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Thread: Rear Echelon Squads8 Aug 2014, 23:35 PM Changing RE squads could really help open the early game for the US. At the moment there isn't really any reason to get them over a rifle squad as vehicle crew makes them pretty redundant as you say. Changes I'd like to see are - improved long range effectiveness to go along with the theme of a support unit for rifles who close the distance - give them a mine ability (5 muni AT mine) - Increase cost to 200-220 Another idea would be to give them a rifle-nade ability like the one they use out of the fighting position as this would help with the lack of flamethrower for clearing garrisons. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Option to set turret facing be good, bad, or unnecessary?8 Aug 2014, 16:51 PM I think this would be pretty tricky to use effectively and would probably end up being more of a hindrance than any help (forget to reset orientation). In: Lobby
Thread: Luftwaffe Medical Supplies Broken8 Aug 2014, 16:22 PM Anyone got the stats on what these do? Because boy, my rifles just seemed to melt in front of them!! At the moment they are pretty broken as you can be really really aggressive with your drop and win the first engagement with 2-3 grens... Ofc the lack of a heavy tank at the end is a downside but I'm against any doctrine giving this much of an effect on the very early game. I would raise to 1cp and allow hostile factions to pick up. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Are Shock Troops balanced?1 Aug 2014, 16:33 PM I doubt that happened, Shocks DPS falls off quite rapidly at any sort of range, obers will win quite handily in the situation your describing... (even with the shorter range stg upgrade) I'm sure there was some other factor, grenades? Anyway, to answer your point, Shocks are excellent anti inf, but with no anti vehicle whatsoever. Much like obers, if used well they can cause serious damage but they are a liability with regards to bleeding manpower if you take too many losses. Pretty balanced IMO. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: My issue with the OKW.6 Jul 2014, 20:54 PM hey OP. Game your talking about was vs me I feel your pain, early game was brutal... Some points I can think of: - obersoldaten would have been real nice as I was basically forced into infantry only as it was far too risky to go for a light vehicle. Instead your volk/sturm army allowed me to effectively trade manpower and force my way back into the game - Panther was a strange choice considering you had a shreks and also an AT gun (enough to suitably control any vehicle I was going to bring out). A strumtiger might have been nice or even an earlier stuka. I actually think this is a problem for both WFA factions, hard to punish from having good map control. OKW can have a very strong army with limited fuel use due to low tech cost and high efficiency late game infantry. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Speed and Cost of Call-Ins Vehicles12 Jun 2014, 09:55 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Jun 2014, 01:18 AMSarantini Increasing CP's is the thing I would agree with. Call ins should supplement your vehicles not soleley consist out of it in my ideal world But such a long cool down seems unneseccary The problem with ONlY shifting the cps up is that if the player reaches the cps required, he will have enough fuel for multiple call ins (or at least close to) - and it wouldn't solve anything as it would still be viable to hold on until ~ 25 mins then steam roll with call ins (what is happening right now). (Though it would be tougher) For me a long cool down is a less gimmicky way of implementing a similar solution to the "only one call in available". As it would stop spam and make relying on call in armour very risky even if you make it to the cps... Right now commanders are mainly judged on the end game tank, changing their effectiveness will open up loads of different commanders viability as well as increase the use of ost T4 (panthers still gobble up t-34-76) In: Lobby
Thread: Speed and Cost of Call-Ins Vehicles12 Jun 2014, 00:25 AM -I would give all call in tanks a much higher CP requirement. Shifting mediums to 10-11 Cp's and the Heavy's to 14-15 Cp's -Give the call in a massive cool down (I'm talking 10-15 minutes or so) In: Lobby
Thread: S-Mines6 Jun 2014, 13:55 PM Another issue with them (also an issue for other elements) is the fact that tall tress can hide parts of the map, and hence hide the signs. This is a pretty big issue on road to Khrakov, which is why I don't like the idea of relying on signs to "balance" them. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: S-Mines4 Jun 2014, 09:24 AM Jump back to quoted post3 Jun 2014, 23:04 PMGustavGans Just for the record; the soviet mine costs half the ammo, has about equal buildtime, has no signs, wipes inf squads and cripples vehicles. 15 muni a segment (just need 60 to start laying). much less build time per segment. Also soviet mine is stupid at the moment with its AOE profile, but everyone knows that.... The soviet mine needs its stats changing. The ost mine needs its concept changing. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: S-Mines4 Jun 2014, 09:22 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Jun 2014, 02:34 AMDocRockwell The same as most topics on this forum: "I lose at CoH2, but it's not my fault. Here's a list of things to change so I can win more without having to improve". This isn't a moan OP thread, reading back through my posts it does seem that way... I don't have a problem with their balance but S-mines are gimmicky and just annoying to deal with. They were pretty poor when they had the long build times but just to "balance" the fact that they have signs they've been given this quick build time which means you can lay a patch in literally a second. They don't promote good game play and never have done in any patch, much like the "area wire" we had before, I'd rather it be replaced with a more conventional mine. In: COH2 Gameplay