knob Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I'm a complete and total newbie to war gaming. The closest I've ever gotten to anything involving tanks and soldiers would be Command and Conquer. I'm not *COMPLETELY* clueless on units, but just about 90% clueless. I couldn't tell you the difference between a Sharman or a Cromwell. Yeah, either way, I've decided I'm going to try hard to get into CMBO. I've already read the manual more than I've read any other manual to any other game. After finally successfully completing the tutorial, which took a while (Move tanks, boom, boom, 2 dead tanks, gg, I lose. Finally I learned to hold them back for a bit, heh.) I want to start on some of the other missions. But I don't want to just jump in head first and end up getting one of the hardest ones. So, what are the easier missions? (I have the special edition, if that makes any difference.) And while we're on the subject of newbie help, anyone have any tips? Any websites with tips? Anything at all? Oh yeah, and how do you know how much of your tank is showing? Is there an actual way to see it for sure? Or is it all a guess judged by dropping the view down to the ground? [ November 13, 2003, 12:50 AM: Message edited by: knob ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon J. Scudworth Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Welcome to the game! The Tactics forum here sometimes has some good threads. They won't necessarily be specific to CMBO, but a lot of the basic ideas are universal to any tactical wargame. I haven't actually played CMBO in a while, so I'm not sure which specific missions are "easier" than others, but I will suggest that you start off with some of the smaller engagements. There are fewer units to worry about and you'll be able to learn some basic tactics much faster than if you have 1000 points worth of things duking it out. Oh yeah, and how do you know how much of your tank is showing? Is there an actual way to see it for sure? Or is it all a guess judged by dropping the view down to the ground?IIRC, the CM engine only takes into account hull-down status in an absolute sense. That is, your tank is either hull-down or not, meaning either only the turret is exposed or your entire tank is exposed. So I wouldn't worry about the nitty-gritty details of exposure. Just worry about getting your tanks hull-down (hard enough in itself). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klapton Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 "Chance encounter" is quite easy for the Americans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugfromthearth Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I am also a newbie and my knowledge of WWII equipment is basically Sherman's would have been very good tanks in 1939 but are used in 1944. 5th Ghoster Go East - or something like that - is a huge pain, I played that first. I don't recommend it for a newbie. I found the smaller scenarios easier to play first. But not the Devil scenario, it is set at night which was hard for me to deal with as a newbie. My recommendation is look for smaller scenarios and meeting engagements. Attacking entrenched positions requires some finess I don't have yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 might also be helpful if you played a pbem with someone willing to walk you through it and answer questions as you go let me know if you're interested... made the same offer in another thread here and we're engaged in a game currently where we talk as we go through the battle tackling questions as they come up [ November 13, 2003, 10:05 PM: Message edited by: easytarget ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mailer Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 The first scenerio I played actually was on Barbarossa to Berlin. It was street fighting in the center of Berlin, and every inch gained was hard fought. Before I knew it, my tanks were exploding in the streets and buildings were catching fire. My troops ran around, firing chaotically at everything that moved, and in the end, I took a bad defeat. Go ahead and dive into a difficult mission, you will probably learn that way faster than any other other. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knob Posted November 14, 2003 Author Share Posted November 14, 2003 I'd be all for the PBEM if you're ok with the fact that I'm as new as a newbie can possibly get. I was wanting to do an easier mission just so I don't get discouraged by getting dominated every time I try, heh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted November 14, 2003 Share Posted November 14, 2003 fyi sent you an e-mail suggesting we hook up and set one up 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knob Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 The email address you gave me isn't working. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 i got a test e-mail from you that i responded to so i think you made it through to me i'll set a quick battle ME and we'll have a go at it remember to ask as many questions throughout as come to mind... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knob Posted November 15, 2003 Author Share Posted November 15, 2003 Well, my first question would be: Am I supposed to do anything? or just wait until you send me an email? I play all sorts of games online. But I've never once played a PBEM game of any sorts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easytarget Posted November 15, 2003 Share Posted November 15, 2003 Nope, nothing you need to do. Btw, I set up a meeting engagement this afternoon and fired it off at you. So you've now got something to do! At this point all that's happened is I've set up the parameters and selected my units. In your first turn you'll need to purchase your units and then send that turn back to me. I'll deploy on my end, send you my turn back and then you deploy. Once that's done, we're off to battle! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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