Profile of Hannibal

I like some ideas like the irregulars and the sappers, but I think the commander is overloaded with infantry choices like this while not having any late game play.

Mark target should probably stay, sappers - as interesting as the idea might sound as a pitch - would be too much work to implement and should go. What would also fit the commander would be SVT or DsHK drops and the propaganda artillery.

EDIT: Almost forgot the ATG camo ability. Would fit in nicely as well.

Regarding the shells that go under the map, I am also wondering of they are just an animation not triggering so you just don't see a ground explosion or something.


Does anyone know if the animation is required for the rest of the calculations to actually trigger (i.e. penetration, AoE etc)?

ffs.
If you want to slug it out with low effort trolling and bad insults, use PMs. No one keeps you from writing each other that way, but don't ruin one thread after the other.

This is a problem create by allowing increasing powerful unit available earlier. The window of opportunity for some of those units has become very small and thus their shock value has been increased too much to even be considered to be built. That can easily lead to snowball effects.

Imo the pace of the game should be slowed down allowing more time for each phase of the game and more more options should be available for to counter light vehicles.

For instance Ostheer could get the 221 in durable version with limited AI but good at fighting cars and snipers and then 222 could be be delay become more expensive and become more AT oriented.

Flame vehicles could have their DOT moved to an ability so that they remain effective but for a limited timed.

All that would reduce the need for early AEC or for an OP T-70.

While I generally agree, I think this is way out of scope for CoH2. It would mean reworking the whole pricing and balance for basically every unit and ability in the game.

Also it depends on what kind of game you want, because at the moment a normal game lasts between 20-50 minutes. Slowing everything down would mean that games would regularly reach the 1 hour mark and more and not everyone wants to play these type of games.

The need for an early AEC could have been fixed by a different design of the faction. It's a remnant of bad emplacement design while the game has been (at least now) balanced around vehicle play and received a very prominent LV phase. But Brits where not designed to have a LV, the AEC was supposed to be optional.
I agree with Sir Edgelord here, we have to make small steps and try to improve what we got, even if this means that some results will always be subpar.

T-70 comes at the same time a Luchs does, or Luchs even earlier, while AEC sometimes comes at the same time as a 222 does. Simply not fair. I just want it to come out later, maybe when a Luchs does.
Idk about Jackson, I dun play USF.

I think the main issue is that UKF has so many side techs and is the only faction that needs to rely on IS for their AI fighting power until the mid game.

If UKF bolsters (and maybe even buys weapon racks) before the AEC, the AEC comes at an okay timing of about 7-8 minutes, which is not far off the timings of other LVs like Luchs, Puma, Stuart etc. However, if they don't, they can just skip these two minutes of fuel income and get it at 5-6 minutes. On the other hand you cannot screw with the costs of all these side techs too much because this would just mess up other timings.

If the AEC becomes gated too harshly and comes too late, UKF will have serious issues especially against OST because it cannot effectively fight the 222 and 251 since they will likely only have 1 unit with snares on the field. Additionally, LVs are usually the best way out of the downwards spiral if you fall behind in the early game. So if we'd nerf the AEC, all the weight is back on IS to at least win the infantry fights which could result in a buff of those and then again lead to oppressive fights against Axis infantry. Gladly we have left this phase behind.


I think we have only a couple of options:
- Increase some price by a very low fuel amount (5-10 max, otherwise UKF fuel economy could get screwed). AEC side tech would probably be the best target.
- Add some time (~20-30 sec) to the AEC research or build time
- Move some fuel costs. I think the only way to go here is to move 5 fuel from the grenade to the Platoon Command Post. UKF having grenades is not super oppressive and would not change too much, while at the same time we'd increase the total teching costs and delay the AEC a bit. However 5 fuel is really not much and translates to only 5-10 seconds of time. This also means that UKF tank timings get a mini nerf as well.
- Somehow split the AEC and let it come as weaker version (low armor or something). Then get it back to normal performance once bolster or so is researched (does not make much sense from a logical point of view, but could be a band aid)
- Final possibility I can think of: Rework the whole synergy between IS, UC and AEC. The current issue is that - if played correctly - UKF can propel itself through the early game with the UC, neglect infantry upgrades if it works well, force a LV from Axis as a counter and then insta build the AEC. I don't know what would be the best course of action here since the UC has a narrow window and IS are difficult to touch.