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- Finally, Some Good RNG
- British OP? Please Advise.
- How Vehicles Interact With Cover TIP!
- Does anyone else experience being matched with afk players? Last 2 matches i was matched with players named only with numbers (like player 83746287). And they dont do nothing
- Is it just me or are Soviet's completely op?
- A long time fans suggestions on the balance.
- Do you guys think building 2 lefh is abusive spamming?
- What sort of weapons are effective against emplacements such as bunkers and the OKW tier 4 building?
- Lefh
- Did MG spam become more prevalent?
- Allied Armor Steamroll; unbeatable 4v4 strat
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| Posted: 09 Feb 2021 08:07 PM PST I'm an Axis player with about 200 hours under the belt. I find that all the factions have their particular strengths and weaknesses. All except the British. I hate playing against the British. They have a great early game, great mid-game, and great late-game. And worst of all, they're no fun to play against. Their early game is fantastic because they're able to field the second-best infantry of the game out of the gate, they have immediate access to MGs and mortars. They also have the Universal Carriers, which simply can't be countered in the opening phase of the game if they're micro'd properly (try and faust them? Oh, we just move the UC a couple meters back and shoot your infantry, rinse and repeat). And of course, they have the fucking Bofors. A good Brit player can micro his infantry to easily outclass the OKW or the OST options (especially if they have close assault infantry, which mows down Sturmpioneers easy-peasy). Now, that in itself isn't an issue. The Americans also have very strong infantry but I'm not making an angry post about them. No, because the Brits can easily mow your infantry down and then secure the cap with emplacements. At 280MP and 15 fuel and 3 pop, the Bofors is ridiculously cheap. And all you need to do is build it and leave it there. It can't be flanked. It will cut through a Luchs, a 222, it will even take out a Puma. Try and flame it? Your four-man engineer squad is suppressed and dead before they can even get close to the damn thing. So basically, your early/mid-game options are out the door. Now, players always tell me: "Just bombard the Bofors!". Which is fine, except then I have to waste an inordinate amount of time, resources, and population cap to deal with a fucking structure that costs 280MP and 15 fuel. Let's say I meme it out and take the Feuerstrum doctrine and build two leIGs. That's 540MP. Now, I can hit the Bofors with one round of incendiary per leIG, at 60 muni total. If my leIGs carry out their full incendiary bombardment and don't get flanked in the meanwhile and if the Brit player doesn't brace his Bofors in time, then I destroy it. Super annoying. But frankly, the cost itself isn't even that big of a problem — the real issue is how much attention I have to devote to blowing up this damn thing. The attention economy cost of taking out emplacements is ludicrous given that the Brit player probably isn't even paying attention to the emplacement, I mean, at 280MP and 15 fuel, it's not exactly like losing it is too much of a problem. The worst part of all this is that dealing with emplacements is terrifically non-fun. Even when I clear out a bunch of emplacements, I don't even feel joy because there's no real strategy or tactics involved. I just pump out leIGs and wait. I can appreciate getting pwn3d by a good Soviet or American player because playing against their units is fun. Not the case with the Brits. Anyway. As this is all happening and you're wasting time managing the leIGs and making sure they don't get flanked or mortar'd, then they roll out the AEC. Now, not only do they have fully upgraded Bren-wielding infantry by this point, but they have the best early/mid-game armour. The AEC seems to hit as hard as the Puma except its way faster and it can even deploy smoke. Oh, and by this point, they also have 6-Pounders: the best AT gun of the Allied factions. Fantastic. So, as an Axis player, it's all about holding the line until the late game, right? Wrong. Late game Brits are still OP as fuck. By this point, their fully-upgraded and vet'd infantry will shred any infantry you throw at them that isn't Obersoldaten, and even then, it's close. The Cromwells and Churchills are beasts in terms of their armour and basically can't be penetrated by any of the non-tank AT available to the OKW. Although the ARVE does less damage than a Strumtiger, it ends up being way better because it has a far higher rate-of-fire, better mobility, and it's better armoured. The Sherman Firefly and the Comet are as good as the Panther, and they both have way cooler abilities. Plus, as you're scrambling to get the late game in order, the Brits keep building emplacement after emplacement, which you have to waste time dealing with. The 17-Pounder eats tanks for breakfast: it's basically a Pak 88 but its non-doctrinal and cheaper. The second-best infantry of the game. The best non-doctrinal Allied armour, full stop. The best fortifications of the game by far. The best AT guns that the Allies can field. Their MGs and mortars are great; it's not like they're fielding Maxims. The only downside that I can think of is the fact that the PIATs suck. And frankly, that's a minor issue. A final note on emplacements: I had always assumed the Brits had a trade-off between emplacement spam and, you know, actually using units. But the emplacements cost practically nothing in terms of pop. So, you can place like five or six emplacements on the map and still field a full army of really good units. What the fuck? Can someone advise? I feel like every counter I throw falls flat. I know that everyone is going to say that Brits aren't OP and that I just suck. But against Americans and Soviets, I'm fine. I have fun even when I lose. On the other hand, playing against the Brits is such a painful goddamn slog that I honestly wish there was some way of vetoing playing against them altogether. [link] [comments] | ||
