Battlefront.com Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I like all the guesses that are outside of the June-Sept timeframe. We do appreciate your creativity as well as your enthusiasm I do not know how many Packs we might make for Normandy. I can think of enough stuff for at least 2, probably more. For example... Free French, Ost Batallion, Festungs Batallion, etc. can be added over time, in addition to the plethora of oddball vehicles. The new Upgrade strategy was developed SPECIFICALLY so we can keep adding content over many years, if necessary, without the game getting more and more behind the times. You guys were pretty clear that it would suck to buy Modules/Packs only to see the game remain the same while other Families improved. You also made it pretty clear you didn't want to wait another 10 years for us to come back to Normandy with an improved game engine. You're funny like that Modules are huge undertakings for us so by necessity we can only manage a few per Family. But Packs? We can manage doing a lot of those simultaneously along with our other work, so after a Module or two for a Family you'll see Packs coming out as long as we feel the sales potential justifies making them. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 To answer the question about the M-18's use, or lack of use, of the muzzle brake... Both are correct. Earlier production units lacked the muzzle brake but starting in June 1944 they started putting them on at the factory. At that point almost 1/2 of the total production had been made without muzzle brakes. Some of which were made with the M1A1C barrel which did have a provision for a field applied muzzle brake. Which means that earlier in the Western Front the M18s would likely have no muzzle brake, but towards the end of the war most probably did. Surviving examples are, therefore, more likely to have the muzzle brake. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 The "Black Sea" just parted and Steve is showing us the way to the Promised Land of Games, Modules and Packs.... "Free French" I might faint 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I'm all for it. It would be cool to not only keep the families up to date code wise, but to get some new units every now and again after you guys have "officially" completed the title. Using CMSF as an example, it's been finished for quite a few years now, but it would be neat to see, say a pack that was all French hardware come along (something I imagine you could do once you guys go back and remake it). New equipment and the like would freshen up the title just as much as code upgrades. The flexibility this affords is really exciting and with some creative thinking could go in some really cool directions. You could not only do nation packs, but terrain packs, or something I have always hoped for; a flavor object pack (or combos of all). With the return to CMSF later on, I figured after you guys did Syria you could create some terrain packs so that we could battle in other parts of the world, like A-Stan. You basically could set up CMSF2 as a plug and play sand box if you wanted. Add new Op For elements and terrain. Don't get me wrong, I am SUPER pumped about returning to Syria under the updated code but why end it there once we have everything from the original? Anyway, just some thoughts. I really love the direction you guys are heading. It's been very exciting ever since that announcement last year, the addition of packs make it more so. And don't let any of the naysayers get in the way. This strategy is a dream come true. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 EDITED so as not to start another 10 page argument. LOL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknight (DC) Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I do not know how many Packs we might make for Normandy. I can think of enough stuff for at least 2, probably more. For example... Free French, Ost Batallion, Festungs Batallion, etc. can be added over time, in addition to the plethora of oddball vehicles. And Commandos.....please.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ridethe415 Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I do not know how many Packs we might make for Normandy. I can think of enough stuff for at least 2, probably more. For example... Free French, Ost Batallion, Festungs Batallion, etc. can be added over time, in addition to the plethora of oddball vehicles. These too? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 And Commandos.....please.... He must be feeling fairly confident that his Crocodiles are somewhere in the pipeline. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Don't go MIA on us now, Steve. Lets talk about this awesomeness. Mord. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ithikial_AU Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I do not know how many Packs we might make for Normandy. I can think of enough stuff for at least 2, probably more. For example... Free French, Ost Batallion, Festungs Batallion, etc. can be added over time, in addition to the plethora of oddball vehicles. Can I just give you my credit card details and you just add a few things to my account every couple of months. The chance to get other minor Commonwealth Nations and the Free French into CMFI would also be brilliant. Terrain packs if possible so we can design up airfields, ports, industrial areas etc would still be at the top of my personal wish list. It's not how you blow something up, but what you're blowing up that's important! Still liking this new direction your guys are going down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darknight (DC) Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 He must be feeling fairly confident that his Crocodiles are somewhere in the pipeline. Pretty much....though resigned to the reality that it is going to probably be a later pack (after CM:EF gets its first family going). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 Crocodiles in a later pack sounds like a good guess on the plethora of oddball vehicles showing up. "The next Western Front Family takes things from October through the final days of the war." Pretty clear. "The new Upgrade strategy was developed SPECIFICALLY so we can keep adding content over many years, if necessary, without the game getting more and more behind the times..... so after a Module or two for a Family you'll see Packs coming out as long as we feel the sales potential justifies making them." Sounds like a win win strategy to me. Sounds like CM customers have plenty of gaming content on the way.... even a new, improved SF-2 & "Black Sea" in this mix. Hard Drive space is cheap.... CM content is valuable.... keep it coming Steve. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZPB II Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 M18 it is 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Balboa Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I do not know how many Packs we might make for Normandy. I can think of enough stuff for at least 2, probably more. For example... Free French, Ost Batallion, Festungs Batallion, etc. can be added over time, in addition to the plethora of oddball vehicles. Steve Looking forward to more packs ... don't forget the Ranger and Commando formations 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Yeah, there really is plenty of stuff to keep us going for a long time Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted August 17, 2013 Share Posted August 17, 2013 Hey Steve, look here; http://www.battlefront.com/community/showthread.php?t=111107 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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