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First FUN battle I've had in CMSF! Kudos! And yeah, the AI did an "adequate" job of defending the village -- but I learned more from this battle than any other one I've played. This would be a great tutorial mission. One question -- I noticed that I didn't get any points for "Preserve admin Building" and "Preserve Minaret". Yet both buildings were untouched and cleared of enemy forces -- could this be a bug? I mean, the building was quite shot up but it was still standing and the minaret took hardly any damage at all. Love to see the Grozny map! This makes me want to tackle a scenario. Hmmmmmm. -- nick

RIght -- but I find it quite difficult to tell when the letter is dimmed. I have to concentrate on it -- which isn't what I want to be doing in the heat of battle. Maybe BFC could make this a bit more pronounced in the patch? -- nick

THAT will help. Right now one of the most frustrating things is giving the wrong command by being on the wrong tab -- typically between target and move. Is there some way to make what mode we are in (Move, Target, etc) more obvious? -- nick

Just curious -- what's the name of the demo scenario? I'm just curious to try it out and I figure it's included in the game, too.

Heh -- yes -- but what is it in the game? Looks like another FAQ entry. -- nick

"IEDs that malfunction can’t be made to detonate no matter what" Which is fine -- except how do you know? realistically, you wouldn't -- maybe -- I've never seen one so I don't know if there would be any feedback or not. But from a game perspective, it's frustrating when the IED simply doesn't work. And I don't trust the game enough yet because of other problems to just say "oh, it must have malfunctioned". Is there some indication when a malfunction occurs that I'm missing? 'cause I've had a Stryker park on top of an IED that I targetted specifically at that vehicle for several turns and the IED never detonated. I just don't know why. And that's frustrating. -- nick

"Yesterday, I played the second battle in the list and the US force just stood there. Didn't move one inch from their deployment zone. What's the point of these scenarios if the AI wont do anything?" Yeah, me too -- I wonder if that one is only supposed to be played from Blue? I've read that the tactical vignettes scenarios are good -- I'm going to give those a try. And I'm sure that Battlefront will fix the problems with QBs -- I trust them on that score. But I am slightly disappointed with the game so far. -- nick

Agreed -- heh -- I replayed the training town attack mission 5 times. Thank you, Battlefront! -- nick

Were you able to get your Javelin teams to target the bunkers? I wasn't and I noticed someone else posted the same thing. -- nick

Hee, hee -- thanks, joe for this thread! My first computer wargame was Eastern Front for the Atari 400. Although at least with CMBO we had the demo to play -- which was what got me to buy the game. NOT a complaint, just an observation. CMBO still rocks -- Eastern Front for the Atari 400, not so much! -- nick

Some of the best missions in Wing Commander (anyone remember that?) were only seen if you were failing. I'd like to see all that the campaign has to offer. I just want to play!

Neat! Can't wait to try out the Toyota pickups! I wonder what the differences in gameplay will be between the various M1 variants? If I have one M1A1SA Abrams (Situational Awareness upgrade) and one M1A2 SEP Abrams (Systems Enhancement Package) what will the effect be gamewise? Can't wait for the game! I've pre-ordered every Battlefront game and never been disappointed. -- nick

Ummmm....so, really, where is the pre-order page? -- nick

Any chance BFC could get prints made of the cover, similar to the Panther prints that were offered to CMBO pre-orders? And at a comparable price? Probably just dreaming, but that print sure would look nice above the computer.

MadMatt, is there ANY chance for one email per turn for PBEM? A "trusted" option instead of the current "tournament" option, so to speak? Just curious,