Straha
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So this is actually the original problem reversed: trouble retaking cities, avoiding surrender.Originally posted by Mike:Yep - I recently played my own "World at War" Scenario and foolishly left Madrid open for hte English Corps in Portugal to take. The Spanish had lost one army to the French by this point.
The Spanish took 5 or 6 turns to surrender, all the time bashing away at that one corps, along with a couple of German armies - then they suddenly surrendered - obviously they'd had enough!!
SNIP
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Well spoken, Immer. There ought to be Freaks, send in the Freaks!Originally posted by Immer Etwas:So, what are we saying here?
Play the game as is, and like it! OR -- just shut up about it? NO SUGGESTIONS ALLOWED! :confused:
If that's the case, then you would have to go back and erase half of the posts on this forum, yes?
I have had great fun with this game, more so than with any other I have played in the last several years, and that covers a lot of territory. :cool:
I also have made suggestions as to HISTORICAL enhancements.
In fact, several of the suggestions that some have made, have been incorporated into the game by Hubert, such as the Russian Cruiser in the Black Sea.
So, what? Now, we need be determined to protect the VERY FIRST version of the game?
Or, is it the latest, v1.03 that we feel needs a big brother's attention, which also includes some historical additions?
Freaks shall inherit the Earth, O Yea brothers.
Historical freaks included, who are usually interested in having fun AND incorporating any of those aspects a game-designer might eventually elect to add, which will increase the "realistic" feel of the contest.
These are NOT mutually exclusive concepts, are they?
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I would love the tanks having the possibility to attack and *then* move (to exploit any holes just punched into the frontline) ... in which case I would even be willing to pay more MPPs for them.Originally posted by dpstafford:Flesh it out more? Why bother. The game is obviously perfect. Can't wait to see the reviews.
Gotta get back to the trenches now and prepare to go over the top.....
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I think mentioning the Germans specifically distracted somewhat from the real question.
One could think about making stuff more expensive so that buying a new army would take longer ... but I doubt that anyone would like that very much.
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Hubert, we love you!
Thanks so much! :cool: Straha
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In danger of making everyone yawn: I was always saying that over time SC became more and more adjusted to fit the needs of an Axis human vs Allies AI game. No wonder that playbalance with respect to PBEMs got affected. My advise would be that either the more experienced player takes the Axis, or that the Axis player gets +1 experience by default.
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This is one great mod! :cool: One of the very vew things I would like to have different is this: in the original as well as in the mod, the city icons resemble much more a production plant than a city. I for one would prefer an icon which has a more city-like look to it.
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I know we are not supposed to talk about this, but there is one thing I don't understand and really would like to have addressed in the official statement yet to come: it was said that casual piracy accounts for 90% of all cases. Ok, but if this is so, isn't the real pertinent question with respect to potential losses of income for Battlefront/Furysoft then whether those guys casually pirating a game really would instead order it if there is a CD check? :confused:
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For me, High Command was a big disappointment. Still, those anthems, and the more detailed map which included even Luxemburg, were things I remember with some fondness - and which I would love to see in a SCII.Originally posted by Goober:Anyone old enough out there remember High Command. A cool feature was that the national anthem played every time when countries were occupied. Can this happen here??? Oh I love mods. And the people who make them. I do not think those guys get enough credit for the work they do!!!
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I don't care very much about fancy 3D effects and such, but I still like beauty. E.g. if the city icon in SC would be different for Paris, Rome, London, Berlin and Moscow, this would add to the atmosphere of the game IMO.
I did not play CM, but from what I know it is not an RTS game, but turnbased! (Right?) Actually, I find the idea to make *turnbased* 3D tactical games attractive ... it's just that my system is not very powerful, so I won't give it a try soon.
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</font>Originally posted by waynef:Once again agree 100%. This may stop me from future purchases. This game has been perfect for me to play when traveling. Now I have to carryy an extra CD? Why?
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />And please please please get rid of that completely unnnecessary cd check. What is it for anyway? I run the game on a laptop and the last thing I want to do is carry around the CD. If its to stop people passing around the CD to load onto different computers it will not work as people will just make copies of the CD.
