Current USF stock tanks are fine. Definitely no further additions are needed or swaps. 76mm is fine as a doctrinal tank. It's got better penetration drop, slightly lower AOE radius on "normal" shells (2 vs 2.5 on P4) and good overall stats. Like Jaeger said, it would make for a poor stock tank in a sense that it would be "too" good. Right now the Sherman's biggest weakness is the shell switch. If you want to have a good AI cannon, you absolutely need the HE shell and if you want to be able to penetrate tanks from the front, close up, you need penetrating shells. It all balances out.
In the commander department only Pershing needs a slight buff in the survivability department and E8 in the "role" department (eg, buff AI a bit or buff armor a bit, or w/e).
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I'll comment only for USF since it's the faction I best know (aside from OKW but I play OKW only casually without the stress)
Heavy Cavalry:
Pershing armour buff or veterancy rework. The veterancy nade toss is completely useless. Either remove it and return the -50% reload on vet 3 or buff armour and remove nade veterancy.
Combined arms: Buff cost and nerf active buffs
Rangers: Reduce pop to 9
Rifle company:
Bundle flares and sprint and increase CP to 5 or 6. Maybe add mortar halftrack to the company? (or would that be too much?)
Recon company:
Rework grayhound to some sort of light AT vehicle (there was a thread long ago about the Grey and some good ideas were thrown there). Right now, next to airdropped pak howi and paras; pathfinders, there really is no point in going greyhound. It's not 5CP worth of only AI power.
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T-34/85 is a very good medium. IS-2 is basically a fat version with better pen and armor but slooooow and expensive. Not worth its price tag, but that's the state of heavies in general these days. Except maybe KV-1/Churchill which are kinda special heavy armor/hp, weak gun affairs.
Tiger is still viable. I still don't see a 3v3 game where there isn't one. People mostly complained about the Tiger nerf in the Heavy nerf patch, because it used to be batshit OP. Basically Tiger went from OP to normal. Pershing went from fragile infantry killer to just fragile. IS-2 went from OK to "meh". KT was not touched, but outside of 3v3 and 4v4, it's not really a menace. Sure, a supported KT can turn the tide of the game and net you a win, but only if it's supported well.
Most people, even in top 50, still buy KT, bring it to the frontline SOLO and then complain how it's completely UP and useless because it couldn't solo 3 AT guns and TDs and infantry.... since you know, if the tank is expensive, it has to solo win everything.
KV-1 and Churchill are still great heavies. Weak guns but high survivability.
KV2 is in a league of it's own. A really special tank.
Brummbar is also a special tank and one of the best stock heavy tanks.
Overall, if IS-2 needs anything, it's a slight rework of it's weaknesses and strengths. Make it slow and non-agile but increase survivability and damage output. But again, it's quite difficult to rework such heavies.
Pershing is ez. It only needs a slight armour buff (to 290 or 300) and that's it.
KT needs nothing
Tiger might need a slight buff in turret rotation, but that's also it.
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Problem with your statement, is that if we start issuing bans based on opinion, then pretty much everybody can be banned because of an RNG or lucky guesses. Lets say, we all report to sturmpanther, and during my 100 games, I had 10 really lucky moments, which are very fishy. Then sturmpanther have all rights to issue me a ban, because he didnt see all other 90 games and his oppinion will be based only on 10 games. But based on thouse 10 games I would look like a cheater.
100 games and 10 lucky moments are not really a statistical anomaly. It's quite normal.
Problem comes when one has 3 or more completely lucky moments in one game. I'm not talking luck like penetrating a KT with scott on max range but shooting randomly, for no reason and scoring a direct hit. Sure one time it can happen. Two times? Sure. Three times? Eh, if it's your day. But 4 or more times it's really becoming a chore. Furthermore, a player can defend themselves retroactively. They get accused, look at the suspicious replay and make up excuses for most of the situations. A cheater will not be able to completely explain every random shot they decided to take. That's why.
Trust me, you won't have 10 lucky moments in one game. Might be a case if it were 10vs10 with super duper resource generation. But in 2v2 or 3v3, not gonna happen.
If you get 10 completely lucky shots in one game. I'll give you my address and you can come and beat the shit out of me. |
Well if you take into consideration CS:GO overwatch, then its requred to all the investigators proclaim suspect to be cheater. Even if one of them disagrees, then the suspect is innocent. Everything else is handled by the anti-cheat.
I don't think one can veto a ban. Each overwatch investigator has an invisible score, which determines the weight of that individuals resolution. Eg. If a new investigator says the suspect is not cheating and a "veteran" says they are, then the ban will incur. I don't think anyone knows what the border is for ban. How many people need to be in agreement is still unknown for overwatch. Not only that, but overwatch is kinda pointless as CS GO is free. I usually overwatch 3-5 cases a day and in every single one there is a hacker. 1/20 or 30 are non hacking people. Of course, CS GO is mostly played by kids and no-lifers so it's not surprising. Hell, I remember playing one game on Saturday morning. Took a break, made lunch, studied, went on a jog and then in the evening I got paired with the same guy I played with in the morning. CS GO is really in a sad state. Both player wise and anti-cheat wise.
