Profile of Turtle

These are not dedicated servers as people have been asking for.

Instead, these are networking servers probably handling some of the data interchange between any players that are having sync and lag issues. Something like the NAT transversal servers some use. They will not be running game code or deciding event outcomes.

The overall game will still be peer to peer, but with the addition of something like an arbiter of network, keeping the data flowing between those.

Overall, if this is real, then it's a good midway between dedicated servers and peer to peer. Should be drastically cheaper than dedicated servers, but still keep the games flowing.

@VonMecha, Oh stop it with the butthurt. I want the game to be balanced for both sides. Instead of immediately jumping into a childish persecution complex, you could address the argument at hand, instead of jumping to yet another. The 7-70 is a separate issue, and it is being worked on. I was going to post more on the T-70, but I'm not going to let you drag this off topic. Maybe you could actually post more proper post with reasonable suggestions in this topic about the 221 scout car? Because *gasp*, I as a primarily Soviet player, am still advocating for buffs for the 221?! What, perish the thought that I might actually want a fun game for everyone.

I'm fine with more armor or HP for the 221 and M3. But what won't solve the damage potential. And any HP or armor increase wouldn't be that much since they're supposed to be a bit vulnerable.

Another thing is that, historically, these armored cars really did have poor armor. The armor they had could only just stop a 30cal rifle shot at range, which is why the Germans angled the armor and even thickened the armor on the 221 to 14.5mm (same as the 251). So, while they were armored, it wasn't that much armor, and the basic rifles of the time are incredibly powerful. Making something BOLD doesn't give it any more meaning.

Part of the problem with the scout car and M3 is that once they're caught, unless you have supreme micro and already positioning, it's hard to get them out, or have them stay alive to do their damage.

Having them at long range drastically reduces that damage, making them pretty much ineffective unless the fight goes on for a long time. It'd be nice if the 20mm cannon, instead of being a 20mm rapid fire sniper rifle like it was in CoH1, it could be a siege weapon that helps bust through cover in protracted long range fights, but not too well since it would make it too effective without risk.

All grenades are different. Actually on average, the German grenades are stronger. I think Soviet grenades just happen to be more plentiful. Guess it's a case of the grass is always greener on the other side, or perhaps it's the snow is always whiter?

Shock Troop grenades seem to be the same as Guards, but even if they're not, I think the reason why they seem stronger is that, much like PG grenades, Shocks and PGs do a lot of damage as they close in to grenade range, and continue to do after the grenade detonates.

Grenades work strangely in CoH2 in that, if you use them on a squad with no and very little damage on them, it seems to do nothing, even the health bar doesn't seem to budge. But, if you use a grenade on a unit with 1/4 or more of its health gone (ideally at least 1/2) the grenade will usually kill quite a few, or wipe the squad. This has a bit to do with criticals, I think.

This lets those close assault units like PGs and Shocks quickly apply that initial damage, which makes grenades more effective, then continue to apply damage to finish them off.

The same is true of the rifle grenade, which people like to laugh at, but I find is an effective finisher, or a starter.

Guards can probably stay at 1 CP, if they lose their initial AT Rifles, which become an upgrade once you meet some kind of requirement.

I love the German light vehicle play, even though I'm a primarily Soviet player, I love seeing those things used. So I'm fine with more adjustments to make those vehicles viable for a long time. However, the M3 Scout Car should also get the same treatment.

Shock Troops I'm just not sure to do with them. They're supposed to be breakthrough troops, based on the Engineer Sapper battalions used to break through German fortified lines. They're the kind of unit you use when German infantry get too upgraded. Because despite what German players say, German infantry can get to a critical mass that can wipe conscripts just as fast as artillery can kill the small German units. So 2 CP should be fine.

Sounds like whatever Relic is working on might help their peer to peer setup overall if it works. Hopefully they can write these upgrades off as part of an overall engine upgrade for whatever their next project for Sega is. Much like how CoH1 only got its last balance patch due to CoHO.

As for more dead horse lobby talk:
It's not always apparent when the lobby is getting stacked, or any other kind of shenanigans. It's also not the job of the player, eager just to get in a game, to do all the work to find a fun game.

Lastly, I have a regular gaming group, but they're not available to play at all times. Not only that, different people have groups of different skill or preferences.

No lobbies, ever. People need to be directed straight into automatch, not sitting around in lobbies encountering toxic players and toxic game setups.

You have public chat, needs a bit more work, but if you want to make a lobby, invite people or make friends there to invite later.

You can't ask for better automatch, then turn around and ask for lobbies, which work against it.

Sadly, the problem isn't so much lack of local search, but a lack of players.

There's a Stop button for a reason.

However, for newer players, Relic might need to add some kind of indicator for firing on the move, is it already included in part a tutorial somewhere? It was probably needed even before the moving scatter nerf, but now it definitely needs something. It could just be an icon that pops up with the effects list where crit damage pops up.

I think this is an overall good change for the game. It affects both Soviet and German, making Shreks much more useful, but also the lighter AT grenades more useful.