Elmar Bijlsma
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Awww shucks, I had hoped this was a "Why don't we have some dignity and just wait patiently" thread.
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first of all, I didn't set out to offend.My wife's Ukrainian family lost 5 of the 7 men it sent to fight for their homes and families in that war...your glibly lumping them and millions of their comrades in arms in the same category as the Nazis is unfair, hence the disagreeable tone. I was nettled.And of course not everyone was evil, neither among Germans or Soviets. Most weren't, I am sure. I perhaps ought to have put that in somewhere but took it as understood. It is ground amply trodden across around here.
But surely you will agree there is one hell of a difference in the good/bad score between someone fighting in the army of a democracy or in the armies of reprehensible thugs like Hitler or Stalin. And given the bodycount of both I will insist on both those two gents being in roughly the same Evil category.
And on a less leadership focussed level, both the German and the Soviet armies came out of WW2 with a lamentable reputation in regards to conduct.
Sure, no-one came out of WW2 smelling of roses, but around a few the stench is a bit more pungent, whether you like it or not. And that does impact my emotional response to the pixeltruppen I am fighting with or against.
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This was originally true, but by CMSF 1.31 (and CMA) the 7.62mm ammo's exact type is properly described. Also the 54R is acquirable from BMP's and BTR's.
Ah, cheers! I have either forgotten that or never noticed. Haven't used thr Syrians much lately. I did not exactly purchase the NATO module to then play the Syrians. (except for the Shilka!)
I do disagree with MikeyD on the information. While it doesn't need to be a wiki article, in game display of ammo type and range is a must IMHO and in the form of a tool tip it does not overburden the UI. To refer people to Google to understand basic gameplay elements like weapon range is a no-no to me. That simply will not do, certainly not for the more casual player. I do not even think having it merely in the manual is enough.
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I think your take on the Eastern Front is pretty narrow, but if you only want to play "good guys vs bad guys" then I suppose a simple-minded approach is best.
Uh... okay... thank you? Next time do try to disagree more and be disagreeable less.
I enjoy one setting more then the other and do not think simple-minded has anything to do with it.
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I'm pretty ambivalent about the Eastern Front.
I found CMBB very good, fascinating, educational, cool vehicles yadda yadda and I enjoyed playing it very much but I never could get in to it, immersion wise. In the end it is about one set of bastards with a dodgy ideology fighting another set of bastards with a dodgy ideology.
West Front fighting sees you playing the good guys or the unambiguous bad guys, which can be almost a much fun. Playing the Germans against the Western Allies gives much the same pleasure as strapping into a TIE Fighter and shooting down some X-Wings.
It perhaps shouldn't matter, but to me it most certainly does.
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There was definitely an information shortfall in regards to this and other issues. CMSF never told you whether that Syrian 7.62 you picked up was 7.62x54 or 7.62x39 (it is the latter)
I too hope that CMN makes more use of mouse-over tool tips to fill in the information gaps a bit.
PS
New Times Roman? Don't make me go Old Times Boadicea on you.
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There hasn't been all that much news for sites to report yet. Rock, Paper, Shotgun is pretty sure to do a piece on it come the release and no doubt several other big sites will too.
Though it was a bit disconcerting to see the limited reactions in the comments. Pretty much only guys who also post here. But that explains why the coverage is limited. Just not much to report that a more mainstream audience would find useful.
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IIRC, it was in response to some asshat who opinioned out his orifice about how wonderful the Wehrmacht were. The quote went something like "Having lived over Jim's Biker Bar in Lower Manhatten for several years in the mid-80's I feel qualified to comment on the German Army", or something like that (etwas wie das?). I think Andreas had it in his sigline for a while.
*waves to Max*
*smiles*
http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?p=433818#post433818
I think I can comment on this because I used to live above the Baby Doll Lounge, a topless bar that was once frequented by bikers in lower Manhattan.Looks like you lot have the wrong guy. Thanks Dandelion but you can go now.
