Profile of Rosbone

But the info wouldn't be gone for you, if you hadn't questioned the gender of a Relic employee

I came to the forum post.
I said this post needs explained.
So I explained the confusion.
I felt my argument was solid and left.
Weeks later I get banned.
I ask who banned me? No answer.
My pal Shadowlink says You crossed a line.
I say "I did?" but...but...BANNED!
Do I know who banned me or why?
I read my post from others point of view.
I figure I messed up. Went to far with the joke.
I accept my punishment.
I move on.
Now I watch Stream and wait for Coh3 to git gud.
Any day now...
Reality sets in and I have the feels...
Dec 5th patch comes out and hopes comes back...
But Relic is playing the long con and Coh3 never gits gud...
I do LSD and figure out their plans! I'm on to you!
I give up all hope and play guitar badly instead.

Up until the last sentence, I agree.
VPs do feel fine, stomps end fast and equal games last due to constant contested VPs.

I have no opinion about the VP time. I was just saying, logically, if you want to have lights and mediums be important for more than a minute or two you will need to play longer so that heavies have a time to shine. In my mind that means longer games or longer VP tick rates.

Coh3 was designed for new players to get accustomed to playing an RTS. Which is a very smart move for a business. Sadly it needed at least 2 more years of development.

Typical ROSBONE post, stop reading here.

SINGLE PLAYER
So we have a buggy bare bones single player experience that people are not happy about. Almost a year later, people are STILL saying that they get a bug that stops them from finishing the game. But mechanics like PAUSE are great for letting new players get their feet wet.

They added the world map thing that is a great idea. The more ways to play the game the better. Make it more interesting for new players to find a groove and a way to enjoy the game.

I have never played a single player campaign (Coh1, Coh2, Coh3), so I do not know if the new ones help new players. And no one I watch streams it.

MULTIPLAYER
The multiplayer aspect is probably pretty close to what they originally planned, but again needs more dev time and maps. The mechanics are not as deep as Coh2 and reward simple play styles which helps new players.

Things like faster VP tick rate seem planned for people who DONT want to play an hour long game. Was this an internal decision or derived from focus group data???

They also planned forward reinforce being important for the faster VP rate, but that got changed when the community found it to promote brain dead blobbing. This threw a monkey wrench in the designs.

DA FUTURE
Single player people got the last DLC, which was a joke for the money and was just something to put out and not get sued by the premium purchasers. SP will not get better unless Relic are working on a REAL dlc that was not finished in time for Dec 4th patch. And that new DLC is affordable. People are very mad about the price of the DLC, as they should be.

I would say a majority of players prefer the Coh2 style of play. This is the scary part. Will Relic keep working on Coh3 long enough to get it working closer to Coh2 or will they drop it. Leaving the community split like Coh1 and Coh2 have been forever. Katitof eats baloney. Since the DLC had so little in it, it seems like Relic will leave Coh3 as is. Which means it will never replace Coh2. Once more maps are added the player counts will balance out. Currently its like 60-70% Coh2 vs 30-40% Coh3.

The multiplayer style may not change much, so the schism we always see will remain. People who like deep mechanics and good design will stay with Coh2. People who like the shiny new thing will stay on Coh3.

Sega didn't just shoot themselves in the foot with this early release, they actually blew their legs off at the pelvis. DOW3 all over again, just like we all knew they would.

They started out way behind and have never caught up. Each patch is about 70% of what it should be, which indicates a longer time table. Coh3 may be great in 2-3 years, just like Coh and Coh2 before it.

Have to agree. The whole reason I play CoH over shit like Starcraft 2 (or whatever its called) or Age of Empires is because I have more fun with the tactics part more than the "ooga booga me build worker to mine fart gas and unobtanium crystals to build 100 flying units and A move them to enemy" part.

Bro! Stop. Now I have to debate for the next 3 hours who had the more based post today: You or Protos.

Thanks guys for these great posts! But dont feel limited to my questions. Any insights into mechanics that should be considered when making a map are needed!

Much Love

COVER
Other thoughts might be use of green cover for example. It seems like TTK and grenade debuffs makes green cover weaker. So more green cover is OK in Coh3.

From a mappers view, this is a good thing because every faction having a vehicle means any yellow cover you put down will be destroyed 2 minutes into the game. Coh3 also seems to let small arms fire destroy cover objects which is a horrible idea. Makes sense why every map is wide open with only green cover.

ROADS
Coh3 lacks red cover roads but has ways to give speed bonus. Is it still a bad idea to have a speed bonus road leading straight back to your base when retreating units?