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B-1.1.7 Bomber posted:is the plural of combat mission, combats mission? Too bad there isn't more than one of 'em on steam so we'll never find out! I think it would be combat missions? The word combat doesn't get pluralized like that right?
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# ? May 1, 2021 20:02 |
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# ? Apr 23, 2024 08:01 |
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How long do I have to wait for Combat Mission Cold War on Steam?
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# ? May 1, 2021 21:22 |
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Minenfeld! posted:How long do I have to wait for Combat Mission Cold War on Steam? June.
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# ? May 1, 2021 21:32 |
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Saros posted:You're doing it backwards, lex should be following the surface task force. Lex's orders look fine so it must be something in the tf following it that's fouling up. Pharnakes posted:Also generally speaking you should be using patrol, not remain on station. RoS will result in them doing just that, pretty much no matter what, patrol will let them adapt to the situation and retreat if needed. Gewehr 43 posted:I've also just straight up had buggy behavior with the "follow tf" command. The previous guys are spot on, though. Thanks! I'll change my approach in terms of which TF follows and using patrol for more than just subs. Here's the TFs on the 8th and the 9th. Refueling the DDs seems plausible but it doesn't look like that was what happened. So maybe just bugged?
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# ? May 2, 2021 02:48 |
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Damnit I caved and bought Warplan Pacific. I knew it was gonna happen too, they could slap the word "Pacific" on any grog game and I'll buy it. I never played the first Warplan so I'm hoping this one is fun.
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# ? May 3, 2021 23:24 |
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I played a bit of WarPlan Pacific, and it made me want to go back to WitP. So I fired that up and remembered I'm about 5 hours into my first Japan turn. So now I'm just playing Valhalla.
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# ? May 4, 2021 00:32 |
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Does anyone know if us ppl who bought it will get a Steam code if/when it comes to Steam?
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# ? May 4, 2021 00:46 |
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Kvlt! posted:Does anyone know if us ppl who bought it will get a Steam code if/when it comes to Steam? It's highly likely that you will, assuming it works like other Matrix/Slitherine games. They seem to mostly be trying to maximize their profits from hardcore fans before submitting to steam's cut. Your Matrix/Slitherine account will probably get a steam key when they launch on steam.
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# ? May 4, 2021 00:49 |
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V for Vegas posted:I played a bit of WarPlan Pacific, and it made me want to go back to WitP. So I fired that up and remembered I'm about 5 hours into my first Japan turn. So now I'm just playing Valhalla. I just got back into WitP again. Playing Allies vs Japan for now, but does anyone have a decent primer on the Japanese economy and logistics? It’s an entirely different monster.
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# ? May 4, 2021 01:36 |
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MrYenko posted:I just got back into WitP again. Playing Allies vs Japan for now, but does anyone have a decent primer on the Japanese economy and logistics? It’s an entirely different monster. Go to the Matrix forums (I am too lazy), but someone has made this beautiful spreadsheet for everything you need to do to set up your turn one as Japan. It teaches you quite a bit—and it taught me playing Japan isn’t worth the trouble.
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# ? May 4, 2021 03:06 |
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MrYenko posted:I just got back into WitP again. Playing Allies vs Japan for now, but does anyone have a decent primer on the Japanese economy and logistics? It’s an entirely different monster. https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=3329605 This is the best one I think.
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# ? May 4, 2021 12:03 |
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I found a copy of Gary Grigsby's World at War in the bottom of an old box. Looks to be a circa-2005 game and I can't recall anyone here ever mentioning it. Is this thing worth installing or is it a total dog? I'd have to dig up a cd-rom drive.
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# ? May 5, 2021 01:12 |
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IIRC its a very simplified version of WitP/WitE but I could be wrong. Looking at reviews it looks like it wasnt very well received.
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# ? May 5, 2021 02:01 |
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B-1.1.7 Bomber posted:I found a copy of Gary Grigsby's World at War in the bottom of an old box. Looks to be a circa-2005 game and I can't recall anyone here ever mentioning it. Is this thing worth installing or is it a total dog? I'd have to dig up a cd-rom drive. It's Gary Grigsby's Axis and Allies. It has a bit more focus on supply but it's operating at that level. Matrix was at that time really looking for a hit so they were trying to make simpler games while they still had some access to normal game review media. I would be shocked if it worked very well on a modern computer, though. A lot of games from that time Matrix made are really poorly coded like that. Panzeh fucked around with this message at 02:21 on May 5, 2021 |
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HisMajestyBOB posted:Thanks! I'll change my approach in terms of which TF follows and using patrol for more than just subs. Follow-up! Not too bad. "Late Lex" finally joined the fight, the Buffalos are ineffective, and we get slaughtered. But the second strike faces less CAP and is able to get through despite losses. Only Ryuju and Tatsuta are reported sunk, but I found no traces of Zuiho afterwards. I suspect that if Australia and company hadn't roughed up the carriers beforehand my planes probably wouldn't have gotten through, and they likely would have hit some of my ships. Buffalos are just not good against Zeros.
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# ? May 5, 2021 02:54 |
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Panzeh posted:It's Gary Grigsby's Axis and Allies. It has a bit more focus on supply but it's operating at that level. Matrix was at that time really looking for a hit so they were trying to make simpler games while they still had some access to normal game review media. Got it. I've got other games to play if I want to go that route, so I'll pass. Thanks for the reply.
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# ? May 5, 2021 05:41 |
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Does anyone have any experience with Slitherine customer service. I've gotten no update at all on my DC:B physical edition, sent a few emails, got an auto-response that a ticket was opened and it's been radio silence for 3-4 days now. Are they that busy, or am I just getting ignored. At least I paid with paypal so if they ignore me for a wicked long time I can dispute the payment.
