 40% more penals are 50% more... Is it possible that that might be a factor? Like I've noticed That a vet 3 Panther will beat the shit out of a Sherman and I can't for the life of me figure out why, maybe if you can figure out this ostroppen being beaten by units vastly more expensive with their maximum vet you could help me out with this one? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Feuersturm] MP40 and Hetzer22 May 2020, 21:17 PM Jump back to quoted post22 May 2020, 20:01 PMLoopDloop As in people would never keep kar98 volks becuase they are objectively worse and would either get doctrinal infantry or give them all mp40s. They'd be like worse pre-7-man conscripts at that point and OKW would have to rely on either cheese or doctrinal infantry more than they already do. That or you buff the crap out of kar98 volks and they're way too good for their cost. Or they could use their elite non doc infantry. That was never an option for soviet and that was why cons fell flat. Kar98 volks are only slightly worse at range than stg volks so as longer range infantry they wouldn't be much worse than now and mp40 volks could pick up the slack(kinda like when a soviet player goes ppsh cons, which was a viable alternative to elite infantry) only it wouldn't be doctrinal and would also still have access to elite infantry.... You can't really compare soviet/ okw on a design level because soviet was designed to lack tools that were given doctrinally while okw was designed to have nearly everything but limited access via cost. Mixing and matching upgrades and infantry should be arrived for not one size fits all. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Feuersturm] MP40 and Hetzer22 May 2020, 21:12 PM Can the hetz be locked behind 2 trucks? Then it could be rushed and find place in a med+mech truck build. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostruppen cover mechanic is horrible design22 May 2020, 21:07 PM Ostroppen are fine. They certainly don't need to be made into shitty cons or uninteresting attack move horde infantry. Use them as they are designed and they are more than fine. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Pioneers after early game22 May 2020, 01:48 AM As a general change for ost Id like to see a damage reduction at t4 instead of grens vet one. It would help mitigate the power creep against 4 man squads but I don't think pios need anything else but vet looked at In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Caches, Soviet merge, Fuel drops...21 May 2020, 22:04 PM Jump back to quoted post21 May 2020, 21:58 PMSkysTheLimit Ahh okay, I thought they only got the weapon of the new squad. Thanks for clarifying guys Happy to help! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ideas for UKF hotfix21 May 2020, 21:50 PM Jump back to quoted post21 May 2020, 14:54 PMmadin2 Thas wrong without the upgrade iam able to snare vehicles and engage cc against units like grenadiers or osttruppen. With the upgrade i cant snare since they are to slow and i have to stay back and even then they can't defend themselves against a chasing squad or a long range lmg unit. And even their repair speed isn't impressively good, since every other pioneer squad get boosted repair speed with mine sweeper. I would give them just the armor and the repair speed bonus for less munition without the movement penalty Firstly, the upgrade was designed before the snapper snare. Secondly... Then don't upgrade all your sappers thirdly the repair rate increase is quite good, especially since sappers get a 25% repair speed buff via bolster. Adding armour to sappers without the debuff would not be a good idea. There is a reason ONLY shocks and heavy sappers have it. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Caches, Soviet merge, Fuel drops...21 May 2020, 20:37 PM Jump back to quoted post21 May 2020, 20:29 PMSkysTheLimit I was under the impression that the models that get "transferred" kept their stats, including the veterancy of the squad they were originally in? Then when they die and get reinforced normally they have the same vet as the squad. I thought they only got the weapon of the squad they merged with I could be 100% wrong about that. And i guess even if it somehow didnt cause balance issues, it's bound to cause too many bugs to be worth it like armadillo said Merge transfers model stats. Health, target size, armour. Everything else is at a squad level. Guns, vet modifiers, abilities ect are based off the mergee. For example you could have an entire squad of guards that is essentially a guard squad in every way, but all the models are conscripts. They will have button and nade ect but be easier to hit. In: COH2 Balance