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Thread: State of the Soviets5 Dec 2019, 22:37 PM Couldn't read all of the above posts, so sorry if some points have already been covered extensively. My take on the issue: Previously, SOV was very bland since the only viable build was T1 Penals into T70. This was because 1. Conscripts were only mediocre and hard to replace in the late game and 2. The Maxim in T2 lacks a lot of firepower. So the best bet was to try to survive the vehicle game until you get a T70. To make Conscripts more viable, balance team introduced a late game upgrade - Mobilized Reserves. That was basically the only major SOV specific change (apart from IS2, which was part of an overall heavy overhaul). I think we should look at IS2 and Conscript problem as two different things. The easiest solution would be to tone down the late game buff of mobilized reserves. Conscripts have not become better during early game, but are the main reason why SOV is hard to bleed in the late game. Just up the MP cost a little bit or reduce the DPS boost in cover so that they are less efficient. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: m4AC AT rounds perform worse30 Nov 2019, 18:16 PM Jump back to quoted post30 Nov 2019, 18:13 PMRitter the numbers contradict each other. first the numbers are lower than in the ffirst row then higher. That would mean the roundis not always better Exactly this is what they say, and also what Vipper said. Apart from that: If this discussion does not improve in the next posts, thread will be closed. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: m4AC AT rounds perform worse30 Nov 2019, 18:14 PM Ritter you should seriously for once try to base your complaints on some data. Vipper has shown now multiple times that your initial claim is false. If you believe that his stats are a reflection of an old build, then do the tests yourself and request this from others. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Survey. Swap OST blitzkrieg for Hull Down28 Nov 2019, 17:58 PM I'm against that change. Blitzkrieg is a very good ability for both offense and defense and easy to use. Hull down is not, so thtis would be a decent nerf to OST tanks. Blitzkrieg also allows mediums to flank better and threaten TDs. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: CoH3 Player Retention & Monetization23 Nov 2019, 20:00 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Nov 2019, 19:46 PMKatitof Knowing Relics history of balance.... well, lets just say I don't expect much balance of them in regards to anything. Vanila factions were equally broken as DLC ones, only difference here is vanila were balanced a bit already when DLCs released. Just look at any single relic RTS, doesn't matter if base or DLC factions, they ALL were broken op. My comment was not about being "broken" in a sense that the faction has bad designs, not enough viable strategies etc, but in the sense that they were designed to be too strong on purpose to generate a higher perceived value for the players. Design issues are often fixable and I can forgive that. Even our current balance team with years of experience in the game has to correct their own changes sometimes because even they can't foresee all consequences, but exploiting players like that is not forgivable. Relic/Sega won't see a single penny or any support from me if this should become the case, and I hope that the players will "vote" like this as well. In: Lobby
Thread: CoH3 Player Retention & Monetization23 Nov 2019, 19:33 PM Seeing which route the once great "Total war" series has gone (taking out core factions from the games and reselling them as on-disk DLC while simultaneously now pumping out another shitty to mediocre game every year to milk the player base), I fear that CoH3 might go a similar way. We've seen parts of this in CoH2 already. Factions that were batshit broken on release. Nobody with a bit of honesty at Relic could have looked at this and said "yep, that's a balanced state to start with and we can sort out the rest later". The factions were planned to be OP to give incentive to buy them if you want to continue to have fun in one of your favourite games. Also it is questionable if a couple of units is really worth the price they are asking for at release. In my opinion it is not. Other games release whole DLCs with story, characters, items and even cinematic cut scenes for similar prices. And then there's the ingame store where you can buy skins (maybe forgivable), but also commanders which make up a huge part of the meta. Most of them were also broken at release to make people buy them. I'm sure that there are many people at Relic that are passionate about the franchise and want to produce a good game, but I assume that the corporate pressure from Sega will be too much. I'm not sure if I want to see CoH3 released. If this game is a shitty DLC festival, then our playerbase will be split even further and we will end up with basically two unplayable games. In: Lobby
Thread: Faction Rankings in 1v1 23 Nov 2019, 01:41 AM Before people start raging "OPOPOPOPOP!!!!!!11!1!11!" again, keep in mind that this ranking does absolutely not say how far the factions are apart in terms of overall power. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: About HMG42 gunner and formation....21 Nov 2019, 19:04 PM Sure this is specific to the MG42? I thought all MGs have their gunner in the front unless closeby cover (or sometimes janky algorithm) sends the other crew members to a spot in front of the MG. Changing it could be quite a buff for MGs, not sure if that is needed in general. Assuming that it can be changed by the balance team at all. I also sometimes felt that the crew should protect them more, but then again - logically thinking - no sane person would send his units in front of the own MG, that would just get them killed. Also the attackers would likely focus the gunner first. So if there really is a need for rebalancing, I think there should be a way to do it without breaking the authenticity. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Buff overnerfed Sniper21 Nov 2019, 09:06 AM Sniper is fine and can bleed your opponent hard if microed well. Just look at high level play. If it's ineffective for you, you're not microing it correctly. Don't buy it if you can't use it properly, but that is the same for every other unit In: COH2 Balance
Thread: cons cant uprade mobilize reserves after ptrs upgrade21 Nov 2019, 09:03 AM I'm not sure about the current balance of PTRS cons, but ehat the commander does is that it adds to your options. Like Ppsh upgrade, like the big T34 tank or the OKW P4 variant for OST. There are also commander slots that give you a straight up better unit, but adding a decent alternativ is in my opinion thr best design In: COH2 Bugs