No plan survives contact with the enemy. Let's Play The Theatre of War Trilogy

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Nuramor: Dec 13, 2012; Most Amewsing Prinny Ever!

JcDent posted:

Free stuff? Yes please my email is my nickname @ gmail.com. Does it have multiplayer?

Seeing how soldiers are hitting the floor with alarming regularity, I don't know why you'd be bothering with XP or remembering names. Also, writing out the unit numbers in unit selection is so weird.

Also, what does "W" stand for in the license plates?

"Wehrmacht", I guess. The signs would probably stand for "Wehrmacht Heer", "Wehmacht Luft(waffe)" and "Wehrmacht Marine" respectively.

# ? Jun 23, 2015 12:52

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 05:01

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

Free stuff? Yes please my email is my nickname @ gmail.com. Does it have multiplayer?

Seeing how soldiers are hitting the floor with alarming regularity, I don't know why you'd be bothering with XP or remembering names. Also, writing out the unit numbers in unit selection is so weird.

Also, what does "W" stand for in the license plates?

The 3 4 games in the bundle (1, Africa, Kursk, and 3) all have multiplayer game modes. All the DLC is also included.

As for the infantry and names, even tanks and vehicles have been taking a beating so I can't say I've put a lot of effort in remember who is who and when they were used. Makes it easier on me since I don't have to spend an hour or two verifying every individual pixelman.

The "W" stands for "Wehrmacht" A.K.A. the Armed Forces, the second letter stands for the branch.

I'll send you a PM for the bundle later today.

# ? Jun 23, 2015 13:01

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

I thought Wehrmacht was with a V, my bad!

Can't wait to see how 3 sucks!

# ? Jun 23, 2015 13:10

Alchenar: Apr 9, 2008

This was a major criticism of the ToW games: the first game had a long campaign but core units just disappeared and reappeared constantly. In ToW2 the campaigns are so short it's incredibly difficult to care about experience upgrades. In both games there's a problem of actual unit choices per mission being so limited it barely matters.

# ? Jun 23, 2015 13:55

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - German Campaign: The Last Offensive

Mission 04: The Kasserine Pass

quote:

The discord in the Italian-German high command continued. Despite the recent success confirming that Rommel was right, he was still disbelieved. His plan to press on the offensive to the northwest via Tebessa was rejected by the German high command. Then Rommel offered the same plan to the Italian headquarters which supported it but preferred an advance to Thala and Le Kef to the north, instead of the northwest. Rommel considered this a lack of foresight, as the key was to cut off the Allies from their primary supply lines. This would force the British and Americans to withdraw to Algeria. The General believed that an offensive to the north would allow the enemy to pull in strong reserves.

The offensive plan had to be revised quickly. This took some time, allowing the Allies to pull in reserves and establish defences. And again valuable time was lost. The 21st and 10th Panzer Divisions were passed on to Rommel, but von Arnim didn't let go of the battalion of heavy Tigers that the General had counted on.

Gerhard's group, a part of the 10th Panzer Division, was also passed on to Rommel. Two days of delay allowed the troops to rest and recover. Despite the recent successes, the group had lost nearly a quarter of personnel and there were little to no reserves. The lack of fresh manpower in the German army as well as discord in the high command prevented the necessary rotation of units. Tension on the front didn't let Erich Gerhard leave the Division for even a few days. He longed for visiting home in Berlin and supporting his mother that had lost a son. He had no time to write her a letter since he had received the message of his brother's death. And now this became possible. His heart was wrung when he thought what his mother was feeling. In 1939, he and his brother were by her when they got the terrible news of their father's death in Poland. That time they were there to support her. And now she was facing the tragedy all alone. How could Erich console his mother by a letter. He wrote that he would return no matter what as soon as the war was over. That the deaths were not in vain and that victory will be gained. Major Gerhard believed in victory, in the greatness of Germany and its people. This gave him strength and endurance. He was not a national socialistic fanatic and didn't welcome the policy of atrocity towards enemy. He welcomed the gentleman's attitude to prisoners propagated by German high command in Africa. Once on a briefing Rommel cited the French novelist Alphonse Daudet: "Hate is wrath of the weak". And Gerhard considered the German nation strong.

