Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => Balance Discussion => Topic started by: vewt on January 23, 2010, 10:31:25 AM

Title: Tank Riders
Post by: vewt on January 23, 2010, 10:31:25 AM
Horribly overpowered.

Compare to Hetzer:

600MP, 4CP, tank call in. Situational specialist tank.

750MP, 4CP, tank+elite infantry call in. General tank, incredibly powerful infantry. Infantry may fire from tank and are invulnerable.



1: Why is it so cheap?
2: Why should a 4CP ability grant two full tier units?
3: Why can the infantry sitting on the exposed hull of a tank not take damage as it is shot, nor be targetted?
4: Why when the tank is destroyed and it's rounds cook off causing a massive explosion, are the infantry barely harmed? (Their deathrate should be close to 100%).



Serious problem with this ability at the moment.
Title: Re: Tank Riders
Post by: LeRagpicker on January 23, 2010, 10:42:53 AM
the name should be
"base rush force"
4 cp => call in => drive straight in enemy base => watch the epic rape
Title: Re: Tank Riders
Post by: Wookie on January 23, 2010, 02:22:15 PM
The infantry are not invincible. Several games i've had they have been killed by various different methods riding that tank
Title: Re: Tank Riders
Post by: Saavedra on January 23, 2010, 03:44:35 PM
I suppose the tank riding works like the Panzer Elite halftracks, where small arms fire does not kill the men inside, but sniper shots, flamethrowers and the like will.


At least, I hope that´s what the devs did.
Title: Re: Tank Riders
Post by: SiopaoBrigade on January 23, 2010, 05:20:26 PM
The infantry garrisoned on top of the tank are NOT invincible. I've seen Pumas, mortars, and Snipers kill the tank guards while the ywere on the tanks