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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, danfrodo said:

    Starting at Iron level -- bravo! you are one bad dude.  I have been playing for years and still use veteran level.

    I don't think i'm a bad dude really 🙂 I just like the way the difficulty is done in this game. It's not about cheating AI. I think the hardest part will be artillery timing. And the only difference between Elite and Iron is really just in that you need to see your friendlies, which i find actually more useful in the end.

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    5 hours ago, c3k said:

    @Zloba, congrats on your new addition to your family! And also on your newborn. ;)

    In many games when you select difficulty levels, the game changes the characteristics or the numbers of your enemies. Not so in this game. Instead, the different difficulty levels affect artillery/air response times and, most importantly, how spotting is dealt with (both friendly and enemy).

    It may seem counter-intuitive, but I suggest you start on Iron mode. That mode will allow you to see what each unit sees and it will give you a much deeper understanding of what's going on with the game.

    For example, in Iron, if 3rd squad is unaware of the enemy LMG section, then when you select 3rd squad, that enemy LMG disappears from the map.

    Similarly, if 2nd squad is isolated, when you select it, then your other friendly units all disappear. That shows you that 2nd squad has no knowledge of any friendlies. That's important to you as a leader.

    Don't think that Iron is harder: it is not. It is more realistic (support response times) and allows you better knowledge about your units.

    Good luck!

    Ken

    Thanks for the warm welcome!

    I read about the Iron difficulty before and i choosed it even for the tutorial campaign, just to get used to it. Thanks for the suggestion!

    I see this thread is being busy and i don't want to turn it into something else so i will continue my journey in the game specific section of the forum here - 

     

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    My Battle for Normandy stories

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

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    Hello everyone,

    i'm Zloba and i bought the CMBN Big Bundle just a few days ago, after being on the fence for the last 2-3 years. Thanks again to everyone who helped me decide.

    While playing the first tutorial campaign i thought it would be cool to make something different. So i'll be using this thread as some sort of journal where i want to share my experience with the game. So here goes my 1st attempt on a Combat Mission game video. I'm open to suggestions on how to do it better next time. Feel free to leave comments here or directly under the video itself. And i hope you enjoy it at least a little.

     

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Zloba

    @BornGinger I whish i could play it all day and night really, so far so good and i like it. But it wouldn't be me if i won't make things more complicated. I got an idea of a semi-story driven video. I've finished the Basic Training just a few minutes ago. Now i need to edit all the footage and give it some life. Hope it will be worth the time 😄

    Oh and that topic was already recommended by @RepsolCBR, got it bookmarked. But thanks!

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    Preview of the first Battle Pack

    in Combat Mission Battle for Normandy

    Posted · Edited by Zloba
    Additional info

    On 5/14/2018 at 9:45 PM, Swant said:

    https://battlefront.sharefile.com/share/view/sf87299d40594bc98

    The link provided with the ReadMe PDF file didn't work. This one does. Thank you!

    Edit:
    I think the link provided with the ReadMe file is incorrect. I just removed "#" at the end of "battlefront.sharefile.com/share" and it worked also. Maybe i should contact Battlefront and let them know.

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    14 hours ago, BornGinger said:

    Shall we guess how long we think it takes before Zloba decides to try a pbem-game?

    It might be sooner than you think actually. After i'm finished with the tutorial campaings i'll have a look on the Battle Drill Tactical Problems, where i saw some PBEM scenarios. And i'm really looking forward to it.

    13 hours ago, mjkerner said:

    PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

    😂 Thanks, i've been warned but already pushed the button. Game is installed.

     

    11 hours ago, Heirloom_Tomato said:

    I wanna take wagers on how long it takes before a second purchase is made! Before or after the first pbem @mjkerner? 

    Well i really hope it will take a loong time before i do as i don't want to buy bundles every month 😄

    Ok guys, thanks again for helping me out with my decision. Gonna do some training drills and i'll be back when i have some report to do.

    Zloba out

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    I think you're both right. Who am i trying to fool? If i knew i won't be  playing CM for a long time i wouldn't be here in the first place. When i look into my Steam library i'm coming back for years to my most played games every now and then and it will be no different with CM. 1200 hours in Post Scriptum and 550 hours in Company of Heroes 2. I think it's safe to say i won't regret buying any of the CM games or even bundles.