In the evening of February 19, all unit commanders held a meeting in the headquarters of Rommel, who outlined the operation tasks and plan. Gerhard's combat group was ordered to break through the Kasserine pass in the direction of Thala. Rommel underlined that the enemy had amassed considerable forces on that sector of the front, having pulled in reserves, making this a difficult task.

The battle began on February 20 and lasted until the evening.

No new equipment

Deployable Units

We can deploy 2650 points of units

2 x Trucks
3 x Armoured Cars
6 x Tanks
2 x Artillery Guns
2 x Anti-Air Guns
5 x Infantry Detachments

Force composition selections to thursday at 12pm EST

# ? Jun 25, 2015 05:42

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

AW YEAH, LOOT!

1x Infantry and 1x Sniper in the looted halftrack (130)
1x Infantry in a Hanomag (125)
1x Anti-Tank and 1xHwy Anti-Tank in the other Hanomag (195)
2x PzIV (800)
1x lamer PzIV (345)
1xPzIII (330)
2x Yankee Pig-Dog 105mm guns (400)
1x Heavy Armored Car (120)
1x AA truck (180)

25 points left, if math doesn't fail me.

When I did my horrible, abortive Warfare LP, my goal was to take as much looted stuff as possible.

And, oh, the dramatic, humanizing Russian writing!

# ? Jun 25, 2015 07:43

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

AW YEAH, LOOT!

When I did my horrible, abortive Warfare LP, my goal was to take as much looted stuff as possible.

And, oh, the dramatic, humanizing Russian writing!

I'd have a lot more looted stuff if I didn't finish missions immediately, although come to think of it I should see (and time) how long you have in Africa 1943.

Oh, and 1 of the American artillery pieces has no ammo, so it won't be coming along. We don't have any space for the Heavy Armored Car as well.

The American artillery piece has been swapped out for a 7.5cm IG and the Heavy Armored Car was swapped for a 2nd AA vehicle.

# ? Jun 25, 2015 19:09

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

So they don't replenish ammo at all, or just don't replenish ammo for the captured guns?

Ah, well, Heavy Recon explodes just as well as light recon does, I think, and AA can always be pressed into an anti-infantry role.

# ? Jun 26, 2015 08:35

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

So they don't replenish ammo at all, or just don't replenish ammo for the captured guns?

Just captured weapons, even if you fought against them in the last map or captured a 2nd weapon exactly like the first.

# ? Jun 26, 2015 15:53

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Episode coming tomorrow instead of today. Sorry for the delay.

# ? Jun 29, 2015 17:26

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

GER Mission 04: The Kasserine Pass

http://youtu.be/S69sPs-QczQ

:argh:

# ? Jun 30, 2015 22:23

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - German Campaign: The Last Offensive

Mission 05: On the Way to Thala

quote:

Having secured the pass, ~~by cheating~~, German forces continued the advance to Thala. The 10th Panzer Division advanced with varied success, pushing against the British 26th Armoured Brigade. They fought for every hill. During the battle, whenever the advance slowed down, Rommel personally rushed into the thick of things, forcing 10th Panzer Division commander von Broich to truck infantry to keep up with the tanks. By the end of February 20, German forces met fierce resistance by the British defenders in front of Thala. Having failed to achieve a breakthrough, they had to withdraw to regroup and resume the offensive in the morning of February 21 to finally break down the enemy defences.

In the evening of February 20, Field Marshal Rommel personally decorated Erich Gerhard, armoured group commander 10th Panzer Division with the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross award for service in battle and personal courage. Awards of this kind were usually presented with much solemnity in Berlin, often by Adolf Hitler himself. But this time Rommel didn't want his best commander to leave the front, because the situation was tense. Of course, he could postpone awarding to better days, but who knew what would happen the next day.

Not much info in the way of knowing what awaits us in our next mission, aside from "strong defences", which hopefully won't mean "another Kasserine Pass".

