I am Evil Homer

Well actually I am only a moron in the sense that I can "work under supervision" since I have been diagnosed with AS. But my mental capacity is normal, I think.

I am a moron, can somebody explain what that means when I play?

What about bombing tanks and stuff with fighter planes, is that gamey? Oh wait, yes it is cuz the pilot in the game is also trained in driving and operating a tank and excels in infantry combat just as much as all the other soldiers on the battlefield. So yes I guess you are right.

Well I know how there are some obvious 'gamey' (to me, it just means unrealistic or never historically done) things in BF1942 like, for example, riding on the hood of a jeep as a bazooka wielding soldier and shooting at tanks as you swerve by or using and sacrificing a single fighter plane to paradrop in a certain location and steal an enemy Tiger tank. But aside from that what is considered 'gamey'? I hear that in CMBO there are still a small number of gamey tactics you can get away with. Err like what?

If you are new to Combat Mission series, you probably don't actually want to start with CMBB. I did and it seemed rather overwhelming to me. I never played a truly realistic war game before that time and everything felt like chores. In CMBO, however, you can get a feel for what its like to strategize in WW2 and not have to be incredibly patient and already good at it to begin with. And overall, I enjoyed CMBO more.

I usually think of gamey as anything u can do in a Command & Conquer or BF1942 game that obviously didnt happen in WW2, like driving an APC full of engies through an enemy base to a sensitve point to capture a building ( Im sure APCs arent fast enough or well armored enough to accomplish that in the real world, anyways) I also think of it as attempting to get a bazooka team to ride on a jeep and knock out tanks while riding as the jeep is swirving around dodging bullets and tank shells left and right Also, would a form of distraction be a gamey tactic? Like sending some troops/tanks into an enemy area and then sending a convoy past them as they are busy duking it out with the tanks/soldiers?

mememe! I am newb

Its normally organized alphabetically. Is it possible to reorganize it by date and/or size?

Like, what sort of land would allow you to peek only your turret at an enemy? If its a slope then obviously the turret would tilt up a bit,and thereby, prevent ot from really shooting anything. I can only imagine an inward curve of land(almost like a small crater) could do it.

How does rallying work? does it take a certain number of turns during action for a nearby leader to rally a broken/routed squad or is it randomly determined like a die roll each turn? Or am I totally wrong?

I was wondering something similar, like, for example, if they would eventually sell out an updated version of CMBO with all the improvements from CMBB for those who prefer West Front but not at the expense of reality and overall gameplay.

well what does an FP number even mean? Does it mean that, the higher it is, the greater chance of killing a soldier in a squad when your squad fires their weapons(like in Squad Leader) Or is there an actual hit point system and the FP determines damage?

I will probably definitely get this game. In the mean time, is there an online version of CMBO manual or is it too large? I jus wanna find out more what I can to enjoy demo that wasnt apparently mentioned in the CMBO demo instructions.

This has puzzled me for a while.After playing both demos, I will very likely order Combat Mission, but which one? Thing is I would rather pass on the bundle pack cuz for what I know its a highly replayable game and 1 is plenty, plus if I found I lost interest quickly I would end up wasting 60 bucks rather than 30 or 40. I would like to go for CMBO cuz historically the Western front(I think it is) would be cooler and the demo appealed me. But I might go for CMBB cuz its the sequel and although its a bit more complex, it has many improvements and more realistic infantry tactics I believe. The CMBB demo sucked to me as opposed to CMBO but I did hear that the CMBB demo was a paricularly bad representation of the game so...hmmm...I dunno yet. BTW I posted here cuz there is some sense of tactic/strategy in wisely picking the one 2 buy and cuz if I posted in CMBO or CMBB forums people would vote in on whatever that particular forum corresponds to.

2 more questions that came up, although this pertained to the CMBO demo. How do u make an engineer squad use charges on mine(disarm) or pillboxes? there doesnt seem to be a command for it, do I have to wait until they are right over the minefield or defensive structure b4 performing action? Do forests reduce your visibility from far away enemies? Cuz in the valley of trouble I was pissed off to see that my artillery spotters were being attacked by pillboxes despite the fact that they were an extreme distance away and my spotters were even prone at the time, but on a large sandy hill not a forest or bush

Yes I believe I did play that game under this screen name, my favorite thing was riding on the front of jeeps and getting infantry kills w/bazooka while in motion so they r all like WTF? Too bad you cant do that in this game

Like, how much firepower total does it take for every soldier in a squad to be killed? Also, I notice in the info panel(Enter) The firepower is added up from only 1 of each weapon in the squad. But if there were, say, 7 people carring a certain gun then wouldnt the firepower be multiplied before being added to the squads firepower? And what exactly does pinned mean the game? As opposed to panic and routed. Yes, I am a newbie, fresh and hot from the oven

Does it HIGHLY reflect the gameplay of the real thing?? Cuz I DLed the CMBO and CMBB demo, I enjoyed CMBO especially towards the middle of battles, but CMBB demo disinterested me for some reason. If not, then I will probably think of buying CMBB rather than CMBO