Hafthohlladung

[pariah]

...How are your troops going to take out a tank when they are dead?

[Sommarkatze]

Their ghosts will terrorize the enemy down!

No what I mean is. Sometimes when you should retreat with a unit before its finish I let it stay to fire one last damn rocket

[pariah]

Well, that doesn't exactly help in this instance, now does it?

[Blackbishop]

Stickies are used in that way ... i don't see anything wrong with Ostheer using this.

[pariah]

In real life, yes, but relic wasn't stupid enough to make them melee weapons...

[DrRockzo1986]

I would just say its up to the player to use discretion obviously if you dont think they will make it you shouldn't try.

[pariah]

Admittedly, if the treads have been destroyed there won't be any risk, but what are the chances of that happening if you don't have a Panzer Elite ally?

[Blackbishop]

That's true but why you are bringing that here ?

Obviously stickies weren't used in that way, and this ability would be similar to how Relic depicted stickies. I know that is not realistic but who cares .

[pariah]

...Bringing what here?

Alls i'm sayin' is that melee weapons won't work against tanks, because of the instant kill when they are moving.

[DrRockzo1986]

Not that it matters to me but maybe the devs could make the guy setting it invincible to being crushed since his awareness would be increased. And I would assume the others would try to get out of the way.

[Blackbishop]

What i mean, is that you are judging them as in real life were and not as in CoH could be.

Those weapons could work as stickies, nothing more nothing less, and would be quite effective like stickies are.

Making it invincible in order to depicted as in RL were would be too much i guess.

[pariah]

No, i am judging them as stated in the original post.

It would operate much like a sticky bomb only it wouldnt be able to be thrown, it would have to be placed

[Killar]

Those weapons could work as stickies, nothing more nothing less, and would be quite effective like stickies are.

could work but damage should be much greater to tanks. Also the range to stick them on a tank should be such low that its not thrown and your troops arent killed by tank movement (splat damage)

[DrRockzo1986]

I only said it had to be placed bc I dont imagine, because of the nature of the weapon, that it was ever thrown. Sticky bombs on the other hand I could see being thrown.

[pariah]

And the nature of tanks and infantry in Company Of Heroes is that the slightest touch whilst moving (not turning!) will kill an infantry unit. So unless the treads are broken, this ability just won't work.