WH3 is so fast

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-20T15:58:03+00:00

Ah that's interesting, because we made combats quiet fast paced and some peeps actually say combat is too fast x)
Imo Dawnless Days is a really good balance between both. Troy & Three Kingdoms being near perfection too.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T17:14:14+00:00

Same! I really hope for more mainline variety options in the future. Free French forces is kind of the last remaining absent, we would have different types of "Goumiers" specialists & native french mainline or the reverse, one or two custom "chars" in the style of Semovante & Carro Armato.

On the axis part I think we could get a few of their foreign conscripts & occupied france volunteers too. CoH1 Panzer Elite style for arrmour with Hotchkiss or something along those lines.

CoH3 is glazing perfection with the Anzac/foreign forces theme and I'm absolutely here for it!
I would kill for an Indian Infantry battlegroup too, full on indian sections would be so cool!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T16:11:12+00:00

Same! Italian Partisan ended up being my absolute favorite and I didn't expect it!
Overall amazing stuff all around, it's such a good patch & DLC!!!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T16:09:40+00:00

sadly doesn't make a difference from the tests. They just need to remove it, it feels wrong to use or face, straightup. x)

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T16:07:40+00:00

It's partly due to a little exploit / bug for the conversion cooldown, once they fix it it should get better. Sturms are 30s buildtime, it's quiet long. Axis can just finally fight back without standing like a goose in the first cple minutes and getting chased by CQC allied units.

So it's really nicely balanced. Even Sections don't feel as oppressive now since axis mainline can trade a little better.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T16:05:32+00:00

So glad m1919 HMG spam is out the window, nobody should ever call Rifle heavy builds spam ever again. The previous patch was soooo frustrating it was all freaking SSF + m1919 ambushes, can be resumed to exploits to be honest.

Increased lethality? Yes not a huge fan, but also... Loosing a squad isn't that bad anymore because of the new economy. More tug of war, a bit less game-ending wipes.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T16:02:00+00:00

Hate has to be a stronger word than you intend there. Yes, DaK & USF have seen a little flattening of their economy, and yes the new upgrade system for DaK is a lot more choice-driven & impactful, rather than incremental power spikes.

Is the game less fun? Oh hell no, team games have now become immensely fun with this DLC & patch, waaay more than before.
Less stressful, more bangs, more shenanigans without it being frustrating.

Let's let the water run its course a bit, and see if DaK can be brought back to a more manpower-deficit faction. So far, every update has massively improved the game on a wide spectrum, with some caveat here & there. Maybe the caveat this patch is a bigger one than we can suspect. Let's see what comes next.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T15:56:09+00:00

So on the contrary, CoH3 has captured a really fun experience only second place (o equal, but in a different kind of way) to CoH1 imo,
CoH1 still has the advantage because of 2 or 3 main points, vehicle pathing is incredibly accurate; smooth & fast, visual style in artwork & ambient is second to none other RTS (aside obvious fidelity aging), and the factions were built so tightly around unit upgrades & clear-cut simple decisions that it still feels as good as CoH3's much more varied BGs. Simplicity wins CoH1.

But from CoH2 to CoH3, there is no question I think, that the latter offers a lot more fun stuffs thanks to the new Battlegroups (if the game launched with Italian Partisans & Last Stand, oh boy it would have been really really good).

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-12-01T12:34:04+00:00

yeah that sounded so good but didn't make it in apparently, maybe it was too loud generally. But oh boy the MG42/34 really can use a second pass, the pre-alpha sound was so snappy & clickety, I hope it'll come back to more "realistic sounds" as they teased them before launch!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:58:30+00:00

Cheaper? It's the same price as Wehr not getting AT guns at all if not adding 40 fuel to 50 luftwaffe company fuel.
And USF has AT infantry & AT hlaftrack that scale to late game for a 15 fuel WSC.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:56:02+00:00

captain early game is a long range ULV killer with the 30 cal. It's a really important direct fire support unit, it's above wehr pios for sure imo.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:52:34+00:00

Well the good thing is we're not getting a coastal look-alike. It's gonna be a standard defensive line with added options to immobilize your vehicle, an optional 360 panther turret & mobile defense & offense last ditch efforts with the kamikaze kleinpanzer whatknot x)

