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Thread: Strategy in Company of Heroes 214 Jan 2014, 16:33 PM I don't agree with that argument. PE probably had the most global upgrades and they weren't better for it. That being said, I also share your feeling that there is a lack of strategic depth but I find it lies elsewhere. 1. The simplified cover mechanics. - There's no need to deny cover, just walk up to the enemy. - No need to push infantry out of cover with light vehicles. - Fire and explosives used to deal more damage to units in cover, less in negative cover. That was a nice trade off. 2. The awkward s-mine placement. 3. Doctrinal Forward HQ. 4. Doctrinal tank traps. Still, it's early in COH2's lifetime and people are still finding out new ways to play the game and nothing prevents Relic from tweaking points 1 and 2 at least. In: Lobby
Thread: How to nerf RNG gods10 Jan 2014, 19:45 PM Don't you think that a tiger or panther that got rammed will two shot a T34 at point blank range??? T34 will have zero chance to escape, and that would be a guaranteed waste. I think I'd rather see combined arms play. A T34 ramming a tiger or panther so that supporting units can bring it down while it's vulnerable. That's the kind of gameplay that feels rewarding, not praying for a ~40% chance of crit. I think a lone T34 ramming a Tiger or Panther should serve only or mostly to give you time to bring the rest of your army over there to support the engagement. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How to nerf RNG gods10 Jan 2014, 16:29 PM Jump back to quoted post10 Jan 2014, 13:48 PMOZtheWiZARD Maybe for you it is but I don't have problems with Ram in general. Good positioning and keeping the distance together with supporting your tanks with infantry is enough to neglect Ram. I only get rammed when I don't pay attention to my tanks, overextend or when flanked. Frontal ram - hit reverse and you're good. Even if he gets successful ram somehow you can still retreat and repair your tank easily while he looses his. I played around 20 games as German in the recent week and most of the whine on this forum I disagree with because it comes from bad play rather than balance issues. My biggest concerns when I am playing Germans atm is 120 mm Mortar and Soviet indirect fire capabilities but it could be that I need to tweak my strategy a bit. The problem doesn't really lie with the ram itself but rather with the crits it triggers. The crits are pure RNG, and the player doesn't have much influence over them but the outcome has huge consequences. Here's an example: Assuming a ram successfully hits a tiger (or tiger ace), whether or not a damaged engine or gun destroyed crit gets triggered can decide the game. It doesn't matter that the chances are low or not. If one of these crits gets triggered, you stand a significantly better chance of winning. If it doesn't, you're more likely to loose. There's a lot riding on this one dice roll. Player skill is involved up to the point where the ram lands, but once it does it's a lottery. The proposed stun only rework would allow player skill to continue playing the more important role even after the ram hits. I hope this clarifies things. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: How to nerf RNG gods9 Jan 2014, 20:07 PM all are great ideas, i think the solution for ram is reworking it to only crew shock 100% of the times for like 8 seconds I just joined these forums because I had to support this. IMO it is by far the most elegant and viable ram re-work. I would further supplement this by adding a soft RNG to the stun time and damage dealt on impact just to stick to the spirit of COH's unpredictability. Here are some more reasons to support this proposed change: 1. It removes one of the worst high-risk high-reward abilities from the game. As has been pointed out before, high-risk high-reward abilities on their own are bad enough since their impact won't always even out over the course of a game. Add that this particular ability requires little to no skill to pull off and you're left with a lottery. 2. It promotes combined arms play After a successful ram, other units need to be around to take advantage of the stun, it is otherwise useless. Skill will take precedence over RNG since the positioning of supporting units will be more important than the dice roll. 3. It is likely easy to implement. There are no new abilities to add so no new code, just values to tweak. In: COH2 Balance