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Jump back to quoted post29 Sep 2015, 03:40 AMBudwise

COH1 had its fair share of salt. We had our own SPrice's and Paula's, even our own Barton, wait... WE ACTUALLY HAD BARTON. People abused all kinds of shit and the game had some really huge F-ups just like COH2, no actually worse.

The big differences here is COH1 was a replay based game for the community, we didn't have streams until the extreme tail end of COH1. COH2 is based around the streamers and the Twitch.TV world and frankly people are uglier in a chatroom than a moderated forum.

Until now COH2 had no real competitive tournament with enough cash to lure the pure competitive players in. Most successful RTS's have a consistent enough competitive scene to keep these types of players active in the game and not just show up for the tournaments but COH2 was not built for e-sports from day 1. We're slowly getting it closer but it's still nowhere near other RTS's for competition.

COH1 guys have said for ages that the new breed of COH2 top players don't compare to what we had in COH1. COH2 guys are mad about it because their hero's lost to COH1 veterans (who were unknown to them for the most part) who jumped out of the shadows and grabbed the cash. The real sad reality is the game alone isn't enough to keep the competition alive in any consistent fashion in its current state. COH1 was fiercely competitive compared to COH2 and mostly because it was setup for it from the beginning since for 2006 it had a killer in game UI and ladder. We're now in 2015 and COH2 has no In-Game ladders, hell not even In-Game level's like we had in COH1. Of course we're not going to draw in the most competitive players!

Most likely things will go back to normal in short order and the same players will keep playing and the players who were AFK will probably leave again.

Thanks to all who participated. Watching this tourny brought back a lot of memories and I hope we can heat up the competition as much in the future.

Jump back to quoted post28 Sep 2015, 23:33 PMKothre

I think USF are in a great spot right now. I've been playing them more than any other faction lately, even in large team games. The riflemen vet buff, the Sherman penetration increase, and making the pack howitzer OP (lol) really help out a lot. I don't even feel a need for the Pershing. People really overstate USF's weaknesses. They are a very strong faction if you know how to play. There is one thing that really grinds my gears about USF, however: over-reliance on infantry company.

Too much useful stuff is locked behind this one commander. Without it, you can't build sandbags, can't build mines, can't even use a weapon rack that's sitting right there in your base, and you can't get any heavy artillery. Can't do all that without infantry company. I use infantry company like 90% of the time. I hate how much is locked behind it. Sandbags and the glorious new mine should be on rear echelon troops by default. I'd like to see Priests get put into the standard arsenal, though I'm not counting on that. The M1919 I could live with being doctrinal, though I hate that there's an inaccessible weapon rack in your base, mocking you for not selecting infantry company.

And here are some smaller grievances:

• They still need something else to build other than riflemen in the early game. I'd be happy with just a standard mortar. It would help a lot against MG spam, which USF have trouble with early. USF still struggle a lot against skilled kubel play.
  
  • The Major is still a stupid unit that serves no purpose whatsoever besides a retreat point. Just get rid of him and let the ambulance serve as its own retreat point once the tech requirements are met.
  
  
• Riflemen got their vet buffed, but the lieutenant didn't. I find it weird that standard riflemen are now more effective than a more expensive unit that you're limited to one of.
  
• Many commander abilities are outright bad. Not that it matters, because infantry company exists.