Bradley Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 With 2k maps are there areas where you can set up and engage from 1000 to say 1200 meters with a gun or tank? This would add a lot to game experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hofbauer Posted August 14, 2006 Share Posted August 14, 2006 there's been some discussion whether there will be engagements beyond 500m at all (probably will). search for "ranges", "engagement ranges". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Posted August 14, 2006 Author Share Posted August 14, 2006 So I gather that ranges exceeding 550m the IU will not give you a true range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boosh Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Wasn't most of WW2 combat between infantry taking place at less than 200m usually? While tank combat never usually closed to that distance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megakill Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 You can engage at 500+ meters no problem. All guns now have realistic ranges (several kilomiters for tanks, etc). We have tested this and it works ok. You will be able to test this in a demo (coming soon). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Hofbauer Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 oooh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howardb Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by Megakill: All guns now have realistic ranges (several kilomiters for tanks, etc). We have tested this and it works ok. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarquelne Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by Megakill: You can engage at 500+ meters no problem. All guns now have realistic ranges (several kilomiters for tanks, etc). We have tested this and it works ok. You will be able to test this in a demo (coming soon). Yay! If the Panzers don't have accurate long range fire it isn't nearly as much fun to plug them with a flanking T-34 at 75m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by Megakill: You can engage at 500+ meters no problem. All guns now have realistic ranges (several kilomiters for tanks, etc). We have tested this and it works ok. You will be able to test this in a demo (coming soon). Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barkhorn1x Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Great news!! Barkhorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jussi Köhler Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 This calls for a YUK-YUK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YankeeDog Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Originally posted by Boosh: Wasn't most of WW2 combat between infantry taking place at less than 200m usually? While tank combat never usually closed to that distance? I wouldn't go so far as to say "never usually". Probably true that most Tank combat took place at ranges considerably more than 200m, but close-range "knife fights" happened, too. See, for example, some of the US repulses of German Armor attacks in Normandy, which took place in very tight terrain, and in the fog, or some of the engagements that took place during the Battle of the Bulge, where fog and tight terrain also played a role. And there were also a number of very close-range engagements during Bagration, in the forests and towns of Byelorus. The idea that "most" infantry combat took place at under 200m is probably also an oversimplification. Intense infantry-on-infantry engagements, where men died in large numbers objectives were won or lost, sure. But that's not the majority of infantry combat, at least in terms of time. Even when "on the line", most of the time, infantrymen sat around in foxholes, with the occasional long-range burst of MG or sniper fire at an exposed target, or a few harrassing mortar stonks now and then, being the extent of combat. Thing is, days on end of "low intesity" combat makes for boring wargame material. So we usually play the shorter-ranged, decisive high intensity stuff. Not necessarily unrealisitic, just picking your battles, so to speak. . . Cheers, YD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Posted August 15, 2006 Author Share Posted August 15, 2006 That is GREAT NEWS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Txema Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 Yes, Excellent news !!! Txema Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Cowboy8 Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Agreed this is a smart decision to make even from the perspective of a casual gamer like me who doesn't have worthless historic trivia memorized to spew out. One of my tests whether to buy a new game came down to the fact, if they had multiple screenshots of tanks 50 meters apart shooting at one another it was scratched off my list as trash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whaco Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Originally posted by 1Cowboy8: Agreed this is a smart decision to make even from the perspective of a casual gamer like me who doesn't have worthless historic trivia memorized to spew out. One of my tests whether to buy a new game came down to the fact, if they had multiple screenshots of tanks 50 meters apart shooting at one another it was scratched off my list as trash. I agree, that was was one of the main issues for me in that most screenies I viewed up to this point have many tanks squareing off at very close distances. That may be b/c of LOS issues.I have to wait like the rest of us for the demo. BTW love the signature Cowboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerMike Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Ranges over 500 metres ! Yay ! Can't wait for the demo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennisb55 Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 I am also pleased and was hoping it was just some testing that needed to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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