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I suck, that is all there is too it I need to figure something out and fast. I got smacked so hard last night it isnt even funny. Just when I I thought I was starting to get better also! Somehow 1 german platoon tore through 3 of my British platoons. I couldnt believe it when my guys were just getting waxed and then started running. I mean they outnumbered them 3:1 you would think that on odds alone they should have been at a stand still! I think the German platoon had about 6 casualties and I had about 40. I think German field guns are damn good! At this point I am more confused than when I started playing this game. Gen

Jesus what did the Soviets take the battleship approach when they designed the T-35? What next a tank that can launch aircraft? Anywho what is the time frame we are looking at in CM2? Is it from the beginning of Barbarossa to the end of the war? I would love to see how a king tiger can do against the KV1 or T-34. Gen

Filling in for the Cm borg..." Where is the CM Borg? I have not seen him in awhile. Gen

You can usually tell the gamey players pretty quick... when kubel-wagons and mass smg squads come tear out towards the VLs from the start. " Thank god for Arty Gen

Dawn, overcast... Gen

Well in a PBEM I am in right now. I have nor armor left. So lets see if I can somehow get a win out of it I will admit it is damn hard to win when your enemy has armor and you do not. Gen

I was playing a game against the AI tonight in the snow. Full Fog of War and my guys could not see 20 Meters in front of themselves. I had 3 hetzers get knocked out by a M18 at basically point blank cause I hunted over a hill and out of nowhere came the M18 @ 18 meters! Arty was worthless since the LOS ended 20m in front of the unit. I am curious. Is this normal to have this bad of vision? American units were just appearing 20ms in front my guys. It was really wierd IMHO. What do you think? Gen

1. Play the 1st map generated 2. War is hell, you need to overcome a map not in your favor 3. I like to pick forces but sometimes letting the comp do the picking it can be interesting and get you out of your mold of using the same units. Oh ya I am always looking to play somebody of my caliber. I am also a mass newbie here is my icq# is you want to play brian. 85282989 Gen

OK, in the V4V games by atomic and even the World @ War series you could setup your artillery units to counterbattery any incomming artillery and it was automatic. I was not sure if they had this setup in this game also. So basically the opponent would have to guess on where the mortars are hiding behind a hill. Since it usually takes 1 min + for them to fire the mortars will probably be out of ammo anyways Gen

I believe the big problem is Apple dropping all support for Quickdraw3D and Rave in favour of OpenGL in OS X." Imagine that. Apple dumping compatibility? And people wonder why they are at a 7% market share. "Besides I am so glad that 3Dfx's GLIDE API died. " It is actually kind of sad. 1. The Glide API has been an open standard for about 15 months now. 2. My understanding of Glide is it was a much cleaner faster standard than even OpenGL. And of course DX. Gen

I have found that if you pound them enough with arty then attack with armor and troops they will usually be in a panic and surrender much easier. Of course if I could get my troops to stop killing the american POWs Gen

How do you counterbattery? I they are behind a hill also would that matter? Gen

I am the king of losing my armor early But what I have learned so far in the week since I picked this game back up. This is for the germans. 1. In a small battle 1000 point Hetzer can not be beat for durability\firepower. Keep the nose pointed to anything with a turret and I have yet to see it taken out. Shermans just ricochet. 2. On map cluster of 4 Mortars with the company commander spotting while the mortars are behind a hill is a killer. Time on target is about 5 seconds. Drops about 30 rounds a min on the target. Good for 3 turns. 3. Use the german armor close with infantry. Just move forward through the brush\trees with this combo and the americans will have a hard time stopping it. I have changed my tactics about 3 times in the last 10 days hehe. More and more going to the arty side of things and dropping 1 more Armor unit. If you can just disrupt panic\kill the other troops it is half the battle. Let your Armor smack the other armor and you may just win. As for the americans. Thier arty is killer. I played a game the other night where I lost. I mortared the hell out of his troops in the tree line causing about 35 casualties. He then mortared the hell out of a platoon and 2 HMG crews. About wiped them all out. US has a deadly arty capability is all I can say. Not sure how good it is against armor or gun emplacements. Last night the enemy dropped about 150 rounds on a 75 inf gun of mine and didnt do anything but waste rounds, the other night they had to of dropped 200 rounds on a Hetzer that was on a hill while at the same time shooting it up with 1 shermans and 2 Stuarts. It was never taken out. But against Inf, American Arty kills real bad. Gen

Doh! it was right in front of my face. Thanks! Gen

After finally getting into the online scene in CM. An opponent said I should go get some mods. SInce the games I play are mostly 900-1000 point games hetzers seem to be a perfect match. But I can not seem to find any Winter camo for the Hetzer. I found a sweet summer camo complete with external foliage but no Winter camo If anybody can point me in the right direction it would be great. Thanks, Gen

Hello- I am curious as to your opinions on using mortars with the help of the company commander. Does anybody use this? I have been running some tests and if you group them in 4s they can do some pretty good damage. They also are nice for quick strikes where troops are retreating from a strike from off map arty. Gen

I had the same problem with my Wespe last night in a IP game. I had 2 platoons flanking my opponent and I targeted the enemies positions for some support, and I had a clean line of sight but it never fired. Gen

What ever happened to Atomic?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? I loved the V for V games. I also liked the World @ War series. Though I only ended up getting theAfrican Campaign. I wish I would have grabbed Stalingrad when I had the chance. Gen

I dont think the Soviets were any more fanantical than any other armies of the world. There are always times when certain units just hold thier own against staggering odds. In the first week or so anywhere from 170,000 to 250,000 Soviets were taken prisoner. As for the people of the Soviet Union. They were really in a horrible situation. They had the Germans, and then the freedom fighters. Neither were particularily nice to the people. Both sides committed horrible acts. But the general consense I have come to is the people generally felt less threatened from the German Invaders than from the Freedom fighters, and eventual return of Stalin. Gen

I setup a test range like that once. About 1000 Meters apart. 2 King Tigers vs 6 Sherman 76s Hit after hit on the front. In the trials the King tigers knocked out 24 Shermans with 1 total loss of a King and another King having a gun knocked out. I also ran 6 105 US howitzers vs 2 King tigers. I was surprised that even with 800 meter shots on the King not a single 105 could knock out a King tiger. I only ran that test once. The 105s were pretty accurate also. At one point 3 shells almost simutaneously ricochet off one of the kings turret. Gen

Thx, Gustav: Tribes already lets you use planes for attack and transport Tribes II is comming soon and will have tanks, APCs and of course the same planes. Gen

Scipio: Im working on a WWI battlefiled. It is not historical in any sense but alot of trenchs, crators, and barbed wire. Artillery, machines gun nests, mine fields and alot of rifle platoons Gen

What is the web site of WWII online? Gen

PC Magazine had a article on it. Gen

Yes I have to wonder why My tigers are easy pickings for Shermans. Especially when they are head to head. Gen