Profile of luvnest

did any preview changes not make it into live version?

Why are there only options that still allow the 4th-wall breaking mechanic of the ability? No matter how to you time it, 4 seconds are still enough to move your blob of volks at 1.2 speed (while being able to fire which is unique) and take out a sniper or mg. If we have to keep this awful mechanic at least make it that as soon as units enter combat state they are visible. But I’d suggest removing it and replacing it with something similarly useful and more fitting to its theme.

For people who worry about the theme of the commander: it’s already not fitting anyway. Enemy troops are charging you with full-auto STG fire at ubermenschen-speed (even For Mother Russia got that speed buff in combat removed) but you still can’t see them on the minimap which is quite hilarious. I’m sure the fact that they don’t use coms is overshaded by the fact that are firing their assault rifles in front of you. The whole aspect of keeping radio silence is already thrown overboard.

A mechanic that is vastly superior to how radio silence is implemented currently is camouflage. It doesn’t awkwardly mess with your UI in a forced way. Camouflage also hides units from the minimap and even plain view but there are many drawbacks like standing idly by not doing anything if you wait for a countersnipe for example and ways to counter it. It also requires heavy micro taxation by moving your units from cover to cover. You can use recon plane, you can use scout cars with higher detection radius or even avoid the area. It also features a psychological aspect. With radio silence there are no such countermeasures or even restrictions to your micro, hell you don’t even see the enemy on the map when he is right in front of your face. You click the magic button once, and you can keep doing what you are doing with little effort while your opponent struggles to get the blanket off his screen.

I already posted an alternative implementation that balances the ability and also better fits the theme. I also like the idea mentioned here of an improved raid operations. The ability should be about advancing sneakily and if it has to with more speed in the cover of night (the original inspiration was the infiltration tactics used by the Axis during the Battle of the Bulge). All of these things should disappear as soon as you enter combat though.

Does anyone experience issues since the 64-bit update went live? For me personally my VPN solution doesn't work anymore and I'm stuck with a ping of 650ms+ resulting in input delay. The update should in theory not affect any of the networking stuff, but that's my situation today.

It shouldn't fix it, correct, but I tried after getting the hint that German WoT-players have similar issues with Telekom (and the same fix worked for them) and it immediately worked for me too. So... dark magic?

In any case, it's worth a try.

I can live with the dark magic theory. Anyway thanks, will try it.

Turning off IPv6 in the settings of my router fixed the lag issue for me immediately... (ISP Deutsche Telekom)

Not sure how that is supposed to solve the problem. The CoH2 Battle Servers use IPv4, so disabling IPv6 on the client side shouldn't have any effect on this. Could you elaborate?