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I agree ... CD-in-drive checks are not preventing piracy, but rather only harass the honest customers.Originally posted by husky65:SNIP
I don't know what the answer to casual piracy is, but it isn't 'the CD must be in the drive to play', thats just annoying.
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waltero, the beginner level is probably ok when you play the Axis, but if you play the Allies this level is much too easy. (I'd say I have to at least loose France one out of two times to make things interesting, and this only works with +1).
I agree, though, that +2 is no fun.
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Well, it *is* something I had a bit of a hard time getting used to. I mean often you blast a hole into the enemies frontline, but then you are not able to exploit it: because you already have attacked you may not move (and you basically also stand in the way of your own units which haven't yet moved). If this would be handled different (at least for the tanks), then the frontlines would be less static.Originally posted by J Wagner:So the issues raised here begs the question; do you feel as if the game represents the true nature of German blitzkrieg tactics, especially from 39 to 41? Without movement after combat, exploitation movement, and a fairly liberal reinforcment rule, it does end up turning into a war of attrition and a grist mill.
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[ August 15, 2002, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: Straha ]
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I guess changing this right now would be a major coding issue. But it's good to hear that it is not forgotten.Originally posted by Hubert Cater:SNIP but I think some of these suggestions are valid and would probably do well in another version of the SC engine down the road.
For me this topic really boils down to that - in the current system - we never have to worry about winter like we should when starting campaigns.Straha
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I think this is a very nice idea. Declaring war on Ireland as the Allies should have disastrous political effects, undermining Allied credibility to fight for freedom and democracy.Originally posted by Brian Rock:Perhaps a better solution would be for it to hit the Allies hard politically, pushing non-aligned nations into the Nazi camp.
Having units stuck OTOH is not a good trade off with respect to getting rid of the problem Compassion reminded us of. It's somehow too much bug-like.
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[ August 15, 2002, 01:07 PM: Message edited by: Straha ]
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Great idea, I would love to tamper with these things, too.
Though if I had to choose, I would first want a more powerful scenario editor allowing me to setup the initial forces of the countries not at war. Straha
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I can't see a good reason why the Finns *should* be understrength until the Germans have taken Sweden (or linked up with them via Leningrad).
The effect itself is most definitely simply due to their territory being treated as occupied territory "cut off" from the German mainland.
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Yup, I agree, too. Somehow, reducing the turn lenght in winter has close to zero effect on actual gameplay and strategic planning. Making all terms equally long and instead reducing action points in winter (especially for tanks) sounds like a good alternative to me.
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Actually we discovered this a long time ago when playing the first Beta Demo. Somehow it was forgotten, then.
The problem is that Ireland has no harbor. Should be easy to fix, I guess. Straha
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ad #8) Germans may want to apply #1)Originally posted by Dale H:1) ignore taunts
2) don't believe everything you read (my 'whosis is bigger than yours)
3) RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH; improved armor, industrial prod, jets, improved aaa as axis for eg.)
4) headquarter units are a must (Rommel led my Army Group Center into Russia)
5) be methodical & deliberate; the IA will chop your head off if you recklessly plunge ahead
6) have fun
8) is pomme fritz a french-fried Boche?
9) Vive La France
Dale H
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[ August 13, 2002, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: Straha ]
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Hmmm ...
.... when I read "Luftlotte" I can't help having this image of an inflatable girl. Straha
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That's why when I play the Allies I always set the experience for the Axis +1. Even then you may hold on to France, but at least not *always*. If it fails, then it would have been better to have shipped everything to the UK instead - so it's at least a though decision whether one shouldn't do this in the first place.
And I agree, the key is getting a HQ for the French.
Straha
Btw this is all based on the gold demo still ...
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I really like the pics of the generals on the HQ units.
One thing though: On the title screen, there are two maps of Europe on the wall in the background. The one to the left seems to be a political map from the 1990ies.
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Problems with the French
in Strategic Command 1
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I think that after the fall of France the "Free French" units really are handled as British units. If France is liberated, the units obviously stay British. If Hubert would make the game "remember" any Free French units, then he could code it so that those units become French again in case of liberation (I hope he will consider doing this).
There are alot of issues with Vichy, for example that it can not be reunited with France after France is liberated. That they also have problems surrendering to the Allies is a new one, though.
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