Frankster65
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LOL, so very true. So many little dramas you catch with the replay in WEGO.
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BF should make this AAR a sticky. Beautiful stuff!
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I also play WEGO for two reasons. One the playback. So much drama to see from so many angles, I just couldn't play without it. Second, I like the fact that I must wait 1 minute to issue new orders. It kind of brings an uncontrollability to the battlefield, a chaos of war so to speak where I cannot do anything but hope I made the correct call and let the chips fall where they may.
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Wife out of the house. Getting my popcorn now. Awaiting next installment.
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I've seen lost of discussion on the merits of whether BF should charge $10 for the 3.0 upgrade what I would like to know, does the upgrade improve the general game play?
Yes it does.
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I bought 2.0 but this small update does not seem to contain anything which would change game play remarkably. I am not interested to use 10 dollars for some graphical changes.
In my opinion it is just a bad joke to require purchasing for this kind of improvement.
IMHO your statement is really the joke. Hey, thanks for the laugh.
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Beautiful screens and AAR!
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Did you perhaps think that BF maybe cannot afford to give discounts? Or maybe the $10 per upgrade for CMBN and CMFI already includes the discounts they can afford to give?
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You underestimate the power of griping. For some it is more fun than even playing CM.
LOL. That does seem to be the case. Go on over to the FGM site or "The Blitz" (and I do love those sites) and you will see the same characters whine and commiserate with one another about the injustice of it all.
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Waiting for 6 months just to save $5 (maybe) seems like a inefficient use of resources. While you're waiting (instead of playing) you'll probably find yourself renting extra Netflix movies, doing God know what in the real world, and at the end of 6 months you would have burned through an extra $25 trying to amuse yourself, all to save an extra $5.
Boy, you hit the nail on the head. It is mind boggling. :eek:
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But since I bought CMBN way back before they even told us there'd be upgrades, I am entitled to the AI triggers for free...along with anything else they decide to put in the games, from now until eternity.
Mord.
Damn right! I'm the customer and I'm always right...even if I'm so gosh awful wrong!
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Why not try reading the manual. You know there is a manual, right?
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Perspective is a helluva thing.
Mord.
It sure the hell is and apparently quite a few are incapable of understanding this.
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just so you know, this kind of nickel and diming is what got KA50 upgrade for DCS into trouble.
and was not appreciated paying for the same product twice.
engine upgrades are supposed to be free, as in what other companies do.
Case in point they just upgrade all their products to 3.0, so now you buy it at this level. one price for all, now I'm paying for it twice as much then if I just buy it again
in the new wrapper.
This isn't the same product. It is a different product with new features. They need to recover business costs in bringing these features to the older modules. Same product would be to leave well enough alone.
What other companies do? So BF is the same as every other company out there in the world? Their costs structures are the same as say General Electric or Lockheed?
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This is you level of argumantation...?
For ppl like you the world is easy - go and enjoy yourself.
All Combat Mission x2 titles with their modules are so expensive but they are still lacking so many features, that it is a real brazenness/impertinence to let the customers pay for every little additional feature/improvement that should have been in the game already from the beginning - like it is the case in other wargames like e.g. the "Men of War" series etc.Lacking features? You apparently can't read or don't read features list and you have poor memory in terms of remembering what we started with and where this simulation is now. So expensive? Compared to what? I've had hundreds if not thousands of hours of enjoyment with this game at a small price point I may add. $20 to bring the other modules up to speed and that is expensive? Clearly you need to go play something else then. I drop that every time I take my wife to a movie and we only get to enjoy that once.
Brazenness/impertinence to expect to be paid for work performed? Should have been in the game already from beginning? LOL...come on.
You have no argument. All your tantrums about how BF has cheated or is cheating you are laughable at best.
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Nonsense - please read more carefully. My post is about price and content.
BS. You want something for nothing.
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There is a point here. Say a V 4.0 comes out, and you've been an exceedingly loyal customer buying every CM game. To upgrade your collection that small $10 fee could be aaas high as $50 (CM:A, CM:BN, CM:FI, CM:RT, and CM:SF). Now if you throw in Black Sea and the Bulge game you are paying $70 to upgrade your games to the same level.
I also wondered about fire weapns. Presumably some formations currently in CMBN and CMFI should have fire weapons by default.
No, there is not a point other than these people want to get something from BF without paying for the labor and know how in bringing all modules up to same game version. They are not forced to purchase anything. They can stay with the game engine version they have and play to their hearts content. They just cannot play with others in PBEM games who have upgraded and they cannot enjoy the new features added to the older modules.
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Yes you do. Pay for them or play the versions you have. You make it sound like you are a victim. Are a victim?
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Same here.
All Combat Mission x2 titles with their modules are so expensive but they are still lacking so many features, that it is a real brazenness/impertinence to let the customers pay for every little additional feature/improvement that should have been in the game already from the beginning - like it is the case in other wargames like e.g. the "Men of War" series etc.
Enough is enough - I won't be a party to that.
Another one who wants something for nothing. Amazing.
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Are you sure about that? There was mass migration from 1.0 to the 2.0 upgrade. Don't envision the same happening with 3.0 missing some marquee features. I do see PBEM mismatches. Maybe take more time, charge more $, or both?UPGRADE 3.0 FEATURES
Gameplay
• Ground units are now able to fire at attacking aircraft
• Ammo Dumps allow platoons to have reserve ammo stored separately on map (automatically distributed for certain Skill Levels)
• WeGo TCP/IP with the ability to save but not the ability to replay combat action
• Spotters restricted to directing only one Mission at a time. Assets can now be group fired.
• More realistic/varied RoF of automatic weapons.
• Improved load time for scenarios, especially larger ones with complex terrain
User Interface
• Three different sets of camera controls; Standard (traditional), First Person Shooter, and Real Time Strategy
• Optional graphical Command and Control link tracing
• KIAs are shown in the Soldier/Crew Panels to track soldiers lost during the game
• Option to disable music separate from other game sounds
Editor
• Ability to create AI Triggers that execute actions based on other units or interaction with Objectives (existing battles do not have this, but it can be added by authors if they wish)
• Maximum map size increased
• Improved responsiveness of 2D editing, especially for large maps
• Improved load time for 3D Preview, especially large maps
• Customized "Mod Tags" for most graphics. This allows for multiple mods for the same item without the need to move items in/out of Data folder
• Ability to specify specific mods be used for a specific Scenario. If CM fails to find the specified mod it will use the default
Graphics
• Hit impacts to vehicles and bunkers now shown graphically ("hit decals")
• Water animates for fording units
• Improved shaders
Hit impacts, maximum size of maps increased, AI TRIGGERS? MGs are more deadly now. Mod Tags.
And you think most people are going to say "no to these?"
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I would second FRAPS as a very good source of capturing screenshots and video. I actually have the paid version and it is well worth the small price.
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Superb! Love this thread!
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It has been so long since I started following this fantastic thread that I've forgotten what scenario or scenarios you've been playing. Can you tell me what scenario this is you are fighting right now?
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They are indeed superb! So much dramatic theme one finds in them.
AAR "Fester Platz Polozk" RepsolCBR Vs Russian AI
in CM Red Thunder Maps and Mods
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Seems to me that plenty of iron crosses need to be handed out. I can only imagine what this looked like in playback with all the lead flying about. Amazing!