It's getting old, now, but does anyone still play that game?
Company of Heroes
It's getting old, now, but does anyone still play that game?
We've talked about it before but hey CoH needs love :P
I haven't played in a while, but a friend has been badgering me to play again. Damn good game, I hated CoH Online though, they messed that up :|
Here is a CoH video I made with the help of a friend.
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Given I lurk/moderate the unoffficial forums, I have a soft spot for all Relic games. Company of Heroes I never quite got into/was useless at to fully give it justice. But I enjoyed it enough to get all the expansions. It's no Homeworld though.
It's a lot better than Homeworld 2 :P I wouldn't exactly say CoH has a steep "learning curve" but your basically going to get your ass raped the first few times you play (cept when you have an awesome teammate, I did my first 10 games and that I was games then realized how crap I was with my next 8 game losing streak :P). As always the campaign is useless is teaching you anything about the MP, and unlike other games that aren't quite as tactical the skirmish will do fuck all for you. You can learn the units that's about it....Originally Posted by Chopin
edit: On a side note I was happy to hear they are working on a dow3 (dow2 being a dumbed down more hectic coh, still fun and its 40k but not as good gameplay wise imo) but saddened that there was no mention of coh :/
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I never graduated to online play for CoH, primarily because I was never able to really figure out the two expansion factions. Though, as illustrated, my main problem with the Panzer Elite was that I could never quite define the line between extending and overextending, and I knew it. On the other hand, I also typically could stand the AI off indefinitely, as demonstrated.
The one thing that does worry me about this announcement is the rumour that it's essentially going to be DoW:Online. Given how hard CoH:Online flopped, I sincerely hope this isn't the case. But we'll see.edit: On a side note I was happy to hear they are working on a dow3 (dow2 being a dumbed down more hectic coh, still fun and its 40k but not as good gameplay wise imo) but saddened that there was no mention of coh :/
P.S Everyone knows the shit homeworld was Cataclysm
Original was just as good as cata for me. And I have wet dreams about dust. Seeing as CoH Online wasn't made by relic, I have some faith.The one thing that does worry me about this announcement is the rumour that it's essentially going to be DoW:Online. Given how hard CoH:Online flopped, I sincerely hope this isn't the case. But we'll see.
P.S Everyone knows the shit homeworld was Cataclysm
What o_0 Overextended? PE is my favorite army online I have no idea what your talking about overextending.I never graduated to online play for CoH, primarily because I was never able to really figure out the two expansion factions. Though, as illustrated, my main problem with the Panzer Elite was that I could never quite define the line between extending and overextending, and I knew it. On the other hand, I also typically could stand the AI off indefinitely, as demonstrated.
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Reinstalled it today before reading this thread. Freaky.
Still play. Not so regularly as I would like sometimes though.
I find that i get so used to playing multiplayer that when I go do a skirmish the AI trounces me.
Am hanging around level 9 - 10ish with all factions i believe.
Not sure where you're getting this from? It was made by Relic. I only know this because one of the lead designers on COH:O, Brian Wood, who was killed in a car crash, came from Relic and there was a thread over on the fansite that, as I said before, moderate. Unless a 15,000 fan forum got it completely wrong, in which case I apologise.Seeing as CoH Online wasn't made by relic
It's a classic issue about how far you can push at any one time. I could never make the PE work for a single-run knockout blow for some reason, though I usually made the mistake of trying and got knocked way back for it. After that it was an issue of climbing out of the hole, and that took too long for me to spend all the time.
I never figured out the Brits at all.
You are a traitor and a part of the Rebel Alliance. Take him away!P.S Everyone knows the shit homeworld was Cataclysm
Make sure to get the mod, eastern front. It makes it so much better.
Could be wrong, but the way I recall it is that Shandra took CoH and made CoH Online.
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I never figured that one out either, but then again I didn't give it much patience by that point.
