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Thread: [Winter Balance Update] General Discussion4 Dec 2020, 17:10 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 16:57 PMProtos Angelus ... You are projecting points into my post that I did not make. I only commented on your comparison where the points you made are misleading to players not knowing as much unit stats. Yes, Panther has good armor for its role, but comparing the armor of the Panther and Comet is pretty much useless and neglects the complete unit context. The Panther has an armor value that fits its role, Allies have counters available. It having the second highest armor value is pretty much useless info. ROF as well, that's why I pointed these out. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] General Discussion4 Dec 2020, 16:57 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 16:37 PMT.R. Stormjäger Excellent, that’s exactly how it should be. Not sure why you responded to this but at least we can agree on that. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 16:37 PMT.R. Stormjäger Ok....and? What does this accomplish? A pretty pointless buff to an OP unit. Why is this needed? Read the post. I was asking Sander why balance team is buffing accuracy instead of moving acc if they think that the Panther needs to perform better in dives. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] General Discussion4 Dec 2020, 16:07 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 15:49 PMProtos Angelus But that's it's only downside... Literally. You buff moving acc and you have a tank with no weaknesses. Agility? One of the best. Armour? 2nd best stock. AT? Combined with ROF one of the best HP? Best stock AI? OK with pintle mG, mediocre without Compare to Comet which is in the price class with the Panther: Agiltiy? Less accel, higher speed -> on par Armour? 30 more AT? Much less with lower ROF and lower range/penetration HP? 160 less AI? OK at all times Overall they are on par with different units filling different roles. Panther leans more to the AT side while Comet leans more to the AI side. Buff panther moving ACC and you literally remove the only weakness on it. Panther's armor is good against mediums but okay at best against Allied TD and gets bad once they vet up (in your comparison: Comet has 30 more armor despite facing vehicles with generally lower pen). ROF of the Panther is also middlish. I did not suggest a "make it impossible for the Panther to miss on the move" change. I think a change from 0.5 to 0.6 or so would not be that bad overall. And it also would not roll back the previous buff to mediums as much. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [Winter Balance Update] General Discussion4 Dec 2020, 15:34 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 13:37 PMSander93 I can't speak for the others, but I think the choice between the Panther and the Jagdpanzer IV / StuG is mostly a player preference and/or map/situation dependant. One isn't necessarily better/worse than the other against similar targets. I'd say all of them perform roughly similar against most targets at the moment. The JP4 has the range and DPM advantage, the StuG has the cost effectiveness advantage (get two for 1 Panther) and the Panther has the generalist/brawler advantage. The Panther however, is a mix of mostly mediocre characteristics. It has mediocre DPM, mediocre accuracy, kinda mediocre pen (for an AT vehicle), good but not fantastic mobility, held together with high durability. The complete package is good, but any one of those aspects on its own isn't anything to write home about. It is supposed to expose itself though, mostly by diving, where the current accuracy is often not adequate and it makes dives/attacks more risky than they should be. That is why it is being buffed slightly. That being said, the accuracy buff is being toned down in V2. And if it turns out that the Panther with increased accuracy becomes too good, then we can nerf something else about it later. Why then not just buff the moving accuracy? This would reinforce the mobile role that it has while not competing that much with the anti medium role of StuG/JP4. I think the general sentiment is that the Panther is already in a decent spot, straight buffs are quite dangerous in that regard. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Random OKW in team games – blood, guts and glory4 Dec 2020, 13:47 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 13:16 PMKatitof It actually is, because... well... its random. You might get faction X, Y or Z, you might get someone with meme commanders or a meta try hard. You might get HelpingHans, you might get thekingsown. It. Is. All. Random. You should NEVER join into a random team game with an attitude of "I will win", because you have, at the very best, control over 50% of your side. Yes, random games can be fun, no, random games aren't, weren't and won't be competitive if you are willing to put it down to a coin flip for literally a random person/faction/commanders you might get and the larger the game mode, the more random wheels to spin. And at which point was the "search game" button supposed to become a literal coin flip simulator? Usually there are supposed to be 30-50 min of game in between, this is why the whole match making exists, even if it often derps out heavily. No, playing without a team was never meant to get you an absolutely random outcome. It is supposed to give you equally skilled other players and a fair game. It. is. NOT. all. random. