Profile of Darkbladecr

Clan medals would be awesome too (not just for age and members, but also for tourneys etc ^^)

sounds like a great idea, wish it all the best!

Well personally I can't wait for a functional tac map!

I agree that there should be balance, because if casuals don't like it then the game probably has no longterm future. Though for me it seems that the casuals in coh2 has a too big of a priority.

Surely if casuals are the focus then there wouldn't be a major sacrifice by listening to the interest of competitive players? Casuals usually complain about the same things we do.

In the beginning it was OP mortars, halftracks with flamers etc...

All we are doing now is seeing the problems early before the inexperienced do. I can guarentee eventually people will start to say the same things, if they haven't already. Unless we are talking about the Comp stompers, which will always want OP stuff...

Very nice shoutcast, liked the explanation of several new features and mentioning the changes and how it has affected the beta metagame.

Pretty fun game with all that ramming, a bit strange with the one on the Elefant, it seems like it bugged out and then re-rammed.

Quite interesting comparison tying in the dynamic US vs Wher matchup of vCoH and how it appears to be lacking with the current build of CoH2. Having played the beta quite a bit myself I would totally agree. I believe I have only ever built the T70 once myself, and that is because of the lack of a transition between mid game and late game. It seems like a straight switch from early game --> late game.

The idea for a russian upgrade that allows better movement and flanking during blizzards sounds quite interesting. I'm not sure how they could then implement this for the summer maps, but for the current blizzard mechanism this seems like a great idea. It would compliment that natural environment of the soviets, albeit to an extent, since everyone eventually freezes.

At the moment, riflenades and panzerfausts do seem a bit off. The fausts should be available a bit later game and should deal only pure damage. Maybe they could sometimes get the crew shock critical, but that is it. They should also be unlocked later as you have pointed out. The riflenades would then have a role early game versus light vehicles giving the chance to crit engines. And since the weapon would target the ground rather than the vehicle it would have a better reward for succeeding in a hit. Obviously with heavy vehicles, I don't think this should apply.

Upkeep has been mentioned several times and it really should change. With the current system allowing up 25 pop and no negative impact on your upkeep. And then furthermore if you put in a mechanic like the supply yard it would have a better meaning.

I am not sure about buying vet, but the current mechanics should change. The idea of changing Ostheer to kills vs soviets to damage could be interesting.