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Thread: Please give Atomic bomb to OKW6 Mar 2021, 21:47 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2021, 19:21 PMPip The only thing even allowing Sturmtiger + Konigstiger at the moment is poor design decisions/developmental oversights, in any case. is not an oversight, its deliberate. the ST and KT are allowed at the same time specifically because the ST is hot garbage. frankly, the performance of the ST is enough to ensure hat it doesnt get built alongside he KT, or in any build order containing any units at all In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sandbags nerfed enough? Nope6 Mar 2021, 14:06 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2021, 10:50 AMblvckdream This. If sandbags were removed from mainline infantry the balance would go completely out of control and require several patches to get right again. Which is just totally unrealistic at this point of COH2's life span. sandbags USED to be restricted heavily. it would feel out of control becvause the mta is castle for every man, but it would instead be a return to what was intended. You can't just remove sandbags from certain factions relying on them. Imagine playing UKF vs Ostheer without sandbags it would be incredibly hard/next to impossible to compete. Same goes for Conscripts without sandbags or even Volks. All of these factions are balanced around having sandbags available for them. tommies are basically grens but better in every way except price so im not sure how it would be impossible to play against... whats more, no faction really "relies" on sandbags anymore, except ost who has nearly exclusivley 4 man squads and defensive core infantry, whom ironically enough lack sandbags on their mainline and are the only faction as such.... volks could the the needed buff if it wasnt compounded by every engagment with them being behind sandbags also. something more inline with their newer design. OKW Sturms are already overtasked as it is if they had to build sandbags as well it would completely ruin the whole faction's early game and would be totally unfair compared to factions like Soviets or Ostheer that can get cheap T0 engineer units. the wouldnt HAVE to build sandbags, but basically thats the point... for sandbags t NOT be everywhere and ion every engagement, for hunkering down to be an active thought not an automatic passive thing. but i agree its a hell of a thing for a faction designed after Germanys last offensive to be less able to bunker down than other factions.... It would also be yet another step into making all factions play the same which just makes the game boring. i would argue the current system does the exactly that already... every point having sandbags which every battle revolves around. less hard points means more maneuvering and vying for the natural strong points, and flushing the enemy out of them, like it was with vanilla coh. more dynamic and less static. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Maxim aoe suppression is too much6 Mar 2021, 02:10 AM now that sustained fire doesnt require vet well actually see how good it is. its nice to see a vet 0 maxim being able to stop massed infantry like the other mgs In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sandbags nerfed enough? Nope6 Mar 2021, 02:07 AM Jump back to quoted post5 Mar 2021, 23:52 PMLady Xenarra Would love to know how volks/IS are supposed to be used (outside of blobs) without sandbags..... a long time ago, WAAAAAAY back when commanders were all purchased with only money, ostheer (its like the brits but squishier) had to use the map! it was the wild west! having to maneuver and not having maximum durability each and every single place you wanted it. not every single capture point or lane had sandbags to retreat to. green cover was a bonus not the baseline for every shingle engagement. and since there wasnt a sand bag every 6 feet, it was even possible to be caught in a bad position! boy was the game more dynamic then.... In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: These mg changes are terrible6 Mar 2021, 02:02 AM shit, i though i was on the balance forum, not the whine and offer no solutions, or even proper problems forum.... can the mods please link me to the balance forum? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Call-ins to have smoke?4 Mar 2021, 21:11 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2021, 20:02 PMPip The delay between it being triggered and actually landing might want to be reduced if there's a smoke effect added. I mean, I assume a long delay (And of course the sound) is meant to be the tradeoff for the lack of smoke, but I've never actually timed to see if its even any longer than an equivalent ability. If it isnt any longer, sure, just add the smoke, it's a good accessibility feature, and the loss of the "flavour" of the ability is worth it being more readable to the deaf. Would it be worth making it less possible too pinpoint the strikezone from the Jericho Trumpet sound as well, in that case? I don't believe other offmaps have the same "weakness", but I'll admit it has never really crossed my mind, so if I'm mistaken feel free to ignore that too. That said, there are other similar sound cues in the game that are somewhat vital (Vehicle engine sounds in the FoW, for example), so I'm afraid you can't quite avoid this sort of issue entirely. Some strikes take bloody forever to come in anyways, but perhaps maybe something like the map overlay some off maps have instead of flares? Gives a visual cue without giving away the entire strike away? I played against a hell of a player once that would drop stukas NEAR victory points and guess where I was going to dodge.... Often correctly... This sort of play wouldn't be possible with flares and I think it's worth rewarding. More thought leads me to think maybe highlight the sector of the attack for the player then they can make a judgement call as to what the target is same as now? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Call-ins to have smoke?4 Mar 2021, 19:18 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2021, 15:24 PMGachiGasm Huge delay and sound? You pretty much pin-point where its gonna land. so if you can already pretty much pin point where its going to land nothing would be lost from it having flares.... a lot to be gained however In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Call-ins to have smoke?4 Mar 2021, 14:26 PM Stuka dive bomb is the only one that doesn't have smoke, really aside from flavor there's no reason for it not to. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Current state of the IS-24 Mar 2021, 14:24 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2021, 12:52 PMMMX those soft targets you mention have 320 hp, so they'll still need 2 shots to kill even with 200 dmg per shot (or 240, like the kv-2). same for mediums with 640 hp, which will also still need 4 shots to kill after your redesign. and with a concurrent rof increase to balance out the net dps gain against other targets, you're suddenly looking at an even less powerful is-2 against the targets you mentioned than before. hardly worth it in my book... In a vacuum 200 damage would mean a whole lot, but the soviet have a some "sub standard" AT that it would make a difference for. A wham bam with a su76 and an IS-2 would be half a p4s health for example, or in conjunction with PTRS' you cound find some ttk shaved. Half the stock AT the soviet have would see a difference. Plus, even though it's only 40 more damage, you notice when a firefly hits you. It would do a bit to make the tank FEEL more powerful, even if ttk itself is wholey unchanged. Right now the is 2 is a good tanks, a reliable tank, but not an interesting tank. And since it's only in 2 commanders the lack of interesting sort of waters down the draw of those commanders. At least for me. Again, it's not necessary. But it would be nice In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Snare Inconsistency.4 Mar 2021, 02:00 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2021, 01:37 AMNorthWeapon snares should not be mirrored between both factions. Allies have inferior snares as faction design since Axis rely a lot more on tanks than Allies do. And generally Axis tanks are more expensive too. The 0hp thing is weird though and counterintuitive so remove it. The thing is, ~35-55 damage difference doesn't REALLY impact one way or another. My main reason for standardization is because it means there's less room for fucked up variables and stupid bugs like the one that brought this to our attention. Why does ANYTHING do 45 damage? Why is it possible for something deemed so necessary to all factions that access has been nearly standardized for equal access across all factions to be so all over the place? Why is it possible for SOME snares to bounce and fail to kill? Like how is that actually a possibility? It wouldn't be if it was standard and nothing would be lost by them being standard. All pros and no cons if you ask me.the damage differences and pen differences as so incredibly insignificant that many don't even know them (myself included) making them all the same just makes sense... In: COH2 Balance