No new equipment

Deployable units

We can deploy 2250 points of units

2 x Trucks
4 x Armoured Cars
5 x Tanks
2 x Tank Destroyers
4 x Artillery Guns
2 x Anti-Air Guns
4 x Infantry Detachments

Force composition votes/selections to end tonight at Midnight EST

And Happy Canada Day! :canada:

# ? Jul 1, 2015 16:50

Nuramor: Dec 13, 2012; Most Amewsing Prinny Ever!

Kinda disappointed we still don't get any Tigers.

4 * Pz IV F2
2 * 7.5 cm Artillery
4 * Infantry
1 * Sdkfz. 222

for 2250 Points.

# ? Jul 1, 2015 21:23

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Nuramor posted:

Kinda disappointed we still don't get any Tigers.

4 * Pz IV F2
2 * 7.5 cm Artillery
4 * Infantry
1 * Sdkfz. 222

for 2250 Points.

Can't disagree with that.

# ? Jul 2, 2015 05:58

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Oh, and one more thing: I love how soldiers have moral(e) in the game. That's the one thing that fearless comrades in Men of War lack.

After Company of Heroes, I sneer, sneer at any game without morale, cover and squad mechanics.

# ? Jul 2, 2015 16:35

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

GER Mission 05: On The Way To Thala

http://youtu.be/0T4XfjQTohU

Nuramor posted:

Kinda disappointed we still don't get any Tigers.

If there's one thing I've noticed recently, it's that Africa 1943 has teased us with units. We never did get to see crusaders in action, and Tigers have yet to actually show up. I believe we are supposed to get Tigers for the last campaign mission, but since cheated units are added to "the core" I'm not entirely sure. Either way, I'll make them available to choose since why would we play the German campaign without seeing them at least once.

JcDent posted:

Oh, and one more thing: I love how soldiers have moral(e) in the game. That's the one thing that fearless comrades in Men of War lack.

After Company of Heroes, I sneer, sneer at any game without morale, cover and squad mechanics.

I can only imagine that Men of War would be far worse with morale effects in-game, simply with how regularly I've seen infantry get mowed down. Or tanks getting sniped by anti-tank guns or other tanks.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 13:50

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Well, true. Fire should be less accurate in game, no?

ToW infantry could use more dynamic AI or something, so that they would go to ground by themselves, and maybe move intelligently.

# ? Jul 6, 2015 14:07

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

Well, true. Fire should be less accurate in game, no?

ToW infantry could use more dynamic AI or something, so that they would go to ground by themselves, and maybe move intelligently.

Fire accuracy in MoW in general or as a low morale effect?

ToW's infantry is still a little too dependent on the player or AI. They do go to ground, but largely they stick to their current stance or movement mode: Run, Dash, Crawl. The infantry isn't bad in this game because they are fragile, as they should be, but more because they don't have things that would help them out. For example, they do suffer from having little in the way of smoke screens to cover an advance or combined arms movement where they actively take cover behind a moving tank.

Come to think of it, I don't know if any game does that (maybe Combat Mission?).

# ? Jul 6, 2015 14:23

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - German Campaign: The Last Offensive

Mission 06: Tebessa

quote:

The Afrika Korps advanced slower than Rommel expected for several reasons. The first and foremost was the hesitation of the high command, von Arnim and Kesselring in particular. It resulted in long delays that allowed the enemy to pull in reserves and establish defences. Besides, Rommel had to change the axis of advance, as ordered by the Italian high command, which required time to redraw the plans for a new battle scenario. The second reason was the lack of troops. Though Hitler kept his promise and redeployed the 10th and 21st Panzer Divisions to the continent, this was not enough, because the enemy had a lot more manpower to draw from.

Having launched the assault on Thala, Rommel had to prevent an imminent flanking maneuver from the west. He sent combat groups commanded by general Bulowius to the west with the order to attack the enemy by Tebessa and secure the town. But nobody expected the enemy to be this strong. On top of that, the dull weather changed, the sun came out, allowing Allied air forces to put on the heat.

Gerhard's group joined the forces assaulting Tebessa. By that time its personnel was nearly halved. But the morale of the survivors was high, because they had had a successful campaign so far. Major himself was so occupied with preparations to the battle that all sorrows and joys of the previous days receded into the background. He was in the thick of things and that invigorated him, like a young but experienced wolf before a good hunt. Gerhard felt that the coming battle would determine the future of the operation. He learned much during his service under Rommel. Gerhard both considered the situation in this sector and tried to understand the operation plan in general, as the Field Marshal had devised it.

