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Thread: T4 and the Panther8 Mar 2014, 23:50 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2014, 23:36 PMMarcoRossolini FWIW the effectiveness of Guards if you have some patience can't be understated. I've had 2-3 triple vet guards squads that have come up, waited for Panthers to attack and then alternated buttoning all the while blazing away with AT rifles, surprisingly effective, add in an SU-85 behind or SU-76M and a Panther is going down... HOWEVER, the most significant problem as said before is that Soviets have absolutely no Mobile (i.e. turreted) AT (non-doctrinally ofc). It's ridiculous how easy it is for a Panther to simply blitz or just reverse out of an attack and the Soviets are hardpressed to pursue. Pretty much it makes attacking Soviet positions a giant Vet maker for German tanks and once they hit Vet 2 they become almost unstoppable... 2-3 upgraded gaurds alternating button? Who the hell has munitions for that? That's 180 for upgrades and another 120 for them all to use button. You might have been able to pull that off once with a huge lead, but that's just not sustainable for a close match. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How to further improve coh28 Mar 2014, 23:41 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2014, 23:22 PMMarcoRossolini To me a great deal of things are okay but currently I think the way rear armour works is rubbish. Basically it makes flanking pointless because tanks like the T-34 which are forced to flank still can't pen very easily units like the Tiger from the rear. It's hilariously depressing going to all the trouble to flank a tiger (because ramming ain't an option, I want to give my tanks some vet at some point) and they just bounce off all day. Same goes for other German heavies. I'm not sure about Soviet heavies, since most german tanks seem to be able to pen their rears fine but that's probably my experience and isn't backed up by numbers. Yep, flanking is horrendously unrewarding for the soviets. You get maybe a 20% increase inn pen, but your tanks become super vunerable to the enemies arriving support. I often take more casualties then my enemies in succesful flanks. Even if you manage to catch them with no support and completely from behind tigers and panthers can usually take out 2 T34s before they go down. Anyone who says that T34s are good flankers simply don't play soviets enough. Their best function is to stay behind the at guns and keep infantry and tanks away. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: T4 and the Panther8 Mar 2014, 21:26 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2014, 16:36 PMsluzbenik I just wish they could balance this goddamn game. Seriously, Soviets are way too good early, or rather, German squads get gibbed too easily. If you take few losses with Soviets and play super well, usually you are looking at a float of 600-800 MP midgame, just retarded. Having played a lot more 2v2s lately where I can get Panthers out, yeah, I now admit they're kinda ridiculous. Vet 2 is obscene, but very rare (unless they use Elite troops). SU85s can keep them at bay, but you really need to double team them with some guards unless you have an IS-2 or ISU. In which case in the game I just played, I counter with Tiger Ace, or a Tiger to support a Panther and act as a damage sink. I've said it before, but it bears repeating - you can't beat the M10 and Hellcats, and vet Airborne from vCOH to counter late Axis armor. Soviets need a mobile tank destroyer that you can micro and has the speed to chase damaged Panthers. I would like the game a lot more with M10s and no SU85s. While early game might favor soviets a bit, it is nowhere near scewed as far as that late game. There has never been a soviet opening I haven't been able to defeat with a bit a manuevering and flanking, but out manuevering as the soviets in the late game is terribly unrewarding. Just the other day I was playing a game against an opponent who I was beating pretty well until he brought out an elephant against my su-85s. I managed to force away his infantry and flank him from both behind and the front with fricking su-85s which isn't exactly easy too do, but the damn thing was able to turn kill one and then turn and kill the other while only taking a quarter of damage. A lot of the tanks on the ostheer except the Tiger have way too much health for the amount of armor and sometimes speed they have. It feels as though they were balanced against a total different faction that actually has effective AT. The only reason I suggested my change in the first place is because it just takes way too long to kill even if you do outmanuever them. There was some talk at variable penetration at ranges, which I think could be a better solution then even the one I suggested. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T4 and the Panther8 Mar 2014, 16:06 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Mar 2014, 15:27 PMJHeartless Well sure that would always be nice. But they arent hard to deal with in 1v1. They have a critical weakness. They really cant do anything to infantry. Although I would prefer something like the KV85 or lend lease bazookas etc if team games just scaled like larger 1v1 rather than the land of plenty Panther losses would crush Ost as bad as in 1v1. Which point it would be right around the same as it is there. Not hard to deal with and punished upon loss. Innefectivness to infantry isn't a weakness when soviet infantry isn't effective against against it. The su-85 will blow if schreck squads get anywhere near it while the panther deflects at nades most of the time and it would take way too long for guards to do any damage. All they can do is try to make sure it can't charge the at but that only works defensively. There is no way to be aggressive against panthers, and if you you aren't aggressive, you are going to lose eventually. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Penal Battalions THE THREAD!6 Mar 2014, 20:18 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2014, 18:59 PMTristan44 When my penal is unsupported and gets into action, I pay for it dearly. ...squad Sometimes my penals don't work or explodes too early ... Squad. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T4 and the Panther6 Mar 2014, 20:12 PM Ok guys! It's fine to get a little off topic, but we need to get back now. Panthers and T4 remember? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T4 and the Panther6 Mar 2014, 15:17 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2014, 15:13 PMKronosaur0s Lol at Maxims take more micro than MG42. Repositioning the maxim is so fast, that I've seen many people using it to CAP points XD I've used both MGs to take points frequently, and since when is repositioning not micro? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Sniper Balance6 Mar 2014, 13:35 PM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2014, 12:22 PM__deleted__ Splendid. Only one thing I disagree to. Actually shocks are not more expensive than PZGrens. In my opinion you should ad at their price the T2 and the upgrade to T2 prices. Then, if we remake the calcullation we will obtain a cheaper unit that tears appart a more expensive one. Good thing they were moved at 2 CP and i hope they stay there. By that logic Tigers are cheaper then panzer 4s. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Partisans reinforcement cost.4 Mar 2014, 20:22 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2014, 16:00 PMofield but they can merge with irregulars, which makes irregulars quite okay-useful in early game. but they don't succeed vs vet grens. But then irregulars don't get rapid conscription which sucks. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: T4 and the Panther4 Mar 2014, 17:11 PM Jump back to quoted post4 Mar 2014, 10:43 AMMr. Someguy I've always had an easier time with Soviets. It's easier to just point a squad at a sector and check up on them every once in awhile. Not like Ostheer where I could send them off to a sector, look back 10 seconds later and 3 of them are on fire! Soviets are quite nasty with the squad wipes if you don't watch, and sometimes even if you do. But at the same time they're virtually immune to it due to model count and severe lack of Ostheer AI. I wouldn't say ostheer lack AI. They have atleast one dedicated AI unit in each tier: MG and sniper in T1, flame halftrack and Pgrens in T2, Ostwind in T3, and that big old assault gun whos name I can't quite remember at the moment. That's six dedicated options for germans to fight infantry and they aren't lacking at it. A ostwind or flame halftrack will quickly wipe units. Compare that to soviets dedicated AT and they only have 2 options: Zis and SU-85, which are only available in HALF of their tiers. And while germans get very effective anti-AI to fight the the more durable soviet infantry, Even the soviets AT gun is lacking against armor. In: COH2 Balance