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Thread: HOW to FIX MG's in this game4 Apr 2016, 16:06 PM YMMV with MGs against infantry because infantry don't actually get suppressed until given a new move command. So if you or your opponent tells an infantry squad to throw a grenade before an MG starts firing, they will waltz up to range, even once under fire and being suppressed, and throw the grenade. If you keep giving orders to the unit while under fire, they will drop to the ground once that suppression its. The only thing that breaks this is being pinned, as it disables the abilities. It's not 100%, as the suppression triggers when the entities have a new command, not necessarily the squad as a whole, but it's usually more than enough to get that grenade off. MGs in CoH are supposed to be about map control and denying infantry movement. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So penal is underpowered? or others are overpowered?4 Apr 2016, 15:52 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Apr 2016, 10:53 AMFiresparks guards are mostly fine. Seriously don't risk breaking two units in an attempt to fix one units. In additonal, switching penals and guards is just going to make things awkward for the guard motor and guard rifle tactic. penals are not fine. Going t1 basically mean trying to do an inferior US rifle spam. Just increase the awful mid and long range dps on the penal. It gives Soviet T1 an upgrade pathway that allows for a unit that scales into late game. It also doesn't make things as awkward as you might think considering most people go Guards for the PTRS, not for DP-28s or for a more MP bleeding infantry unit. As long as the Guards doctrines keep the PTRS available, those commanders stay in a good spot. My ultimate point is that there's 2 routes: Penals become defacto guards, or penals become stronger and remain in a useless tier, changing little to nothing. Strategically Soviet T1 is crippling. Simply buffing Penals in one dimension won't change that. It makes less it less bad, but not yet good. I mean really, the Guard/Shock/Nothing choice for Soviets has always made things awkward for Soviets to tech AND field a competent army. Penals have to get something like a grenade, a weapon upgrade that isn't a flamethower, and/or more durability with vet to make any changes worthwhile. As it stands Penals don't bring anything to the Soviet arsenal other than Satchel charges, which have been pretty much nerfed to being used only to kill Ostheer bunkers. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volks nerf4 Apr 2016, 06:45 AM Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 22:41 PMBeefSurge This makes no sense You got me. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volks nerf3 Apr 2016, 17:33 PM Specialized in general utility, no doubt. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volks nerf3 Apr 2016, 17:26 PM Jump back to quoted post3 Apr 2016, 06:39 AMvarunax Uh, no. Panzershrecks are hands down better vs everything compared to bazookas. Anyone saying otherwise is just ignorant. Bazookas reload 2 seconds (30%) faster than a Panzershreck while losing 50% damage and penetration. Sure, if the Bazooka fired twice as fast than it currently does, it would be worth it, but having only 2 seconds of difference while losing half the damage and penetration values isn't even worth the trade off. I wasn't comparing the schreck to the bazooka to each other directly in that sense. I understand the propensity to number crunch and argue in these threads, but that's not at all what I was comparing. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volks nerf3 Apr 2016, 00:58 AM Jump back to quoted post2 Apr 2016, 22:56 PMKatitof Which custom mod you play then? Let me guess, you'd pick con PTRS over zooks as well for their superior cost effectiveness? Bazookas can be better in Axis hands against Allied armor than they are in Allied hands against Axis armor. Especially in games where IS-2s or Pershings don't exist. But at the same time, Panzerschrecks are far more powerful in Allied hands than they are in Axis hands. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Alright let's make a poll.1 Apr 2016, 18:31 PM We already have Brits, and I'm not too keen on the campaigns. I haven't played Ardennes Assault (and it's apparently broken?) and the Eastern Campaign was just cringey. Given that, I'd probably prefer an Italian Army. Although I'd rather have a sort of pan-axis army with Hungarian, Czech, and Italian elements. I think Japan could work, but sitting in the jungle waiting for your opponents to starve to death before you do may not be the best gameplay. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: So penal is underpowered? or others are overpowered?1 Apr 2016, 18:16 PM In that case I'll repost this: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=616064538 That's a simple tuning pack I put together to test changes to Soviet T1. Play the AI or grab a friend and try out some T1 modified Guards action. Currently: Guards are in T1. They come without PTRS. PTRS upgrade added for Guards: a clone of conscripts upgrade. This upgrade is only available if a commander that normally would call in guards is chosen, keeping PTRS behind doctrine.) Penals replace Guards in commanders, at 0 CP. (Guard ability changed to 0 CP, and made to call in Penal Battalions.) Adjustments to balance: Guard entity cost/time from 55mp/5.5 sec to 50mp/5 sec. Guard Mosin nagant moving accuracy modifier from 0.75 to 0.6 Guard Mosin nagant far accuracy from 0.526 to 0.398 (4/6ths of grenadiers Kar98k.) Guards DP-28 upgrade requires either T2 OR T3. Guards grenades use requires both molotovs and at nades to be researched from HQ. Penals SVT mid range accuracy from 0.46 to .555 (5/6th rifle's M1 Garand) Penals SVT moving accuracy from 0.5 to 0.6 Dispatch recharge time fpr Penals set to 26 (from 36 for Guards; time to build Penals from T1 is 27 seconds.) I find that Penal Battalions work well in a doctrinal sense. They weren't exactly the backbone of the Soviet Army to begin with, and in CoH2 they don't actually function as such either. (Please note I use this mod to test things randomly, and I think the Panzergrenadiers STGs might be modified to use short burst fires at long range, not sure if I uploaded that build to the workshop...) Sure swapping Penals and Guards would require some commander redesign, but honestly, I'd rather commanders need balancing over stock units and core faction teching. But nonetheless by swapping Penals for Guards, any doctrine that has Guards becomes a doctrine that gives PTRS for the mainline soviet infantry. Without a Guards Doctrine commander, there are no PTRS for them, which I think alone smooths over a lot of commander balance issues. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volks nerf1 Apr 2016, 09:29 AM Panzerfausts on Volksgrenadiers that dealt 120 or even 160 damage instead of schrecks would work to retain the apparently necessary tank sniping, but create a continuous munitions bleed. It doesn't even have to snare. Tank and raketen support would be paramount. Sturms or Obers are still candidates for Panzerschrecks for that reliable infantry AT, and are much less spammable. I personally think Obers are the natural choice, as Sturms have pretty stretched responsibilities as it is, but for some reason people freak at that notion, even if its combined with a powerful volksgrenadier panzerfaust. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Volks nerf1 Apr 2016, 01:39 AM Schecks on volks wouldn't be so bad if they weren't essentially free vet 4 or 5 for 90 muni. Well that and if they weren't so accurate at maximum A-move range. (Essentially a result of said vet.) Panzerschrecks should miss like crazy at max range, vetted or no, but reliably hit at mid to short range. That alone would put the scheck in a much more defensive posture, which is where it should be. In: COH2 Balance