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Jump back to quoted post11 Dec 2020, 09:30 AMKatitof

Option that encourages blobbing and doesn't work if you don't clearly is not best one.

Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2020, 20:46 PMelchino7

Double Bren (stronger) could work if it was mutually exclusive with 5 man (as 5 man taking up a weapon slot) so you would had to opt between double 4 man Bren squad or 5 man with single Bren.

You could also gate a weapon slot behind Hammer/Anvil, meaning that early on you could only have a Bren (more simil to LMG42) or just the 5 man upgrade.

Even further now that medics are cheap and heal on AoE, you could make the 5th man linked towards either of the upgrades (pyro/medic), giving visual representation to that upgrade by giving them a weapon which occupies that slot. In this alternative version, you could get 5 man IS with 2x Bren but without medics nor pyro attached to them.

Jump back to quoted post10 Dec 2020, 02:20 AMGiaA

Recon Tommies from CoH 1 have literally nothing to do with CoH2 tommies except that the game, faction and unit share the same name. It's also absolutely possible to balance brits.

my mention of coh/of was conceptual not Brit specific. The point was that there is precedent. Also, no, as long as the core unit of the faction is balanced spread across 4 models and 5 models as a global 1 off the faction will never be balanced. Pricing can't fix bad design. Either 4 man tommies will be UP or 5 man tommies will be OP. either bolster will be something you want to get ASAP or never at all. You can't balance a single unit across 2 power levels and have that at the center of the faction.

"potential cheesing" meaning what exactly? raid section spam? I don't see how giving brits some more variation in playstyle is "unnecessary".
tommies already have great stats. Giving them faster movement and removing their "balancing factor" (in quotations because it's already been gutted) has all the potential for cheese. It's either going to be abused in the a smelly cheddar or ignored entirely. I certainly commend the balance team for their outside the box approach but it's a bandaid attempt on a pulsing stomach wound. Bolster as a global is holding the faction back.

Jump back to quoted post9 Dec 2020, 17:21 PMGiaA

No...that's not the point. The point of Raid is to give Brits the OPTION for additional early capping power especially when using UC builds.

Jump back to quoted post9 Dec 2020, 08:20 AMJon2020

Just so we're *clear here*, I am fairly certain that there is only one "Walking Stuka" in the game, and that is the rocket artillery. I clearly stated "Walking Stuka" - to be clear
I was trying to give you an oopsie out for trying to compare a barrage only vehicle that delays armour by minutes to an auto fire super mortar that could wipe squads at any time without warning.

Even if you hear the sound effect, retreating your troops can inadvertently cause you to lose more to the strike. Any decent player will mix it up and attack your retreat line, knowing that you may run or reposition your troops when you hear the rockets going off, and end up retreating or even just moving into the explosion. Some maps have smaller passageways where dispersing your forces can't always be done in a rapid or effective way (Port of Hamburg, Essen Steelworks, Lanzerath Ambush, etc.). Surely you're aware of all of this. Then again, you didn't know what a Walking Stuka was, and you have a "#stalinwept" signature on your profile, so I can only imagine the level of sarcasm you bring to an honest conversation.
the enemy outplaying you or map issues doesn't make the comparison better if you have an issue with the Stuka make a stuka thread, don't try to use it to somehow justify the pak howi being too strong. And for the record, the audio cue is what in part makes the Stuka OK. It's not a wipe out of nowhere like the pak howi

A lone allied medium tank won't make it very far getting tangled up with even a single Raketenwerfer/Pak 40 and a single snare, mine, etc. If you played 4v4 COH2, you'd know exactly what I'm talking about. Getting a Walking Stuka out at CP 3 is much more devastating in 4v4 team games, and doesn't carry nearly the same risk that rushing a medium tank does. I routinely do more damage with a Walking Stuka than I do with the T34/76, which doesn't scale nearly as well into the late game. Ask any Allied player what he fears more from OKW: A Walking Stuka or a Panzer IV?
you are missing the point entirely. Fuel cost is not insignificant. The Stuka costs more than regular proper arty, and building it delays proper armour by minutes for a chance to wipe every minute or so. The pak howi costs no fuel and delays nothing while possibly wiping every few seconds.
I appreciate the condescension, but nothing you say can distract nor detract from the reality that the US faction is non-doctrinally lacking in strong artillery and armor (and, thanks to this latest patch, is getting even worse), which was the point I think I've very clearly made by now. So, if you want to nitpick and play semantics games with me in an effort to deny reality and tell me that the sky is green, that's your prerogative. I've made my case and it's my opinion after spending a lot of time playing 4v4s, which I suspect you aren't too familiar with. Conversely, maybe you know very well what I'm talking about but aren't objective enough to acknowledge it here. That's fine, too.
I know you are pretty new here but I'm well aware of the plight of team games and also that usf does quite well in them despite the lack of rocket arty.
P.S. An OKW player can usually field the Walking Stuka before a Soviet, British, or American player can field a medium tank. By the time the Allied player gets a tank with his fuel, you can easily have multiple Raketenwerfers and snare-capable infantry to crush it. There is a reason some expert Soviet players will create a Katyusha before they create a T34/76. The same can be said for OKW players who opt for the early Walking Stuka. It has the potential to do a heck of a lot more damage, and survive for a lot longer into the match. It's often more efficient. You don't have to keep it too close to the danger on the battlefield and can still inflict a lot of damage.

I'm aware how early an okw player can field rocket arty. I've been playing this game since before it released and understand that if you play passively the Stuka will punish that. A properly micro medium will be equally devistating and higher impact however. Not that it's relevant to the discussion outside a reference point as to how expensive the Stuka is.