New Equipment

SdKfz. 250/1

The smaller brother of the SdKfz. 251 family, it was used in situations or roles that didn't require the longer rear chassis/compartment of the larger 251. Basically, this meant it was used in the scout, radio, forward observer and headquarters roles. Like the 251, it was adapted to a variety of settings and requirements.

Has an MG-34 as its armament.

Tiger I Ausf. E

Do I really need to talk about the Tiger tank? It was a large tank with a large gun. It had some advantages and disadvantages; strengths and flaws; all of which have been thoroughly talked about.

Uses the same gun as the Flak 36 and, consequently, the same ammo.
Also carries 2 MG-34's: One co-axially and one next to the driver's position.

Deployable Units

We can deploy 3450 points of units

2 x Trucks
4 x Armoured Cars
6 x Tanks
2 x Tank Destroyers
2 x Artillery Guns
2 x Anti-Air Guns
4 x Infantry Detachments

Force composition votes/selections to end tonight at Midnight EST

# ? Jul 8, 2015 14:08

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

3 x Inf at 150
1 x Sniper at 40
2 x Hanomags for Infantry at 180
1 x Small-o-Mag for Sniper at 65
2 x Infantry guns at 360
1 x AA at 150
1 x Small Recon at 90
2 x Tigers (the 811 and 813) at 1800
1 x PzIV at 400
1 x PZ I at 180

Should be 3405

For all its flaws, Tiger is an extremely sexy machine.

# ? Jul 8, 2015 14:40

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

GER Mission 06: Tebessa

http://youtu.be/YrQyKlK6jIs

Victory!

quote:

After accumulating forces for half a year and gaining 6-fold supremacy in artillery, tanks and aviation, the US task force, supported by the 8th British Army, threw the Italo-German troops back to the extreme end of the Cape Bon Peninsula, cutting them off the mainland in the process. After two months of fighting, the Afrika Korps was surrounded from both the land and the sea, and laid down arms. Field Marshal Rommel was recalled from Tunisia on March 9, 1943 to be appointed commander of the Army Group B in Northern Italy. Major Erich Gerhard fought in Normandy. After failure of Operation Watch on the Rhine he was assigned to the Berlin garrison. He died heroically in April 1945 defending Berlin.

It is Man that can make the Way great, and not the Way that can make Man great Confucius

I don't think this was translated properly...

# ? Jul 13, 2015 16:15

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Moving forward with Theatre of War 2

Now that we've finished the German campaign, we have 2 options left which will be left up to the thread to decide.

We can either play the American campaign, although we've already seen every map/conflict so the only real difference will be the equipment we use.

Or

We can dive into the DLC Italian Campaign - "Centauro".

Keep in mind, however, that if we choose the Italian campaign, I will bypass the Americans entirely so that we may move on to Kursk that much faster.

Voting ends Monday July 20th

# ? Jul 14, 2015 19:23

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Screw it, I want to see 8 million bayonets and dinky tanks.

# ? Jul 14, 2015 20:17

Triple A: Jul 14, 2010; Your sword, sahib.

Time to see the most hilariously inept military of the whole conflict. Mare Nostrum!

# ? Jul 15, 2015 08:07

Veloxyll: May 3, 2011; Fuck you say?!

Viva Italia!

# ? Jul 16, 2015 11:38

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - Italian Campaign: Centauro

Mission 01: The Road to El Agheila

quote:

On December 13, the Centauro battle group bringing up the rear of the mobile Italian and German units was attacked by the 9th British Tank Brigade. The Italian field artillery and tanks locked in battle with more than 80 British tanks. The Italians were aptly using the anti-tank gun in ambush to stop the enemy strike and lost 6 tanks and 12 guns. 50 men were captured prisoners. The British lost more than 40 tanks and a few armored cars.

We have no order of battle for this mission. We just have to hope that whatever we have is decent. The mystery tank in the briefing does give us a clue as to what we might have, but is far from telling us what the rest of our forces may be composed of.

