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Great post-game analysis for Hapless' recent series
IICptMillerII replied to Grey_Fox's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Da, comrade! Check out this vid of me giving one such address to my men before a battle: Extra rations of carrots every day! How do you say, "hit the nail on the head" in German? -
Great post-game analysis for Hapless' recent series
IICptMillerII replied to Grey_Fox's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Huh. Pretty much all of my experience playing the Soviets is that I have T-62s both outspotting and outshooting M60s, and the M60s are unbuttoned while the T-62s are buttoned up. Crazy how different these anecdotes are. -
Video: Soviet Campaign 2nd Scenario - The Cauldron
IICptMillerII replied to M.Herm's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Great video! Always love cinematic CM vids! -
Does Soviet tactics work in Combat Mission?
IICptMillerII replied to dbsapp's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
There have been three patches released for Cold War since it came out 9 months ago. What are you on about? Also, maybe being toxic about something you haven't even tried yourself isn't the greatest move. -
Does Soviet tactics work in Combat Mission?
IICptMillerII replied to dbsapp's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Every. Single. Soviet campaign mission is a battalion level action, and the final battle is a regimental action. And all of them are on large maps that accommodate the force size. Most of the US missions are battalion level as well. The training scenarios for the Soviets are all battalion level actions, and a good number of the independent scenarios are battalion and larger actions as well. The record is so beyond broken at this point. Have you even played Cold War? Sheesh. -
CMCW Unofficial Screenshot And Video Thread
IICptMillerII replied to Lethaface's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Mishlmao.webm -
Useful YouTube videos.
IICptMillerII replied to chuckdyke's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
Whoops, you’re right! Mea culpa. A point to Chucky D. Definitely a “moment in time” type battle. It’s funny, I can imagine CM players screaming about how the game is broken cause no one in the company would shoot back/hit the one paratrooper firing into them -
Useful YouTube videos.
IICptMillerII replied to chuckdyke's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
This scenario is in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy. It's called "Silence the Guns - Brecourt Manor" -
Graphic / representation / environment - issues.
IICptMillerII replied to M.Herm's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
It looks like you might have turned movie mode lighting on. Try hitting Alt+M to toggle it. Also, in one of those screenshots you definitely had modded unit icons, so you still have mods active. -
The Soviets never intended to use fixed wing aircraft in a Close Air Support (CAS) role. CAS is defined as having some level of direct coordination with ground controllers, meaning that a ground controller is calling in and directing strikes in support of troops in contact. The Soviets did not ever intend to do that. Fixed wing aircraft were meant to carry out strikes along the enemy's depth, including targets that were farther behind the Forward Line of Troops (FLOT) than conventional artillery could strike. Nearly all of these targets were briefed, as in they were designated before the strike as opposed to having the pilots find their own. Helicopter gunships had more of a CAS-like role, in that their role was more about supporting troops in contact with air support, but even here it was not directed by ground controllers. The gunships job was to fly in, strafe enemy positions and then bug out. It was expected that helicopters would do a better job of engaging enemy forces in close proximity to friendly forces. There is a strong argument that the Soviets should have no fixed wing aircraft in CMCW. The reason they are included is because players would be up in arms about a feature being stripped from the game, and because there are some limited use cases for them to be present. All Soviet air support (helo and fixed wing) should be used as pre-planned strikes during the deployment phase. This best simulates how the Soviets would have used them in reality, as an opening pre-planned strike in support of an attack. Anything else begins to really stretch the definitions of Soviet "CAS."
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Add something new please.
IICptMillerII replied to Tomiko's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
I definitely agree, though it is important to remember that the vast majority of players do not interact with the scenario editor at all. So if we are talking about improvements that affect the most amount of players, then gameplay improvements are the priority. I do think improving the editor (mainly by making it much easier to produce maps a lot faster) would be a massive improvement overall. Maps and their development tend to be the largest bottleneck when it comes to players and custom content. -
Add something new please.
IICptMillerII replied to Tomiko's topic in Combat Mission - General Discussion
Completely agree. I think this is one of the single biggest things that could be done to improve the experience of playing CM. Allowing the player to do more with less clicks would be a massive improvement. Anything that reduces the administrative burden on the player is good. -
Very Good Mid 60s M60 & M60A1 Documentary
IICptMillerII replied to John Kettler's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Man you made the joke and then the man himself restated it just now in a new thread! Nice bait and switch! -
Slitherines call.
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Good points. I agree with most. Friendly reminder though: PBEM+++ is Slitherine's. Any requests for improvements to their system should be directed to them.
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Glad to see another JK thread has run it’s usual course. Friendly reminder that everyone’s favorite Australian pup doesn’t even own Cold War, has no intention of buying it, and is not discussing anything remotely related to the topic at hand. Not that he ever does, but I digress. This thread should be locked for elder abuse. Not that it isn’t warranted, but still.
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CMCW Unofficial Screenshot And Video Thread
IICptMillerII replied to Lethaface's topic in Combat Mission Cold War
Great shots! -
Calls a long serving member of the British armed forces a keyboard warrior. Combatintman was literally defending Western Europe in the BAOR while someone here was eating his homemade mushrooms that has given him the brain we all know and love today. Oh no, god forbid someone break out a legitimate, objective statement about a military's capabilities, on a forum about a sim that features various militaries and their capabilities. Don't slip on your drool on the way out! I'm sure there is someone here that would be slightly less entertained by the nursing home posts.
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Egypt didn't operate the Mig-23. They bought a few but they were essentially hangar queens as they spend most of their time in storage. Anyways, my main point was that the A-7 is far from being "outclassed" by the Mig-23, nor was the Mig-23 a technological wonder in any way. In fact, it was largely using tech that was behind the times when it was rolled out.