Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => Suggestions => Red Army Suggestions => Topic started by: ThGermanElite on August 24, 2010, 09:31:12 PM

Title: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: ThGermanElite on August 24, 2010, 09:31:12 PM
You know what would be cool?.....would it be possible to make the soldiers in the Conscript unit who do not carry weapons, possibly "punch" or do some unarmed combat motion? Granted, it would barely do any damage, but at least they wont be useless...

Also, if the above idea is possible, would the DEVs be able to add some E-Tools (Entrenching Tools/Shovels) (Recieved at Vet1 or 2) which improve the damage given by the "unarmed conscripts"??
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Blackbishop on August 24, 2010, 09:43:02 PM
EF won't ever implement melee.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Seeme on August 25, 2010, 12:19:05 AM
Its most likely impossible to code, nut it would be cool if the unarmed constipts could pick up dead soldiers weapons. It could be automatic when a constipt is right over it. Still it would be hard to make it work.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: TacticalNuke on August 25, 2010, 12:49:47 AM
speaking of picking up weapons, does anyone know why the possibility of a German squad dropping their weapons, seems to have decreased? I almost never find lmgs or panzershreks on Ef. The Americans drop tons of stuff but not the Germans.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: ThGermanElite on August 25, 2010, 04:18:29 AM
BlackBishop...why do you think that, brother? Just because the coding is too difficult or the fact they just wont do it?

Seeme...yeah thats what I thought man, doesnt hurt to ask though. :/
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Blackbishop on August 25, 2010, 04:26:16 AM
BlackBishop...why do you think that, brother? Just because the coding is too difficult or the fact they just wont do it?

Seeme...yeah thats what I thought man, doesnt hurt to ask though. :/
That was a fact not a thought, that decision was already taken some time ago, EF Team won't implement it. I don't think that is impossible, but they have other things to focus... coughOstcoughheercough.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: GodlikeDennis on August 25, 2010, 06:27:34 AM
speaking of picking up weapons, does anyone know why the possibility of a German squad dropping their weapons, seems to have decreased? I almost never find lmgs or panzershreks on Ef. The Americans drop tons of stuff but not the Germans.

I'm pretty sure only the LMG42 had a reduced chance to drop, down to 0.2. Remember that weapons are much less likely to drop when there is still squad weapon space, which is why I only ever get a single shrek on my gren squads. If you upgrade a squad with 2 shreks, they have a very good chance of dropping them (which I painfully experienced in one of the tourney games on my stormtroopers).
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Happycat on August 25, 2010, 08:10:56 AM
I think "passing" their rifles (like the bazookas, LMGs, etc) would be a better idea, there's nothing worse than having unarmed conscripts running around when their comrades are dead.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Paciat on August 25, 2010, 08:17:19 AM
But I still wish that they would "meele" even if without animations. Same dmg as Mosin but only 5 max range.
I mean these constripts cost allmost as much as 2 squads of "trained" engies that can repair tanks, lay mines, lay down twice as much firepower as constripts.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Sigmar on August 28, 2010, 04:38:18 AM
Anyone tell me why the unarmed conscripts run towards the enemy ?  I mean I place the unit behind cover and the unarmed ones take off toward the enemy like sacrificial lambs?
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: ThGermanElite on August 28, 2010, 04:43:44 AM
Anyone tell me why the unarmed conscripts run towards the enemy ?  I mean I place the unit behind cover and the unarmed ones take off toward the enemy like sacrificial lambs?
Thats why I was hoping they could make em melle :/
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Mad hatters in jeans on August 28, 2010, 01:25:54 PM
idk, i mean i know it's a game but, sometimes i see firefights between guys face to face and they're at it for a good half a minute. O.o
how bad is their rifletraining?
I'm not talking about just conscripts i'm talking about all the factions basic infantry.

anyway, that's a big can of worms melee combat for CoH.
I mean if you want to take that route why not have infantry melee armour units? or soldiers jumping jeeps and motorbikes. chucking grenades down the access hatch of a tank or the like.

too damn long to make and keep it balanced i suspect.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Seeme on August 28, 2010, 05:21:55 PM
I think "passing" their rifles (like the bazookas, LMGs, etc) would be a better idea, there's nothing worse than having unarmed conscripts running around when their comrades are dead.