It's a Fiat L6/39

# ? Jul 21, 2015 22:38

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Mission 01: The Road to El Agheila

http://youtu.be/hsbulWBAZig

# ? Jul 27, 2015 13:56

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - Italian Campaign: Centauro

Mission 02: At Es Sened Station

quote:

On January 30 1943, the 1st American Tank Division attacked the Italian positions near Maknassy. The Centauro division was holding grimly, combat action took all day. The Americans, suffering heavy losses, managed to capture the Es Sened station on February 1.

First things first, the Italian briefings are lacking in flavour, especially compared to the previous campaigns. Secondly, I guess we should expect lots of US tanks and a defensive mission.

New Equipment

Since we finally get an Order of Battle, we get to check out all the new toys we have to play with!

Autoblinda 40

There's not much to say about the Autoblinda 40. The high top speed it has is nice, but we won't really be able to take advantage of that. The lack of any sort of heavy armament is also a huge disadvantage in 1943.

The 8mm Breda MG is the gun we'll be seeing as secondary armament for armored vehicles with the Italians, similar to the MG-34 for the Germans. Exceptions will be added, but there's no point in me re-posting the same info over and over.

Autoblinda 41

We got to see this in action in the previous mission. While not the best, the 20mm auto-cannon is a definite improvement and it still retains the high top speed of its predecessor. The 20mm rounds it carries can also put a dent in tanks at close range, and is a match against other armoured cars.

Carro Armato L6/40

The first, and only, Italian light tank, it's pretty lackluster and forgettable. Personally, I'd rather just have Autoblinda 41's since those cost half as much, carry the same armament and are much faster.

It uses the same auto-cannon as the Autoblinda 41

Carro Armato M13

The Italians used a simple system for their tank designations. L, M, and P stood for their Light, Medium, and Heavy categories; Tank designations were based on weight, with the tonnage as the number in the designation. Therefore, the M13 was a medium tank weighing 13 tons. The Italian heavy tank I mentioned in the first video was the P26/40, the second number designating when it was introduced.

The small amount of armor is befitting of a light tank, which is bad because its a medium tank and by 1943 the Panzer IV had over twice as much frontal armour. I'm not looking forward to using these in combat... And the gun is bad too!

Carro Armato M14

Hey, if you didn't think it could get worse, you just lost whatever bet you placed! The Carro Armato M14 is almost a straight downgrade, almost.

What's different? Two things, actually.

1. We get an increase of 2 km/h :eyepop:

2. We lose 7 AP rounds and 10 HE rounds because of the increased engine size.

The gun is the same as the M13.

Semovente 75/18

At the moment, the Semovente 75/18 is the only saving grace, as far as tanks go. Its an assault gun similar to a StuG III, except not as well armored, armed - you get the jist of things. Still, it has HEAT rounds, and those are great equalizers.

Might not seem like a lot, but we'll need as much penetration as we can if we have to face Valentines or Shermans.

Deployable Units

We can deploy 2000 points of units

2 x Armoured Cars
4 x Tanks
2 x Tank Destroyers
4 x Infantry Detachments

Force composition votes/selections to end tonight at Midnight EST

Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 14:20 on Jul 29, 2015

# ? Jul 29, 2015 14:17

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

2 x Autoblinda (we only have one of each, right?) 180
4 x M13s
2 x TDs, so Semoventes? 400
2 x Infantry 100
2 x AT infantry 120

...am I bad at maths, or is it almost impossible to hit 2000?

Also, that infantry in trenches would probably survive a lot better if they felt any need to crouch or go prone once the shells start falling.

# ? Jul 29, 2015 16:02

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

...am I bad at maths, or is it almost impossible to hit 2000?

Also, that infantry in trenches would probably survive a lot better if they felt any need to crouch or go prone once the shells start falling.

With our current equipment, yeah, it's impossible to hit 2000. The AT infantry is just 10 more, and the captured Daimler wouldn't put us in the red either.

As for infantry in trenches, they do crouch but it seems to be random, although they seem more likely to hunker down when under fire.

