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Thread: How do mortar bulletins work22 Apr 2014, 16:34 PM The mortar bulletins work fine. I use the auto fire accuracy one which really ramps up the amount of hits it scores when left to its own devices near the front line. I have seen people using the barrage accuracy one, which might be good if you are a ninja with mortar micro. I however am lazy with it and like it to score free hits while I micro other things. I think the problems come if you stack mortar bulletins, this may cause strange behavior. I dont know about the arty bulletins. Pretty silly to use as your warning your enemy to plan from the beginning to kill a howie. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Uses for Unloved units #3: The Dishka18 Apr 2014, 10:03 AM The best way to use this commander has to be making use of the free T2. So I'd say an aggressive T1 start, probably M3s. Then if you can gain good map control, if there are choke points. Then throw down Dshkas and tank traps. Quickly get T4. Cos the light AT gun isn't great vs tanks. Just have this doc available alongside other t1 useful docs like Guard motor , then you have options depending how the game goes. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Shreked PGrens... Balanced or no?18 Apr 2014, 09:55 AM Not sure if guards PTRS got some kind of buff at some point, but they really ain't that bad IMO. They can get a P4 down to half health quite quick, that's really not bad. Plus 2 best guard docs have mark target. I killed a tiger that was trying to retreat to repair with some the other day. And they are only an auxilllary/ stop gap AT unit. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Howitzer Balance18 Apr 2014, 09:31 AM One thing to bear in mind is that calls ain't toooo cheap. So if you do want a howie, pressure enemy munis and also try to make them do things like waste of rifle nade and fausts. Calling a recon and a strike is a lot of muni, probably just as hard to get if not harder than the 600 MP cost. However this is easier said than done. Probably more applicable to 1v1s. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: COMRADES! Do not build T3 or T4. 18 Apr 2014, 09:26 AM I totally agree with SSHeinie. But it is totally a matter of opinion and personal play style. What I love about the soviets is there is actually quite a variety of ways to play them and lots are very effective, just depending on personal style. What works with one person often does not for another. I think this is really good Hanging on for CP can be tricky, MP can drain, or lack of 'impact' units can slow the cp count. Building T3, helps you gain cp from building itself plus impact units. And t3 works perfect as a half way point to calling an ISU, which is beastly. I wouldn't as much do T3 into is2. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Howitzer Balance18 Apr 2014, 00:54 AM I think the key is to sit down and think hard about which docs are good to us howies against ( particularly as soviets), now identify on load screen if enemy has/is likely to use it. Now during game keep eyes peeled for que to build your howie. Only real major problem is the Eli doc having instant hard counter. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Does anyone know how to play soviets in this new patch? 18 Apr 2014, 00:48 AM Because 2 kv8 is insane, u negate their slow movement by locking down both sides of map, then when u go to their base bye bye buildings. But yeah IS2 is also a nice safe option. The double kv8 would however allow u to go terror doc for an earlier propaganda arty and later IL2 bombs, although really hard to save munis for! Personally I'm loving maxim play to hold back strong German inf. But it requires v good combined arms. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: New Soviet Army18 Apr 2014, 00:37 AM I do Agree with the maxim build and advice to compliment with a fast T34, if he goes for MHT, your ahead on fuel and can basically rush his HT with T34 being cautious of pak. Then grab an M5 to assist your weapon crews. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Balance between AI and AT units.18 Apr 2014, 00:31 AM 34/85s are beast and far more versatile than su85. Ok if you correctly position su85 like you say, they don't need too much looking after. But 34/85s are a pleasure to micro IMO. They are not difficult to make them perform. Su85 is ok in one set location, but the moment they need to switch flanks for example, you've got a slow awkward nightmare. In: Red Army Strategies
Thread: Howitzer Balance18 Apr 2014, 00:25 AM Jump back to quoted post17 Apr 2014, 18:42 PMAerohank I only have 2 problems with howitzer balance. 1: Jeager Armor. The elephant requires arty to counter, and the same doctrine has recon+bomb. 2: Luftwaffe support. The fuel>ammo ability, in combination with a cheap recon and a bombstrike, make it way too easy to take out howitzers. For only 50 fuel and 40 ammo, you can take out a howitzer. Yes number 1 is a big problem because the correct counter is already hard countered. Number 2 not so bad seen as an air support doctrine is a perfect doctrine to counter static defences just like real life. Having a doc hard counter a other is ok. So long as there are docs which hard counter the air support. It's only like coh1 in that respect. Having howies survive arty strikes with 5% HP is a really cool idea. Would really increase play around them, both attacking and defending, would be more like the play around a pak43 is now. On a side note, there are certainly times I've noticed at the end of a game that a perfect counter to what my enemy had would have been a howie and that they had the incorrect doc for countering it. So maybe a clever player would bait people into certain docs, to then counter with a howie.. Kinda like coh1 Germans doing T3 terror fakie, but then going T2 defensive. In: COH2 Balance