CoH 2 - How would you like it?

[Toorstain]

As far as I know there are no current plans by Relic to make Company of Heroes 2, but if was going to be made and you could decide how it would be, how would you make it?

-If Company of Heroes 2 should ever be made, how would you like it to be?
-How different would it have to be from normal CoH to make it worth buying?
-Any radical changes or just improving the current game?
-Should CoH 2 be made at all?

Just post your thoughts and ideas,I'll start :

CoH is about small company-sized battles, so I think they should improve how infantry is used since they are the backbone of a company. (Bigger squads, more allround-infantry)

Also minor improvements like that you can actually see infantry taking cover, so that infantry can jump over smal fences and similar objects, so that firefights are fought from greater distances and no-one fires for ten seconds at anyone in close-up without killing them, and generally bigger maps.

Also it maybe they could change the entire setting to another era. Perhaps the Vietnam war, the gulf war or the war in Afghanistan. Helicopter action anyone?

[stryker]

It's a good question.  For my money it would be taking the game to another conflict.  Like you suggested, Vietnam is probably the logical progression since Korea would probably be too similar to WW2 to make it sufficiently different.

It would certainly give you two completely different sides for almost two different games in the gameplay each requires.

[neosdark]

Well i would actually imagine a COH 2 in Korea, cause it would be easier for Relic to design the factions ( the Americans being armed with BARs, M1 Garands, Super Bazookas, M3 and M2 Carbines (M3 with infared night scope probably), M1919 MG, etc. ) The tanks would also be pretty easy since they bassicly used Shermans, Super Pershings, Chaffes, M36s and M46 Pattons (which are tricked out Pershings). The North Koreans would be a little trickier,using mainly Soviet Weaponry, but i'm sure they would just steal from our friends on the Eastern Front. So no probs there eh.

[Paciat]

I hope that in COH 2 in late game Allies will be OP like Axis are now.
US supply upgrades should be more important.
UKs oficers should be harder to kill or UK should have more (any) global upgrades.
M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, BRENs, LMG42 should have more firepower.
COH 2 should have Soviets!

[My Name Is Ante]

It will be really good to see a future warfare one...
However, the cover system should remain same, or at least has similar importance (Unlike DoW 2 cover system which is very easy to be destroyed)...

The different will of course, almost all of it except the resource...
And also controllable flying unit (with enjoyable control and balance stat against another type of unit)...
It will become a plus factor if a "triple threat" type of battle is included (So not only Axis vs Allied type)...
At least, it will be very fascinating for me...

[cephalos]

I think that COH2 wouldn't be about WW2. The CoH1 engine and  physix are already on very, very high level. Only hope for more factions to play during WW2 are mods and expansions. No more, no less.
CoH2 should be placed in recent times. Let's say War in Iraq. Typical COH1, however infantry should be mechanized (M2 Bradleys and BMP-1s) and play main role, tanks would apperar only as heavy support. And choppers like Mi-24 or AH-64( controllable, of course). And air support (A-10). Scale of combat I would leave on COH1 level - what Relic and THQ did to DoW2 was terrible when we are talking about big and massive battles. Engine should stay the same, because COH has nice graphics and details.

[Paciat]

CoH2 should be placed in recent times. Let's say War in Iraq.

It would be like a Piospam vs Tommies. 

[Akalonor]

I would love it if they included a feature to assume control of a squad than switch back to the tactical position, you would assume the FP/3P Control of the captain of a squad/ tank/ vehicle and play as it until you decide to switch back to the tactical view where you could play it out normal RTS style. IMO , it would be cool to play a game  like that anyway.
@Paciat,  What ? The Axis aren't OP late game. If they are than the Allies could be considered OP early game :p

[TacticalNuke]

I would like to see tanks shoot from realistic ranges. Even some ww2 tanks could shoot almost a mile. Much more realistic than 50ft

[neosdark]

I would like to see tanks shoot from realistic ranges. Even some ww2 tanks could shoot almost a mile. Much more realistic than 50ft

Then we would need VERYYYYY big maps, for the longer ranges. Its all in the interest of making less sense (we can thank Relic for putting in the Bergetiger and Pershings which didn't even serve in Normandy) and what Relic calls "balance".

I would personally like to see larger expanses for infantry capabilities (new Allied infantry, more capabilities for them and more variety for Axis squads, more control over individual members of support squads particularly snipers), more customizability (more variable upgrades) for Axis and Allied Tanks, and more customization for units all together (you can choose the patches and symbols, their initial load-outs, camo style, and other such aesthetic things so one guys units don't look like the others).

Its a common feature in many games to make your troops look different from others and they started doing it in FPS's even (Modern Warfare 2) and not too hard to do. 

[Toorstain]

They should do so that you won't have to capture a flag to take an area, but just be more people there than the enemy.

I think there is a mod that makes it so, can't remember the name.

[Sovereign]

More emphasis on melee or atonement for the lack thereof. Especially if they add the Japanese who relied heavily on surprise charges.

Improved pathing to where infantry don't get clustered in alleys etc. Lastly they should release some beastly worldbuilder/sdk with it.

[comrade2012]

i iwould make it in the pacific.

How do you do island warfare? simple, pick a big island for the setting. New Guinea would be my pick. Its a big island and a lot of the fighting was on land. New guinea is bigger than Normandy so there should be plenty of maps to create.

you could also pick Guadalcannal. Its not that big of an island, but it was a long battle.

Okinawa would be good too.

Or you could just set it in the Philippines.

there are plenty of places to pick from that arent sea battles.

the allies could be: marines, Australians, and British

the axis: Japan

[Akalonor]

i iwould make it in the pacific.

How do you do island warfare? simple, pick a big island for the setting. New Guinea would be my pick. Its a big island and a lot of the fighting was on land. New guinea is bigger than Normandy so there should be plenty of maps to create.

you could also pick Guadalcannal. Its not that big of an island, but it was a long battle.

Okinawa would be good too.

Or you could just set it in the Philippines.

there are plenty of places to pick from that arent sea battles.

the allies could be: marines, Australians, and British

the axis: Japan

3v1
There is already a mod in the Pacific so that is unlikely.

I agree with most saying that it would be good to have more infantry controls and variaty.
(to Comrade2012 )- Here look at this game , from what I can tell you might like it .  http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/blitzkrieg/index.html

[comrade2012]

well. think about what coh is like now, Americans, British Russians vs germans. 3 vs 1. its the same.

Within the axis their could be three different Japanese armies. just like the germans are now Wehrmacht, PE, and Ostheer. I dont know what the Japanese armies would be called, but im sure somebody else could figure that out.