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 13:16 PMKatitof You can fix economical disadvantage of OKW in team games by NOT attempting to build a sim city yourself and playing long game. Fully with you on this one. Does not fix OKWs resource disadvantage though. And additionally since you seem to be quite keen on this: No, we are not talking about hardcore competitiveness on the level of tournaments and whatnot. We're talking about setting up a fair game for everyone, or at least as fair as possible within what we currently can do with this game. There is no good reason that in team games the whole cache building (read: additional income) is instantly burdened on the Ostheer player(s). It's not about the exact in-game model of caches, but about giving OKW some form of generating additional income for the team. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 13:16 PMKatitof Not all factions benefit from the exact same playstyle. What all factions do benefit from though is additional resources. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 13:16 PMKatitof Otherwise you might just give soviets early game weapon upgrades, USF rocket arty, Ost light tank etc. If you don't want to be exposed to a high game of chance of having perfect synergy or having none of it, don't play random teams. I have no idea how to be even more clear then that. Apples and oranges, mate. Final question though otherwise the upcoming discussion is quite pointless: Do you see a difference between having bad luck on getting thrown together players potentially worse than you vs being at a general disadvantage by default because even if you get equally skilled players you just can't generate the amount of resources that the other team can? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Random OKW in team games – blood, guts and glory4 Dec 2020, 13:08 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 12:38 PMKatitof If you play random.... don't complain you have it random. Its literally in the name and can not be any clearer. RANDOM. You expose yourself to pure luck the moment you press "search" in a team game without partner(s). You can't nor you should attempt to fix that. If your definition of random games is that it is fully intended to lose by coin flip, then alright. This game has a small player base, so rank mismatches are unavoidable. But you can and definitely should attempt to fix other factors that you you have control over. Everything else is just a lazy excuse. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Random OKW in team games – blood, guts and glory4 Dec 2020, 12:30 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 11:55 AMVipper Because okw where designed to be played with lower fuel income and the problem exist mostly under specific situation (all okw teams). If they get cashes, KT would proably have to be removed from stock. That design is long gone and while I am not a friend of caches and their current design, it would add consistency though. Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 11:59 AMKatitof Then don't stack a faction that doesn't stack well in team games. Don't try to fix what isn't broken. Disadvantages of a faction are not supposed to magically disappear because of game mode, at best other faction is capable of partially covering them. Randoms can't choose who they play with, and 3v3+ is what they mostly play. And caches in larger modes are dirt cheap for what they bring. Playing with mostly OKW because of pure luck puts you at a disadvantage by default. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Random OKW in team games – blood, guts and glory4 Dec 2020, 11:49 AM Jump back to quoted post4 Dec 2020, 11:31 AMVipper Yes all OKW have a disadvantage in large modes if the games has a long duration. I would argue that most all one "faction" teams have a disadvantage (although probably smaller ones). On the Other hand the "solution" will probably create more problems than it would solve. On the matter 221/223 the unit is simply badly designed as support unit . It has comparatively high cost/lower return and a Pop. I would rather have it replaced by Opel truck that "siphon" (the ability exist in the game already) resources from enemy sector and the 221/223 redesigned. But why not just add caches to OKW instead of complicated doctrinal reworks? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Old replay file does not have DOWNLOAD button on coh2.org4 Dec 2020, 11:45 AM Well then, just download it. There is a post somewhere that also tells you how to make old replays playable, although at this point they are probably broken beyond repair. /locked In: Lobby
Thread: Random OKW in team games – blood, guts and glory4 Dec 2020, 11:10 AM This thread would probably do a lot better if you did not add the poll. In: COH2 Gameplay