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    absolutmauser got a reaction from A Canadian Cat - was IanL in It's way past time to list titles in the My Order Battlefront...   
    I put my keys in LastPass so I can find them easily whenever I have to reinstall to avoid this issue! Hopefully as they come out in Steam in will slowly obviate the issue. =D 
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Bufo in Steam game   
    I know this is an old post, but looks like Cold War has a new release date of November 16th on Steam! Woo! =D
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Monty's Mighty Moustache in Suppression / Professional.   
    The Suppression meter generally shows you how much fire the unit is currently receiving. The more suppression, the less the pixeltrooper will return fire and observe (i.e. they will cower more the more fire is incoming). With enough supression, they may become pinned, which means they will stay put and ignore movement orders. With further degradation, they will become shaken, which means they won't respond to move OR fire commands. So suppression has the immediate effect of reducing a units output of fire, and eventually it will cause them to be pinned, shaken, panicked, etc., especially if they start taking casualties. The quality of the unit determines how effective suppression is against and how fast morale degrades in the face of continuing suppression. 
    A unit is "being suppressed" when its suppression meter is lit up. Suppression is a an effect of enemy fire that lasts as long as the fire continues. Pinning is a morale state that endures slightly longer depending on the unit's quality, communication with its leader, etc. 
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    absolutmauser reacted to domfluff in Spoiled by Abrams and other tanks with modern optics   
    Welcome to the Cold War.

    For the last few months, something I've found useful to repeat quite a few times is "Shock Force teaches bad habits". The fundamentals of how you manage a tank platoon have not changed since the Second World War, but you can get away with being incredibly sloppy in Shock Force and to a lesser extent in Black Sea - the technological advantage carries a ton of weight for you.

    The NTC campaign is a really good example of that. You're usually fighting an Opfor battalion, and you're doing it with a platoon of M60A1. A platoon of Abrams in the same situation would destroy all before them, but the M60A1 needs to be used carefully, masked by terrain, setting up flank shots, etc.

    The Soviet optics are significantly worse than the ones on the US armour, but spotting is a percentage game, and if you're taking the kind of lopsided engagements that you can get away with in CMSF, you'll be spotted and killed easily in CMCW. Each Soviet vehicle will spot worse than yours, but the first vehicle to spot usually wins the fight, and the Soviets only need *one* of them to get the spot - if you're taking engagements where five of your vehicles can see twenty of theirs, you'll die very quickly.
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    absolutmauser reacted to Sgt.Squarehead in Spoiled by Abrams and other tanks with modern optics   
    Yes.....The fighting can get really quite close:

    Anyone want to place a small wager on the outcome before I click 'Go'? 
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    absolutmauser reacted to Centurian52 in Spoiled by Abrams and other tanks with modern optics   
    Hmmm, looks pretty 50/50 to me. But I'll go ahead and place my bet on the T62 as the winner. Although I would love it if they both fired at the same time and took each other out.
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    absolutmauser reacted to Sgt.Squarehead in Spoiled by Abrams and other tanks with modern optics   
    OK, let's see.....
    You were right:

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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Freyberg in "Invalid Smoke Target"   
    You can't fire WP into a building! Somebody might get hurt!
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from A Canadian Cat - was IanL in Found a big MG site & seek Arnhem specific one   
    Finding random stuff on the internet based on vague recollection is my superpower. 
    =)
    Glad I could help!

    Best,
    AbM
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from A Canadian Cat - was IanL in Found a big MG site & seek Arnhem specific one   
    https://arnhemjim.blogspot.com/p/operation-market-garden.html
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from JSj in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    Downloading on my Mac now. Will play this evening and report back. Very exciting! I've had enough Tom Clancy's The Division 2, which is frankly abusing the name of a dead man. 
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Josey Wales in Update on Engine 4 patches   
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Gafford in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    I guess the analogy is, now the Shelby Cobra is in the shop and they are waiting on a part. 😃
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from MOS:96B2P in Update on Engine 4 patches   
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from sburke in Update on Engine 4 patches   
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Txema in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Dynaman216 in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from rocketman in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Heirloom_Tomato in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from PhilM in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from HerrTom in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Wicky in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    The delay has given me a chance to catch up in other areas of my life. I have two kids it turns out! Who knew??
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    absolutmauser got a reaction from Fizou in Update on Engine 4 patches   
    What better time than to establish with your new bride that she has married both HerrTom and Combat Mission and should expect that between 10 and 40 hours per week will be dedicated to small unit actions? 
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