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  1. Originally posted by Silvio Manuel:

    Jev.Dk,

    was that in CMBB? I didn't think that vehicles could run anything over in CMBO, even though I swear one my Sherman V backed over a Company HQ, killing it's last 3 men.

    It was CMBO. Perhaps they were run over because they paniced and didnt move out of the way automaticly.

    Jev

  2. Ive seen my two T34 not firing HE at Inf, only mg fire. Clear LOS, range about 200 meters or so, and the tank had a CA well covered over the area(Not Armour CA) and it only fired HE when I gave it a target. Plenty of ammo and all. Dunno If this is old news. Havent had the time to read all the way through the thread.

    And YES. Great work BFC, me thinks all that bitching over at GI is only cause they are envious of "our" team :D

    Jev

    Aka

    Fluffy The Sheep

  3. Just take it easy MG, Cameroon is partly right. The last couple of days there have been some morons posting here in a rather offensive and directly provocative ways. Have a look at this one http://www.battlefront.com/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=026558

    So I just think that the forum is a bit touchy at the moment, so hang around, and when you feel like it, post you opinion.

    And where is the CmBorg when you need it :D

    Jev

    aka

    Fluffy The Sheep

  4. Well instead of writting a long story why you should buy it, Ill let John Kettler tell you. About a year ago someone asked the same question but about CMBO - and all those reasons are the same with CMBB or even more, so with no further delay I will let John Kettler take the mic.

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    I've been wargaming since age twelve when I got Avalon Hill's Tactics II for Christmas. If it had hexes, squares or required a protractor

    and measuring tape I played it. Whether on a map on a table top, on a sand table or on the floor, I played it. I've pushed cardboard, lead and plastic for almost 34 years, in everything from man-to-man combat to grand strategy, and spent over eleven years as a professional military analyst for Hughes and Rockwell.

    In that time I became convinced that nothing could ever equal, successively, board wargaming, then wargaming with miniatures. I tried computer gaming (SSI's Red Lightning) and hated it.

    Things looked bleak, for wargaming period was in dire trouble, when out of the blue I learned about two new developments, Panzer Elite, a deeply immersive you-are-there individual and platoon level armor sim, and Combat Mission, which found me while reading a Panzer Elite review, via the now famous banner--"the battalion's ready!"

    Combat Mission is immersive, terrifyingly so, but it is the immersion that comes from bearing the crushing responsibilities of a battlefield commander (up to battalion level) dealing with men under fire, men who are far more fond of their hides than in seizing the objective one day, but who fight to the last man the next.

    It is an experience of carefully nursing green troops to the objective, taking casualties all the while, only to have the big attack collapse when all seems destined for success.

    It is screaming with frustration because fire support is late in coming; it is cringing as fighter bombers roll in on the target while you pray fervently they don't drop on your troops.

    Combat Mission is discovering too late that you forgot to shift fire, meaning you are now shelling your own troops. It is the triumph of a well-executed ambush, the sharpshooter's kill of a Tiger commander and the grenade dropped from the upper floor into a Hellcat driving past the window.

    It is the shattering blast of a K-killed tank, the whoosh of a flamethrower, the crack of high velocity guns, the roaring crump of artillery fire and the heaving of the earth that goes with it. It is the ripping sound of MG-42s firing, answered by the chugging bursts of the .50 cal MG. It is the sound of the sky ripping apart under Nebelwerfer and battleship fire.

    It is the sound of orders given in the language of the men fighting; their screams of pain when hit and dying.

    It is of vistas so beautiful they take your breath away, and scenes of devastation which practically make you gag. Everything except the actual performance characteristics is customizable, too--uniforms, faces, vehicle paint schemes, buildings, bridges, the grass itself. Mods galore are available for free.

    You can play the battles and operations (series of battles) on the CD, download dozens for free from a bunch of sites, let the computer do a Quick Battle for you (just set the basic parameters) or design your own with the complete Scenario Designer which is included. You can fight the good AI, play by hotseat, play by E-mail or download the beta patch and play on the Internet or via LAN.

    What you've read about in the history books will come to life for you when you have Combat Mission.

    If you're still not convinced, download and play the demo. Bear in mind, though, that it is as nothing to the full game.

    If you are convinced, why are you still here when you need to be ordering?

    Simply put, gossamer, you can't afford not to have this game. There simply aren't enough superlatives to describe it. Nor have you ever seen such devotion, customer support and incredible levels of knowledge in the company and here on this many-faceted Forum.

    Welcome aboard!

    Sincerely,

    John Kettler

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    [ October 18, 2002, 01:16 PM: Message edited by: Jev.Dk ]

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