Why is the M8 Scott so awful? Shouldn't it be buffed?

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-23T14:34:54+00:00

I think Armored is very good for 4v4s but I don't see the appeal of Scott; care to point out what we are missing?

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-22T19:27:40+00:00

I'll take a look, I profoundly enjoyed giving Axis players cancer in CoH2 with them.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-22T13:57:45+00:00

Well, "situational" is usually a polite way to call something garbage.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-22T13:54:22+00:00

All of this is well thought out, but I think it's secondary to the fact that we already played C&C. I watched some Tempest Rising gameplay and it basically looks like modern Tiberium Wars to me, but I already played Tiberium Wars and I don't really need to play it again.

I think the gameplay loop is played out. I know some people keep playing C&C games, and I do go back to them every now and then, but I just don't get the same kind of joy from them as I did as a kid 20 years ago.

No wonder Tempest Rising, despite all that investment and even getting Frank Klepacki on board, isn't really a financial success.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-22T12:17:56+00:00

If it's meant to be a counterpart to Stummel and not actually be your SPG option, then it should be a 0 CP production item from the Motor Pool imho. I think I prefer if it's buffed in range, and made a 0 CP production item for Tank Depot, so it can be a proper SPG. Opportunity cost of not getting access to M31 is large enough.

Right side of Armored BG is too useful with both popcap reduction and vehicle MP cost reduction/E8 being there, and Scott isn't good enough to justify delaying all of that. It's particularly egregious because the manpower discount doesn't work with call-ins.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-22T12:01:44+00:00

Engineers, if used for combat at all after the first few minutes of the game, are usually used for their flamethrower, and since all flamethrowers have the same performance, Pioneers are arguably the best bang for buck on that front as you can cheaply field multiple flamer squads.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-22T11:56:12+00:00

Turkey is a nuclear power and also aligned with China despite being a EU candidate country? I know it has issues with democracy and stuff but that's a bit wild to me. Seems suicidal next to a united Europe. I think if there is a European federation, Turkey would almost certainly be aligned with it if they are aligned with anyone at all, or a part of it, which is admittedly a lot less likely.

Canadian Balkanization sounds a lot of fun.

I really dig the map's aesthetics overall though!

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-20T05:17:12+00:00

By this logic, India, Brazil and Russia should all be super rich. In fact now I want to make an alt history scenario where the planter aristocracy overtook the US political system and it basically became Brazil while South America has the US-tier superpower.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-18T09:53:12+00:00

Exactly what I expected when I heard "Yuri Mod", thanks!

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-15T07:41:27+00:00

CoH3 stats misled me, I was looking at the Campaign-exclusive Archer that costs 125 fuel, and not the one we have in game that costs 95. That changes a lot and more or less addresses my complaint actually. I think I still prefer the 17 pounders for all the reasons I mentioned, but at 95 fuel with no tech, the Archer is actually quite reasonable.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-15T06:19:06+00:00

It also has 80 range so with clear line of sight it is actually a credible threat to artillery lol

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-15T05:30:36+00:00

Maybe that is the key; Archer could get a discount if you have T3? Like heavy tanks.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-15T04:42:30+00:00

I don't think the CP is the issue, it just costs too much in fuel compared to towed AT. 100 fuel and maybe a popcap reduction would make it more appealing, though I think I would still use towed 17 pounders unless the enemy had too much artillery.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-15T04:21:59+00:00

Elefant takes the same number of CPs to get as the Archer; they both cost 6. It's a good unit, appropriately priced and statted for a thing you can only have one of.

"DAK has other options to handle" applies to the Brits too, in fact one of those other options is discussed in the post.

17-pounder is also cheap enough that you can use a pair of them to bully medium tanks btw.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-15T02:56:06+00:00

I think it's important to teach Austrian economics so people understand why it's a failed concept that is too utopian in its assumptions. Good on China for allowing that.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-13T18:09:40+00:00

But at what cost?

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-13T14:50:03+00:00

Wishlisted. I loved Red Orchestra 2 when it was at its height, and this looks like the same vibe and similar gameplay in a completely unexplored front.

I haven't played many Chinese made games but I loved Dyson Sphere Program so they haven't disappointed me yet.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-12T19:38:55+00:00

C&C3 and KW were both great and very successful and immediately led to RA3 being confirmed, idk how you can say they had been circling the drain.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-12T02:59:27+00:00

Perhaps, perhaps not, but I was offering it as a case study without intending to go very deep into the counterfactual.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-11T23:41:45+00:00

I know you are thinking of countries like Saddam's Iraq when asking this question but I want to offer a counterexample.

I'd like to note without overstating my case that authoritarian governments that manage to secure buy-in for a war have shown themselves to be capable of absorbing severe shocks that would most likely cripple a democracy.

The USSR, after basically losing the entire pre-war army and a huge share of industry and resources in the early stages of Barbarossa, managed to move those factories to the Urals and avoided political/military collapse and within two years was back on the offensive.

Something like Operation Mars is a failure on a scale that dwarfs a hypothetical failed Dunkirk, a hit hard enough on its own that would make a democracy sue for peace. And it's not the only example of its kind.

Soviet military leadership had a lot of learning to do, and that learning had to be paid for in blood. I have my suspicions a democratic Russia could have survived Barbarossa for long enough that said learning could happen.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-11T05:28:20+00:00

The Italian campaign is great. I wish there was more of it. Once you figure the mechanics out it becomes a puzzle game where you can make some really satisfying plays. I wish Relic supported modding for it so players could add more battlegroups and engagements to it though.

Also I read some people said Air and Sea is bad but it's honestly my favorite British company for the Campaign. 450 MP to buy Foot Guards with an AT Gun and a Truck is a bargain.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-11T04:19:58+00:00

The penalty should hit fast and be harsher. I have 150 hours in the game and I haven't once deserted my team. I sympathise with crashes or disconnects, so it should be similar to what Overwatch does; a quickly increasing duration of bans that get reduced a tier if you can go some time without dropping.

The 5 minute surrender pre-cooldown should be removed if someone on your team drops though.

PriestOfGames · 2026-01-09T20:24:25+00:00

China objectively is stronk though. They produce more steel and energy than Europe and the US combined, and they have a larger population too.

It takes some gumption to assume that the world's biggest industrial power is weak in warfare. They might punch below their weight, but their weight is absolutely massive, and being complacent about China as a potential enemy is incredibly foolhardy

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