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    Missiles and artillery are the kings of the battlefield with the aerial drone the queen, overseeing all.  However when it comes to precision strikes, especially from 120mm mortar systems I wasn't very impressed.  I had expected near 100% accuracy, but out of 8 precision rounds between 2 mortar carriers, only 1 hit home, striking the rear deck of the tank, without immobilizing it.  All hits where near misses on stationary tanks, but a miss is a miss when destruction should be guaranteed?  Anyone know how effective precision artillery is?

     

     

     

    You only get 1 precision round/tube per battle, so only the 1st round out of each tube was precision, if that was what you targeted 1st. 50% accuracy isn't too bad for mortars. 

  2. I cannot access the link you posted, but I can certainly stand corrected if I an wrong.

    Ok, I do stand corrected. I neglected to look in the editor, in either family. Both can have it.

    That feature would be useful in QB's.

  3. First off, are you up to date on the 3.0 game engine? That is the first thing you need to have in place. You would not be able to use any of the British vehicles. There are quite a few. As far as the German and French, I'm not so sure. Maybe on the Germans but probably no to the French.

    Until someone posts a more definitive answer,

    Have you looked at  http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=333&Itemid=575 to see what it comes with? 

  4. You will see a marked improvement in your game play experience. Plus once you become proficient at wego and you have an idea of what the overall way that the game units interface in game terms, you may find it is not as difficult to play real time. And the absolute most important thing that really befuddled me at first was visibility. I couldn't tell jack diddly squat about what was happening. Then I figured out that toggling the full tree foliage off at certain times helped immeasurably. Often times, it's the simple things that make the biggest difference.

    Don't be too disappointed if you do not succeed right away.  The learning curve  is fairly steep on this game. When I started Gaj told me it took him double digit games to start getting a feel for the mechanics and all of the little tricks that will make the difference between winning and just surviving. And I find it very true.

    And most of us had less than stellar outings the first up against an opponent who thinks back. Once you go H2H though, it's just not the same playing against the AI. 

  5. Yes, when the uav gets whacked, it crashes and usually at the map edge. It might always be at the map edge. If you get chased by a SAM at night, pan upwards with the camera and you get a nice view of the contrail/exhaust plume and a bottle rocket boom at the apex.

  6. I'm not seeing any at all form tank shells to MG fire on soft targets!

     

    It's not a big deal, just wanted to confirm it was my end, I'll re-install the files, thanks for the quick reply ;)

     

    I don't think you will see holes as big as some of the stuff from WW2. Even those you have to look for closely sometimes.  

  7. Like I said, just guessing. I would think BF probably would make more profit if all they did was digital but it's their business to run, however they want. I can also understand that people who live where prohibitive postal costs and import fees are imposed are at a disadvantage. I am happy that I have the option to do either.  

  8. If I was to hazard a guess, I would think that the extra money we pay for a physical pre-order gets rewarded by a few hours early notice. DVD's, manuals, mailers etc. cost. I don't know how BF's making their money back on those, but I think this extra fund-age probably goes to cover that directly. Maybe part of the download costs do too. I just like a manual in my hands. That comes from way too many board games in years past.  I bet I have 60 out in the garage right now and no real space to keep them set up for long enough to make it worth it.  :(

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