Like this?
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: ThGermanElite on August 28, 2010, 09:59:24 PM
idk, i mean i know it's a game but, sometimes i see firefights between guys face to face and they're at it for a good half a minute. O.o
how bad is their rifletraining?
I'm not talking about just conscripts i'm talking about all the factions basic infantry.

anyway, that's a big can of worms melee combat for CoH.
I mean if you want to take that route why not have infantry melee armour units? or soldiers jumping jeeps and motorbikes. chucking grenades down the access hatch of a tank or the like.

too damn long to make and keep it balanced i suspect.

No, just the conscripts melee. Nothing else
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: GodlikeDennis on August 29, 2010, 05:32:11 AM
No, just give them invisible 0-0 damage rifles with the same range as mosin-nagants. The AI is terrible and needs a fix.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: cephalos on August 29, 2010, 10:59:49 AM
can you imagine conscripts aiming with invisible rifle? OMG this will be pathetic. I personally believe, that it would be better to give all conscripts rifles, but decrease damage two times, so they would make the same damage, but look far better. NKVD upgrade would just increase this damage x2.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: GodlikeDennis on August 29, 2010, 12:55:10 PM
But then you lose the Soviet cinematic feel. Also, it wouldn't have an aim/firing animation if you gave them none. The would do exactly as they do now but not move anywhere.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: cephalos on August 29, 2010, 01:32:42 PM
So it would look like now, but with no charging? That sounds great to me.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: ThGermanElite on August 29, 2010, 09:59:49 PM
OMG, yeah that would be rediculous, but if they could reanimate it to look like theyre punching, that would be nice  ::)
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Seeme on August 29, 2010, 10:12:53 PM
Maybe when they punch they have a small chance to "Stun" The German squad.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: cephalos on August 29, 2010, 10:26:25 PM
No no no no no, soon conscripts will be able to throw tanks! The only problem now is the fact, that stupid conscripts charge! This must change, no stupid, unimplementable stunning melee or other weird abilities! Just make them doesn't charge!
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Seeme on August 29, 2010, 11:18:49 PM
If any, they should automatically retreat!
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: neosdark on August 29, 2010, 11:46:41 PM
I kinda like that they charge out front like Cannon Fodder. Unfortunatly the Volks and Pios tend to just aim for the riflemen which is really getting annoying. They should charge and just be there for cannon fodder or a good distraction while the Rifle armed troops just blast away. It would make more sense for their inclusion IMO.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Seeme on August 29, 2010, 11:50:23 PM
But the Germans are smart, they know that rifles kill people faster.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: neosdark on August 29, 2010, 11:53:36 PM
Shhh the Soviet leaders don't know that.... Plus the Germans so liked killing the soviets that a few free weapon-less noobs with no combat training looks like easy picking, and then another, and another and hey look at that ze Germans overdosed on killing and went mad and the Russian soldiers just executed them.  HOW FUN!!
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Blackbishop on August 29, 2010, 11:54:36 PM
No, just give them invisible 0-0 damage rifles with the same range as mosin-nagants. The AI is terrible and needs a fix.
+1... Looks like the solution :D

But the Germans are smart, they know that rifles kill people faster.
lol

I kinda like that they charge out front like Cannon Fodder. Unfortunatly the Volks and Pios tend to just aim for the riflemen which is really getting annoying. They should charge and just be there for cannon fodder or a good distraction while the Rifle armed troops just blast away. It would make more sense for their inclusion IMO.
The Wehr forces have enough honor to fight the armed ones first and later the others ;).
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Mr. Someguy on September 25, 2010, 06:19:39 AM
Here's how I say we fix it. You give them an invisible 'weapon' that does no damage and has no animations. This way, when they see an enemy, they'll simply get behind cover and face the enemy, but not do anything. (this is pretty much exactly what was described above)

Then make the actual rifles into special weapons with a drop-rate of 0, this way when a rifleman is killed, the rifle is passed down to the next man, replacing his 'nothing weapon' with a real weapon. (I said this awhile back but it doesn't seem to have been implemented)
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Fementedbeancurd on September 25, 2010, 06:52:57 AM
Conscripts are a huge spam anyway , the guys without guns you just send in and let die who cares. They're mainly just an intimidating rush.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Paciat on September 25, 2010, 07:45:08 AM
Conscripts are a huge spam anyway , the guys without guns you just send in and let die who cares.
I care. I build Constripts to hold positions. If I wanted to loose a game I wouldnt need Constripts.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: GodlikeDennis on September 25, 2010, 08:47:35 AM
I agree, conscripts are alright troops when used properly.
Title: Re: Conscripts without weapons....
Post by: Mr. Someguy on September 25, 2010, 09:24:15 AM
I wouldn't trust them to guard a box of donuts, they'll get wiped out by the ants.

However, they are great for capping undefended points.