Wild Bill Wilder Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 For those who have problems with the Team Desobry operation, I have made some changes and just played through the first battle, rather haphazardly (I lost 4 Shermans) and it still rolled over to battle #2. The Raider Test group is playing it this week once more and if it passes their stringent comments, I'll repost it on the CMHQ Scenario Depot for those who would like a second chance to get past battle #1. Wild Bill ------------------ Wild Bill Lead Tester Scenario Design Team Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord billw@matrixgames.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffRaider Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 GO RAIDERS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grognerd_Fogman Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 GO SEAHAWKS...oops ------------------ Thanks for Athskin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Heidman Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 What was the problem with the first version, other than that it was GROSSLY unbalanced in favor of the Americans? At least, it MUST be grossly unbalanced, since Ron Stakelback is kicking my ass in it. But we are currently on day three... Jeff Heidman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzKpfw 1 Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>At least, it MUST be grossly unbalanced, since Ron Stakelback is kicking my ass in it. But we are currently on day three... Jeff Heidman<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> ROFL Jeff.... Regards, John Waters ------------------ Notice: Spelling mistakes left in for people who need to correct others to make their life fulfilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill Wilder Posted September 11, 2000 Author Share Posted September 11, 2000 Two that I can see Jeff, the type of operation set for this battle did not seem to work well. It caused a premature ending for some. The no man's land setting was too large. I set it that way originally in order to be able to see the entire map, but that is no longer necessary. So I changed both of these. I take it you are playing the Germans You could be right, I'll take a look again at that too. And Big John Waters! Good to see you up and about. I know this is your kind of game! ------------------ Wild Bill Lead Tester Scenario Design Team Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord billw@matrixgames.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalem Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 Thanks Bill! I'll never be able to dupe my Staurt's accomplishments from my first try at it, but I'm eager to start again. -dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill Wilder Posted September 11, 2000 Author Share Posted September 11, 2000 I know! I had one like that too. He hid among the houses on the right at the bend in the road where it leads into Noville. There he accounted for at least five German AFVs, but another PZIV would have none of it. He became a blazing altar of Freedom Fighters holding on to Noville by their fingernails...Those are the heroes!...WB ------------------ Wild Bill Lead Tester Scenario Design Team Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord billw@matrixgames.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 Oh great job BILL!! After playing this one for the last SEVEN MONTHS against Kwazydog as the vastly outnumbered and beleagured Germans you go and fix it!!! Jeez, talk about timing! This battle may go down in the Beta test annals as the longest most bled dry Operation yet. Both Kwazy and I have used this very Operation as our test bed to find and report bugs, crashes, version compatablity issues and more. We started this battle WAAAAYYYY before the game went gold and I think we were on Beta .90 or something... I can't remember how many versions we have gone through since then but we have managed to soldier on with this SAME battle. I am glad that you have tweaked the No-Mans Land as that was our primary beef with the operation itself. One interesting side note is that all the time people were screamin about this one as umplayable or unwinnable or whatever, little old Kwazy and I were slugging it out and reporting bugs as they appeared and having (and still are) one helluva good time with it. Currently we are on the 5th battle and nearing the end. The town is leveled and burning quite nicely and my Veteran German tank crews are being bested left and right by the cowardly, but tenacious, capitalist defenders. After all we have been through with this one we both agree that it just may be the single greatest wargaming experience we have ever experienced. How's that for a endorsement? ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! Combat Mission HQ CMHQ-Annex, The Alternative side of Combat Mission CMHQ-Annex Host of the Combat Mission WebRing [This message has been edited by Madmatt (edited 09-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mace Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Madmatt: Currently we are on the 5th battle and nearing the end. The town is leveled and burning quite nicely and my Veteran German tank crews are being bested left and right by the cowardly, but tenacious, capitalist defenders.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Let that be a lesson to you, don't mess with the Aussies! <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>After all we have been through with this one we both agree that it just may be the single greatest wargaming experience we have ever experienced. How's that for a endorsement?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hey, CM and Wild Bill (& crew) together, what more do we need? Keep up the excellent work (All of you, even Matt), it just adds value to the CM experience! Mace PS Great to see you got 'Brian' right he he [This message has been edited by Mace (edited 09-11-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill Wilder Posted September 12, 2000 Author Share Posted September 12, 2000 Gentlemen, thank you. Madmatt, I did not know you and Kwazy were leaving your marks all over Noville. Take it from me fellas, Madmatt and his hosts come through a town, a veritable desert left behind. Look at the bright side. He is running out of places to hide And Mace, thank you. I appreciate that very much. I hope we can continue to work with BTS for the magnificent upcoming Eastern Front of Combat Mission. UYAH! Wild Bill ------------------ Wild Bill Lead Tester Scenario Design Team Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord billw@matrixgames.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzKpfw 1 Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Wild Bill Wilder: And Big John Waters! Good to see you up and about. I know this is your kind of game! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hola Bill & you to. Heh you should Bill we spent alota time in the trenches together working on em in the good ol days . Regards, John Waters --------- ------------------ Notice: Spelling mistakes left in for people who need to correct others to make their life fulfilled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renaud Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 guys, This was the first OP i tried and thought I was doing horribly (lost ALL tanks as germans first battle). However in the next battle (at night) I snuck to the far back right edge, beat off the americans and won the Op. I guessed this was because I reached the end of the map. Of course I was playing against the AI so you can get away with things like that. Is this what is going to be fixed? -Ren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild Bill Wilder Posted September 12, 2000 Author Share Posted September 12, 2000 Yes, make it more playable and yet more difficult. Not as easy to win, but no more short endings...WB ------------------ Wild Bill Lead Tester Scenario Design Team Combat Mission-Beyond Overlord billw@matrixgames.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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