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Thread: Stock recon planes passes15 Jul 2020, 10:55 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Jul 2020, 10:47 AMVipper Actually I would argue that this is a higher priority issue than doctrinal flares since it involves stock abilities that are available in every game and not only a specific commander is chosen in team games and his teammate has access to off maps. I disagree on that. Royal arty commander is absolute meta especially in team games and Spec Ops is also played very often. OKW can easily combine it with rocket artillery as well, USF and UKF cannot. For team games it takes a lot of coordination because the passes happen quite quickly. I have to say that I rarely see those recon plane passes, probably mostly because the UKF officer is often not build and many people think that you need to walk close to the point which you want to recon with both officers, since the range and the whole visual information of this abilities suggest so. But maybe this is very rank and game mode specific. As I said, I rarely encounter these stock recon planes. The only time I see them is when I use them myself. In: Lobby
Thread: Nerf spec ops flares15 Jul 2020, 10:49 AM Jump back to quoted post15 Jul 2020, 10:22 AMDarkpiatre Taking intel to planify a game plan and see what is coming/targeting properly your arty seems more in the spirit of the game than anything else. You can blame whatever you want but the more you decide to nerf every utility capabilities the more the game will turn into a idiotic blob contest. The only reason this post is here is because it is something only OKW has, on the other side the widely use Royal arty and its flares didn't get a similar post for some reason. Abilities that need some thought about input and allow counterplay force players to think ahead and make an actual plan for the offensive. In contrast, the spec ops flare just require the click of a button and a click on usually a very obvious area of the map. I don't see how this option is superior to the first one. People have been mentioning royal arty flares along the whole thread, and a quick search would show you that royal arty flares got posted about in march as well. I think one reason why OKW flares are more complained about is because they synergize so well with rocket artillery which both Axis faction can build. Put it in the backline and you can hit anything you want. The royal arty ones are bad too, but you usually can't hit the most vulnerable squads (reinforcing at FRPs etc). And you need to call it in for your Soviet team mate, it does not help much for other UKF or USF players. You can go for the double combo of flares and the concentrated barrage, but that's 160 munitions. Both abilities are bad, but I also think that the OKW one is way more cheesy. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Stock recon planes passes15 Jul 2020, 10:05 AM Planes coming from behind enemy lanes are more of an issue, the one that come from the own base are fine. But then again they are quite expensive for what they offer, so they are not spammable. Especially compared to recon loiters that will provide vision on a large area for long times. I'd say it's an issue, but rather low priority. Other recon options like offmap flares should be fixed first if time is scarce In: Lobby
Thread: Nerf spec ops flares14 Jul 2020, 14:29 PM Well we've had that topic plenty of times. Maybe now that many issues have been fixed and from what it looks like the majority of the community at least here on org agrees that the next patch should clean up small issues, there is also a chance that OKW and UKF flares will be reworked. Giving it to infantry units would be the best fix I think. Otherwise plane pass or loiter. Or the recon-smoke pass that OKW has on another commander In: COH2 Balance
Thread: CoH2 Build Order Project: Soviet T1 Build14 Jul 2020, 06:52 AM Nice to see that you are still doing those In: Lobby
Thread: Relic close to shutting down - not profitable14 Jul 2020, 06:51 AM Locked. Don't necro guys, easy as that. In: Lobby
Thread: UI Bug Seemingly Increasing in Frequency on Eindhoven13 Jul 2020, 08:12 AM Jump back to quoted post12 Jul 2020, 20:10 PMcochosgo Happened again, this time with cons Please provide some more info if possible about what you did before that and if it was fixable. Best case also provide a replay file. But from what I get from our map makers in this thread, this problem is not fixable from the community side, so to be honest I don't know how much reporting and describing this bug really helps. In: COH2 Bugs
