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My buddy and I want to play a PBEM game of Valley of Trouble (VoT) but we want it to be a "fair" game. Some people we've talked to about VoT play balance say that the Germans need more troops to make it competitive. He's only played the German side and I've only played the American side so we can't be completely objective. In order to get a wider sampling of opinion, we thought polling the forum would be a good way of settling this. What do you think of the play balance of VoT? A. The scenario is fine the way it is. The Germans don't need any more help. B. The Germans need a little boost. They should get 25% more troops. C. This scenario isn't close to being fair to the German side. They have to have 50% more troops. Thanks in advance, Glenn ------------------ As of 4/18/00, I'm a fatherof6 but I'm too busy now to change my name!

Hey Fionn! Great job on your AAR @ CMHQ. http://combathq.thegamers.net/aars/game10/SLindex.asp I really appreciate how you spell out the tactics so that those of us who are trying to learn more can put your experience to work for us. You seem to be really putting it to the Tommies right now. It doesn't look like Bil has much of chance to recover from his early losses. Also, I hope the Turn 4 flanking maneuver by Giesey's platoon works well with minimal casualties. I know they are just cyber-soldiers but let's just say I have a personal interest in his success. Glenn Giesey ------------------ As of 4/18/00, I'm a fatherof6 but I'm too busy now to change my name!

Thanks for the news Steve. Sounds like you have another neat feature. Glenn

During a Chance Encounter PBEM game with Yakstock, one of his panzerschrecks knocked out an M4A1 at just over 200 m. Even 3% chances come in sometime. You just never know when they will. After all, the odds of the St. Louis Rams winning Super Bowl XXXIV were as low as 200 to 1 (0.5%) and they still did it. fo4

SS_PzLeader, My comment wasn't directed at you. It was really directed at those who are proud of pirating MS products. IMO, It's an awfully slippery slope once you start stealing from one software company. As far as the topic at hand, obviously I think it's wrong to steal from BTS by giving/selling a copy to anyone else however noble your motives. fo4

I agree with Rick. Copying/Downloading copywrited software is stealing and wrong. It doesn't matter how much you dislike or disagree with the company that published it. Believe it or not, there are people out there who don't like BTS. Is it OK for them to use that as an excuse to copy it? No.

SS_PzLeader, You missed a perfect opportunity for a pun so I'll jump in with both feet. Shouldn't that be "Ground Control to Major Tom?" [This message has been edited by fatherof4 (edited 01-20-2000).]

DjB, Try this link: ( http://www.cdmag.com/articles/024/151/combatm_preview.html ) Other than CMHQ, Computer Games Online is doing the best job of keeping us updated with previews in my opinion. Glenn [This message has been edited by fatherof4 (edited 01-20-2000).]

I think I know what happened in our case DjB. I had restarted the orders phase from a saved file. Granted it is a bug and needs to be corrected but I'm pretty sure this was the cause. I've done it before with no problems but I guess we got bit this time. I've already sent you the turn back but I posted this for everyone else's info. fo4 "A St. Louis resident finally on the Rams bandwagon"

Yes, I've played more than a few online games of PE and really enjoy it. I haven't had much time for it this year though. Most people meet on Kali, server #61 now. You don't need to be a Kali member to play, you just have to start a game in 15 min or you get disconnected. Like others said, it is a lot of fun when it works. I'm sorry to say that 2 vs. 2 games are not very stable in Kali. If you can trade IP addresses, most of the problems go away though. www.Wingssimulations.com has said they will be releasing a MP patch soon that will fix some of the stability/security issues that have come up. If you do get PE, I'd recommend you join an online battalion. I'm in the 4th Armor Division ( http://us4tharmordiv.tripod.com/ ). Tanking with your buddies is definitely a lot more fun. Glenn a.k.a. SSgt. fatherof4, 4AD37TB, 2nd Platoon

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>This has made a Jan 1 Gold Date undesirable<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Boo Hoo. It's not going to be a very Merry Christmas in the fo4 house after all. Sniff, sniff. (just kidding) Oh well. I for one understand. Steve, I hope you and the rest of the Design Team have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Enjoy your holiday. But then get CM to us ASAP!!!! Glenn

I love Panzer Elite. It's the only computer game I'm playing right now (in between my CM PBEM turns of course). I could go on, but this is really an Off Topic thread so I won't. To justify in my mind posting something off topic, I'd also like to bring up something that is very much on topic. I've been playing PE with an online battalion ( http://us4tharmordiv.tripod.com/ ) and this has sparked an interest in me for participating in a "Meta Campaign" others have talked about here before. (see http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001535.html for more info). Playing with a team has an appeal to me that just playing online for myself doesn't. It's a lot of fun and might be for CM too. Then again, this type of thing may be much better suited to sims where a long battle is an hour. My PBEM games usually take a couple of weeks to finish now. (They should be faster, but I don't always remember to attach the correct files) Glenn a.k.a. SSgt. fatherof4, 4AD37TB, 2nd platoon

Hey Yakstock! Check out the latest addition to hero's corner. You might recognize him. You sure got that picture up in a hurry Matt. Thanks. Glenn

Pretty brave OSCAR. You've decided to break your word and start posting again just to kick Fionn when he's down. Sad. Very Sad. fo4

In another thread http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/001867.html , they were talking about gun depression limits, what about elevation limits? It appears that shots from my tanks' main guns are not hitting targets on the 2nd floors of buildings. They always sail underneath. This seems to be independent of the distance of my tank from the building. Is this just a graphical thing or can they really not be elevated far enough? It seems to me that if the latter case is true, the gun should not fire. Glenn