Profile of CookiezNcreem

So long as the same "crit shots" are applied to any unit with rockets on top.

And it needs the HP, IMO, as much AT that Axis has. Weren't you arguing the M8 could use a buff? Besides, it's a Sherman tank! If it needs weak armor, then they should have made it the truck, as stated above. It's bad enough the .50 is the weakest MG in the game.

Heck, IMO, bring back the Cali's main gun like it originally had in CoH1 (before it was nerfed away).

It's barrage does take some "skill" though for the moving blob, with it's firing and aiming delay, the operator needs to lead correctly.

Crit shots? well werfer and Katy die in one hit, Stuka in 2.

What are the current best (meta)-commanders for the USF in 1v1 & 2v2s in your opinion?
Not to go off-topic, as I think this might help the OP aswell.
I am currently using the default commanders, but without much luck, so I have to decide which ones I should purchase for 1v1 and 2v2s.

Tactical support all day.

Quad replaces LT tier like I said, you can then go captain and Stuart to protect your quad from puma and stuff. Combined with pak howie... Omg.

Later spam recon sweep and calliope + major Jackson. Can't beat it.

Even if they nerf calliope this commander is still the best choice

M1919 too.

The constant QQ on here lately about the calliope has got me thinking; how can we nerf this thing without making it useless?

Cuz a nerf is coming. The whine is too stronk. So, as unbiased as possible I will suggest some nerfs:

The main complaints are

-lethality

Everyone swears this thing is firing 30 demo charges when it fires. Agreed. It's also the only USF unit that can DELETE cancerous blobs or turtles once the late late game rolls around. Especially in bigger modes. And this is perfectly fine IMO.

So before you start bitching and moaning at me
Werfer is just as bullshit lethality wise
Stuka is just as bullshit lethal vs support weapons
Katyusha should be buffed to match these

"Well cookies, we have all this Insta wiping arty! This sucks!!!!one!!" GOOD. Artillery is he main cause for death during WWII. It was a GREAT INVENTION.

Or else infantry concentrations aka blobs are a pure bitch to kill in this game. Rocket arty is a GOOD THING. Don't gimp it. Be careful what you wish for.

Well This brings me to my next point

-durability
All rocket Artie's are and should be balanced by durability. They are vehicles with damn rockets on them.
The calliope is literally the only USF unit that is more durable than its axis counterpart. And it should stay this way. Get over it axis fanboys.
HOWEVER. A few nerfs are in order

Right now it has the same armor and hp as a normal Sherman. Obviously, it's a tank with rockets and rocket fuel attached. If any of you played war thunder ground forces with the calliope, you'll know the calliope is extremely easy to "ammo rack" killing it instantly if it's racks are hit.

So I think

Armor ahould stay the same
Hp to 360!!!! Why? so ITS A 3 hit kill to ALL sources including something cheap and lower damage like a Puma, or something low DPS like a lone Panther.

so the USF player can be punished/traded effectively. Too many times I've seen someone send a puma, or a panther after callieOPIE only to fail epically.

Still more durable than Stuka, but not twice as durable. We can all agree 640 hp is ridiculous.

And I suggest another change. Right now, it always loses its main gun when it drops to around ~40% hp.

This should be changed to 80%!! Hp.

Which means, if a calliope isn't full health it cannot fire. It means, shooting t once should force the USF player to fix its racks to full health before firing.

This Critical cannot be repaired by repair critical because it's "catastrophic".
(This same change should be applied to all USF vehicles; repair critical shouldn't be able to fix "catastrophic" damage like destroyed engines or immobilization ,including ruptured rocket tubes.)


One final note on lethality though:
If we insist on nerfing it and other rocket arty lethality, give infantry (not snipers)-50% damage modifier to explosions on retreat. So retreating can save you from these rocket arties

Agreed? No over nerfs, unit still powerful vs inattentive BLOBBERS and forward retreat point abuse as they should be!

LMAOOOOOOO

its both playstyle and reaction.


but in my honest opinion

LT tier(t1?) is underwhelming trash in 99% of situations with tactical support released. Might as well go straight captain(T2) stuart+packhowie, and then get quadmount M5 halftrack from tactical support if you want suppression+ a light vehicle or even a sniper hunter/flanker. Whether you go major+jackson at that point or calliopes+zook+57mm+blob is up to you.

Any other strat/officer is pretty weaksauce compared to that. im just being real