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Thread: Armor Company (US) vs. Mechanized Assault (Wehr)25 Apr 2015, 20:42 PM Neither is better then the other. Both have one useless ability, but both are pretty nice. Mechanized is good for the early jeep that can counter kubels. you can also go for light armor and use the refund to still rush early mediums. The artillery on it is amazing as well. The M3 is terrible though, don't use it. The commander is great for mobile play and tank rushes. Armor gives you assault engis to mix up your early builds with so you don't have to do a full rifle opening, but they can be tricky to use right. M10 provides you with a great cheap flanking TD and the 105 sherman destroys infantry quickly, you can also skip major. The arty is a bit situational, but is is great for area denial or if your opponent has a lot of defences in one place. Good luck trying to make use of advanced vehicle crews though. Nice all rounder commander gives you a variety of units and abilities to take on a variety of situations. I wouldn't say one is better then the other. They both act quite differently. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Suggestion: heavy weapon upgrades should affect mobility25 Apr 2015, 17:23 PM Not really necessary. Those weapons already need to be stopped to fire. I don't really see the need to punish them further in this way. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: American Base howitzer25 Apr 2015, 12:18 PM Jump back to quoted post25 Apr 2015, 12:09 PMStormless With veterancy it's perfectly fine to use on tier buildings and Pak43. That's really all you need to know on the major. As for mobile ranged units. USF has the best one in the game with the M8A1 vehicle. It's mobile, can smoke, can phosporous. I really don't think giving USF heavy arty, insane infantry, insane long range tanks, and AoE shell Jackson's is a good idea (Especially with talk of a pershing on the Horizon). OKW doesn't even have artillery and the axis artillery isn't that strong. M8 doesn't have phosphorus. And like I said earlier M8s role is very different then a actual arty unit, it relies on attrition. I don't want the US to get a nodoc heavy artillery unit, and I don't agree with OP's idea, I just know why he preposed it. I just want the alternatives to actual make up for it. The pack howitzers barrage needs to be buffed so it can actually punish defensive play, even if that means nerfing or completely removing it's autofire, because having two units covering the same exact role is terrible especially when one does it much better then the other. Major artillery could also use a some changes so it can actually hit things that aren't completely immobile. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: American Base howitzer25 Apr 2015, 10:49 AM Jump back to quoted post25 Apr 2015, 08:43 AMStormless Can I just point out to everyone, that the USF has some of the strongest pin point accuracy artillery in the game. Even with no commander, a vetted major can provide artillery and recon. Recon support pathfinder and mechanized artillery is just insane quick and acts just like the British liutenant from CoH1. It's also cheap as anything considering it's focused firepower. Major artillery and pin point should never be used in the same sentence. It's slow firing and inaccurate. Even if the target doesn't move before it starts landing(which there is plenty of time to do even for weapon teams) there is a good chance it will miss it's target entirely. Vet 2 adds two shells but your opponent has to be pretty bad to stay in the same place for even the initial 3 since there is a larger then normal time inbetween the shells landing . It's almost always a waste of munitions. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: m36-Jackson is over performing25 Apr 2015, 02:12 AM Jump back to quoted post25 Apr 2015, 02:11 AMAlexzandvar hull down vehicles are P-47 proof, so go wild. Really? How so? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Relic, you gonna fix 120mm, or not?24 Apr 2015, 17:50 PM It's fine. IF anything leig and the pack need to be buffed up to its standard. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: American Base howitzer23 Apr 2015, 22:48 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Apr 2015, 22:17 PMAlexzandvar Not really, just pointing our the fact USF actually does have some options for indirect fire they don't need to pay 151 fuel for. Both WFA factions are skimpy on indirect fire tbh. Not all indirect options provide the same role. There are attrition based indirect like mortars who's role is to bleed players as they attempt to attack or provide light anti support weapon support for your attacks. Then there are barrage type weapons who's roles to break up larger defensive formations and punish blobs. Okw has both types in their no doctrinal lineup. i would like to see them get more through commanders but it is by no means necessary as both will fulfill their roles without need of a doctrine. Unlike USF who has two attrition types and MUST choose a doctrine if they want a real barrage type indirect weapon. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: American Base howitzer23 Apr 2015, 22:15 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Apr 2015, 22:08 PMUS3K Yeah I've struggled against this a bit - particularly with a Pak43 up there comes a point in the late mid-game where your pushes no longer gain ground but just bleed your units, but you've no true camp punishing artillery to break the line if you've not gone infantry company. Pak-43 is notably hard to deal with especially considering the M8 has the same range as it and can't be used as a counter. If an m8 tries to hit it, the Pak will just one shot it right back. I was planning on making a dedicated thread about USF and defensive play later. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: American Base howitzer23 Apr 2015, 22:09 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Apr 2015, 22:05 PMAlexzandvar Okay, can OKW have a howitzer to because currently it has 1 indirect fire unit. Versus the Mortar HT and Priest. The infantry support howitzers/field guns are made to be used like the ZiS barrage, fired directly into enemy armies, not used for indirect fire support like mortars. You always have to find some way to make every thread into a buff OKW thread don't you? In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: American Base howitzer23 Apr 2015, 21:34 PM Jump back to quoted post23 Apr 2015, 21:23 PMBrachiaraidos That's only true in 1v1. Their usefulness drops off alarmingly fast as game size goes up. And their lack of a good barrage unit is a large part of it. In 1v1 you can always, harrass whichever two points he isn't defending well if your opponent gets too defensive. But with two players or more it's easier to span your defenses a wider. In 2v2 up it's really common for axis players to build a strong defensive with just a few MGs, paks, and OKW buildings. It's almost impossible for US players to punish this type of play since the only good barrage unit is the priest, which is only in one doctrine. USSR has the katyusha, OKW the stuka, and ostheer the panzerwerfer. Pack howitzers and M8 are both mortar like attrition weapons and aren't able to do that type of offensive damage quick enough to cover the same role as the rocket artillery units. In: COH2 Gameplay