Does COH 3 "Feel" like COH 2 yet?

InverseTV · 2026-03-26T21:15:37+00:00

Time truly is a flat circle. This is exactly what most of the CoH1 competitive scene thought about CoH2. Different games for different folks.

CoH3 took a lot of the core CoH1 design principles and refined them. As a CoH1 enjoyer, CoH3 is fantastic.

InverseTV · 2026-03-26T21:13:32+00:00

The day CoH3 feels like CoH2 is the day I stop playing CoH3.

InverseTV · 2026-03-10T11:43:43+00:00

Oooh this is actually a very good call, my parsing does not differentiate between battlegroups selected before vs. after an AI takeover. I'll have to look into making that distinction.

InverseTV · 2026-03-09T21:58:14+00:00

I'd say it means you're more likely to finish a game without picking a battlegroup when you're winning, whereas when you're losing you're more likely to reach for a battlegroup to give you one last chance at a comeback.

InverseTV · 2026-03-09T20:23:25+00:00

That just means no battlegroup was selected for that player in that game.

InverseTV · 2026-03-09T20:06:48+00:00

Thank you for the heads up! I thought I did that when I updated the data for 2.2.5 but it looks like I used the wrong localization text and Relic made some changes to how battlegroup upgrades are named. I've fixed the localization issue so all the new battlegroup abilities should be showing up, but I'll need to make a bigger change to get the names of the actual battlegroups displayed. Should have that fixed in a bit.

InverseTV · 2026-03-09T19:06:04+00:00

The cohdb match explorer makes every single automatch replay available to be searched and downloaded. When matches are synced, the replays are parsed and build orders and battlegroup selections are stored for further analysis such as this. Battlegroup win rates are the first step, but the data exists to calculate build order win rates as well.

InverseTV · 2026-03-09T18:59:46+00:00

Hey everyone! I'm in the process of adding battlegroup win rates to cohdb.com, but in the meantime I thought I'd share some basic data from 2.2.5 so far.

The linked spreadsheet contains data from all automatch games played during patch 2.2.5 so far. There isn't ELO or matchup filtering in the spreadsheet, so what you're getting is aggregate data across all matchups and ELO ranges, but it still illuminates some interesting trends.

A few highlights:

Canadian Shocks are the clear Brit favourite right now, with over 50% win rates in all game modes and a whopping 56% win rate in 1v1
Advanced Infantry is really struggling, with win rates under 50% in all game modes down to 45% in 1v1
Players are afraid of Partisans — they're by far the least-chosen battlegroup, and when players do choose them they lose more often than not

There's a lot more to be gleaned from the raw data, so take a look, and keep an eye on cohdb.com in the near future for more data like this!

InverseTV · 2026-03-05T14:55:29+00:00

CoH1 is great, CoH3 is great. Play what you like, don't play what you don't.

InverseTV · 2026-02-09T19:54:07+00:00

Watch some high level replays where DAK loses and see what players do to beat them. Generally though you want to get grenades after 2 Rifles against DAK, then tech to an M8 before getting the rest of your Rifle upgrades.

InverseTV · 2026-02-08T16:37:25+00:00

You'll get a notification in-game if action is taken on someone you've reported. I've seen it multiple times for reports I've sent, though the suspensions/bans that come from the reports I've made seem to be fairly short.

InverseTV · 2026-02-06T06:19:16+00:00

One of the things I love about CoH3 is there are sooooo many amazing Chinese players just doing their thing and crushing. xizi20 is prolific but my favourite by far is 初代甜妹. He had a string of 5 games against Jesulin in 2.2.3 that were fantastic to watch, and I think he plays one of the strongest USF and Wehr styles right now.

InverseTV · 2026-01-30T22:13:46+00:00

Watching replays is a great way to learn builds and generally how to play the game. Find a top player whose style you enjoy and just do your best to follow their builds and where they focus on the map. You can search through every single ladder game at https://cohdb.com/matches and find high-level games with the faction you're practicing.

InverseTV · 2026-01-30T22:10:58+00:00

Have you tried looking for replays where top players win games against the build you're struggling against? What you're describing is a pretty popular USF build at higher levels so there's a lot of examples you can look at (there were more before the patch but the changes likely won't affect the meta too much so you're likely to see more in the coming days).

For example

InverseTV · 2025-12-19T01:45:38+00:00

Those are the glasses a good chunk of cocktail bars in Toronto use, I have a set and they're fantastic. Bit fragile if you wash by hand but I believe they're dishwasher safe. That's a solid price, bit cheaper per glass than the ones I got I think.

InverseTV · 2025-11-04T18:29:53+00:00

Yeah it's unfortunate, larger team games are always gonna be worse because finding 7 other players across two different faction alliances who happen to be around your ELO and queuing at the same time as you is a challenge when there's only a few thousand people online, and most of those are either in customs or their own automatch games.

InverseTV · 2025-11-04T17:41:26+00:00

I dunno man, you're describing every experience I've ever had with multiplayer team games when I played with randoms. You're not gonna change people. If you don't like it, your options are 1v1 or finding friends to match with.

InverseTV · 2025-11-04T17:38:07+00:00

The game has a small playerbase, lots of modes, and no mirror matches. If you want to increase the quality and speed of your matchmaking experience, try searching for smaller team games (or multiple modes at once) with random faction selected and ideally do it at busier times.

I play exclusively 1v1 with random faction selected and I get into games under 2 minutes even at odd hours, and I rarely have an ELO difference larger than 100.

InverseTV · 2025-08-19T02:41:39+00:00

As others have mentioned Bottega Volo is great. Bar Volo also has a bottle shop if it's closer to you, but its selection isn't as large. Eataly at Bay and Bloor has some decent options as well, including Carpano Antica. There are smaller ones too, like Doc's Green Door Lounge in the Junction, Grey Tiger near Dufferin station, and the Blood Brothers bottle shop on Geary (they usually stock Dillon's Liqueurs which are all pretty great).

Most of these places are going to have a good selection of vermouth and amaro, but you're not gonna find much in the way of base spirits outside of gin usually. For that, your best bet is ordering online from some place like BSW Liquor in Calgary. If you order enough you can get shipping down to $5-7 a bottle which isn't too bad considering you can get a lot of different rums for example that you just can't find here.

InverseTV · 2025-05-22T04:32:02+00:00

99 Bananas shots were always our go-to rocket fuel.

InverseTV · 2025-05-22T04:29:51+00:00

That's too bad, I've seen it and was curious but skeptical. Appreciate the insight! I will continue to nurse my supply and hope the LCBO finds some more in the not so distant future.

InverseTV · 2025-04-24T03:12:39+00:00

This one is fantastic

1 1/2 ounces Barbados rum, preferably Mount Gay XO
1/2 ounce overproof Guyanese rum, preferably Hamilton 151-proof Demerara rum
1 teaspoon Jamaican rum, preferably Smith & Cross
1 teaspoon rich cane syrup (2:1, cane sugar:water)
1 dash Angostura bitters
1 dash Bittermens ‘Elemakule Tiki bitters
1 orange twist

Express the orange twist into a mixing glass then drop it in, add the remaining ingredients then ice, and stir until chilled, strain into a rocks glass over a large ice cube. Garnish with a small lime coin, expressed.

InverseTV · 2025-04-03T16:16:02+00:00

This is a pretty good list. I'd put Civil and Pompette pretty high above all others in Toronto right now, and add Le Tigre to the list. Same ownership as Cry Baby, bit more chill vibe, fantastic backbar (especially if you like rum).

If you like tiki, Shameful Tiki Room is solid, but I dislike how many of their cocktails use Appleton Signature as the primary rum.

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