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Ostheer Suggestions / Re: Ostheer speak German??

« on: February 01, 2010, 07:39:05 PM »

I would like the Ostheer to speak German. It's sad that in the German version of the Game the Americans and the British speak German. Some games let the player choose a language, yet, unfortunately, CoH does not belong to these games.

Be that as it may, what is true is that there are many people in Germany who do not speak English well. As concerns me, I love English, and although I had English lessons from fifth to thirteenth grade, most of what I have learned I have learned by myself. My English is not perfect, needless to say, but I keep trying to improve.

I hate the procedure in Germany that both all films and series are dubbed, even though the number of those who would like to listen to the original English speakers keeps growing. With respect to films and series on DVDs, I always switch to English if English is the original language.

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Balance Discussion / Re: EF - Balance Topic

« on: January 22, 2010, 12:50:05 AM »

I have just registered to mention that the Russians are too strong, yet as I see, somebody else has done that already in a very detailed way. ;-)
I have played two skirmish maps so far, the first time I chose Berlin, playing as Russians, the second time I chose Stalingrad, playing as Wehrmacht. Well, as Russians, you simply rush the map, so the Wehrmacht players have no chance of getting map control. When I played the Wehrmacht, the Russians had already conquered three quarters of the map when I was heading for the first checkpoints. The Russian units move faster, shoot as sharp as a butterfly knife cuts through living flesh, and construct buildings, as it seems, with lightening speed. When I played the Russians, I was astonished to be able to build heavy tanks after a few minutes. The Wehrmacht players did not even have a chance to enter their third phase. Instead, they were defeated as though they were noobs not knowing how to use the resources.
The Russian tanks take out anything you could throw against them. Infantry tanks can take 2-3 shots from a Tiger I (!) before they are destroyed. In a one on one fight, even a T34 proves stronger than a Tiger I, both firing at each other's fronts (!).
The Russian sniper teams defeat any German infantry whatsoever. They do not mind being fired at neither by mg squads, nor snipers, motorbicycles, panzer grenadiers, storm troops or pioneers. Mortars are taken out within seconds, Sturmhaubitzen (StuH) may take out one sniper team before they are destroyed by Russian AT soldiers.
Destroying two or three Russian squads usually ends in a 75-90% loss of German troops.
Within five minutes, the Russians had a winning point defended by mgs, sniper teams, AI tanks, medium tanks and heavy tanks, not to mention artillery strikes without pause--thus early in the game!
When I played the Russians, I experienced the same. Within a few minutes, one can build everything from light infantry to heavy tanks and artillery.