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Thread: Player Communication improvements for COH323 Sep 2021, 10:32 AM Not sure about the VOIP feature. The amount of idiots that often run around in these type of games that think only their strategy is valid and everyone need to follow their great tactical genius is quite high. I'd rather not have them shout into the game all the time. If it is added, there should be a "do not accept VOIP" option to just mute everyone as standard. However, this should also be indicated to the team mates that this player does not hear VOIP. Overall, I think a kind of ping/flag system would be best. Mute functions for text chat and pings should be implemented too. As well as a report button, but that is another topic. In: COH3 Central
Thread: Enforcement relic does not even review things well22 Sep 2021, 15:25 PM /closed for dumpster fire... In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: COH3 Retreat Paths, Solved22 Sep 2021, 13:42 PM I'd personally say yes to #1, but no to #2. Having the retreat path shown on the map would be a good step forward. The invisible retreat points would be weird though. They will just cause weird retreat paths that will change for every map. If they are too far away from the base sector, you suddenly create points that you must not lose because your units might be thrashed on the waypoint (I assume it will work as a hub for a larger area of the map). If they are too close, they could just be in the base sector anyway. The current system is not flawless, but at least it gives everyone a fairly clear message where a retreating unit is going (apart from edge cases where it is unclear if they go "left or right", but feature #1 would solve that). In: COH3 Central
Thread: Enforcement relic does not even review things well22 Sep 2021, 09:52 AM Oh boy. Standard video of two idiots insulting each other. I'm not sure what your point is. The other player was a dick to you. You've then been a dick to him. But only your opponent is at fault because "he said it first"? Really? I think this does not even work in kindergarden. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: OKW faust and mg coming too late?17 Sep 2021, 16:36 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2021, 16:11 PMPip Not that it matters, but it looks like the Penals actually got away on 1hp in that clip. Ah yes, you're right. I had to run the video in low res, I didn't see the squad symbol jumping. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW faust and mg coming too late?17 Sep 2021, 16:05 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2021, 15:21 PMOperator09 Are you guys really missing the point of why I did the vid 3? My point is you can play SOV easier with clown car with no regard/reckless compared to its counterpart AT infantry. As Soviet, you can always dive your clown car. It's a safe throw away for the clowncar though, whereas it is not safe that you get a reward for it. Where's the issue? Especially Jump back to quoted post17 Sep 2021, 15:21 PMOperator09 How is it not punishing for a clown car to just dive carelessly that's my point. As I have said I could move it away to my base but I did not, to show how you can easily play Clowncar+Penal or Flame with little risk high reward play. Tell me a sturm or PF, RE Zooks, Ranger Zooks, Para Zooks AT build that hits 100% on a light tank every time? Whereas you with Penal PTRS that 100% hit and you can just right-click light armors with no skill involved. Not to mention it outranges most of the infantry. The video proves that you can get your flak HT out of the situation, how is it prooving anythhing different? You could have even gotten his clowncar if you snared it. Plus he risked and in this case also lost his upgraded Penal. If you trade your flak HT for both Soviet units, it is still not a bad trade. Down in fuel, up in MP and mun. Regarding the second paragraph: most to all of these builds are backed up by ATGs, snares and MGs. They also can double volley you. PTRS Penals are strong vs LVs, no doubt, but you completely neglect all the down sides they have. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: OKW faust and mg coming too late?17 Sep 2021, 15:07 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Sep 2021, 17:32 PMOperator09 ... First video is a bug of the SPs targeting the passengers instead of the vehicle. Second video is working exactly as intended. Third video as Katitof said. I also don't stick close to Obersoldaten with an almost dead squad, why should I stick around PTRS squads with an almost dead vehicle? There's no point to make. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Increase MG scatter (focus fire)14 Sep 2021, 16:49 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2021, 16:38 PMMMX interesting, i always thought the scatter values would only define the area in which the damage is spread around the targeted model. so if i got this correctly increasing scatter by a fair amount would actually increase the damage output quite significantly via the additional accuracy rolls? that would be interesting to play around with for sure. I am not sure if there are additional roles or if the damage is fully transferred. I vaguely remember a post about this but can't recall the content. This is easily testable though. I didn't do throughout tests, but in cheat mode I saw that MGs do damage to a singular model. When I increased the scatter angle to 20 (plus increased ROF and decreased damage per shot), the all models got damaged roughly at the same rate, but not fully the same. I also don't know if there is a check per model or only one check and then damage to all models in the scatter area is applied. There are many options how Relic could have implemented this. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Increase MG scatter (focus fire)14 Sep 2021, 16:42 PM Jump back to quoted post14 Sep 2021, 16:29 PMrumartinez89 Now that you have peaked my interest good sir, I have a few questions. 1. Would increasing scatter help lets say the vickers suppress better? 2. Would decreasing scatter cause SMG units to drop single models faster? 3. Why is the BAR so high? I would expect it to be lower to drop models faster while the LMG to be higher so that it would do consistent damage to whole squad. 1. It could at least alleviate the issue of the Vickers killing a model and then not firing because it needs to aim at another target. The actual suppression of the Vickers is okay if no model dies. Additionally, ROF could be doubled and accuracy or damage halved to allow for more damage checks. In this case suppression must also be halved to cancel put the double ROF. 2. I can't remember the SMG scatter values. But unless they are exorbitantly high, I assume that they will almost always hit a single target due to the short ranges. 3. I have no idea. Maybe Relic wanted to simulate that the bar was originally designed as a portable LMG? This weapon was supposed to cover advancing troops while advancing yourself. Or maybe it had accuracy issues? Maybe someone here on the forum knows. I don't think these values have ever been up for balsnce consideration. I can't really remember any change to them in the patch notes. Edit: due to MMX's post it just came to my mind that there is the possibility of damage not being transferred, but the mechanic just acting as an additional roll for damage. In this case increasing the scatter must come with less accuracy or damage per bullet, otherwise the targeted model will just die the same. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Increase MG scatter (focus fire)14 Sep 2021, 16:17 PM Playing around with the mod tools, by accident I got a decent idea how focus fire works: Every bullet that rolls a hit, gets re-rolled to potentially hit another model nearby. What means "nearby"? Turns out the scatter values of small arms are not just there for calculating where the tracer should go visually. They define the area which models are considered "nearby". MGs in the game are actually a prime example of a weapon that is able to deal high damage to singular models in order to take them out early. While some MGs in the war were very accurate, their main task was to get fire superiority and suppress a large area rather than taking out one soldier after the other. This could be simulated by increasing and adjusting the scatter values of most automatic fire units. Currently, most weapons have such weird scatter profiles that the chance of another soldier being in the scatter area is fairly low, unless the target is in cover. Iirc, the HMG42 has an angular scatter of 3 degrees, which basically means that a second model should be closer than 2 meters on most ranges. Additionally, The scatter ratio values are set in a way that mostly models behind the actual target can be hit, but not in front of it. This makes some sense since a machine gunner will not aim towards the feet and recoil will make the weapon kick upwards. But in the end this leads to these weapons often focusing all of their DPS on the same model instead of using the damage spread mechanic that is in the game. There are some exceptions like the BAR that has 12 angular scatter, but from the weapons I checked most of them behaved as described above, both Axis and Allies. Obviously I have no intention to mess with in game balance that much at this point, so please consider this more of an idea than an actual discussion about balance (hence why this is posted in the gameplay section). In: COH2 Gameplay