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I'm the kind of insanely boring guy that can't bring himself to play as Germany in HOI4 because of political reasons, so all these SS fanboys crying their eyes out really pleases me. GG Eugen.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:36
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John Charity Spring posted:I particularly like this one: Also SS don't surrender isn't borne out by the whispers that their surrenders weren't accepted.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:37
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Also the Luftwaffe really shouldn't be in this game. As source I refer you to the classic german soldier joke: "If it's a silver plane, it's the USAAF. If it's a grey plane, it's the RAF. If there isn't any plane up there, it's the Luftwaffe."
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Apr 11, 2017 17:41
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BigglesSWE posted:I'm the kind of insanely boring guy that can't bring himself to play as Germany in HOI4 because of political reasons, so all these SS fanboys crying their eyes out really pleases me. GG Eugen.  Also, very few things in this world I detest more than wehraboos. And as a reenactor, I come across way too many of them.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:44
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Colonial Air Force posted:
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Apr 11, 2017 17:47
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Yeah, I know it's only a game, and I'm sure I'll try German battlegroups, but I'm not sure I can bring myself to play as a SS division, at least Das Reich aren't in it, which considering Eugen is French is probably not surprising.
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Apr 11, 2017 17:50
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^^ Yeah, I'm not saying you are a nazi for playing with the 12th SS, but I'll probably pass. Also I've always been a RAF fanboy (google Biggles) so there's that. Them Germans can't satisfy my Mosquito itch! BigglesSWE fucked around with this message at 17:57 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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Apr 11, 2017 17:55
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I'm going to exclusively play the SS and blindly rush and lose terribly, and then tell the other players that its a historical reenactment
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Apr 11, 2017 17:59
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quote:quote: Have you not heard of the Panzer: Imperial Japanese operating in Normandy?
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Apr 11, 2017 18:01
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Control Volume posted:I'm going to exclusively play the SS and blindly rush and lose terribly, and then tell the other players that its a historical reenactment Nice.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:01
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Control Volume posted:I'm going to exclusively play the SS and blindly rush and lose terribly, and then tell the other players that its a historical reenactment My hero.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:07
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DumbparameciuM posted:Has anybody tried using the "Attack Ground" command with the flame tanks to get forests/hedgerows on fire for easy smoke cover ala Wargame? I believe they actually changed Wargame (in an patch during ALB) so that you specifically could not do this with flame tanks because using them to just hose down entire forests and panic/destroy infantry within became too powerful. I believe you can only fire them at things they have LOS on. Colonial Air Force posted:
I have a friend from high school who re-enacted in a Wehrmacht unit. He wasn't/isn't a wehraboo in any sense and had a fairly appropriate historical perspective, but looking back there are some photos of us together that I hope never leak out should I ever decide to run for public office. He did, however, teach me the term "Farby" which is something I deeply value and need to evangelize more. Hubis fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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Apr 11, 2017 18:08
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Hubis posted:I believe they actually changed Wargame (in an patch during ALB) so that you specifically could not do this with flame tanks because using them to just hose down entire forests and panic/destroy infantry within became too powerful. I believe you can only fire them at things they have LOS on. Pretty sure it was RD when they changed that although I might be conflating it with the time naval artillery was indirect fire. Kongos were loving ridiculous for a brief moment.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:13
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This all reminds me of when I was a teen and joined a 1st SS Liebstandarte clan that played Red Orchestra. They turned out unsurprisingly be a bunch of Nazi sympathizers but I still played with them for a long time cause I really enjoyed the game. Looking back that was a messed up group of people.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:19
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Jack2142 posted:Actually the German Engineers learned from the Viking Masters of Sweden and the Artisan Smiths of Japan how to create the perfect steel by folding in a million times to create a tank impenetrable to the guns of the allies who had to cheat and use airplanes to destroy the Aryan Armor. After playing as the Allies for hundreds of hours in COH2, which seems to have been made by people who unironically believe this post, I'm getting more and more tempted to pick this game up... I bought Red Dragon ages ago, but found it impenetrable, so Normandy's focus on smaller decks and seperate phases sounds like something I could actually parse.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:23
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Insert name here posted:The H also gains a point of accuracy, going from 4 accuracy to 5 on an (alleged) scale of 10. pedro0930 posted:House hit by flamethrower starts burning and forces the occupant out. Infantry flat can't get in burning building. They don't cause instant break though now I have more experience with them...but they do a lot of morale damage. And yeah, with that range you need to be fighting house to house for it to work. Thanks, added! BigglesSWE posted:I'm the kind of insanely boring guy that can't bring himself to play as Germany in HOI4 because of political reasons, so all these SS fanboys crying their eyes out really pleases me. GG Eugen. Yeah I probably disqualified myself from office for that post.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:24
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Playing the Blitzkrieg mod for Company of Heroes can be pretty challenging if you just want to comp stomp as the allies. Every single game is hosted by a player with random German general name and always as the Germans factions.