    So now i'll focus on the important thing, that's in the topic of this thread - starting small. I've just watched  SmartWargames's guide to CM campaigns. It confirmed what you guys said about RT and FB. The campaigns are on the bigger scale compared to BN. Shame he hasn't covered FI. I'll look into it tomorow and maybe finaly decide.

    Thanks again for helping me 👍

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    16 minutes ago, Lethaface said:

    You can't go wrong indeed. Although Red Thunders default campaigns focus on battalion plus sized forces :-).

    Yes, this is the information i need from you guys. OK, so let's say RT campaigns or overall settings and formations in the battles are battalion-sized in general. So how do the othe 3 WWII CM titles compare in terms of size of the army which you control on the average (without taking Quick battles into account?)

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Zloba

    TBH guys you've answered my original question to the smallest detail. Thanks everyone for their input. This is not the first time i'm trying Combat Mission games (probably the 3rd one i guess), but this time i'm serious and that's why i decided to join the community and ask "personally". Heirloom_Tomato and BornGinger might think i won't regret my purchase and logically i would assume the same thing as i'm already enjoying the demos in a different way than year or two before. But after spending lots of money on other titles with which i was dissapointed in the past few weeks, just trying to find the one that would scratch that itch of mine ... considering that if i knew what i know now, i could spent that money on my 4 months newborn child ... it's starting to be very complicated and hard for me to justify the money Battlefront is asking for their "games". $60 for every base game and another $35 for additional modules. Yes, i'm enjoying the demos and i think they've finally grew up on me (or vice versa?) .. but who knows if i won't be sick of the games in the next 3-4 weeks?

    Seems like i won't but who knows what comes? $60 = every WWII title. Which one? Well if i want to be honest ... Red Thunder. If i would want to get the most content for the money ... should i pay another 30 or 50 bucks for additional content? Would i be able to play it now (1-2 months)? Well i don't know .. that's why i came here 😉

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

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    1 hour ago, RepsolCBR said:

    Watch these videos on YOUTUBE...and you will get the entire playlist for each....

    I have already bookmarked a long list of tutorials and some of them had the time to watch already (including those two above). Great source of info.

    From what i remember the Tactical Problems were some custom scenario which i coudln't play in the demo obviously. But i'll give it a shot with the full game, thanks for reminding me.

    And the C2 thread is very interesting, love it, thanks!

    48 minutes ago, ratdeath said:

    I would recommend CMFB as your first CM title as it doesn't have any modules and does not end up close to or over $100.

    I was actually thinking about that but Red Thunder is somewhat more appealing to me than Final Blitzkrieg (i just like T34's i guess 😊). But i'm pretty sure i'll be modding the game and in that regard BN looks like the best option (?).

    Btw. anybody knows how to filter mods on the fewgoodmen site? For example what if i want to sort them by the most downloaded? Is it possible?

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Zloba

    Something i noticed on the store page for FI, RT and FB:

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     Except for special promotions we do not offer game specific manuals, so if you already have a current Game Engine Manual you're all set!

    I'm pretty sure all the demos comes with game specific manuals. Do the full games really have only engine manual shipped with them?

    And does the BN Big Bundle cost $110 regurarly, or is it some sort of winter sale (looking on the $160 which i'm not sure if it indicates the normal price or if it's there just to see the difference between full price of every module bought separately).

    And thanks everyone again for being so helpful. I would like all your comments but the forum just doesn't let me to do it 😉

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    Just to be sure - there is currently no timed offer for the CMBN right? The $160 price tag is there to remind me how much i would pay if i bought everything separately? I just want to make sure i'll be using the additional content if i buy it so i want to look around a for bit longer before i decide, but i don't want to miss any good deals at the same time .. that would be a pitty 😄

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    Recommended game for starting "small" and to gradually progress?

    in Combat Mission - General Discussion

    Posted

    Thanks everyone for the input, it helped a ton! So to sum it up:

    - all games have some training tutorial missions which i can follow while reading the manual

    - all games have the ability to create custom Quick Battles with custom maps and forces

    - scenarios can be sorted by their size in all games

    - CMBN Big Bundle has the best price/content value

    Looking at the Big Bundle ... 110 EUR .. wow .. never paid for a "game" that much .. ever .. are the DLC's worth it? Do they add a campaign or is it about single scenarios? What about the units? Are they added to the original campaigns somehow or just to the DLC scenarios? Should i go for the units if i plan to use mods? Do most of the mods require the DLC's?

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