I only played the same 3 maps, usually just one (Vire River) so I had my strategies down pat, and I knew exactly how far to push with the PE, they were my army of preference on Vire by a lot ^^. Brits are weird, if your playing against anyone half decent being an arty fag is not going to win you the game. You'll be annoying as fuck and sometimes it results in incredibly long games but I've only lost once to an army fag team with my friend. They go decent tanker, and they're good rush. Both the wagon and the Churchill. Early wagon rush isn't really going to win you any ground to hold long term unless you can turtle real quick behind, but it's fuck annoying and a good set back, so pretty much everyone does it.
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Last time i played eastern front mod, the russians were so over powered it wasn't funny.
[edit] moved post to its own thread.
spamming 88's errywheeere
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Heh, 88's are monsters but usually not that useful cause they're expensive and easy to kill the gunners :< Unless you're fighting like 2x tank Americans where they have no arty then it's goddamn field day.spamming 88's errywheeere
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I always without fail overstretched and allowed to supply lines to be cut.
i remember losing half the map to 3 snipers
then again, pulled my arse out of that with 2 panthers.
maybe I should start playing again...
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A tried and true strategy with the PE when you can't seem to win is go on the defense and build up as much MP as you can (something like 5-6k) and then spam panthers at them (send yours in first as they likely have no exp and suck and your teammates after) and keep bringing new ones whenever they're dead. Of course there's some wrinkles and you can't do JUST that as no matter how many you call in if your running headfirst into tons of AT they will just get continually slaughtered but couple them with your infantry (and some nice AT grenades on the brit at emplacements) you can usually pull through.
Granted this really is only for games that last hours and should have ended long ago, me and my friend never double PE we always have a Wehr and a PE and stukas can usually clear most of the obstructions up front and once your into the open fields on Vire you're pretty much home free as long as you have the MP to keep spamming the panthers.
Also use your jagd and king tiger, I know you don't want them to die but having them sit back there and do nothing the entire game makes them a waste of popcap, don't send them into the first couple of assaults but they definitely need to get in. They're also a great way to soak up dmg and get the enemy into a position where you can special/stuka them as they always get a hardon trying to kill them.
edit: Snipers are fucking mean though, when I feel like messing around I'll get like 4-5 snipers and just rape infantry. It's not really super helpful to the team a lot of the time but it's hilarious :P Also be glad they nerfed them from before. Vet 3 Wehr snipers used to run cloaked (like the American sniper does) and also did a doubleshot, so it fired twice (could fire at different targets as well so 2 down per sniper), it was pretty insane. They got nerfed really hard though, no doubleshot no run while cloaked.
2nd edit: Tales of Valor was extremely disappointing as well, no new armies and half of the units added suck. The geschutzwagon makes it almost worth it though, damn things like a flak 88 on wheels.
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starting to patch from 1.0.0.0
bout 3GB to DL and install.
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Yeah patching is murderous, it's not as bad if you have the second expansion to install (forgot the name) as the patch installs that and tales of valor as well (even if you don't have them). I don't uninstall CoH ever because of that, it's not a huge issue but it's kept some of my friends from giving it a go :/
edit: adding my other 2 coh vids too.
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If what I've read and seen is to be believed Brits are the current underpowered faction and Wehr OP, while Americans and PE are just sort of like "Meh." At least for multiplayer. But that's since the latest major balance patch came out about a month ago.
Hmm... before (dunno bout the patch) I think it was balanced. Some had more advantages on some maps then others but overall they seemed ok to me.
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Rush as British, build trenchs and MG's. Lol at Germans, wait for pryo spam then go tank commander and rape the other team.
Pio spam early on is a decent counter to bren rush. And turtling up on my side of vire doesn't usually work as my friend has long since learned to take care of that (he takes the short bridge) and I usually get my rush off with PE.
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Am finding teh new patch is pretty good. Have played a few games as wehr and US and it seems reasonably balanced.
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