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Thread: Mod Re-release (updated 4/21/21)12 Apr 2021, 03:32 AM Cool, lots of great changes! Lots of things I had the same idea in for my mod. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: vCoH Sound Effects Sounded Cooler and More Realistic14 Mar 2021, 04:07 AM The sound effects, voice acting and music are all arguably better in Coh1 most likely because it had a higher budget and more development time than Coh2, especially at a time during THQ collapse of people leaving the studio. Higher budget generally = higher technical quality. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Sandbags nerfed enough? Nope6 Mar 2021, 01:08 AM Jump back to quoted post6 Mar 2021, 00:34 AMWhiteFlash People that dont know "what it accomplishes" dont remember how good COH was when the maps mattered because sandbags werent literally everywhere you look. Not only did Coh2 remove the decision making between capturing a point and fighting in combat (Especially with support weapons), but Sandbag spam on mainlines also removed the decision between taking optimal cover and capturing a point. Without getting bogged down in the specific faction balance, I think it's pretty clear the current implementation of mass spam sandbags while capturing points is not good for the game. The build time increase was nice and prevents the spam in the early game capping of neutral strat points but doesn't really effect more important points with longer cap times or when an enemy point is being decaptured and captured. Putting Sandbags only on Engineer type units would see sandbags less prevalent and create a lot more tactical depth around cover and capturing. Sandbags were accessible in Coh1 but they couldn't be spammed while capturing points so they were much less used and more tactical. Mass sandbag spam also makes Flamethrowers too important. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: New Community Manager: JohnT_RE24 Feb 2021, 01:19 AM Welcome John! In: Lobby
Thread: COH2 & community is rare20 Feb 2021, 01:54 AM Jump back to quoted post17 Feb 2021, 21:32 PMNorthWeapon I think it is because CoH 2 has a monopoly in RTS atm. This is so untrue. The player bases of Age of Empires 2, StarCraft 2, Warcraft 3, and probably StarCraft: Brood War all dwarf that of Company of Heroes 2. I think Coh2's popularity is there isn't another RTS that delivers the same excitement and fast-paced gameplay without being as challenging and mechanically demanding as the above games. The WW2 setting and nice presentation helps too. In: Lobby
Thread: How to Make Howtizers (not SPG) more Viable in Team games ?6 Feb 2021, 05:00 AM Howitzers are super weird to balance in team games because they are trivial to destroy with offmap artilleries, if you have a commander that has then. But then can be very different to counter otherwise. Rocket Artillery, while generally also being better are also generally easier to keep alive because they can't be one-clicked by bombing runs. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: radio silence change5 Feb 2021, 11:04 AM Yeah having a blob run out from no where unseen and gun down an AT gun before you can possibly respond is super stupid. Random thought though. Partisans are pretty weak and it could be cool if they had a permanent radio silence. Makes thematic sense too. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: So UKF rework when?3 Feb 2021, 05:16 AM Yup, but what are the best solutions? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: COH2 Modding: Getting started with the official tools3 Feb 2021, 04:39 AM Next problem I am hoping someone can help me with. I'm trying to give a Wehrmacht squad the voice acting from the OKW Volksgrenadiers. I have copied over all the UI info from both the squad and the entities but the unit says nothing at all. This is presumably because it is a different faction's VO. Spawning a Conscript squad when playing as Wehrmacht in cheat command also has it say nothing. Is there a way around this problem, of getting my Wehrmacht squad to speak like the OKW Volks? In: Guides
Thread: Abandon30 Jan 2021, 06:12 AM Jump back to quoted post30 Jan 2021, 04:40 AMmrgame2 of course relic will happily abandon abandon in coh3 Nice one. In: Lobby