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It does seem snipers in CM1 were better (2 hits or 3 hits out of five). I tried playing with just the sniper teams moving them around to try to spot and take out enemy units, it just can't be done. More often than not they are spotted first and just about any enemy team will kill them once in a shootout, no matter what the range. Snipers should be a lot harder to spot and receive a spotting bonus!

The Marine Module came with additional Red forces, Duh!

Well, I always take and secure the high ground first when playing the Brits, then it's easier to scout out and pick off the enemy below then move in the tanks for those stubborn spots. I do like the sniper teams, they are something I would like to see added to US force TOE VS. embedded snipers in squads. When playing Red, hide everything and try to ambush the Brits when they get close.

Well anytime a game add forces to one side, I some what expect some addition to the other side, not everybody plays just Blue.

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I must say I haven't been a big fan of the CM Shock Force series because of the lack of force size/selection in QB's but, have to admit the Brits and Marine forces are fun to play with.

Even in a draw playing RED or Blue (Brits) the British had more casualties. Just couldn't take out the Brit tanks, they were the only things that saved the day, running around taking the objectives.

I didn't see any new RED forces mentioned in the demo manual!

The problem with this is in todays wars don't have a real front! You are just as likely to get attacked/ambushed on way, even rear supply convoys aren't safe and need protection. Any vehicle in a war zone needs to be able to protect and defend itself! Let me guess, the Brits depend on US defended supply lines! Someone forgot the Armor in British APC's.

Can someone explain the Brit's Spartan & Sultan one man crew? How does a vehicle even provide infantry support if there is no one in the vehicle to man the weapons? Who the hell designs the British infantry vehicles? A bean counter with a degree in fashion design? The Brits would be better off with un-upgraded Hummers!

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7.62 Hi-Calibre is a bug ridden piece of crap, it still has a serious memory leak that the developers claim can't be fixed! Apeiron is notorious for buggy unpolished software and provide little or no customer support for their products. They wouldn't even provide English customers the final Russian patches for Brigade E5.

Too bad, the British expansion did look interesting. CM Normandy - I'll wait for the Tom Chick Review first!

1. Will there be any changes to Quick Battles and/or OOB force selection with the release of the British Add-on? 2. Separation of map size from force size (like big map with small forces in Quick Battles)? 3. Ability to select forces in Quick Battles? 4. Easier selection of forces from the OOB (hate having to select something then delete stuff I don't want, just to get what I want)?

Yes, check out the demo! http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=913&Itemid=318

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Will TOW2 contain a better QB Generator?

True for older games but, Steam seems to be changing with newer games like Empire TW. Still people seem to like Steam, because they can download, install and play on any PC. As game downloads get bigger and bigger I wonder how long this feature will be available, make no mistake Steam is one of the DRM schemes.

While I don't like DRM, Jutland is a good game, I think the campaign needs some improvements and reporting but, the DRM hasn't caused me any problems. I find it funny that there aren't any "I won't but Empire Total War because of the DRM" threads, which is just as bad, requiring Steam to do anything (install, activate, upgrade, play(phone home)) even if you buy the boxed copy!

From the screen shots, this game looks just like Advance Tactics, any connection?

Then why do naval units stay in ports? Try to keep units in Africa, don't re-base them in Italy.

In my war with France, Italy captured Tunis, when Paris fell, Italy lost Tunis and it became part of Vichy French and all of the Italian land units were re-based all over Italy, except one naval unit remaining in the port of Tunis. Having all my Italian lands units removed from Africa, that are now a month or more away has ruined my current game! Is seems doing anything in the game that is not historical, produces some very odd results!

Victory conditions - so capturing all the resources won't do it? Will cities be able to build anything without resources or do cities provide some resources?

Can you give us some info on Map Sizes (small, med large & hex sizes 30X30, etc)? Is the number of opponents related to Map Size? (example: Two opponents fixed to small maps only or can a two opponent game be played on a large map). Is the number of units limited only by resources or is there a fixed number of units per game/map size? Victory Conditions?

Strange, 1C says it was customers who wanted for a Africa game when they wanted to stick to the European theater, huh? I want an improved TOW system with mortars, infantry usable buildings, destructible terrain, better ammo management and better AI. A game system where each new release increases the number of vehicles, maps and builds on previous release. I don't want to pay again and again for a limited set of maps and the same vehicles with each new release.