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Jump back to quoted post3 May 2018, 18:30 PMmurky depths

... What? These two statements seem contradictory to me, in what world is 30~70% better not a huge advantage?

Jump back to quoted post3 May 2018, 08:38 AMHoverBacon

Honestly, I understand the logic of relic, a competitive scene/decent matchmaking and multiplayer are what gives a game longevity, more people playing means more in game purchases and dlc purchases which makes them more money, a lot of people slate them for that forgetting that the player base of rts games is tiny relative to fps etc, so if people want more games/better games the studio needs to make as much money from each game as it can, which i think relic have done acceptably without it being a cash cow or pay to win.

The issue is coh2 has a tiny competitive scene but actually a half decent matchmaking playerbase, especially after each steam sale/humble bundle etc. I feel relic could do better to see where their money-making potential is and try and cling on to some of these players. The game is never going to become the next Star craft but company of heroes is still hugely famous because of its casual scene. Command and conquer failed because they desperately tried to make it an e-sport at the expense of what it’s players actually wanted.

I would normally say it’s essential to balance games for the competitive scene to keep people playing but I just can’t say that that is particularly relevant for CoH2 and it’s qualtity of life issues like this mortar pit thing that killed command and conquer.

Jump back to quoted post3 May 2018, 03:52 AMFiresparks

the flare have the same range as the regular barrage, 80m and reveal a 30m radius area. That's really good enough where the range is not an issue.

the area stay revealed for 35~40 second. That's long enough for any artillery barrage to finish. The only defense is to vacant the 30meter radius area and to let the soviet have the ground.