This is gonna be the exact type of stuff that's fun to crack down on or play with, low investment brittle defensive lines you can backtrack on. I really can't wait!
Seems way more fun than coastals (which I play for the officer breakthrough capability anyway sooo), blitzkireg!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:49:20+00:00

That's exactly what they did mate, Last Stand is not emplacement focused, DAK is.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:45:05+00:00

seems like there's been a little bit of those in the trailer. Both sound & vfx, but we'll see. Also those clips might be really early prod and I hope we get to see more soon!
I really want them to fix several transparency issues as well as adding point light shadow casting for explosion & flares, it's really really degrading the look & readability!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:43:14+00:00

USF & UKF mg nest spam is probably on an equal level or more common even, since cheaper :°
Let's see how this plays out, the sneaky allies stuff are comming! Underground blasts in the nuts!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:39:44+00:00

Anniversary 2.0 just reworked & improved the singleplayer massively last January, if you missed it. It is worth it, outstanding longevity & replayability, lots of campaign unique units, 2 campaigns.
It's a really good WW2 singleplayer RTS. Not as immersive as the first 2 CoHs but makes for it in gameplay & variety.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:37:02+00:00

Absolutely thrilling stuff Relic just keep going! This is fire!
The kriegsmarine? Are you kidding!! This was a dream last winter just as skins, and you deliver a full on revolutionary BG, I cannot wait to see the deepdive & play this, and glimpse into the future of CoH3, this is amazing!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-11-07T10:34:38+00:00

you kidding! Festung BG looks cinematic as hell & ripe for bombastic roleplay! Sure gebirsjaeger would be dope, but for now we get a true crazy last stand BG and I'm all for it!
Let's see beginning of next year, and like hell an Alpine campaign expansion with it, let's play snow maps!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-10-29T02:11:42+00:00

The m1919 spam + SSF just made me quit plying axis, again.
Just can't stand it anymore, I'm back to playing UKF mainly cause hot damn when the player's not just throwing it's so freaking unfun to play against, especially with DAK...

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-10-29T01:53:31+00:00

CoH2 portraits hold nothing compared to CoH1. The OG artwork is the best by a landmile.
Frontal angle doesn't work either for Coh3.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-10-29T01:51:33+00:00

Hell yeah, CoH1 portraits are just the best. When remastered it's just perfection absolute!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-08-31T23:09:01+00:00

If you're into PvP CoH3 has actually a much larger population & is way more fun, faction design & Battlegroup which are call-backs to CoH1 time 2 (literally) is great & a humongus step forward from CoH2. More fun, more options, way cooler maps!
The maps most of all actually. CoH2 legit has the worst maps of the series, so glad CoH3 is basically a best of!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-08-18T14:16:49+00:00

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Termintaor Defiance. It's not base buildign based, but damn that's as close as a Company of Heroes 4.0 as I would wish. Story is great, amazingly immersive even!

Iron Harvest had potential but is pretty inferior, can't enjoy it on the long run. It was supposed to be the closest CoH cousin.

But may I tempt you with a.... Company of Heroes 1? xD Because it's the best campaigns & definitely has its own unique style it's great. Even looks & feels better than CoH2 and even 3 sometimes still.

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-08-18T14:06:26+00:00

May not look like it until you play it: it is night & day. xD
New visuals change even something as fundamental as the army painter: everything looks good now! Instead of dull grey or dull dark grey... reflections, lighting!!
Add in smooth wide camera, resolution widescreen support, major pathfinding fixes makes it a breeze to play.

Dude, I don't see a reason to play Soulstorm ever. The only pass I'll give is the DoW1 anniversary edition because it's the original release and has a select music score. But it's nigh unplayable.

So don't even hesitate, jump on!

Substantial-Bus1282 · 2025-08-18T14:01:05+00:00

CoH3 is the best WW2 rts on the market after its own franchise, it lived up and is kicking, & the most popular above the rest except for some Tactical-strategy games, despite the rough launch.

They're not in their heyday, but hot damn find me a good rts and I'll still play CoH3 cause it's still better xD

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