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Thread: PGrens post 4/24 patch28 Apr 2014, 14:45 PM How does one stay in mid range when opposing units receive the greatest chances of winning by closing that distance or by staying at range? How does one get into mid range without sustaining (considerable) fire in transit? The only mid range that feasibly exists is the distance a squad takes to go from long to close range. And that is what pgrens are good at: firing on the move and closing the distance. Now, they're worse off before and after they close that distance, so if just the initial push isn't enough, then it really won't be enough. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Last Patch27 Apr 2014, 21:23 PM And here I thought conscripts and grenadiers were not supposed to be balanced with each other considering the doctrinal units and penal battalions that soviets have access to in terms of infantry. But the way the game is supposedly being balanced seems to completely change gears with every patch, so who knows. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Penal Battalions THE THREAD!8 Mar 2014, 05:15 AM I wonder how hard and/or feasible making satchel charges like sticky nades would be... The long timer gives a german player time to maneuver and position itself best for an impending disabling effect. But at a certain point I feel like they should just be renamed Strelky In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Penal Battalions THE THREAD!6 Mar 2014, 19:04 PM Number one reason I ever used ram before it was nerfed to hell was for destroying the maingun on an enemy tank. Nothing else was more important than disabling the gun on german tanks. Immobilization or engine damage was secondary to eliminating the damage output. Implementing an ability that disabled the main gun would necessitate a removal or rebalancing of abilities like button and ram. Button <-> Ram <-> Disable main gun Any two and you have ensured methods for disabling german armor. Honestly I kinda like that sort of reliability. However I personally feel that what would be MOST useful would be the ability to damage or destroy tanks ability to rotate their turrets. Forget anything else, if turret rotation could get slowed or even stopped viz critical damage, then a whole new element of vehicle facing and positioning would be highlighted. A panther with it's gun stuck to the side would have to make a choice between trying to fight more or facing the wrong side of its armor, etc. IMO that's a whole lot more interesting than trying to get point and click abilities to fire. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Penetration as a function of Range1 Mar 2014, 17:49 PM Okay, sarcasm, got it. Often doesn't translate across text and in a forum rife with babelfish. One of the biggest things I recall the CoH2 team hailing was the homogenizing of the tables, specifically eliminating that sort of relationship between units. It's what allowed them to make CoH2 support mirror matching. Which was for some reason an important feature. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: 2014: Strongest faction and doctrines of COH?1 Mar 2014, 17:44 PM Well, the Opposing Fronts factions have incredible synergy with the vanilla factions in team games, which completely changes the mechanics for strategies. Otherwise completely unfeasible strategies become possible. (This was, in my opinion, what drove these factions to existence in the first place.) Depending on your team, the 'strongest' faction and doctrine can wildly fluctuate. In short, in non-1v1s, the strongest faction and doctrine is the one that synergizes with your team's overall strategy the best. In: COH Central
Thread: Sniper Balance1 Mar 2014, 17:03 PM Agh, now I'm nostalgic for volksgrenadiers and their 5 man squads. With the option for mp40s, even two snipers could get cut down by a charge. That final volks with an mp40 could often eliminate both snipers, if one hadn't fallen in the initial rush. Also, bikes. I mean, sure there are assault grenadiers, but assault grenadiers are way expensive, only in an all-in commander, and lacking in a lot of versatility. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Penetration as a function of Range28 Feb 2014, 19:08 PM Jump back to quoted post27 Feb 2014, 23:07 PMVolsky so much that nobody ever used the Sherman. wat. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Sniper Balance28 Feb 2014, 18:56 PM I usually rifle nade soviet snipers with an lmg gren squad to pretty good effect. They move out of cover/cloak, the lmg can tear them up, and the riflenade usually will wipe them. But that's really really situational, and relies on a bit too much of opponent error. And only applies to ostheer. It'd be nice if the spotter aside the soviet sniper could actually do some sort of spotting though. Their main function currently seems to chronically stand outside of cover and uncloak, and to prevent (counter)sniping from wiping the squad. (Sorry Vasily, I won't help, my job is to take your gun back to HQ for your replacement.) I mean, what else does the two man squad really do for the sniper? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Call to action - Let's Be Awesome Together16 Feb 2014, 00:25 AM Jump back to quoted post16 Feb 2014, 00:15 AMVon Kluge Relic created me? Rofl. I meant kludge. In: Lobby