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Thread: What changed in coh2 and what are they planning15 Oct 2016, 15:39 PM CoH1 and just the OKW army were in a humble bundle. Brought a fair bit of attention back to CoH1. Last couple weeks CoH1 has had more streaming than CoH2 which was fun. That seems to be more or less over though. There's the lulzy map tourney which could be fun if you're into building up map makers' exposure and rep. Not sure how balanced it's going to be, so it's mostly just for fun. But hey, that's preferable to trying to competitive in this game, TBH. In: Lobby
Thread: Relic wants your vote about balance15 Oct 2016, 15:14 PM Light vehicles (such as the Stuart & T70) over performing USF Mortar over performing Lack of viable commanders for Soviet & Wehrmacht Wehrmacht infantry not scaling in late game Wehrmacht's lack of counters to light vehicles Soviet Penals over performing Soviet Guards Rifle over performing Other Hmm, so the real question is which six problems do we want to have ignored? Best bet is to get the one thing changed that has the most impact. Light vehicles over performing seems to suggest more attention to allied LVs. I don't know if this means to include the 222 or not. Changes to T70s, Stuarts, AEC, 222s, and Luchs would all have to be different. The issues with each aren't universal. USF mortar is probably the biggest glaring issue that shouldn't exist in the first place. What it is, I don't even. Wehrmachts lack of counters to light vehicles is pretty much the same as light vehicles overperforming. Wehrmachts infantry not scaling to late game relates heavily towards their lack of counters to light vehicles, as well as the USF mortar wiping them, as well as Soviet infantry having early game synergy. Soviet Penals over performing has to do with synergy with Soviet Guards synergizing (Strong AT, pocket AT). Without the other they don't really overperform. "Lack of viable commanders for Soviet and Wehrmacht" is a very confusing. Either they're hoping it means the players want them to build more DLC, or to fix the multitude of obviously terrible commanders. Hopefully it means the latter, but commanders relate to an issue with COH2's whole design, not balance. Light vehicles play, the USF mortar, and soviet infantry have large impacts on Wehrmacht's infantry play, and therefore their ability to last to the late game. I feel like given the options, that "Wehrmacht infantry not scaling into the lategame" could potentially have the biggest impact on all the related issues. Or rather, all of these seem to contribute to Wehrmacht's (infantry) failing to get to (and surviving) the late game. However, based on reality, the USF mortar, which shouldn't have existed in the first place, and especially not in the ridiculous form it is in, is probably the biggest glaring issue. But coming up with a method for Wehrmacht infantry to scale better into the lategame might have the most beneficial impact. So, if there's actually going to be changes that are tested and balanced, I'd say wehrmacht lategame. If it's more 'what couple of numerical values do you want one person to change once randomly without testing in the next couple of months and never revisit?" then I'd go with USF mortar. In: Lobby
Thread: October 4th Update15 Oct 2016, 00:20 AM I've been trying to get people to try out and test some of their crazy theories, going so far as to make mods for them to test them, and it gets pretty much ignored in favor of continuing to bitch. Most of this forum could be dumped into a specific forum for ranting and hating on their last played game. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Would coh2 be better without abilities15 Oct 2016, 00:16 AM Jump back to quoted post13 Oct 2016, 22:00 PMzerocoh How about cutting your opponent munitions so he can't use abilities all the time? Needs more strat points. Needs strat points at all. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: [2vs2] RIP Axis11 Oct 2016, 15:59 PM Question is: How much manpower is being thrown at taking a building position? Will the end result of taking that building be worth the probably 5 muni and 3 fuel a minute? As OKW, you could send kubels around to cap while the penals are setting up camp in the buildings. Also as mentioned, the Flak HT might prove to be quite useful in that situation. I just don't like its setup time v Guards. Soviet t1 is more or less crippled with dealing with light vehicles and armor. Once the guards start flowing you should hopefully be able to kite them around. (Remember guards have to stop and aim their PTRS for 1 second, so if you keep at range and keep forcing them to move you can avoid taking a lot of damage.) But honestly, team games are hard to give advice for. Certain factions have really lopsided strategies like you mentioned. Maxim spam is powerful, and the USF mortar is just insane. There's a stupid amount of synergy in team games that's almost impossible to prepare for as a single player. There answer is not how you will deal with a team, but how you and your team will handle the opposing teams strategy. (Much easier said than done in randoms.) For double OKW on Ettel, I'd have one start with multiple kubels and go for lieg, the other volks into luchs. Kubel/lieg player then goes for either ostwind/jaeger or t4. Luchs player gets walking stukas. Both players get at least one raketen, probably more on the kubel/lieg player. Don't waste time and manpower fighting over central points, just make sure you have your fuel and at least 1/3rd of the other points. You will be behind, but Soviets and USF alike have weaker endgames than OKW. But I won't disagree with you unfortunately. One mistake as Axis (previously just Ostheer) usually costs you the game. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Some fun - cpu is better than real ally LoL10 Oct 2016, 22:36 PM In COH1 there were 3 kinds of blips you could make: "Attack, Defend, Capture". They were a single beep and functioned very well. The AI responded to them as well. In: Lobby
Thread: Balance suggestions for all factions9 Oct 2016, 16:26 PM These days I get to flex my sweet sweet H ranks. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Relic: No Japanese faction in CoH28 Oct 2016, 16:36 PM Ugh with the thread necro. But to pretend this is all valid here, Japanese, Italian, Hungary, etc, would probably be best implemented as a reskin and special voice acting. Germany provided considerable military support to its allies, so the idea of a platoon of non-German Axis people using German equipment is probably more plausible than trying to implement an entire independent faction that has to balance itself with all the other barely manageable factions. In: Lobby
Thread: Miragefla's December Balance Mod Additions8 Oct 2016, 03:50 AM I tinkered around in my mod a bit with vet 4 and 5... I got it so Axis units were capped at vet 3, but unlocked vet 4 and 5 for infantry and vehicles through global upgrades. I thought it worked out quite nicely. I also switched the most hefty bonuses and ability unlocks to vet 4 and 5 as well to make it more enticing though. In: Modding and Tools
Thread: Allied infantry vs Axis tanks7 Oct 2016, 19:54 PM Also like Guard Motor and Shock Rifle. Faction - Doctrine interaction has always been a bit wonky in this game. In: COH2 Balance