Doug Williams
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Just checking in to make sure everything got "migrated", I can still post, etc. So far, so good.
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6 minutes ago, MOS:96B2P said:
Wow, that was a long PBEM. Did you use drones at all and if so how did they work in the thick haze?
I did not, since I wasn't sure if they would be a waste of points. It was a brutal, bloody fight (as can be seen in the AAR I linked). Art made excellent use of TRPs. He's a crafty opponent, for sure.
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The game (finally) ended in a Draw on August 11th. I've been off these forums (shame on me) for a while, so I thought I better post something before I get auto-deleted for inactivity (if that even happens here). Good game, Art!
Here is a link to the Ladder report submitted by Art on Few Good Men (I'm Meat Grinder there.....obviously). :-)
http://www.thefewgoodmen.com/thefgmforum/threads/new-ladder-report-submitted.26384/
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16 hours ago, Artemis258 said:
In a current CM:BS game against @Doug Williams I'm guessing about 2 M1A1's at least mission-killed, probably at least 1 with a turret full of human-flavoured jam (2 pens, 2 spalls, and no return fire), and (last count) 4 dead Brads (plus one II think I tracked)... it's possible gents, it's possible!
Yea, and it's possible your three flaming T-90s will light the sky as funeral pyres for your many Russian dead soldat. Not getting involved in the subject of this thread, as I really don't know sh*t about modern. Just ribbing Art a bit on our game. ;-)
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A very practical and informative answer! Thanks, IICptMillerII .
One last question.....are Drones any good in Thick Haze?
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That's a lot of acronyms. Off to wikipedia.
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I don't want to reveal what I plan to do in this case, as I understand my esteemed opponent frequents this forum.
Thanks for the advice, men.
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I'm Yanks.
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@gnarly I happen to love the "trash talking" (i.e. psychological warfare). Art seems to be well versed.....
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So, I'm not a modern player at all. Only played a few games against the AI and one PBEM. Starting a new QB PBEM with me attacking (Probe, actually) as the Yanks against the Soviets, er...I mean Russians. My opponent is a skilled player with a lot of experience playing Black Sea. I have a lot of WW2 CM experience, but not modern.
So, he set the weather to random, and it came up Thick Haze. It's a dawn attack. Looks like I get 16k+ points to purchase with. So.......should I buy any aircraft or drones, or would the Thick Haze make them useless (like it would in WW2)? I already know I'm probably in for a shellacking, but I don't want to waste purchase points.
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I got the upgrade bundle and everything seems to be working fine now.
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On 12/8/2016 at 5:14 PM, IanL said:
It is best to play with people that can agree to simple things like not bombing the attacker's setup zone on turn one.
Pretty much this.
Interestingly, a similar thread recently came up on the Few Good Men forums.
My personal "house rules" regarding this are:
No pre-planned arty (even with a delay) or TRPs for either side in a meeting engagement.
No pre-planned arty (even with a delay) for the defender in a probe/attack/assault.
Pre-planned arty (even arty landing on the first turn) is fine for the attacker in a probe/attack/assault.
Always remember to discuss house rules when you are playing an opponent for the first time, as opinions differ. For example, I recently played in a tourney where my 2nd round opponent used turn one arty in a meeting engagement (not in my setup zone, but still.....). I had forgotten to discuss "house rules" with him before we started, so that's on me.
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Those are some great features, Steve. Thanks for the head's up.
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Depends on what the mission was. The ISU-152 is an excellent support weapon against prepared positions. As a battlefield HE chucker it is hard to beat. But if you expect to meet tanks, you should bring along something with a higher velocity gun.
Michael
Yea, it's a ginormous, fairly flat farmland map. Meeting engagement. My oppo is gonna have fun with this turkey shoot.
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Obviously, I chose poorly. Should have done more research before making my purchases. Live and learn.
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Assuming the KTs are facing the ISU-152s I suspect HE is being used because 152mm AP has no chance of penetrating any part of the KT frontal armor. HE has no chance either but they have more of it to waste.
Ah, well if that's the case I'm probably screwed then, cause I'm sure there is more than one KT. Can't remember I've ever used the ISU-152 before, but I was assuming it's AP round could penetrate. What Soviet round can penetrate a KTs frontal armor?
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The ranges are 1879 and 1895 meters. They each choose to fire HE rounds twice at the King Tiger. Hits are scored, but (I imagine) little damage is done. Very strange to me that they don't use their AP rounds. Meanwhile, the KT has taken out two of their brethren, using AP rounds.
Here is a link to the actual MP4 file that I recorded with FRAPS, which should be higher quality than the YT video.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33457409/RT.mp4
I'm gonna go ahead and call this a bug. Would anyone like to do some testing? I have to work all weekend and Monday....
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Possibly.
Anyone else have any ideas? I'm much more accustomed to medium and smaller battles.
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I'm not normally one to complain, but this just happened in a Huge ME.
So these two ISU-152 each have 6 AP rounds, yet they choose to fire HE at the distant King Tiger?
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Steve, thanks. Keep on keeping on with what BFC is doing. We appreciate it.
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Meh, works fine for me, with everything set to "Best" quality, tree detail high and shaders on. This is with a desktop I built two or three years ago, using components that were not top of the line at the time.
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-Couldn't resist posting a pic of the Old Standby (yes, I am a tight wad, so when I get on people about whining about having to pay for BF's products, it's coming from someone who is very thrifty and very much a minimalist in his life habits):
Check out the spectacular case of "CM Thumb."
(No, not caused by reading "important news articles about world events." No, really!
)Edit just now: I was playing a turn in CMBN and the RMB stopped releasing from its current selection (happens sometimes). I gave five firm clicks, but no results. So, I blew under the mouse buttons and tried again. Voila! It worked on the first click after that and no more problems that turn. Magic
.Wow, check out Mr. "Moneybags" Macisle here, with his expensive mouse. ;-)
This is the one I use, a Logitech M185:
$13.89 baby.
For what it's worth, I can play Huge size CM2 games with little noticeable lag (WeGo).
My system specs:
I7 4770k @ 3.5 GHz
GeForce GTX 680 video card
16 gig of ram
Windows 10
Edit: removed commercial link (forgot about the rule, but Steve quoted it so I think I'm ok) ;-)
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yeah ability to turn off engine to increase sound contact range would be cool.
I believe that would add more complexity for little actual gameplay benefit, especially if it was done in a realistic manner like IanL described.
Interesting thread, however. I learned something new.
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hummm patche 4, I need your opinion
in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
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Yes, this is happening to me also. My troops are fleeing toward known enemy locations, actually leaving the cover of bocage and running toward the enemy through the hedgerow gaps, with predictable results.