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Thread: M-42 vs other light AT.16 Mar 2016, 15:35 PM What's more, it loses utility after 10-13mins. It's like Bren Carrier. It's good in early game but later all it does is eating your pop cap/up keep. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M-42 vs other light AT.16 Mar 2016, 15:24 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Mar 2016, 15:16 PMAerohank You don't pick a doctrine just for M42 light AT guns. That would be silly. You pick Defensive doctrine because it is awesome and has excellent synergy (better than any other doctrine I in my opinion) with a sniper opening. You pick Urban defence if you want to go for a FHQ. Again, Guards can do everyting (and even way more) than M-42, plus there are way better doctrines with Guards than defensive tactics. It's trying to find good reason to go for M42 no matter what. In the same way I could justify going for LMG Grens in HT or Valentine or any other useless unit. They will do their job if I call them but why would I do that if I can get unit which will do this job a way better? It's like getting Pios to fight when you can get PzGrens. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M-42 vs other light AT.16 Mar 2016, 14:57 PM Jump back to quoted post16 Mar 2016, 14:52 PMAerohank Why on earth would this matter? There is 1 reason why you would ever get a M42 light AT gun. This is when you are going for a T1 -> T3 rush build and need some light AT support to counter Flak AA halftracks, 222s, 250/251 halftracks or Luchs. If you encouter these units, you can call in the M42 for a very low price and continue the assault and the T3 rush without getting pushed off the map. If you choose to go for T2 and ZIS3 instead, you have to pull back your engies, get T2 up, build a ZIS and wait for it too arrive. This process takes a lot of time and manpower and you will lose map control in the process. Your plan to rush T3 will also be off the table. This is the M42s niche, and it fills it very well. No need to change what is not broken. And for what purpose I should go for M42 if there are way better doctrines with Guards as light AT? Locking myself behind defensive or urban doctrine just to go for T1->T3 with M42 if I can do the same thing with better doctrines with Guards isnt a good point. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M-42 vs other light AT.16 Mar 2016, 14:39 PM Let's put it this way. 5 M-42 need around 40seconds to kill Tiger frontally. 3 Guards need around 30seconds to kill Tiger frontally Max range of course. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M-42 vs other light AT.16 Mar 2016, 13:08 PM Point is, HMGs lose their AT capabilities after 10-12mins, just like M-42 so there is almost no point to pick M-42. Better get DSHK which can suppress and fight light vehicles or steal 42. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: M-42 vs other light AT.16 Mar 2016, 12:40 PM So... I could not belive that M42, which is still AT gun, can be worse AT than for example HMG. Here are results. Look at timer. How long it takes to kill 222 or Puma for HMG42, M-42, dshk or Guards? DSHK vs 222 (AP rounds of course) 6seconds. HMG42 (AP) vs 222 6seconds. Guards vs 222 17 seconds. M-42 vs 222 13 seconds But here is the cherry. HMG42 vs Puma 16 seconds. M-42 vs Puma 16 seconds, same as machine gun Solution? I have few on my mind. Increase rate of fire. Make it non-doc T1 (put KV2 in urban and defensive tactics). Remove it completly and introduce BS3 Canister shells. Anyfuckingthing. I could go for HMG42/M-42 vs M20 or HT but I did not want to torture this poor M-42 In: COH2 Balance
Thread: Conscript scaling16 Mar 2016, 08:24 AM WHy would I use Cons?In early-mid game they are fine but in late game their inly purpose is to bleed me and vet my enemy. Maxim Unless you play with Brits teammate whi goes for double bren to tommies and you always keep your cons squad near to them In: COH2 Balance
Thread: So which faction match up is the hardest now?15 Mar 2016, 20:47 PM I'd say OST if most difficult faction to play because it's best design. No shitty bs, no freaking OP blobs etc etc and becasue if this, it's hardly melted by allied factions. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: Double maxim spam.15 Mar 2016, 17:26 PM Yesterday I a-moved 2 maxims to attack HMG42 behind green cover. I red-suppressed HMG and force it to retreat In: COH2 Balance
Thread: 1v1 / 2v2 - Anyone using Churchills?15 Mar 2016, 14:50 PM Jump back to quoted post15 Mar 2016, 14:46 PMNemesis10192 Sounds like something that would get melted by rocket arty+heavy tanks. Gonna struggle v tanks once your AT guns get decrewed and lose vet! That's why I have faith in my micro to not let them wipe my AT Guns. Still, as Brits I have plenty of ammo so I plant mines everywhere to protect from flanking once I lose AT Guns. In: COH2 Balance