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Many thanks for clearing this up MikeyD. Seems like a great system.

Also.....after reading the trenches part again it seems that "FOW trenches" means the enemy cannot see them during setup but will see them in the first turn. Is this correct? I was under the impression that the trenches would be seen only if there was LOS.

I cant seem to find the pic of a trench system that you are talking about. Could you please put up a link? I wanna see it!

Dont want to start ANOTHER topic. Is it in Steve? Its okay if its not. I am sure if its not then it will be someday. You have given so much already but we just want to know.

That is so cool I just love it! Thank you! It gives it a unique feel.

What about close combat? I would love to hear if it made it in there. Bummer about flammers.

To develope this question deeper: 1. Will there be dedicated sound contacts instead of just a question mark? 2. Can we have seperate "lost Contact" markers for tanks vs infantry instead of the same "?". I always forget what was what. 2. Will there be generic heavy and light tank "sihouettes" on the map until we can ID them? 3. Same with troops? Do we have to ID them?

Lots of great stuff here. Very happy. I did LOVE it in CMBB when a burning tank started a field on fire. Progressive building fires that eventually lead to a collapse were the best too.

Will flame throwers and fires in fields and buildings come later?

No. Map can be 16 square km. (4km X 4km)

Hickory Dickory Dock.... Nevermind.... OHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would still like to see a list of new features that have made it in the game. I see no harm in that.

I would love for them to say SOMETHING as well. I mean they release this feature but then dont include any information on it when we have obvious questions. I glad we have some sort of ammo sharing but geeez fellas give us the time of day here.

I wonder if there will be a demo BEFORE the release of the game like CMBO?

The platoon thing I think is true. You should run a quick test on the Company HQ. Or I will tomorrow.

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Try again. You will see that when your ammo carriers are next to the MG teams then all the ammo is available. BUT....if the ammo carriers leave the area they only leave the MG teams with a few rounds.

Yup....nightmare. Me thinks an airstrike would be perfect but I am sure your ROE's wont let you.

Yup....stryker crews will only give 1 belt (50 rounds) to M240 crews. This is a problem as there is no way for runners to bring a significant amount of ammo to unsplittable M240 crews.

Thanks for the response FMB. If the second point is correct (no "giving" of ammo. You have to keep both teams together to share) than you cannot use a dismounted crew from a knocked out Stryker as ammo runners. Interesting. A big problem with this is that M240 crews cannot split to form their own runners for ammo.

No big deal. Just pointing out what I have seen. 1. While units share jav missles they will not share AT4's even if one unit has 4 of them and another has none. Yes, same platoon. 2. The crews are cheap about giving away M240 ammo. I had one M240 squad with zero 7.62 left so I sent another M240 crew over that I loaded up with over 1000 extra 7.62 rounds. They only gave the empty crew 1 belt or so (not enough to even raise the ammo bar one tick even though the fat team had a pegged green ammo count). Maybe they should be tweaked to give a few more ticks? 3. We have seen the thread where missles are passed up a building instantly. What have you guys seen?

Your opinion or fact? I am not trying to calling you out here but I would love to see some testing or proof. I have played both with and without arcs but I cant say that I have seen a definite bonus in spotting. Kinda hard to tell if you are getting one. Arcs have been lending themselves to questions for awhile now with no real answers. Is there a spotting bonus or are they just for ambushing and/or turret facing? Is the bonus something that BFC can quantify? Like a 10% higher chance of spotting? If there is a spotting bonus is it ONLY in the arc itself or is it in the direction of the arc all the way out to the limit of visibility? I would love some answers here. Lets face it, setting arcs is a pain and it looks like crap. Is it worth it for every unit or is it just for ambush/ turret facing?

I doubt it. From what I am going to guess that would involve new animations and from what I am reading here that is too expensive and time consuming. I would love to see it. Not just Germans either.

Oh my God what happened to my thread?!?!?

Great pics Steve. May we get a list of some of the new features of the game maybe? I remember you said FOW trenches were in there. Anything else you care to let us know?