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https://www.reddit.com/r/Steel_Division/comments/64rh3v/actual_aaa_groundair_range/ From reddit: quote:
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Apr 11, 2017 18:25
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This is why the best axis power to play as is Italy, sure they were awful, but they were so lovely they dont have an awful wheraboo following, plus clowning people as Italy is hilarious.
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Jack2142 posted:This is why the best axis power to play as is Italy, sure they were awful, but they were so lovely they dont have an awful wheraboo following, plus clowning people as Italy is hilarious.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:27
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Tulip posted:Yeah I probably disqualified myself from office for that post. Depends on the office https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pje5ROe5Y_w
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Ein Sexmonster posted:In the last WW2 Eugen game, Italy was actually OP as gently caress and it was glorious. Oh I know RUSE Italy and France were my go to nations.
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Apr 11, 2017 18:28
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Control Volume posted:I'm going to exclusively play the SS and blindly rush and lose terribly, and then tell the other players that its a historical reenactment Deptfordx posted:Yeah, I know it's only a game, and I'm sure I'll try German battlegroups, but I'm not sure I can bring myself to play as a SS division, at least Das Reich aren't in it, which considering Eugen is French is probably not surprising. It's kind of a shame because Das Reich would be perfect for Control Volume's gimmick. They got loving wrecked at Mortain.
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Murgos posted:https://www.reddit.com/r/Steel_Division/comments/64rh3v/actual_aaa_groundair_range/ Reddit posted:I suggest Eugen to stick to either Range against Groundtargets OR Range against Airtargets. This Inconsistency is just... Oh, you dear child. Paging Xerxes17 and Shanakin to share Wargame horror stories... Speaking of which, do you two think they internalized and used any of your data-driven balancing stuff from Wargame into this?
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Popete posted:This all reminds me of when I was a teen and joined a 1st SS Liebstandarte clan that played Red Orchestra. They turned out unsurprisingly be a bunch of Nazi sympathizers but I still played with them for a long time cause I really enjoyed the game. Looking back that was a messed up group of people. I still use the email address I used to join Standarte Westland (Ghost Recon clan) because I live in Cornwall and I can tell people the sw_ stands for South-West.