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I haven't played the game yet, so I can't be sure, but my guess is that the game may be labeling some WIA's as KIA's. IIRC, average casualty ratios then were something like 1:3, i.e. one KIA for each 3 WIA or 25%. 170 casualties in a scenario should then work out to about, say, 40-45 KIA and the rest WIA or missing. I'm curious to see for myself.
If it is anything like CMSF the wounded to killed ratio is actually a way better match compared to what happened during a scenario then in CMx1 where you typically got about that 1:3 ratio no matter what happened.
In CMSF lots of exploding tanks/APCs and well aimed heavy ordinance kinda depresses the amount of wounded one gets. I expect it to be more or less the same for CMBN.
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Hi and welcome to the forum.
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No. No you cannot.
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Doesn't seem at all the same kill rate given the circumstances.
Yeah, lots of guys getting hit, but lots of guys moving while under enemy fire. Try manoeuvring in CMSF while under infantry fire. It will be a short game if you do.
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I deny everything.
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I don't think it's necessarily right for people to jump on another game because of where this poster may or may not hang out.
Jumping on the poster for the way he said what he said is fine though!
Salutations mother.
Yeah, I think it unfair and unseemly to jump on to PCO or PCO testers and certainly to do it on account of this asshat. Bless them, I hope PCO does well too.
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No, I think it is about time for the maternal greetings.
Such deliberately abrasive posts do not lead to threads worth having. It's not like he hasn't got a point somewhere, but he just had to carry it far into the realm of douchebaggery... bleh!
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Ah. I stand corrected. Whaddaya know, Gitmo finally delivered something of worth.
As a little bit of fun, turn your minds back to the White House Correspondents Dinner only two days before, and specifically this joke by Seth Meyer. I guess Obama got more mileage out of that then anyone else, knowing what he knew then.
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$25 million. But it sounds like nobody will be collecting. The information that eventually led to him came from members of al-Qaeda captured after 9/11.
52 million, is what I read on wiki only a few days ago. 50 million from the Gov and 2 mln from some 9/11 organisation iirc.
And what I've heard it was just sound intelligence work rather then an informer. Followed around one of his couriers, Beeb said. Of course, if it was an infomer, they are hardly going to blurt his name out on TV.
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Affie beat me to it, and correctely ID the source as the Pilots Assoc. Also, I can't believe I took so long over such a short message.
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✓ Saddam Hussein
✓ Osama Bin Laden
☐ Justin Bieber
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Well... lets just say my thanks are reserved for the Allies.
The German command was probably more motivated by the tightening noose around their necks. One must keep in mind that they had a direct hand in causing the famine.
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... getting hit with full broadsides of 14" battleship gun support.Absolutely! How about a larger force on the biggest map possible.......? -
You can pretty much get an old school hotkeys interface by changing the Hotkeys.txt and of course if you dislike real time, Ye Olde WEGO is still included. So yeah, buy it. You are pretty safe from disappointment.
Oh, and welcome to the forum.
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I'd be amazed if the artillery UI is not more informative this time.
It was one of those things pretty much everyone agreed on as being in need of information being shown more clearly.
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Believe it or not, one of the things that flashed through my mind when I saw the first screen shots showing ground terrain details in CMBN, was "They are going to debates on the forums about what flowers would be growing in July in the Bocage country..."
Thanks for making my dreams come true.
Hey, I didn't make a swallow reference for nothing, you know!
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Look at the pretty flowers!!! I mean just look at them! Wait, are those Lupins?
Actually, I'm shocked that no-one has identified this particular flower as indigenous to North America only.
Are we to swallow the story that they got the flora right?
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I'm still hoping that 2K Games goes bankrupt developing their wretched XCOM "reboot" and sells the X-COM license to BFC for a song, resulting eventually in X-COMbat Mission and me never leaving the house ever again.