| How Vehicles Interact With Cover TIP! Posted: 09 Feb 2021 07:29 AM PST
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| Is it just me or are Soviet's completely op? Posted: 09 Feb 2021 05:12 PM PST Since i play pretty much OKW only, my comparing will be related to that... Oh hell where do i begin... Spamming units in the early game seems way more efficent than the in general better performing but less present german units. I literally never won the early against soviets so far. Completely op grenades that wipe out whole squads, neutral buildings or even structures... For real, who designed that? That is not just bad design, this is just straight up rude. I in exchange have a useless Fire-Grenade on my Volks that only works in like 2 special scenarios or maximum work against enemy MG's i have to push into with at least 3 squads and lose 6 man on the way. Meanwhile a russian dude throws in a 2 seconds pack and destroy every squad that is even touching the explosion radius with his little toe. Speaking of Fire grenades... Their molotov's explode instant. Mine doesn't. Have you ever tried to fight their infantry with an Anti Infantry Vehicle? No? Well, dont do it because like literally every non-mortar and non-MG squad will throw a sticky bomb package on it that will instantly kill 50-70 points of fuel of you. You might think now: "Well, then i use my vehicle on maximum Range" nope, in soviet russia, nothing is out of range. Their Penal Battalion just upgrades themself with these wonderful PTRS Anti Tank Rifles that will wipe out every on wheels or chains that even dares to show itself. "Okay... How about building MG's then?" "How about building tanks then? I mean... For sure you can build like 3 Tanks and stomp them into the ground, right?" "I'm running out of ideas... How about I use Artilery then?" "But aren't you having mobile artillery too?" Oh, did I already mention that mother russia has the biggest Artillery guns in the game with 152mm and 201mm who will blow up everything likea nuclear bomb? No? Well, now you know it. And if all this isn't enough already, we can still wipe out the rest of them with our IS-2 our KV's or our ISU. Don't you worry, no rock will be left unharmed as soon as our guns fire toward the Krauts. Those OKW Krauts might have their Tiger B, but against our wonderful TM-35 mines and our demolition charge they won't be able to cross the line of our territory without having to sacrifice most of their steel. Trust me, vasily... We're aaaaall safe. You be a good boy and place mother russia's TNT and our PPSH-sub machine gun troops will run in there and wipe out the rest of their fleeing infantry. "But Vladimir, how can we even afford all this stuff?" __________________________________________ Okay guys, just to make things clear... Yeah i know, i pointlessly tried to make this funny... But for real, what i said is no lie. No offense against anyone... But who designed that faction and which one gave his signature below the pile of paper with the soviet design? Literally the only explanation i have for this completely unbalanced op design of the soviet union is that secretly behind CoH2 is wargaming. And if that's the case i unwillingly broke vow to never ever play a game made by wargaming. Soviet is just so insanely overpowered and unfun to play against. And matchmaking even supports that. It is fine if there are more popular factions out there... But do i really need to get matched with 3-4 soviet's in 90% of my games? And so often i am a 4 x OKW team. Your chances to win this are negative. They are -50%. Would it be so hard to get soviet's nerfed or a matchmaking that matches axis always with 2 Ostheer and 2 OKW and only one soviet per allied team? It literally is unplayable. Yes, i play 4 v 4 and no hate but the advices to "Just play <insert any other mode here>" doesn't count. I know you only mean that in a positive way, being it to learn more about the game, about the units, strategies or anything else... My favorite is 4 v 4 and it is legit not playable against this vodka wave that brings up a second gozilla into the map. Honest question: What is the counterplay against mother russia? There is like literally nothing they can't do and they do it better. The only thing that might suck some is their medium tank counterpart for the P4. And they don't even need it. Would only make things worse anyway. [link] [comments] | ||
| A long time fans suggestions on the balance. Posted: 09 Feb 2021 04:12 PM PST Hey all! Since the balance patch is still not out, maybe some suggestions might be implemented, or just food for thought. I love most of the changes in the patch notes, however, i think there is still some room for improvement. I have been playing COH1 and COH2 since forever and they are among my favorite games. Some of these have a bit of personal preference and arguments for the sake of authenticity.