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Hubis posted:So the M5A1 rush is definitely A Thing, huh? I managed to make good use of the Pubbiefly to bounce it pretty hard which I think warrants it's place in the deck, but man that's annoying. Also, Destruction games in general. Yeah, if I rush M5A1s, I usually have a lot of success for about two and a half minutes and then the butterfree shows up and fillets me. Also, to address some earlier discussions: I think recon is actually still really important, because it's the difference between being able to set up clever antitank ambushes and having every single one of your towed antitank and antiaircraft guns destroyed methodically by air strikes while a handful of yokels with a pair of binoculars in a bush behind the lines chuckle to each other. Infantry mortars are really good defensive tools because they have a very quick fire time on smoke at close or even medium ranges. You can pop it out a couple hundred meters and then force the enemies to come up really close to you, or bracket one side of a road with smoke so you can fast move down it to flank an overextended enemy, or let your infantry sprint to the next hedge. Or you can fake doing each of those things. It's great and doesn't take time away from your bigger guns which are either throwing smoke a lot farther out or dealing damage. Something I've done as 3rd Armored is just smoking right in front of a Panther, over and over again to bait him out to come a little closer each time. People really fall for it! They think it's safe! Once you do it three times, you fast move your Shermans up and then when the Panther comes out again they aren't 900m away but at a nice cozy 500m for a party. I really like the way terrain works in this game since it's usually really clear how lines of sight work and its possible to just really set things up for satisfying flank shots and ambushes. DOCTOR ZIMBARDO fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 11, 2017 |
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Jack2142 posted:This is why the best axis power to play as is Italy, sure they were awful, but they were so lovely they dont have an awful wheraboo following, plus clowning people as Italy is hilarious. My thoughts exactly. Italy is loving ridiculous.
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Tulip posted:I did a similar thing for the HJ. Let me know how I should edit this (shorter, more detail, just plain wrong, whatever). Thanks for the write up, but a few things. The Bef.Panzer 2C is worth taking at times because it is immune to MG fire and AC lets it chew through not-tanks like nothing. The leadership boost it gives is huge and can let it function as a forward command when your Pz.Grens are charging the enemy. Next, the SDKFZ 250/9 is amazing as this auto-cannon will menace anything at Phase-A short of a Sherman and at 35pts is actually fairly cheap. Howeverm, they do tend to blow through thier AC ammo fast which means you'll need to take Opel Blitz Munitions in Phase-A too. Lastly, Phase-A mortars can let you do some really great stuff and I'm a huge believer in them. I recently won a Phase-A town fight against 12.SS as 3.Arm with hardly any losses because my Mortar shelled their end of town, which kept them pinned and then laid down smoke to stop supporting vehicles or their firefly from shooting me.
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xthetenth posted:It's kind of a shame because Das Reich would be perfect for Control Volume's gimmick. They got loving wrecked at Mortain. That's what happens when you use up all your ammo before you get to the front line.
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Apr 11, 2017 20:48
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Hubis posted:I believe they actually changed Wargame (in an patch during ALB) so that you specifically could not do this with flame tanks because using them to just hose down entire forests and panic/destroy infantry within became too powerful. I believe you can only fire them at things they have LOS on. It was absolutely something you could do in Red Dragon, and was the main reason I had a zippo card in every US deck I built.
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They were okay in Red Dragon, but European Escalation was the game which showed us that, in any WW3 scenario, flame tanks would have been pivotal strategic assets that whole battles revolved around.
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Apr 11, 2017 22:45
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God I loved and still love EE. Best Wargame thus far imho.
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Apr 11, 2017 23:14
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WWII is cool and all but I hope at some point they make Steel Divison: Able Archer 83 because I want to play Wargame but with phases, frontline, and infantry play that isn't total rear end
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Apr 11, 2017 23:41
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Late 50's to early 60's would be the sweet spot imo. Definitely gotta keep the Division deck system too rather than just general nations.
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Apr 11, 2017 23:49
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343rd Space Cavalry "Oprah's Finest"
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Apr 11, 2017 23:52
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They could probably do magical things with WW1.
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Apr 11, 2017 23:58
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Gamerofthegame posted:They could probably do magical things with WW1. I was thinking that today, too (but I still want Eastern Front first).
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DOCTOR ZIMBARDO posted:Yeah, if I rush M5A1s, I usually have a lot of success for about two and a half minutes and then the butterfree shows up and fillets me. I think there are a lot of people playing a sort of tunnel vision version of the game. Some are playing an infantry focused fortification game (which isn't essentially wrong but there is so much more you can do with infantry (when the terrain allows) than hold up in a town). And a large contingent are also just playing tank game and kind of ignoring everything else.
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My blind spot, like it was in Wargame, is artillery (and mortars). I often forget to make use of them, even if I have them on specific control groups. I'm getting a little better but they're definitely the units I make the least use of.
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