maxim zasov

Dear friends No problem. Campaigns for Eastern front alone would be ok because 1418 days of battles is enough I think. But campaign is what I and some players need. If you do not like campaigns (40 -50 linked battles or operations) you can still have scenarios and operations. BTS can add some features to their still extremely powerful editor and that is it - we ourselves will set up and research campaigns like people are now making operations and battles. When talking about problems about realism of replacements i would say that BTS can copy the concept from panzer general - for example you can have different types of replacements using your prestige points: elite will cost more green less. Volkssturm or russian partizans free. We had such example in Russia during this WW2 war. Near Stalingrad during german advance a Battalion commanded stopped an advance of Manstein armor trying to relieve Paulus and left dead some 40 german tanks and lots of german infantry. From this battalion only 6 men left including batt commander wounded. This man after he recovered was given command of one of the best Russian Elite Guards Regiment- so elite replacements some times follow when you fought like a lion.

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WISH TO SEE IN CM2 - WW2 1)Whole range of operations from Poland Norway Spain France to Russia and Africa. 2)Campaign Campaign and again Campaign: Yes you may think that operations are enough, but until you add a campaign, some Microsoft will make something like panzer general1 using engine like cm and you will lose us (maybe not all of us, but some). If you add some type of military career to this game you will get lots of new happy players who will not sleep at night. I need a campaign mode like this one: I start war on German, English, French, Russian, English, American or Polish or some other side as a platoon commander. I have to win several platoon sized small battles on tiny maps and depending on the outcome earn or lose prestige points. If am good at killing or capturing enemy, I can be promoted and/or awarded medals or iron crosses. I can be wounded or unfortunately killed, because I myself will be represented on the battlefield and will fight as a lion or as a mouse. When I am promoted I can buy more units using prestige points or computer will decide this automatically, according to the type of army (armor or inf). After some wins at larger scale I can be assigned to manage small operations and etc. you have got the point. If I lose important battle I lose prestige and even can decreased in rank. Computer can offer me at some points to change army type and switch for example from infantry to armor division or vice versa. Or AI will give me random assignments by high commanders like mongomery zshukov or Rommel. Also Me and my units should gain some special abilities during campaign and improve from green to elite. I and my units should get some unique abilities, which for example will make my enemies run when they see my units with my logo haha. When I am assigned to a platoon at the start of a campaign I should have green status or even lower and platoon have to see me at action (some brave action) to believe in me my be they even wont obey my orders at first because I am green. And of course my experience should improve during battles. You should give full campaigns for example for germany from 1939 till 1945 or Russia 1941 till 1945 and give opportunity to play some additional historical campaigns for example start as a platoon commander in Rommel army or a Russian or french officer created an Partizan platoon or Batt, where your missions will be to destroy factories, rail or kill german leaders and prestige points will determine how many new people will come to you. This is a short description of a campaign career mode I am looking forward to see in CM2. I am free to your questions and ready to help if game designers will like my idea. Thanks for reading such long passage!

Dear players please help 1)How I can make screenshots during battles? 2) Is it possible to give orders to infantry to dig in during battles? 3) How to avoid premature shots by panzershrecks I mean how I can make them lie in foxhole and wait until the tank show its back?

First of all as I am Russian I would like to apologise for my bad english. Totally agree with previous replies. Operations are good, but what I miss totally is the campaign mode. Something like Panzer Generals style of campaign. I dont know whether these ideas may be implemented or they are only for cm2 but i think most of war gamers will agree with me. 1) For example I can start a campaign as a small batt. or company leader and progress during the war. I should be given an opportunity to choose what kind of troops I want to manage and front I where I will be fighting, or high command (computer) will decide that for me. 2) Points after battles or operations can be spent on training or buying new units, and units should change their status during the campaign, for example conscript can become elite. 3) Also I can be promoted to manage more troops or even sent to another front or region, of course if I agree to do that. Leader (me) can also die during random event: bomb, cold, or even executed if failed during campaign. 4) My units and me of course should gain some special abilities during battles. Something like superior night operations or sneaking skills gained after successful night operation. Or improved targeting after several successful shots. You understand what I mean I hope. 5) Of course as we manage small units we can only delay the defeat of germany or vice versa if we play for allied force, but you of course can give us an opportunity to change history. 6) This campaign can range the whole WW2 if you will be able to add the all range of actions from spain to eastern front. Especially eastern front because I would be very happy to try Kursk tank battle or Stalingrad battle using CM. This is not a full list of ideas so if game/campaign designers will contact me i will present them a full pack of info.