Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

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My thoughts on EF[1.04]
« on: February 08, 2010, 02:20:05 AM »
Great mod with a great dev team.  You guys have been very responsive to the community and very quick to work on the major issues with the mod.

I believe the mod still has a ways to go before it is truly an "unofficial expansion pack".  Specifically these issues remain, and they will undoubtedly take time to fix.

1. Soviet tech tree.  Its far too linear at the moment.  Its spam conscripts/ingenery, then build an ssb to spam mortars/sharpshooters, then go for tanks.  I don't have any ideas for how to fix this in a balanced manner, but there needs to be more decisions available to the player early and mid game.

2. Artwork.  The katyusha needs actual animations instead of a copy and paste of the calliope.  The mg dugout needs a lot of love.  The ZIS2 needs to be finished to replace the amer AT gun.  The 120mm mortar needs a model so it doesn't look puny.  There are a couple of other minor issues but these are the biggies that take some of the immersion away.

3. The MG dugout.  Its massively too expensive(esp. since it cannot be recrewed) and as already stated it needs a Dhsk and the roof to be cut off so it doesn't resemble the brit mg.

4. Stability.  I am still getting CTDs on a few select maps.  1.03/4 has been a big improvement in this.

5. Securing territory.  I know there are arguments against this but a balanced 2v2 with amer/brit teammates is simply not possible unless you make the board even.  I don't have an idea of how it should work, but something needs to be done.

6. US/PE Unit limits.  I know you did it to stop AI spam but it changes the original gameplay in a negative way.  Better AI is not worth modifying the original game factions.

My opinions, take them or leave them and I know you guys are working hard on some or all of the above points already.
« Last Edit: February 08, 2010, 03:21:29 AM by xenotype »