Lanzfeld Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I bounce between Iron and Warrior. I like the spotting of Iron but I hate that every soldier icon is generic. I play WEGO so generic icons just means more tedious work for me as I go through every contact at my own pace to see what type of unit it is. I think this generic icon thing was meant to put a strain on realtime players under the stress of click click click. I wish I could have Iron mode with the icons of Warrior mode. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chek Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Rumors have it that some even slap themselves for every casualty they take! HUH! Real men cut themselves 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger33 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I just play on Warrior as the gameplay is essentially the same as higher difficulties. I don't see how making the UI more annoying adds anything to the experience. Having generic infantry icons is pointless since you can click on any enemy unit and see exactly what it is. The spotting of friendly units thing is silly as well since there isn't friendly fire or anything, plus you always know where they all are anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockinHarry Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 WEGO/Iron. Always opt for the most "realistic" mode and even never tried the other modes once. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I like how manly the term iron is, tells me how serious you take your combat mission. Btw, If you really want to man up for some pain, the kind that would entail never winning a single engagement, ever, in your entire life, fire up any of the following chess programs: Fritz, Rybka, Shredder, Junior or Hiarcs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankster65 Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I've only ever played "Iron" level and yes...I slap myself when I take casualties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 i want video evidence of this, haha 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baneman Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I play Elite. The only "advantage" to playing Iron is the friendly troop spotting which, personally, I find a pain in the butt - every time I need to see the relationship between my selected unit and the rest of the army, I have to deselect it. The effect is the same as being able to see the rest of my army, it just takes longer to organise my plan when I have to select and deselect several times. I should point out that I was a miniatures wargamer for many years, so not being able to see some of my own troops is anathema to me In fact, I never even tried Iron after some early experiments until recently when my opponent in a PBEM started it on Iron. Unhappy camper, lol. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanzfeld Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I just play on Warrior as the gameplay is essentially the same as higher difficulties. I don't see how making the UI more annoying adds anything to the experience. Having generic infantry icons is pointless since you can click on any enemy unit and see exactly what it is. The spotting of friendly units thing is silly as well since there isn't friendly fire or anything, plus you always know where they all are anyway. Ranger that is just not true. It is harder to stay in C2 in Iron mode. MUCH harder. Thats a significant difference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invernomuto Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I play on Iron. It's a little bit more realistic than Elite in that your own units do not automatically spot each other when in LOS of each other. +1. Iron in RT (only vs AI) or WeGo vs human opponents. Bye. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul T Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 So basically with iron there is the possibility for friendly fire casualties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 The spotting of friendly units thing is silly as well since there isn't friendly fire or anything, plus you always know where they all are anyway. AFAIK There IS friendly fire...go play a night engagemenmt, it will happen more often there i think. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocal Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I play Elite. The only "advantage" to playing Iron is the friendly troop spotting which, personally, I find a pain in the butt - every time I need to see the relationship between my selected unit and the rest of the army, I have to deselect it. The effect is the same as being able to see the rest of my army, it just takes longer to organise my plan when I have to select and deselect several times. If you double-click the unit, the other units in it's platoon/section/etc. are selected, regardless of LoS. Not a perfect fix for your issue, but it works for me in the planning stage. Although I rarely go above the company(+) level in CM. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poesel Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 AFAIK There IS friendly fire...go play a night engagemenmt, it will happen more often there i think. Friendly fire happens only with blast damage. Friendly bullets will never damage friendly soldiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Friendly fire happens only with blast damage. Friendly bullets will never damage friendly soldiers. Not so. Friendly .50cal can and does cause casualties, and burst-charge-less gun rounds will still knock friendly blocks off. Rifle and pistol caliber bullets will cause suppression, but not casualties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 edit: deleted 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Sertorius Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 I've been playing on Warlord...Heh, Warlord. I meant Warrior obviously. I've been experimenting with Iron, but I'm not sure I like it better than Warrior. I will have to keep experimenting. I know I played one game on "Basic Training" level when I first started, and I hated it, insta-mortars especially. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 I play pig iron, cast iron, wrought iron and uber-no-tanium difficulty. I have fun in every level when the difficulty level matches my mood and time to play a game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macisle Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 WEGO Elite only for me. But I've got a non-wargamer friend that I'm coaching through the demo tutorial battle. We're using Warrior for that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agusto Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 For maximum realism, download the Imperial Japanese Army mod and commit seppuku if you loose a battle as axis. Bonuspoints if you find a real samurai to behead you if you fail to do it. Double bonus points if you find someone who playes you H2H with that rule in effect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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