# ? Jul 29, 2015 23:47

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Jobbo_Fett posted:

With our current equipment, yeah, it's impossible to hit 2000. The AT infantry is just 10 more, and the captured Daimler wouldn't put us in the red either.

As for infantry in trenches, they do crouch but it seems to be random, although they seem more likely to hunker down when under fire.

Oh Italy.

Maybe one day I'll do an LP To The Past of Battle academy, where you whack italians about with Matildas and stuff

# ? Jul 30, 2015 06:18

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

Oh Italy.

Maybe one day I'll do an LP To The Past of Battle academy, where you whack italians about with Matildas and stuff

Combat Mission: Fortress Italy :getin:

# ? Jul 30, 2015 07:07

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Combat Mission: Fortress Italy

Hey, I'm not made from money, you know!

# ? Jul 30, 2015 07:25

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - Italian Campaign: Centauro

Mission 02: At Es Sened Station

http://youtu.be/i5N-eAgYZ2g

# ? Aug 3, 2015 14:40

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Africa 1943 - Italian Campaign: Centauro

Mission 03: The Outskirts of Maknassy

quote:

The American tanks reached Maknassy, but on 2 February Italian and German units performed several counterattacks. A few American units fled in panic, leaving their heavy weapons behind. The advance of the Axis forces was only stopped by air strikes of the Allied aircraft.

No New Equipment

Deployable Units

We can deploy 1800 points of units

2 x Tanks
2 x Tank Destroyers
4 x Artillery/AT Guns
4 x Infantry Detachments

Force composition votes/selections to tomorrow at noon EST

# ? Aug 4, 2015 04:08

JcDent: May 13, 2013; Give me a rifle, one round, and point me at Berlin!

2x infantry squads 100
2x AT squads 120
2x Semoventes 400
2x Pak 5cm 220
2x Pak 3.7cm 150
2x The Better Tanks 540

Italy: failing at everything, including points.

Grog game talk: bought Graviteam Tactics yesterday. 53 minutes in, haven't killed any Russian, but "wire communication" has been established whatever that means.

I'd probably try and ford Korea again, but that campaign generator just rubs me wrong.

# ? Aug 4, 2015 07:29

Triple A: Jul 14, 2010; Your sword, sahib.

JcDent posted:

Grog game talk: bought Graviteam Tactics yesterday. 53 minutes in, haven't killed any Russian, but "wire communication" has been established whatever that means.

I'd probably try and ford Korea again, but that campaign generator just rubs me wrong.

Graviteam Tactics actually models field telephones. If you watch carefully, you can see dudes carrying wire repair and establish new lines. They are quite important in order to get orders thru to your fighting dudes, otherwise you have to rely on runners.

# ? Aug 4, 2015 10:21

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

JcDent posted:

Italy: failing at everything, including points.

Grog game talk: bought Graviteam Tactics yesterday. 53 minutes in, haven't killed any Russian, but "wire communication" has been established whatever that means.

I'd probably try and ford Korea again, but that campaign generator just rubs me wrong.

Yeah, Italy really has been getting the short stick. We haven't even received any air or artillery support either!

As for Graviteam, I've heard many bad things about it, and its one of those things keeping me away from getting it. I've heard it looks good and the animations are great though.

# ? Aug 4, 2015 13:14

Triple A: Jul 14, 2010; Your sword, sahib.

Jobbo_Fett posted:

Yeah, Italy really has been getting the short stick. We haven't even received any air or artillery support either!

As for Graviteam, I've heard many bad things about it, and its one of those things keeping me away from getting it. I've heard it looks good and the animations are great though.

The whole game is ridiculously detailed, especially in tank combat. The only bad things I'd say about it is that the infantry modeling is a bit mediocre and a UI that's pretty clearly an afterthought.

# ? Aug 4, 2015 13:48

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# ? Apr 16, 2024 05:01

Jobbo_Fett: Mar 7, 2014; Slava Ukrayini; Clapping Larry

Triple A posted:

The whole game is ridiculously detailed, especially in tank combat. The only bad things I'd say about it is that the infantry modeling is a bit mediocre and a UI that's pretty clearly an afterthought.

So just like Theatre of War? :v:

# ? Aug 4, 2015 14:03

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