wokelly Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 At some point we will start to see Custom Missions and Campaigns submitted for this game. Personally I looked at the mission editor but I have no idea how to work it. Couldn't even edit an existing mission let alone start one from scratch. However the most dissapointing aspect of the campaign we were given was its lack of accurate TOE's. I mean it seemed just about every mission you played as the Russians you ran into 4-5 Tigers, or as the Germans in 1941, 3-4 T-34s. I mean I am all for a challenge, but not all battles on the Russian Front involved Tigers, and not all battles in Russian in 1941 involved T-34s. Or when playing Germans, the amount of 76mm armed Shermans in 1944. Something that was more common, like maybe T-34s vs Mark4s or long barrel mark3s, or Shermans 75's and Cromwells vs Mark4s. I just want some missions without the uber God tanks, battles that were a bit more reflective of how things were. What exactly are you guys looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hejhog Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 I want lots of missions per campaign (i.e. i'm at mission 5 for the germans and still in Poland. I play with this force: 4 tanks, 4 spw's w/staff squads and i'll add a stug (or two) later. i hated the way reinforcements showed up, so removed all, also removed all arty. usually play against twice sized enemy force, say 10-12 tanks, 4-5 squads. also only rarely play against atg's or pillboxes. Pz IVc tends to shred them anyway. summarized: i like a very fluid, tank-centric battle, with little else- even my inf are mech. thats how i learned combat, that's how i like to play. on a side note tho, i only got cocky against those Polish TKS's once, and got my butt kicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benpark Posted April 30, 2007 Share Posted April 30, 2007 Anything where I'm not attacking an enemy with 5x my force... or... Roughly even meeting engagements with no static guns would be nifty. Infantry heavy, with a support vehicle or two thrown in would also be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wokelly Posted May 1, 2007 Author Share Posted May 1, 2007 I have to agree benpark, it gets tiresome fighting an enemy with 2-3x more men and tanks then you in each battle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross_Moorhouse Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Less armour. More infantry please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drawde79 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Seems like this will be very straightforward to do via editing the missions, either with the editor or just opening the .XML files in Notepad or similar. I might try this myself when I get the game (bought the disc version rather than D/L version so I might have to wait a while), if nobody else has already done so. I'd certainly much rather play battles with a more historically accurate selection of vehicles, rather than everything ending up as T-34s or 76mm Shermans vs. "big cats". Though I'll definitely play through the missions unmodified first, to see for myself what they're like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platoon Crusher Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Agreed. Less heavies and more light/medium vehicles. I like heavies so don't get me wrong. It's just that they're over-used in the campaigns. Plenty of infantry is fine, but I like to have some vehicles to support them too. The occasional big tank showing up is fine as long as the opposition has something to counter it with or at least a chance to counter it with. For me a great battle would be a meeting engagement with plenty of infantry and a few tanks (mediums) and several lighweights ( lt. tanks and/or armored cars ) and maybe a few towed guns to add flavor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot37 Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 Big maps. A long battle with time to think. Isolated villages, trees grouped not spread everywhere. Lots of equipment, very little of the super tanks. Sunken roads and hard cover to make tank advance more tricky. NOT open countyside littered with trees and trenches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFawlty Posted May 1, 2007 Share Posted May 1, 2007 All good suggestions, and I agree on the infantry thing. Just from playing the demo I could see this is really more suited for smaller unit actions, at least for me. BF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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