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Thread: Relic should stop balancing the game around 1v110 Apr 2016, 18:54 PM All they need to do s make multiplayer maps have less points, more cutoffs and/or scale down the resource points depending on the amount of players in the mode. It wouldn't be a separate game, it soukd simply pace properly In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Reduce Braces Effect/ Mortar Pits less accurate10 Apr 2016, 17:53 PM Brace reduces manpower income by a certain value for the duration. Now Brits feel attrition from being under constant fire and needing to be bracing. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Idea for Penals10 Apr 2016, 17:47 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Apr 2016, 12:37 PMshadowwada penals still suffer from T1 being a shitty tier to go. scout cars can't really operate vs weh and has a small window vs okw where they don't have AT. No one really goes snipers. Cons outshine penals due to being basic cheap inf with their utility, such as sandbags and AT nades. If you want elite inf, call in guards would be better. Some penal buffs would help but T1 as a whole needs to be buffed as well as nerfing weh's unkillable sniper. Hard to go expensive elite inf when the sniper slowly bleeds you down Soviet t1 needs some sort of counter to Wehr sniper I agree, something with similar (if not identical) range, same cost too I suppose and if we are going that far already why not make it insta kill models as well? It would have to fire slower to account for smaller Wehr squads so maybe give it an extra man to compensate? That would also mean the Wehr sniper couldn't insta counter it! This I feel would make a great counter (if not the definitive counter) to the Wehr sniper. But since I dont think relic will add another unit to t1 I guess you will need to use the Soviet sniper team In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Improving the T-34 Ram10 Apr 2016, 17:38 PM Ram is neat, I used it yesterday vs a panther to secure the kill, I lost my vetted t34 but its junk anyways so it was more than a worthwhile trade, ive used it many times in pvp vs all sorts of vehicles, including a Jt that I didn't want to get away from my il-2 bomb. I agree it should only be used as a last ditch ability, however you should expect to lose the t34, as such it could be a wee bit better imo (something that is going to cost 80fuel and 300 manpower shouldn't be as unpredictable (noy exactly esport worthy when it can do nothing OR completely condem the target). Ive been a champion of the idea that ram should scale by target size (like the stat that determines received accuracy) the effects would be relative to the t34 target size and guaranteed (read predictable) the base effect (a t34 ramming another t34) would crew shock for 7 seconds, injur gunner and deal light engine damage and it would go from there. Also if a miss is to retain the engine overheat crit on a miss I propose that it be changed from a target ability to a skill shot for added utility. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So penal is underpowered? or others are overpowered?7 Apr 2016, 19:22 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2016, 19:12 PMMyself With suggested numbers they will be able to 1v1 PG and SP... Gren vs Con is designed to have gren win at max range and Con wins at mid range... wouldn't a pgren SP win at mid/ close still (kinda like the inverse of con/gren?) edit: a close range nerf was never suggested, thats what is hanging me up. a long range buff would require a short ranged dps nerf In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Idea for Penals7 Apr 2016, 19:20 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2016, 19:09 PMMyself If the NKVD commander does not work redesign the commander not the faction. Currently doctrine selection is very important in all faction. Thus at high levels you see the same commander again and again.. ifeel having a working (read effective) infantry option nondoc may make it viable without redesigning the commander and the reason that some commanders are selected more often than others is that some doctrines bring more to the table. what im saying is (imma use just numbers to show what imsaying here) if the base "power" of a faction is 5, and a commander brings another 5 you have a power of 10 (5+5=10) now if you pick a commander that only has a power of 2 you are quite worse off (5+2=7) now that is indeed a problem with the commander but what we have is the soviet being say.. a 3 and the okw as a 5 this means if the okw pick a commander that is a 3 the soviet NEED a 5 to be on par this also means that the soviet need commanders that brin at least a 7 to the table incase the okw pick a 5 okw- (5+5=10) soviet - (3+7=10) my hope for balanced core is that everyone starts off as a 5, so that all commanders can be balanced as well instead of requiring there to be more in the commander than in the faction because ATM something like NKVD brings a 1 so soviet- (3+1=4) vs OKW (5+0=5) by that i mean even without a doctrine the okw outmatch the soviet with one to be on par MANY commanders would need quite a few buffs whereas buffing the core might mean that those many commanders need only smaller changes (or even none at all!) commanders can still counter each other but you arnt left with horrible awful cheese AND requiring only a handful of doctrines to make up for a weak core im sorry if thats a mess In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So penal is underpowered? or others are overpowered?7 Apr 2016, 19:08 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2016, 19:02 PMMyself Penals should become more attractive... turning them into a unit that can take out 1v1 Gren/PG and Volks/SP is another. why shouldnt they be able to 1v1 grens or volks tho? volks can 1v1 cons despite costing only 10mp more grens can 1v1 cons despite costing the same! (onus of micro on soviet player) penals atm cost 30mp more than grens and 20 more than volks.. i (personally) would not expect any buff (that keeps their current price) to make them eat SP or Pgrens, just b... better... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Idea for Penals7 Apr 2016, 19:04 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2016, 18:42 PMMyself No redesign the faction and making Penal useful is not linked...one can happen without the other [/qoute] except it isnt, the soviet rely on call ins almost entirely- that is their (outdated) design, by buffing penals to make it so a doctrine that doesnt have call in infantry becomes viable you have alleviated some the stress of the stupid and outdated design. its not a full redesign of course but the soviet dont NEED a redesing, just to be updated. I don't agree that making doctrines flavor only is needed for the game to be balanced. And you are actually talking about redesigning the whole game not only Penal and the soviet faction... all of the other factions function mostly well without doctrine choice, you can pick almost any docteine and be fine, sure some are leaps ahead of others but the core still holds strong. for example: as the brits if you pick royal arty you still have infantry capable of fighting, you still have armour that can take a hit and dish it, you still have access to a damage sponge you still have AT infantry but now you ALSO have other units (crappy ones, but more choices none the less) as the usf if you pick recon support you still have infantry that can fight, you still have a great TD ou still have weapon upgrades, you still have self repairing crews, you still have squad wipe machine medium tanks. as OKW if you pick firestorm you still have a heavy tank, you still have great AT options, you still have AI troops, you still have fantastic light armour, you still have a unit that can counter tanks and buildings/ garrisons/ take some aggro as wehr if you pick luftwaffe you still have assualt infantry, you still have amazing AT, you still have heavily armoured armour, you still have weapon upgrades, you still have core infantry that scales as the soviet and you pick NKVD you have DONT have any good infantry, you DONT have a tank that will ever bounce/ pen you DONT have a TD that can reliably pen heavy armour, you DONT have weapon upgrades i own all the commanders except the newest ones for the wfa and brits (4 newest) as any faction i COULD pick any commander and have a blast EXCEPT as the soviet (who have an ASS tonne of commanders to choose from) you cant say that that doesnt implicate something... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So penal is underpowered? or others are overpowered?7 Apr 2016, 18:45 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2016, 18:34 PMMyself 5 men riflemen with flamers proved problematic. I doubt that 6 men Penals with flamers the same firepower and the ability to blow up OKW trucks will not prove equally problematic just because then need a cheap production building... five man riflemen that has smoke (to deny suppression and get into a range that flamethrower shines without taking any damage) and a longer ranged, faster throwing grenade. oh and a snare... and the ability to 100% heal on field...and the ability to further increase their damage OR give them AT... but aside from that yea its EXACTLY the same also were discussing changes, any buffs will require some other changes for example if we were to give grens a 5th man to buff survival NO ONE AT ALL is expecting them to retain their current stats, lmg, and tech included abilities NO ONE and receive a buff. people are so stuck on "they have flamethrowers so no buff" they are ignoring that soviet dont NEED the penals to have a flamethrower, before when flamers could explode and penal flamer couldnt there was a reason to get them but now its just a case of redundancy being used to keep them insufficient i mean.. if they were fine there would be alot less maxim spam.... In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Idea for Penals7 Apr 2016, 18:32 PM Jump back to quoted post7 Apr 2016, 18:11 PMMyself Are you trying to make Penals more attractive or residing the faction? The faction is rather balanced and is designed to utilize commander's specific units. Redesigning the faction and making Penal more attractive are 2 separate issues... If some commanders without call in infatry do not work that is the problem of the commanders and not faction.... both are linked, making penals halfway decent would open up a wealth of choices for the soviet and i maintain that true balance will come when all factions can fight against each other (by that i mean axis v allies, not expecting a usf vs ussr matchup) without needing a doctrine as then the only thing that needs adjusting is the doctrines themselves, which wont be needed to stand a chance, just diversify play and cater to playstyles/ add flavour In: COH2 Balance