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Thread: Small update today11 Feb 2014, 21:40 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Feb 2014, 21:35 PMsultan36z "Soviet Industry no longer modifies base structure build time" what it means ? I'm assuming it means that soviet industry buildings themselves no longer build faster they now just train tanks faster In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Small update today11 Feb 2014, 21:35 PM Jump back to quoted post11 Feb 2014, 20:42 PMnigo 1) Battle Servers and UI improvements 2) New community map added to 2v2. 3) CP adjustment on shock troops and others. Tiger Ace adjustments. Soviet industry now costs 3 CP to activate. Tiger Ace is being given an initial cost as well as having reduced HP and damage. To compensate, it's significantly more mobile, fires faster and is more accurate on the move. Also, I think Rams don't work against it anymore. Soviet Industry passive ability is being moved to 3 CP and Shocks/Guards are being moved back to 2 CP. There's a new map and battle servers. I really hope there's more to it than that. Cause without having okayed it yet this seems to be "balanced" right back into heavily favoring the axis. What warrants moving sov industry to 3 but not adjusting elite troop training at all? It was and still is the single most op ability in the game. But since the German fanboys don't mind it it stays. Also shocks and guards moved to 2cp? Good job german whine crew! Why learn to adjust when you can just cry long enough to get something changed haha. Anyone want to take bets on what sov unit gets nerfed next? Probably cons or something cause really why do they have guns? Thats clearly op. Germans should be the only ones with guns! Oh well it'll make beating Germans that much more rewarding! Bring it on. Sadly the down side is itll make playing axis even more dull and less challenging :/ oh well I guess I'll be logging even more soviet hours! In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Panzergrens10 Feb 2014, 22:39 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Feb 2014, 20:37 PMVonMecha Just curious, what do you think the the state of balance would be if you nerfed pgs and kept shocks the same? I think it would depend a lot on how you nerf them (either way would serve to imbalance the game but to different degrees). If you made them come out later there would be a bigger window that soviet elite infantry (guards specifically) dominate which clearly wouldn't be good for game play. The reason I say guards is because in my mind pgrens are the counter to guards since you can't really roll light vehicles at them like you can shocks. If you nerf their AI then shocks get better by comparison which again wouldn't be ideal because now so inf can deal much better with pgrens whereas ost now have an even harder time vs shocks. If they needed the AT ability it probably wouldn't be a hard hit since German AT is superior to soviet AT already. IMO if anything needs nerfing at all its the elite troop instavet everything bs ability. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzergrens10 Feb 2014, 13:36 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Feb 2014, 06:52 AMlink0 Vetting a PG costs more, but only up front. Reinforcement cost does not increase. The reinforcement is per model. A vet2 PGren model is more expensive than a Vet0 shock model, but is FAR stronger per model. This is why it's OP. My point is what if people consider Shocks to be OP, they should consider purchasable vet to be even more OP. I personally don't think Shocks nor PGrens are OP. I agree 100%. Both units are strong, but neither is op, and neither unit needs to be changed in any way. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Why don't you take part in tournaments?10 Feb 2014, 03:10 AM I generally only play with one of my mates so a 2v2 (or higher) tourney would be more up my alley In: Lobby
Thread: Panzergrens9 Feb 2014, 20:44 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Feb 2014, 20:29 PMlink0 I would like to see Vet2 PGrens vs Vet0 Shocks. I'm willing to guess that the PGrens will win easily, which is pretty stupidly OP. You can vet the PGrens to Vet2 for a stupidly small amount of fuel, and yet their reinforcement costs stay the same. This means PGrens become far far more cost effective than Shocks over the course of a few engagements. It just goes to show how ridiculously OP purchasable vet is for the elite troops doctrine. +1 In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzergrens9 Feb 2014, 17:24 PM Jump back to quoted post9 Feb 2014, 07:35 AMelchino7 Regarding PGs n topic: PG are fines. What is not as fine is rifle damage MAYBE. If you have problems with PG is more of a L2P issue rather than balance. So what im gathering from this is that dealing with install vetted pgrens is a l2p issue yet more expensive shocks at 1cp is a balance problem?? Really???? Get a hold of yourselves people. The only real difference is is that shocks are doctrinal, more exoensive and a bit better (god forbid soviets have even one unit that outperforms the axis counterpart) but as a drawback can't be upgraded to be the best AT infantry in game. Where exactly is the problem with shocks? I honestly dont see it in theory here on the forums or in action in a game. Is it because i dont play 1v1s? Becausebin team games shocks and pgrens strike me as good, but not as op. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Panzergrens8 Feb 2014, 19:05 PM Jump back to quoted post8 Feb 2014, 17:32 PMb-VDV All my 2V2 games as Soviets are like that. It's really frustrating... I wait for "pro german" response, they will probably say that Glum used the "proper counter" blablabla to yours both army with 1 unit XD. That mega blob of doom is unstoppable, the only way to deal with it is to plant a demo charge and prey they go through. The most funny thing is that the guy on the left side does nothing!! No need to mention that Glum rushed for a vet 2 Panther. Total unit : 4 Panzegren vet 3, 1 Pioneer, 1 Panther vet 2! WIN I think the response may be the usual: "Shocks are clearly op ... Move them to 7cps. Germans are fine, actually they are underpowered didn't you know? Its a miracle they win any game." On a more serious note elite inf troop training is the prohlem as it always is. Unlock all then crazy vet bonuses from base? Sure why not ... seems fair! In: COH2 Balance
Thread: equalize cp requirements for all call in infantry7 Feb 2014, 22:12 PM I certainly don't claim to know everything about balancing but I do think I have a general idea. And in my personal opinion the patch were on now is probably the most balanced. There are only a hand full of things that need adjusting (mostly with the elite troop doctrine) and honestly I don't think guards/shocks are one of them. Yes they're strong coming in at 1cp but its clearly overcommable, and is in my oppinion unnecessary to be bumped to 2cp. Will i cry about it if/when it happens? Maybe a little but ill get over it just like i got over kv8s and dshkas being moved back slightly. Clearly comparing shocks to osttruppen was meant lightheartedly and it would be silly to have them come in at the same time. But assgrens and shocks do strike me as similar in the role that they fill (dedicated AI). Am I way off base? In: COH2 Balance
Thread: equalize cp requirements for all call in infantry7 Feb 2014, 19:41 PM Actually this is an employment of a common argumentative method (reductio ad absurdum) which aims to show that the current situation (assgrens/osts at 0 and guards/shocks at 1) is more or less fine by providing a clearly unrealistic counterpoint which is to make them all equal at 0, 1, 2, or 53 Just trying to break up the monoty of "nerf shocks and guards" a little bit ... And who knows maybe some good ideas come out of it. As a side note I do think that assgrens and shocks more or less fill the same role (but I could be wrong I dont buy dlc commanders) except that shocks are better at it as is reflected by their cost. So why should they not arrive at the same time? Not that I have an issue with assgrens since I learned how to properly play against them (just like I don't have an issue playing against shocks) In: COH2 Balance