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Thread: A Molotov problem or...?3 Jul 2015, 19:38 PM Flame is a specific damage type in CoH along with ballistics (tank shells) explosives (grenades/mortars/arty) and small arms. Infantry entities used to have a small chance of instantly dying at even 100% health when they took any kind of flame damage. This is no longer the case. I think because flame damage dealt small amounts of damage very rapidly (to simulate burning) it would create plenty of dicerolls that could at any moment result in instant death,. By requiring infantry to be already damaged to score those crits, the chances for sudden death is much harder to accomplish from flame damage alone. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Katyusha was really like?3 Jul 2015, 19:23 PM Resources are not guaranteed. Fifty fuel on one map and fifty fuel in the hands in one faction can vary so considerably from match to match and from map to map that analyzing units based off their cost is a fool's errand. It can be done with manpower alone to an extent, but not munitions or fuel, even for OKW. Incidentally, the arbitrary conversions of munitions and fuel to manpower as a method for balancing units I think has overwhelmingly been proven to be ineffective. The only conceivably balanced units based strictly on a cost-performance ratio are the basic core infantry. And even those are contentious at best. ***edit Also, to be on topic, Katyushas strike terror into ME when I am playing as axis, which usually results in large swathes of my front lines retreating in fear of a freak squad wipe. I think that's an effective enough derivative of the Katyusha's demoralizing effect historically. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor2 Jul 2015, 20:16 PM Disabling and damaging the turret of tanks is one of the better criticals in the game. It's kind of a shame they were removed. Slowing and stopping turret traversal actually created very meaningful choices. Facing a heavy tank's rear armor to align the gun to finish off a flanking light or medium tank is the kind of choices players should have to be making in battle. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Anti-aircraft as area denial2 Jul 2015, 20:10 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Jul 2015, 06:08 AMThoseDeafMutes Would also be cool to have a doctrinal ability called like "air superiority" or something that grounded enemy aircraft for the duration. So it would essentially be like a blizzard, but only affecting the enemy, for a munitions cost and a shorter duration. I've thought about this, but I've wondered how well it would work if it worked by sector via OP alternative. Instead of boosting munitions and fuel, there could be an OP that prevents air strikes in the sector. An alternative could be every one of those OPs gives an 'air superiority' rating that must exceed your opponents' to be able to prevent air strikes. AA units could also contribute to this 'air superiority' rating as well. I have had a mind to tinker around with it in mod tools, but it'd be a lot of time and effort for something that probably won't work once the next faction is grafted into the game. In: Lobby
Thread: Katyusha was really like?2 Jul 2015, 20:05 PM It'd work if it was just one volley instead of four maybe. Maybe. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostheer HMG too strong now2 Jul 2015, 20:03 PM Honestly, I'm very happy with how quickly HMGs (sans maxim) can suppress enemy infantry after the patch. I am not, however, too thrilled with how quickly squads then become pinned. Infantry being suppressed in the first burst at the furthest edge of the firing arc is fine, but when they can't even crawl out of max range before being pinned can be a little much. Especially with pioneer's sight it can be a challenge to even scout. (Although the most recent game that I was frustrated by this also had deep snow, which is a whole other topic.) Grenadier rifle suppression kind of compounds things though and makes it a further challenge to make a clear point. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: P4 wiping squds1 Jul 2015, 14:09 PM If there are corners that infantry are moving around, yeah any ballistic weapon has a chance to wipe even multiple squads. It is the same reason vehicles insist on driving directly into a movement blocking object and slowly pivot 3+ times around it. Pathing has trouble with corners. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Stug G vs. Soviet and Allied armor30 Jun 2015, 19:45 PM Ya'll ruin so many threads. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: US need more now.30 Jun 2015, 19:44 PM I wonder why OKW has to start with Sturms. It's not like they're a builder unit required for teching. I wonder how different things would be if OKW started with a volk squad instead. Kubel starts would be harder since there wouldn't be the fastest repairing unit around by default. The Puppchen just being available will remain the best deterrent against allies rushing for any kind of vehicle. And OKW always needs more volks. I dunno, the WFA armies are such a cluster that it's hard to approach balance without suggesting fundamental changes. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Ostheer HMG too strong now30 Jun 2015, 00:54 AM You can also potentially keep circling a building with an mg garrison to prevent it from ever setting up. It really cuts down on it's suppressive capabilities when it never gets to shoot. In: COH2 Balance