Hello RelicNews,

I’d like to thank you for your continued support of Dawn of War 2. The thread I posted last week has been very successful both for feedback on the balance of the game as well as bringing the competitive community together. I’d like to extend to you the next part of this balance initiative which is to give you a direct link to the balancers and designers on the DOW2 MP game.

I’ve set up this email address so that you and other community members can send us direct feedback to our in-boxes. This is so that we can get very detailed and thorough reports that players may not think will be read on a public board. What this is not, is a place for flaming, complaining, QQ or rants. If this address is abused it will be taken down. This opportunity is very rarely given to gaming communities so treat it well.

If you have an issue with the balance of Dawn of War 2 please send you comment to dow2balance@relic.com and use the following format:

GamerTag:

Date:

Game Experience : (TrueSkill in each bracket, Hardore or Casual player, and total time playing the game)

Balance Issue:

Balance Issue occurs when:

Reasoning:

Suggested Fixes:
If this format is not followed the email will be filtered and deleted. Below is a good example from a Company of Heroes player.



Name : XXXXXX
Date : july 27, 2008
Game Experience with CoH : 1) 1v1 player - rank #77 (XXXXX). I play mostly Brits and wehr 2nd. I have been playing since Vanilla Beta except for few short break.
Balance issue

the 17 pdr emplacement is too strong

Issue occurs when

middle - late game as british..

Reasons

the 17 pdr mounted on the emplacement is too powerful. It has the same damage and firing speed as the 57mm, but the 17 pounder have an almost perfect penetration against every target in the game.

I would put the 17 pdr's raw power on the same level as the Wehrmacht 88m, except the 17pdr is much cheaper.

The problem is especially compounded by the APDS round ability on the 17 pounder. Penetration bonus is moot by this point but the 50% damage bonus is too high. The APCR for the american 57mm only provide 25% damage.

emplacement in general can be kill by schreck and artillery, but 17 pounder feel especially overpowering.

The 17 pdr can be easily killed by artilleries, stuka, nebel, or mortar, but it encourage artillery abuse in game.

Suggested Fixes

the APDS ability damage bonus needs to be decreased to 25% instead of the current 50%.

As for the emplacement itself, either increase the emplacement cost to better reflect its power, I suggest a cost increase to 350 mp 45 fuel, or decrease the 17 pounder's firing rate and or damage.

I would personally prefer a weaker 17 pounder, as it would discourage further emplacement spam so prevalent in British play.
I look forward to your replies.

TASK3R