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Thread: Infantry Medkit heals team weapons15 May 2019, 17:54 PM When used on an AT gun or artillery piece, the Infantry Medkit (Ostheer ability) heals the crew (as intended) and repairs the weapon itself (if intended, not documented or consistent with other forms of healing). This seems to be due to the targeting of the ability requiring only one entity of a squad to be of the "infantry" type. The healing does not further check whether the unit is man or machine. The amount of healing is relatively low (80 out of 350) and it's rather fitting for the German combined arms theme, but I think it has the potential to be abused. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Consolidated Commander Roster and General Balance Changes11 May 2019, 20:03 PM I think the accuracy nerf for light vehicle passengers isn't the right way to make AT weapons used from them less effective. (Assuming they work like other projectiles,) they still have a chance to hit if they "miss". That's why tanks gain scatter when moving in addition to reduced accuracy. The best way to nerf AT weapons from light vehicles would be scatter or reload nerfs, both of which have a disproportionate effect on the intended weapons. In: Lobby
Thread: CoH3 will be MODERN WARFARE ??????8 May 2019, 20:58 PM Jump back to quoted post8 May 2019, 19:52 PMKatitof Because early war presents opportunities for more new factions and shitload of "new" tanks and equipment, Oh God, I just realized that if I want to keep being a US main I might have to use the M3 Lee. I hate that tank. But really, having a different setting, even within WW2, would be nice for variety since a pretty large part of faction design comes down to real life equipment. Also, about modern small arms, Western armies usually use their rifles in semi-auto, while other armies doctrinally prefer full-auto. That could be a nice for asymmetry. In: Lobby
Thread: Rebirth of the Sherman Jumbo idea.7 May 2019, 19:37 PM Jump back to quoted post7 May 2019, 19:21 PMOsinyagov Yep, that i was talking about. I still curious about possible untextured end of the gun, because there is no polygons for it. Maybe that part would be too small to notice? I looked back at what you said and agree. I'd like to see how it looks in-game. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Rebirth of the Sherman Jumbo idea.7 May 2019, 19:17 PM Huh, I always assumed that cutting down the barrel with skin transparencies would just make the muzzle blast happen too far away from the new barrel. I'll have to take a look at this! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Universal carrier rework thread7 May 2019, 19:02 PM What if the UC was less expensive, but the default bren did less damage? That means it causes less bleed right away, is easier to fit into builds, and is just as good when it's upgraded with an MG or flamethrower. There's also less opportunity cost for using it to ferry troops around. EDIT: the bren does 11.4 dps at max range; that's almost as much as a grenadier squad with mg42, and it fires on the move. Other light vehicles use BAR-like curves that get worse at range. Maybe the bren should as well, but the Vickers follows the lmg curve? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: CoH3 will be MODERN WARFARE ??????30 Apr 2019, 02:42 AM I was sure that it would be Mediterranean, but I think Cold War would be an awesome setting. The aesthetic could be more distinct than "This is media about WW2". Either way, I have a feeling that not including any of the armies from previous games is going to free up a lot of faction design concepts since players and developers have no design-related expectations of them (British need emplacements, Germans need small squads, etc). In: Lobby
Thread: Soviet General Faction Changes - New cmdr mod 5.025 Apr 2019, 22:10 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Apr 2019, 20:52 PMCrecer13 The theme I mean is that Conscripts are cheap and not that effective per man. Instead of making them have more firepower like other troops, this reinforces that they are cheap and not that effective per man. It's good for the unit's identity, and more importantly, the game's unit diversity. It's not about history, it's a playing piece in a game. Squad sizes in-game have nothing to do with real squad sizes; it's abstract. I didn't say anything about the names of units, but I completely agree there. "Penal Battalion" especially rubs me the wrong way because they're a squad, and the name is designed to shock, like much of the Soviet campaign. Also, agreed with Katitof on the M-42's rate of fire. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sniper Cover Concept25 Apr 2019, 20:41 PM I would be happy to work on the implementation; I'll post again after some testing. As a related issue, do you guys think that snipers should be "equal opportunity shooters"? as is, they treat all infantry targets the same way. That adds some interesting use choices (don't bother with sniper vs conscripts), but also adds some issues (German sniper hurts British much more than Soviets). Or should they engage different squad sizes or RAs with different speed? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sections need their out of cover stats reverted25 Apr 2019, 20:21 PM UKF has been on a long road from being a gimmick faction to a normal one; it's inevitable that there are balance issues (up and down) as the OP stuff they leaned on is pulled out from under them, and standard tools are added making other OP stuff unnecessary. Putting Bolster behind T1 sounds fair, and any tweaks made in the name of build diversity sound good to me. In: COH2 Balance