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Thread: British command vehicle maphack19 Mar 2016, 12:07 PM Jump back to quoted post18 Mar 2016, 20:28 PMSlyzor having 222 just on the plane destroying duty is kinda lame. Well its not that bad considering they have had to relegate a Bren carrier or AEC to command vehicle, so they also have one light vehicle less in the action. You can still use your 222 to push off capping squads on flanks, or deep inf pushes. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Stuka bomb in base 19 Mar 2016, 11:45 AM The only time this ability is OP is on a retreating blob at base, but to do that you need LoS. If you call the recon loiter from Jaeger, it takes quite a while for the plane to arrive, then you need to call the stuka, so I doubt you would have time to hit the inf as long as they move quickly when they get back to base, which should be obvious given the loitering plane and the stuka noise. Only on a very large 4v4 map with a long retreat might you have enough time. It becomes more powerful if you can have a team mate do the recon, OKW flares being ideal, which also means you can have a command panther with elifant for insane LoS haha. But at least thats co-ordinated team play. Anyway, blobbing getting punished is a good thing in my book. And anything else like a team weapon, or repairing tank, has the counter play opportunity of moving. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Rocket artillery vs. Howitzer artillery19 Mar 2016, 11:09 AM Yeah random crits would really really help howies vs tanks, and make a huge amount of sense! One great thing about howies, is they come at 8 CP. So in 1v1 or 2v2, if you know they have gone fairly defensive you can get a fast howie instead of tecking, defend it with T1/2.. and pummel their sim city / OKW trucks. In fact, you can even ignore their doctrine altogether with this approach, because you start bombarding them at 8 CP, most of the arty counters come at 12 CP. Giving you a window to do a lot of damage. Even if they unlock an off map, they need to get line of sight, which is tricky if defending and getting bombarded, if they are lucky enough to have a recon and arty strike, thats a lot of munis, munis they need for other stuff, and by this point you may well have them on the ropes anyway. (this works really well with Soviet Combined Army vs OKW, cos you get Guards to flesh out your T2 build, camo for ZiS, you can use recon plane to increase accuracy of howie, and even get IL-2 bomb drop to seal the deal on any defenses once you unlock it Rocket arty on the other hand, is true late game. Just some perspective. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Rocket artillery vs. Howitzer artillery19 Mar 2016, 10:50 AM Howies are seeing more use than ever at the moment, thanks to brit sim city. And they can get the job done well, if the rest of the team plays right. And the bonus is you can spend all your fuel on tanks rather than losing it to rocket arty. However, I do agree rocket arty does a really good job. I think howies might be more popular if they maybe had a little more accuracy, and the price of rate of fire.. or something. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Soviet 1v1 Strat?19 Mar 2016, 01:26 AM +1 Plaguer. Thats the right kind of thinking for SU. Against OKW, I really love ppsh con spam with 1 shock squad and 1-2 heavy 120mm mortar. The waves of inf allows you to keep their forces flanked and pinned down, ppsh gives you enough DPS to actually wipe squads you catch out, unlike standard cons.. while they are busy fighting your inf your heavy mortars are abusing their trucks, causing them further bleed, repairing woes and slowed tecking. This usually gives you a huge lead so you can get a T34/76, backed by a ZiS. Soviet Shock Army is only commander with Ppsh, Shocks and 120mm mortar. You can get the ML20 if u want to smash their trucks even more, and skill planes makes sure they dont manage to counter attack with inf. Bonus of this strat is no wasted time or manpower on teck buildings until you are ready for tanks, yet all your units have reasonable-great damage output. So maximum pressure! In: Strategy Desk
Thread: Soviet faction17 Mar 2016, 13:43 PM Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2016, 10:04 AMTNrg If you build 5+ maxims every game, yes. But is that a really fun way to play? No. But I dont like spamming maxims as SU. My favorite strat is ppsh cons +1 shock squad, with fire support from one or two 120mm mortars. Grab a SU75 for AT instead of ZiS, maybe 2 if you need it, then T4. Pretty strong if you stay down your opponents throat. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Soviet faction17 Mar 2016, 09:17 AM Jump back to quoted post17 Mar 2016, 09:03 AMOsinyagov Units from T4 are mostly non costeffective. You cant just compare T4 soviets to say panthers are say its crap, its not that simple. Fact is its reasonably easy to overwhelm German defenses with well used spammy soviet tactics, at this point you can bring out a T34/76 to keep them burried. If for some reason you've not been aggressive or you've failed hard in your assaults, well your giving the game away. You need to play SU like Zerg in StarCraft... do not let them breath. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Soviet faction17 Mar 2016, 08:04 AM T-70 used to be real OP when tanks had accuracy on the move and it could ruthlessly wipe squads on retreat. Ever since that change, Ive had less success with it, and found it more risky. But honestly, I put that down to poor user use. I know it can still have a lot of impact. I tend to just choose Su75, and likely get 2. As you dont need more than one ZiS then, possibly even skipping ZiS altogether for the mid game. Its a more defensive unit with long range which clearly is easier to keep alive, and having the barrage ability is deadly for all kinds of situations In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Soviet faction17 Mar 2016, 07:58 AM Soviets are one of the easiest to play. You can play them like vcoh USA, spread out, try to cap the whole map, then bring forces together from multiple flanks to overwhelm the concentrated german forces.. I find that a lot easier to execute than playing as Ost. It does depend heavily on what game mode you are playing, and at what level. Anything above rank 500, and soviets are deadly. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: the cure for cancer (aka emplacement)17 Mar 2016, 07:21 AM Brit emplacements are stronk. But most of the time peoples efforts to counter them are unimaginative and lack luster. Given brace, you cant just expect to put a bit of indirect fire in on it and be done with it. Try forcing brace, then move in with army to take out supporting troops, ignore it while its braced. Only use off maps on them as brace wears off, so you always get full damage from them. Try to secure forward areas early in game as its harder for brits to dislodge early buildings. This might result in more defensive mortar pits to dislodge you, which gives you more breathing space on the map. Fast FHT used well can really hurt them and possibly force them to get AEC, locking out bofors and delaying cromwells. Just trying to put constructive counters forward. Arguing weather 2 Ost morats will counter or not is kinda 2 dimentional. In: COH2 Balance