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# ? May 5, 2021 18:13 |
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Command: Kashmir Fire and the v1.03 CMO update are out now: https://www.matrixgames.com/game/command-kashmir-fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1do0fEXYMEQ
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# ? May 6, 2021 17:14 |
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Kvlt! posted:Does anyone have any experience with Slitherine customer service. I've gotten no update at all on my DC:B physical edition, sent a few emails, got an auto-response that a ticket was opened and it's been radio silence for 3-4 days now. Are they that busy, or am I just getting ignored. At least I paid with paypal so if they ignore me for a wicked long time I can dispute the payment. They are usually pretty decent if slow. If you paid for it you will get it I'm sure, but pushing them might not be bad.
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# ? May 6, 2021 17:25 |
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It actually showed up in my mailbox today! They just never sent me a notice it had shipped. All good! Beautiful hardcover manual too
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# ? May 6, 2021 20:46 |
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*the next patch invalidates everything*
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# ? May 6, 2021 22:05 |
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Gewehr 43 posted:*the next patch invalidates everything* I figure DC:B has been out long enough he was shipped a totally inaccurate manual out of the box, never mind next patch.
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# ? May 6, 2021 23:12 |
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That makes me wonder: Are manuals usually updated when patches go out? In any event, the pro-tier move is to print out your own manual two-to-a-page, double-sided, spiral-bound. I'm at god-tier now; I have my own dedicated ereader for all of this crapola
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# ? May 7, 2021 01:09 |
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The Shadow Empire manual is updated constantly.
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# ? May 7, 2021 01:15 |
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Right. That's why I'm looking into taking this to the next level and spiral-binding my ereaders.
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# ? May 7, 2021 01:45 |
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B-1.1.7 Bomber posted:That makes me wonder: Are manuals usually updated when patches go out? As an IT professional I can authoritatively say
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# ? May 7, 2021 02:25 |
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Looks like W40K Battlesector (The Sanctus Reach-like) got pushed back from this month to July, which honestly I've kinda been expecting.
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# ? May 10, 2021 19:22 |
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why don't they just make sanctus reach 2 or something
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# ? May 10, 2021 19:26 |
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Gewehr 43 posted:As an IT professional I can authoritatively say Correct. As a one time video game developer and technical writer I can tell you—you’d be lucky if you get a manual update 3 years after the game launches, right before support for the game stops.
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# ? May 12, 2021 00:58 |
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Sorry if this is the wrong thread but I figured people here would know best: is there any good tactical level games in the Pacific? Ive been playing Warplan: Pacific and Steel Division II and would love something that plays like the latter in the setting of the former
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# ? May 12, 2021 01:57 |
Kvlt! posted:Sorry if this is the wrong thread but I figured people here would know best: is there any good tactical level games in the Pacific? Ive been playing Warplan: Pacific and Steel Division II and would love something that plays like the latter in the setting of the former War on the Sea is fun although the late game balance is wonky, it's been getting steady updates improving the experience.
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# ? May 12, 2021 02:04 |
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Popete posted:War on the Sea is fun although the late game balance is wonky, it's been getting steady updates improving the experience. Ive had this on my wishlist for a while but I heard it fot bad reviews. Might be worth checking out again if its been getting updates!
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# ? May 12, 2021 02:15 |
I know people here weren't very high on it but I think the actually engagements are a lot of fun. There are for sure some balance issues but the devs have been addressing some of that stuff. The campaign for Guadalcanal is hard in the beginning but as you start to whittle down the enemy ships (they are permanently lost once sunk) the enemy force compositions start getting wacky as they are all out of heavy cruisers so you're fighting a bunch of destroyers and light cruisers with your massive battleships. But it takes awhile to get to that point and it's still fun to play, just doesn't present much of a challenge after a certain point. Hopefully the campaign points system can be redone to address that.
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# ? May 12, 2021 03:13 |
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Tracking Task Force Admiral as a game that looks like it might be fun to watch play itself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upbqBpcG3EA&t=339s
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# ? May 12, 2021 08:20 |
Ultimate General/Ultimate Admiral/Naval Action studio got bought by a Free to Play mobile studio. https://www.stillfront.com/en/still...he-acquisition/ quote:As a part of the Stillfront Group, the studio will continue expanding and improving its portfolio of premium games, but also expand into GaaS (games as a service) and free-to-play, with a clear focus on historical strategy and battle themes. The acquisition of Game Labs further strengthens Stillfront’s existing portfolio of mid-hardcore games in the strategy and action genre, addressing primarily the attractive 30+ male audience.
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# ? May 12, 2021 16:15 |
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Not that I had any hope for really any of their games at this point, but Naval action and ultimate dreadnought could both have been so good. probably AoS too but at least I didn't buy that one.
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# ? May 12, 2021 16:31 |
Yooper posted:Ultimate General/Ultimate Admiral/Naval Action studio got bought by a Free to Play mobile studio. "addressing primarily the attractive 30+ male audience." Also this stinks, I really have enjoyed Game Labs stuff to this point even if some of it has been a miss (Naval Action, even though I still played a ton of it). Hopefully they can still focus on making cool "premium" games but it sure sounds like they're gonna be pumping out mobile p2w stuff.
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# ? May 12, 2021 16:37 |
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If they make Naval Action good again, I’d be happy with that. Just bring in the standard model of grinding out battles to get a new ship rather than the open world bullshit. I’d also be down for an Ultimate General game in the vein of Total War Arena.
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# ? May 12, 2021 16:51 |
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Naval Action was fantastic as an arena battle game and I'm still amazed they managed to kill it as thoroughly as they did by copying all of the bad bits of Pirates of the Burning Sea.
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# ? May 12, 2021 16:57 |
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Popete posted:"addressing primarily the attractive 30+ male audience." well I'm at least 30+ male
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