Thread: Unresponsive controls12 Jul 2020, 22:54 PM If you are in central Europe, sometimes there are heavy lags and units take at least half a second and sometimes significantly longer to execute orders. It might be that this could interfer with giving multiple orders in quivk succession. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: The state of 3v3 map pool11 Jul 2020, 16:45 PM I disagree with a lot of your categorizations. Steppes and General Mud are one of the few 3v3 maps were some kind of flanking is actually possible, and this is a good thing in my opinion. Lienne and La Glaize are very decent maps regarding the variety of environments and size. On Ettelbrück I agree, I'd rather have it in the 2v2 pool were it actually was two years ago or so. Angermünde is okay for me, too laney for my taste but alright. Agree also on Winnekendonk. For the good and acceptable list I personally do not like Rzhev and Oka River because these maps are small. Especially the Oka River map often turns into a 2v2 and a 1v1 on the same map due to the layout. The huge river is a bad design feature in my eyes and is the counterpart to red cover for infantry, only that vehicle handling becomes way more clunky on top. Hamburg has just a couple of lanes. Every player already takes up one lane and there is no way to flank it. It is a rather small map if you look at the usable space. Across the Rhine is also one that I am divided about. The whole waterside does not make sense to me. There is only one entrance from the middle of the map to allow flanking and it heavily helps only one team. The players that end up on that side of the map usually duell in a 1v1 for most of the time. In contrast to Oka, it is at least easier to transfer units to other parts of the battlefield and support your team mates. In: Lobby
Thread: Rushing fuel points without connection11 Jul 2020, 11:34 AM Jump back to quoted post11 Jul 2020, 11:15 AMProtos Angelus OKW sturms can drive out rifleman squads in garrison and Volks molly too (since it burns it's much better than one nade that can easily be dodged if paying attention). OST has the long range no fuse nade that can easily drive you out. Especially since 50% of audio cues do not play (GRANADE!) or less. I've lost many a unit due to no audio being played on nade use (or playing with Asians/US and having 3 sec latency). Soviets can easily drive out with molly too. US and UK don't really have anything to drive out effectively. Still, absolute income in early game can dictate the rest of the game, especially munitions. Most players tend to ignore munition points and then flame OKW OP! OST OP! when they can easily nade and molly your positoins, while you can't (or they just leave like it happened last 5 games in a row, 2 wins -- 3 loses --> 5 abandones, rank 100 xD). I'd argue that absolute income matters at each stage of the game. And that's how I usually play USF. 3 Rifles fight while echelon caps what it can. I usually win games where I have munitions income early on cause it allows rifles to equip bars to fight medium range since they lose long range (green cover vs green cover directional) to everything except CQC units and no MG42 grens (that's where MG42 comes into play as a counter). I don't know, I have noticed a trend that if I win early game and have a lot of capped positions, it's easier to transition into next stages. This is of course 3v3. 1v1 is vastly different. 2v2 a bit less but still different. OST riflenades only come after 40 fuel which is about 3 minutes into the game and becomes even longer when the fuel is contested, molotows come even later. And Sturmpios only work well against garrison when there is no or only one window on one side, otherwise you will likely lose or at the very best are forced into a bad trade. Many team maps have garrisons or cover positions near the fuel point (and if not many mainlines can build it). If you manage to contest it for even two to three minutes, that's 14-21 fuel your opponent does not have. And if you manage to get the income of that for one of those minutes, you gain another 7 fuel, giving you an effective 21-28 fuel surplus over your opponents. The tactic is not as popular in 1v1 because it is easier to just ignore your own fuel point and take cut offs from your opponent to deny his resources and even it out again. Relative income is the whole reason why cutoffs exist: because you can cause a lot of resource damage by only neutralizing them and keeping them neutralized. You don't need to get the income from that point to gain an advantage. I do not understand your points about absolute income. If you manage get ahead of your opponent for 50 fuel, munitions or whatever, you will get your tank/mine/upgrade earlier and manifest the lead. You do not get an advantage by having an high absolute income, you get it by having a higher income than your opponent. In: Lobby