herr_oberst

Good grief... Seanachoo-whatever is out again, posting his tripe... who unlocked the door to the lower level cells? (and curse the world for having me up at 2:00am and NOT playing CMBN... I've been doing work... WORK I tell you. Curse you all, you gamey-playing rat-bastiges...)

Clever boy... just asking for a retort, and presto! The MBT is again at the top of page 1... why I outta... wait a sec...

Hovering one drop from page 2 wankers...

Strict is the wife... loose are the women you ogle... Seriously, points are points... spend them as you will. In a QB, decide on a force composition that is acceptable, and if you're the Amis, bet on encountering a big cat. You'll come up with something effective. They can't hit what they can't see. Even in CMBO, there were ways to deal with them as the Allies. Once they're ID'd, you use the terrain. Of course, if you're playing a meeting engagement on a virtual pool table, you're screwed, so agree to (insist upon?) a map preview before selecting. Masochists may chose a blind computer-pick, which also has its place, it all depends on what you are up for.

I suppose you could target a point at the edge, get the spotting round(s) set, then call a small adjustment directed into the woods with your FFE.

Ah-ha! The truth is come out! CMBN costs so much to let Steve recoup the cost of his designer steel roof! Had he picked asphalt shingles, CMBN would have only been $59 USD... Of course, if he runs into serious trouble with repairs, he can always pry loose a few shingles to patch up the Weasel. Always thinking ahead, that man...

Yes, not much armored train combat in the Western Europe that I recall ever reading. Film clips of FB attacks on transport train, yes, but that would be an entirely different game, no? But assaulting an armored train in the Eastern Front module would be very interesting... boxcars with T-34 turrets atop... Mmmm...

Yeah, count me as shipped as well. Got the email yesterday 1:30pm.

My Schrek crew that pushed the bounds of geometry. 238 meters to the Sherman, and they land a TOP TURRET hit. "Well Hans, if we angle the shot like this, then we let the kinetic energy of the round carry it forward, and hit the weaker top armor. You know, I used to be in a mortar crew, so firing a schrek at 60 degrees isn't all that different..."

Two of three? How's about 5? Luck definitely plays a factor. Last game was a 500 to 0 Total German victory. I prefer to think of this one as 'command expertise... no luck involved whatsoever... I did lose 10 Hamstertruppen, and 8 wounded, but the Allied destruction was pretty merciless. Of course, the game before, I hunted with Barkmann (similar plan on my part, very different tactics from the Allies), and even the Panther can't really outdo 5-1 odds at a near range. Sound close to historical to you? (on turn 25 no less). After that, it was the Allied steamroller. Maybe now its time to move on to another scenario.

Playing Barkmann's Corner, I did have a number of "seemingly enraged" US armor crews take up the offensive with their hand weapons. I thought I heard them yelling something like "That gamey bastard, he's got a Panther! Let's get him!"

Of course, if you're going to do that, you should be restricted to "Iron" mode...

Fixed that quite for ya... But Gawd needed to account for the speed of Joe's hamster wheel brain tapping his foot in time to the download byte count. Got a cramp yet old man? 7 minutes start to finish. Mein Gott, I was installed, up and running, driving Herr Barkmann's Panther in 10 minutes, knocking out Shermans.

No spoiler here, just reporting. I got immobilized, but managed to take out 13 tanks, and 5 'other' vehicles... I left the initial setup as it was, figuring that if I'm Barkmann, I'm just driving the Panther. Loads of fun. Thank you Battlefront!!

Muhahahah... 7 minutes to DL (danke Verizon FIOS) Now, where's that scenario with the big a$$ naval guns???

Like many in this thread (I think) I am tired of the whiners who do nothing but complain about what they don't have... Open your eyes and see what you do have! Just because you bought a game does not entitle you to demand that all your wants and desires be satisfied. I'm not a modern war guy (kills from a bazillion yards are crazy - unless it's an uber-kitty), and never bought into the CMSF series, but waited until BF came back to the time period I prefer. While it may not be for you gripers, CMBN is the next step, and I praise BF for coming back to WWII. Would I like to see the Eastern Front next? Damn straight. Am I going to piss and moan if the next evolution doesn't have just what I want? No, because it isn't my company, and it isn't my business plan. BF, rock on, I for one love what you are doing. Don't let the naysayers get you down.

Rule #1 on encountering armor... make em button up with whatever you have got..

AMD Phenom II X4 940 3.0GHz 8 GB RAM ATI Radeon 4850 1920x1200 maxed settings, FRAPS reported 16-18 in the midst of a big firefight, my mortars dropping, Huns with their arty dropping, Shermans dropping smoke rounds.

Win 7 64-bit Home Premium ATI Radeon 4850, just updated driver to 8.821.0.0 AMD Phenom II X4 940 8 GB RAM I haven't tested this video driver version yet. The prior driver version 8.791.0.0 experienced the issue. CMBN exe camped out on 1 core after exiting the final screen. UPDATE: Updating the video driver resolved my game exit issue. It also corrected an issue where I couldn't see the majority of the tools in the map editor (i.e., nothing over on the left. The option I was hovering over would appear, but disappear after I moved the pointer away. No tile "samples" would appear below the options either. Perhaps something to post in the Support Forums for CMBN - latest drivers for ATI is a good thing.

I had a slightly different purpose, same result. In all fairness (to me, ahem), I was playing to see the game... I wanted gunfire, running, screaming, some dying, and oh yeah, some 'splody things too! I was not disappointed... some observations: a) gonna take some time to learn the new UI none of my pixeltruppen had the opportunity to shave any time recently c) the tank drivers feel like they are teenage hot rodders, lots of engine revving, start fast, stop fast oh, and d) 1:45am is not the time to try out the 5.1 speaker system appropriated from the family room. Not when your armor make a run for fun, and meets its expected demise. No sireee...

Bugger it all.. yes, the US link seems corrupted.. "Alles fur Deutschland!

Huzzah... DEMO downloaded... Several weeks ago, the wife: "So if we upgrade to Verizon FIOS, what plan should we get?" "Maximum DL speed... you and I both work from home via VPN (and a fast-ass DL for the CMBN DEMO/Release won't hurt at all either)" Oh, did I say that out loud? DEMO downloaded, 11:56pm, 5/12/2011. Awesome.

Copenhagen?!? Bah, that feels like ants crawling around... Kodiak, now there's a man's dip... "The only Bear you'll ever pinch"

Possibly true, but then again, most of us, when standing up from the commode, do NOT turn around, point, and exclaim "Regardez la!"

Just as soon as the missus sends you out on an errand, then it'll be announced. Just so that by the time you get back, the web server queues will be full, and your refresh-monkeying results in a stream of web server request denials...