[Tactics]

I've tried playing the Demo a few times now and couldn't manage to get anywhere, the Mujahideen appear much better trained and equipped than the Soviets. Is it possible to win the first demo scenario (the outpost one)? I've had a ton of problems with my soldiers not being able to spot the enemy (even when they have a clear LOS), especially noticeable with those who have optics (such as the vehicles or sniper teams who are unable to spot anything beyond about 300m). Within ten minutes my guys were down to half strength and almost out of ammo while the enemy were actually beginning to get inside the town. It's much more difficult than CMSF, even though the enemy don't posses anything beyond infantry.

What do the different difficulty levels do? I'm currently playing on Iron, is this the reason I'm losing so badly or do I just suck.

So yeah, any advice on how to keep my guys alive, they seem to be hopelessly outgunned and just not really good at killing the enemy.

[Terrible mouse lag & how to disable this stupid music]

One mod for CMSF I rather enjoy is the one that replaces the music with the radio chatter that was at the end of HBO's Generation Kill. Very atmospheric. Might be worth trying to replicate something along those lines.

Ooh that does sound good. Although I really like the music too.

[License.net ??????]

This was a fairly brief outage, 4 hours or so, tonight only. Like I mentioned, first time in 4 years.

Ah okay, yeah, I've never had any problems with it personally.

[Dissapointed with the research that went into this]

It would definitely be good to see some more authenticity in those areas.

[License.net ??????]

That's a bit odd, has anyone actually activated their CMA or is did it only go down recently? I'm not a real big fan of the DRM myself either, especially the limited unlocks.