poppy
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Video games are made by introverts in the hope that extroverts will buy them. But Suprise Suprise, introverts like myself love these games. But not on line. We have all the interaction with other real people that we need at the workplace or the local shopping center. We introverts need relaxation with a game with its own mind.[AI] Where we can play war, and not have to deal with other personalities. Take it from us BF build a game with an AI that cant be beat and the introverts of the world will beat a path to your door paved with gold. poppys
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That is the AI in the attack mode.
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The only improvement that I can see that Combat Mission needs is the AI. That is the Strategic and the Tactical AI. in the Attack mode, so that a player could expect an "excellent opponet" whether he or she played as the offense or the defense. The graphics are secondary. poppys
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uh, anybody else.
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When BF produces the first title based on CMx2 and assuming that it is WW2 will the next title be WW2. I doubt it. And if that is the case then I also doubt that BF will be over excited about providing the same patch support that they now provide. They will be looking to another market. Surprise Surprise. How can we tempt them to remain loyal to us. Simple, rewards, what kind of rewards simple, money, How can there be money for BF after the initial purchase???? poppys
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Happy Holidays, 150 bucks for 4 years of gamming, not bad,not bad at all. poppys
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As I was saying, There are some 16000 registerd members, and probably most of these are on line players, or at least most of the on line players are registerd members....Hence, question, how many copies of CM did BF sell, hopefully a lot more than 16000, And, subtract 16000 from this total of copies sold and you have the number of buyers that play against the AI. poppys
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I doubt that what BF does or does not do is based on anything else but what they perceive as the best way to make a profit. Iv got a coupla posts on severl threads that express my opinion as to what would be the best way for BF to keep their present clientel, if they are Banking on a different clientel then anything that we say is falling on deaf ears ,to coin a phrase. poppys
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You got me Michael, whats a class III? Maybe these are disabled full autos like Thompsons and such as keepsakes, cant spell suviners. poppys
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Theres two schools of thought from what Iv read about military small arms. The old school of aim and fire and the new school of point and fire. The Garand was the last of the aim and fire school, it allowed a soldier to aim and fire at 100m and 250m and even at greater ranges at a much faster rate. It also provided better concellment because the soldier didnt have to operate the bolt, its easier to see a moving object than a still object. The M1 carbin fits the point and fire school, not nearly as destructive a weapon if hit as the Garand but it got more lead out there at the short and 100m ranges than the Garand did one on one.poppys
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This is what makes the game interesting. How many complaints have there been posted that have to do with AI inadequacy versus graphics inadequacy. Most are concerned with the AI. We dont want BF to go off on a tangent and creat an entirly new game with great cardboard but crappy dice. A little pun there. poppys
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I was trying to ignor it. But that doesent usually work.so. It is against the law in the United States,except for the US military or law enforcement agencies to possess a workable full automatic firearm. poppys
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AH an oportunity, The one thing that BF could do and be assured of another success like the present CM series is to creat the best AI in the gaming industry. Of course this is my own humble opinion, but how many posts have we seen complaing about the [GRAPHICS]. poppys
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Many of the Wargamers that play the CM series now played board games where a plethora of rules and dice, and a piece of cardboard and their emagination was it. And it was fun,and interesting. CM supplied the AI in place of the rules and dice and the computer graphics in place of the cardboard, but they still left room for the imagination of the players. Couple that with WW2 and how could they go wrong, and they didnt. But be careful,we are a knitch crowd a large one only because we are world wide ,I dont want to go back to the cardboard so leave room for our imagination. Two or three men representing a squad is perfect, I personally dont want to watch 10 or 12 men scrambling around I can imagine that, I want a very advanced AI to take the place of the dice. poppys
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Now I have to purchase an M1 carbine to compare with the Enfield and Garand. Ill talk to my wife about it now......well maybe latter. poppys
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What other war has there been that could possibly take the place of WW2 in the upcomming CMx2 series,[i hope it will be a series]. Korea used the same weapons but was so limited in scope campared to WW2 that it would make a good companion theater to a WW2 theater like Burma and the North Pacific but wouldnt stand alone, CMAK is having trouble just staying in Italy. I would like to revisit all of the scenarios that I have played over the last four years using CMx2. Im sure that the scenario designers using the new capabilities of CMx2 will be better able to do what they wanted to do in CM but could not due to AI limitations. In the wars that have occured after Korea the relative strength of the adversaries was so one sided that there is no way that BF could balance the relative strength of the adversaries and still make it believable. And besides that who world wide would be interested. The more that I learn about WW2 the more interesting it becomes. Believe me CM has only scratched the surface. poppys
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I meant to say "improved" instead of "changed" now Ive gon and done it Il have to change my chatchy little saying at the bottom.poppys
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If CMx2 isnt centered about WW2 then I doubt that it will have the world wide appeal that CM presently enjoys.I play against the AI and therfore mostly play as the attacker. If nothing else were changed in CM except for a dramatic increase in the capability of the AI to execute an attack and a defense then I wouldnt hesitate to buy it. poppys
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Hello Micheal,Thank you for your response, What Im trying to prove is that there is a significent difference in effective firepower between the K98, the Enfield and the Garand that is not accuraty represented in CM at the 100m and 240m ranges. The only way to do this other than search the internet which Iv tried with varying results, is to do what must have been done during the development of these rifles, and that is to take them to a rifle range and under a sanctioned shooting match, compare them. I believe that the Garand has been underrated by a wide margin and this has, in my opinion, created an unrealistic protrayal of small unit actions in particular and large unit actions to a lessor but still significant degree. Any help will be appreciated. Substitute" sanchioned shooting match" with" military observers" for the initial tests of course. poppys
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Is CMx2 going to be a bigger and better version of CM or is it going to stray?
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Hello Michael Dorosh, If you still own an LeeEnfield how about doing some comparison sessions at your fifle range between the Enfield and the Garand. My Garand is in stripped down mode right now but hopefully within the next month or so Il be familiar unough with it and my Enfield to do some rapid fire accuracy comparisons. These comparisons wont probably show us an "effective firepower" but will show the differance between the Garand and the Enfield. Any K98 owners out there.
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Good argument YankeeDog, And I agree with most of your argument, The M1 carbine was designed as a replacement for the 45 auto pistol and in a lot of instances was a better choice for defense. The Garand on the other hand uses the same cartridge as the BAR and the M1919 machine gun so there is not much range differance between the M1 Garand,the BAR and the M1919 or the M1917. They all used M2 ball. The Garand was semi auto times 10 squad members, a lot of fire power even at the 100m and 250m ranges. CMx2 is comming up and Im doing what I can to get BF to "see the light" poppys
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I would imagin that range conditions are where the effective rate of fire is determined for the various small arms. In real battle conditions it would be hard to find someone to keep count.poppys
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I agree with you Martyr, It is easier said than done, And your illustration of playing against a thinking opponet is well taken. But, as in computer chess, a comptuer profile can be created that will challenge the best human player in Combat Mission in attack or defense. The capability of BF to do this is a given, the incentive is the question. poppys