stratman59

Latest Update, I've completed the first two Polish missions all be it on middle difficulty level. Considering how badly I was doing I'm quite pleased with that. Lessons learnt: (A) When the target is pink it means your gun can't see the target, wait until it turns red, Dooo! ( Make sure you have a gunner in the gunner position in tanks and artillery. © Artillery (75mm) seems to be much more effective at long range. All learnt from reading the posts on this forum, so thanks to all and keep posting.

Hi guys, thanks for all the help and advice. Calling those that have succeeded fibbers was said with tongue firmly in cheek, no offence meant. I think what has surprised me is that this game is so hard from the off. Most games kind of open on a gentle leaning curve and gradually toughen up. Anyway as I said I think this is a great game and I’ll keep on trying.

Update, 9th attempt. Result: Germans 6 tanks and 12 troops left. Poles (me) a truck! Once your guns are destroyed and there is no way to stop them being the German tanks just roll in. Ehat the hell, I'm going for a beer, hic, hic!

O.K, I have reached the point where I just have to post. This game is just driving me insane, not because it’s a bad game far from it, I think it’s great. The reason, the insane level of difficulty. I have read all the tips on the forum but am still unable to achieve anything but total annihilation on the very first Polish campaign map, and I’m talking 8 attempts all on easy level. I read that some have completed most maps on hard. I’m sorry but I think your all fibbing that or your all descendants of Genghis Khan. I admit that I’m no tactical genius but I have been playing P.C games of all types since Wolfenstein 3D and that’s a lot of games. I have a theory about game designers, they spend so much time on the games that they know every little trick and detail so to them it becomes easy. They then forget that the people who they are making the games for dip in and out of them for perhaps a few hours mow and then, we have to make a living so we can buy the games for heavens sake. Don’t get me wrong I like a challenge, there is nothing worse then breezing through a game. I always play games on the hardest level but I’m sorry on this occasion the peeps at IC have cocked it up big time. Just look at the units for the first Polish map, I don’t know the exact numbers but it’s something like this. Poles = a handful of troops 3 totally useless tanks some artillery that is blown up within minutes of starting (yes I am hiding the behind trees as per advice on the forum) Germans = about 25 fast moving tanks + dozens of foot troops. It’s all very well having reserve troops to re-man the guns but once the German tanks know their position as soon as you move the reserve to the guns they are blow up the instant they arrive. I know I’m ranting now so I’ll stop, I just so want to play and like this game but I was hoping the patch would sought some of these issues out but no. I’ll just have to wait for some modders with normal human abilities to produce some maps. I’m going for a beer!