catnip

I love the new aircraft model. Fast, cheap, and deadly. I play overcast when I don't want to worry about planes.

Gary, I tried out the comments feature and it works Great!! Thanks! the site is getting better everyday.

Gary, Is there a way where you can make the opponent finder list everybody based only on their skill level? I tried leaving all of the settings on default and changing the skill selector to veteran, but still couldn't get my own profile to come up. Also, adding a text field to our profile would be nice. Thanks! Btw, site looks nice.

I think it all depends on what kind of game you like. I feel CMBO is more for the gamer than CMBB. In CMBB, everything works like it is supposed to. Machine guns, artillery, flak guns, and airplanes are now modeled correctly. If you wanted CMBO to be more realistic, you'll love CMBB! If you liked flak guns and SMG squads in CMBO, the pace of CMBB might frustrate you. Sometimes I miss the simplicity of CMBO. Some of the "gamey" aspects of the game were a lot of fun, sometimes. Still, I adapted my game to the CMBB model and found it much more challenging and fun. What did you think about the CMBB demo?

KG, I think what you need are some unit restriction rules like the Short 75 and panther 76 rule from CMBO. I fully understand how you feel when you are playing an 800pt or less game in 1941 as the Germans. With settings like that you probably can't buy a decent German tank, but the Russian player can get the KV, I think. Until somebody comes up with a CMBB short 75 rule, make up your own. Try early 1942 with no KV for the Russians and see how much better it is.

Arctarius, I often wonder the same thing. With the Germans in 1941, the best tank they have is the PZ III class with the 50mm/L60. You can knock out the T-34 with this, but need to make a good shot. On the other hand, if the T-34 hits you anywhere your tank is dead. For the KV, just pray for a gun or track hit. If you play a lot of 1941, you might want to ask him not to buy the KVs just to make the game a little more fair.

Those PZ II + IIIs are just slow enough to get killed by Russian PRTD AT squads. It seems that the Germans had fewer gears on their tanks or they used really small engines. The 25mph PZ II tanks are very disappointing. Most of the early PZ tanks only have "good" optics which isin't that much of an advantage over the T-34s optics. Sometimes I wonder how the Germans defeated the T-34 early in the war. [ September 27, 2002, 10:55 PM: Message edited by: catnip ]

Since I haven't played the Russian side yet, I decided to take a look at some of the units today. I went throught the years starting at 1941 and stopping at 1945. At first I looked at the tanks like the T-34,KV, and SU series. They all looked very impressive for the price. Later I looked at the infantry. The most notable unit was the SMG platoon. Now since I haven't played CMBO in almost a year, I thought nothing of the close range firepower. I thought the German SMGs would be pretty close. I was so wrong! Take a look: German SMG squad (9 man squad) Firepower at 40m = 308 Firepower at 100m = 111 Ammo = 20 Cost = 121 Comes with panzerfausts Russian SMG squad (9man squad) Firepower at 40m = 450!!! (50% more) Firepower at 100m = 99 Ammo = 25 (25% more) Comes with Moltovs (so they don't get thirsty) Cost = 96!! Talk about DEEP discount here... I would hate to run into any of these guys in the woods at night. I can't wait to try Russians.

I had the same problem. I solved it by closing all applications(anti virus, etc). I went as far as to use control-alt-delete to close anything that remained. Good luck.

Well, after running to window 20+ times to see if mail came....I finally got it. After another 25 minutes, I got the game installed without a problem! For a while, I was really worried about the install problems people were having, but I just needed to remove my anti virus and the install worked. I really hope the rest of you get the game tomorrow or by Thursday at least. I know it is hard reading about everybody else having fun and not having the game. Hang in there. By the way, my order number is 90,2XX and I ordered on 9/14. Good luck and see you all on the battlefield in the future!

Garry, I really feel for you guys. My order number is 90,2xx and I ordered on 9/14. My email confirmation only showed my order number with nothing in the billing information section, so I don't know if that is good or bad. Then yesterday, I read about somebody else in my city that got it which made me a little worried when my copy didn't arrive. Since I am now unemployed (I didn't quit so I could play CMBB) it is even harder not to think about it. LOL. I sure hope I get it today because I have been running to the window every time I hear somebody open the gate to my apartment. [ September 24, 2002, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: catnip ]

Hmm, 80,000 seems early enough. Lets hope it comes pretty soon for all of us that preordered.

I have a feeling that the delivery date has a lot to do with your order number. Another guy that lives in the same city as I, got his copy yesterday, but I didn't. Apparently, his order number was less than 90,000 and mine was above. You might want to check your order numbers.

Sabrewolf, Was your order number less than 90,000? I also live in S.F., but didn't get it today. I am wondering if it is because I am over 90,000.

Well, I am another one of those 90,000+ orders and no CMBB for me today. I live in the S.F., Ca. Tomorrow maybe?