CoH: Modern Combat

Some comments based off this series vs. Firesparks .

Firesparks suggested MARSOC are too powerful. He's probably right (see games 1 and 2).
Suggest mine deployment for Militia be a tier 1 tech costing about as much as Sticky Bombs to delay instant mine-spam (80 munitions, 25 fuel).

Other potential ...

Best of 3 series vs. Firesparks. Expect to see PLENTY of MARSOC in action.

The crossbows might make an interesting upgrade for a unit if the coding can be implemented. They allow the unit to stealth like a sniper, but firing does not break stealth. They're mid-range, slow-firing, not huge damage, so they're more of a harassment tool than anything else. However, when they ...

After a bit of a hiatus, SleepyLion and I are dusting off the cobwebs and getting the gears of Modern Combat grinding again. Two new replays, both on Senlin Lukou!

Game 1: HELLOBANANAPHONE (PLA, Asymmetric) and SleepyLion (Marines, Armored Warfare) showcasing how vulnerable Marines are when ...

That was me, it was 5 Type 59Ds. It's what prompted the balance changes to the M1A2 and TUSK variants of the Abrams, so it's why I assume I can probably beat an Abrams with 4 Type 59Ds now.

Even if Air Superiority can hold its own, it can only hold its own on a non-doctrinal basis. With the A-10 delay increased it's much harder to hit tanks, and the Carl Gustav is not exactly a stellar weapon. The Air Superiority force will basically have to become an army of Javelin teams and ATGMs ...

What generations the MBTs are is less important to me than how their stats match up in the general metagame. I'm not at all certain what the match-up between the ZTZ-96 and the various versions of the Abrams is like, but the ZTZ-96 can also be paired with the doctrinal tank destroyer which can ...

Allow unlimited for M1A1 and ZTZ-96, maybe 2 for M1A2 and ZTZ-99, and only 1 for TUSK? TUSK can get support from Green Berets/SEALs, which can do pretty well at either knocking out stationary anti-tank (MP5-SD) or stalling vehicular offensives (treadbreak).

My primary concern with going this route ...

What I noticed from our skirmish is that Marines are very vulnerable to being in close combat at all.
Marines have more individual HP, but as a squad they have roughly 91% the durability of a Riflemen squad. They also do 5% less DPS per man at close range, so a 4-man Marine squad at close-range ...

MARSOC squads deploy at 4 men, but if you purchase the SARC upgrade for them you can then reinforce them up to 6 men. It wasn't listed in the patch notes, so I figured this wasn't intentional.