How that has anything to do with this?
Most people found Seeking guilty. Simple. Issue a ban, but don't drag this out publicly. |
How is analyzing circumstantial evidence not a valid way to come to a conclusion? You have this very naive assumption that "proven guilty" means some kind of absolute proof is required. That's not how it works lol.
Also this thread has nothing to do with the decision making. No one claimed 300 posts were needed. It's just a forum where people talk about topics surrounding their favorite game. You have 700 posts in it. Wtf are you on about.
There was a time where I didn't think this forum was filled with delusional no-lifers, and that's when I actually posted and was involved in discussions (naive me).
Anyway, how does anyone plan to prove this guy was guilty without a shadow of a doubt? No matter how many hours you put in into analyzing each and every game he played and comparing them to the suspected replay, you will never be able to say "yeah, he cheated".
I'm not saying to close this thread because I don't like it, but because a player is being lynched without actual evidence. I mean, I think he did cheat, but that is not for the general public to decide. That's why this thread should not exist. And I did not actually look at it. I looked at the OP post, a few posts below it and commented. Don't mistake me for someone who gives a bit of a fu** about this forum. What I do give a f*** about is the fact that a "trial" is being made public, without any reason and that people are jumping on the bandwagon defending/attacking the person involved. I don't care about his/her reputation, nor his game. What I do care about is not abusing the fu***** mob mentality because some dumb fuc*s idea was to make it public.
EDIT: Yeah, you need absolute proof for stuff like that. If COH2 is one part of his income, then yeah, absolute proof is needed. What you're going to do? Deny him the opportunity because he was suspicious? Got lucky?
Again, I think he did cheat, since I do not believe such plays are possible and so many instances of luck can occur in one game, but that's not for me to decide (and in the end I don't care if he gets banned or not) |
Lol. Reputation. Like this is something important. Of course Seeking won't be banned. Cheating (probably) or not. An 8y old game with barely the playerbase, blowing this sh** out of proportion. People just like to feel important I guess.
If this were at all serious, you'd watch the clips, analyze and make a decision. Pretty much every thing on those clips can be summed down to "luck" or "game sense", and as such, no damning decision will be made, so stop this nonsense thread.
You don't need a comity of 300 posts and people following this BS thread to make a decision.
"Innocent until proven guilty" won't pass here because you don't have any concrete evidence. Only suspicious behaviour... so don't give all that BS about "innocent until proven guilty". Proven guilty about what? Even if he had 10 cheating bans on the account, it doesn't prove a thing.
So again. Stop this BS public thread. Go private. Decide whoever you feel like has no life to actually waste time arguing/proving this case like it's a life/death situation and get on with it.
EDIT: I mean, "seeing this investigation through".... You're hoping to get your hands on a video camera showing Seeking turning on the cheats?
If you wanted to make a decision, you would have done it. There is nothing smart or profound to be found here. You have a male/female person that had an above average number of "luck instances". That's all there is to it. Simple statistics. From my experience, as an average player (so trying to push my luck as far as it goes since I have nothing to lose, unlike tournament plays), I'll get 2-3 instances of pure luck in a game. Be it retreating in just the right time, moving something out of harms way, without knowing the harm is coming, randomly barraging FOW and getting a squad or two in the process..... etc.... so from my point of view, the clips on the first page are extremely suspicious. No amount of game sense is going to give you such precision. You can get lucky once or twice, but that's it. |
When i play soviet i feeel like im cheating, its just that ez.
Soviet has no weakness.
Then play soviets. Otherwise get a big dose of copium and stop the bullshitting with the axis bias. |
Tbh, gaming nowadays becomes more and more popular and you can make actual living out of by becoming competitive or entertaining enough. Its as valid and sometimes as demanding as regular sports.
Cheaters however existed always and everywhere where competition and high rewards are in question.
There were confirmed cheaters in all of e-sports, maybe with sole exception of fighting games.
Whatever the final outcome will be, this is certainly some quality drama that'll invoke polarising feelings and create apologists and accusers alike.
Not talking about the money part of video games, but the health part. Heard that top e-sport people play 12+ hours a day to stay competitive and relevant (finding metas, strategies that work, etc.).
I'm quite positive that in past COH2 tournaments, top level people cheated. Especially if it was not played in one venue. Don't know what the format was (playing from home, playing from some dedicated arena, venue, or whatever) in past tournaments, but COH2 played from the comfort of home definitely has cheaters. |
I bet my left kidney that this guy ain't the only one cheating on top levels of COH2. You'd have to be naive to think he is the sole cheater. To even play video games for a living, there has to be something wrong with you, so I seriously doubt that he's the only cheater. |