From a balance standpoint, since the they are quite sturdy, maybe they can all drain from a same collective health pool. For example, if one has 1000 hp, once you build another one, they both get 500 hp each. Another idea is to maybe make the price of the second one doubled, the third tripled etc. Or just enable the Opel Blitz from the mechanized building. And if the repair men could fix at guns, mgs and such would be nice. Additionally, it would be nice when you are placing a truck HQ or a brit tent, to see a dotted circle like with the Schwerer HQ that would signify the medic and repair man range from the truck.
Personal gripes.
Tank firing sounds are all kinda sameish when compared to coh1 where every single tank firing is distinct, the Pershing and Tiger comes to mind, both sound menacing in their own way. Not to mention the Flak 88 sound that sends shivers down any Allies spine. I have more but i do not want to write a novel, these are the main ones. [link] [comments] | ||
| Do you guys think building 2 lefh is abusive spamming? Posted: 09 Feb 2021 02:28 PM PST a couple of hours ago i played a custom 4v4. It was a long and hard game but we won. I and the guy that i was facing was mvp of our team respectively. I had built 2 lefh during the entire game. After the game he said building 2 lefh is gay and says him and the coh2 community considers it spamming. The thing was that he was containing me pretty well, even floating 1200 mp with fuel caches down on every point , my side guy was throwing hard spamming 251 and having 50 popcap most of the game but our other side was doing well. I had my army pop above 90 with 1 volks ,1 jager 1 pio, 1 mg ,1 stuka ,1 p4, 1 jadpanzer and 2 lefh but i couldn't push him out because of his isu152. 1 of my lefh was barraging his isu while the other one was barraging his usf mate and was doing pretty well against him(mid game image i am the okw guy). Enemy had no counter to it except the guy who i was facing but he was low on muni during most of the game, eventually he saved up enough for one and called il2 on 1 of my lefh with recon plane from his usf mate but the bombing run didnt destroy the weapon , he targeted a little too deep. it actually decrewed it and i repaired it and i considered giving it to my mate and getting me another tank but i thought i might as well target his isu. Near the end I finally manage to push his isu off killing a t34 in the process with sector assault(the final position of the game). Afterwards he said that we won only bc of his bad teammates even tho his usf mate is inside top 100 in 1v1 and his other side brit was near 90 popcap and that i was bitching behind my lefh even tho i was attacking him on vp and fuel pointfor most of the game. What do you guys think? .Does the coh2 community really think that building 2 lefh is gay and do u guys consider it as spamming and abusive? [link] [comments] | ||
| What sort of weapons are effective against emplacements such as bunkers and the OKW tier 4 building? Posted: 09 Feb 2021 08:13 AM PST Are flame weapons good against bunkers? What about infantry in bunkers? [link] [comments] | ||
| Posted: 09 Feb 2021 02:29 AM PST Can we PLEASE just have counter-battery removed from the game? It adds no value to gameplay. It requires NO input. It will not influence 1v1 balance so it shouldn't even be noticed by the players who whine about people not being good enough for balance suggestions. Everyone is debating about sextons etc. with me now, point that it's a no-skill, no-coordination abilty still stands. Pack-howie auto-fire is getting nerfed coz it's no-skill (or so have i heard). [link] [comments] | ||
| Did MG spam become more prevalent? Posted: 09 Feb 2021 12:10 AM PST I took a hiatus from this game bscuas I got tired of the unbalanced bullshit. The moment I come back and last 4 matches in a row the enemy player was bringing in 3-4 MGs. WTF [link] [comments] | ||
| Allied Armor Steamroll; unbeatable 4v4 strat Posted: 09 Feb 2021 05:38 AM PST Anyone playing 4v4's will have come across this strategy more than a few times... the early game proceeds seemingly normally, tooth-and-nail as usual, with each team holding at least one fuel and with no real big tip-offs as to what's about to come; then suddenly, around mid-game: SURPRISE! Like magic, Allies have a critical mass of swarming T34 or T34/85 armor (6+) systematically obliterating everything on the map. There is no defense against this swarm. By this mid-point of the game we (myself & other Axis players) will have a normal mix of units with maybe a single tank (each). Maybe two if we didn't waste precious fuel on any other vehicles (rare). A small variant of this medium-tank Steamroll strat has (one of the) the Brit players (it's usually a mix of Soviet & Brit players doing this) rushing Crocodile with the advantage being (other than the obvious Anti-Inf) its huge amount of armor to soak up -- complements his teammates small-medium swarms equally nicely as amassing his own swarm of small/medium tanks. The point is this: Never in my time of playing Axis, even with fuel cache'd back caps while holding at least one fuel consistently, have I ever seen Axis able to amass medium tanks like this while also being able to contest points (not as well perhaps but enough). It's utterly crazy the allies are able to do this. [link] [comments] |
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