Subsim Men of War

[Arclight]

Indeed. Grabbed the pre-order, can't find boxed one here. And in this case I don't think it would have been cheaper anyway.

Review on RPS: Wot I Think – Men Of War: Assault Squad (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/18/review-men-of-war-assault-squad/)

Case you missed it, there's a demo. Offers at least 1 skirmish map, haven't gotten past it yet. http://store.steampowered.com/app/64000/?snr=1_5_9__13

[Oberon]

Speaking of RPS...

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/7463/reachisintheaimzone.jpg

[Arclight]

There were 2 skirmishes in the demo, both fairly challenging and both USA. Got through the first on normal, but went with easy for Carentan.

It delivers a big tactical puzzle, quite challenging. Love it. :yep:

[Raptor1]

Assault Squad is out, to those who haven't noticed yet.

[HunterICX]

Purchased :)

HunterICX

[Task Force]

Yep, got it also, I like it good buy in my opinion.

[HunterICX]

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/5726/forunclesam.jpg

^Normal Difficulty

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/7509/patton20voor20history20.jpg

I don't want to get any messages saying, "I am holding my position." We are not holding a Goddamned thing. Let the Germans do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything, except the enemy's balls. We are going to twist his balls and kick the living **** out of him all of the time. Our basic plan of operation is to advance and to keep on advancing regardless of whether we have to go over, under, or through the enemy. We are going to go through him like crap through a goose; like **** through a tin horn!

:cool:

HunterICX

[HunterICX]

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/400/paradew.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDQ7hXMLxGc

:rock:

HunterICX

[Arclight]

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mow_assault_squad2011-02-2800-41-12-32.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mow_assault_squad2011-02-2800-43-38-60.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mow_assault_squad2011-02-2800-43-46-95.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mow_assault_squad2011-02-2800-44-04-89.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mow_assault_squad2011-02-2800-43-36-75.jpg
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/mow_assault_squad2011-02-2800-47-54-08.jpg
Пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесь!

[Task Force]

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/9596/mowassaultsquad20110227.jpg
Glorious comrades crushing the Germans.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/9596/mowassaultsquad20110227.jpg
And we hold a victory parade!
http://img823.imageshack.us/img823/9596/mowassaultsquad20110227.jpg
The Boom 4 Motherland slaughters fascist guns.
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9596/mowassaultsquad20110227.jpg
Forward Comrads!!! To Berlin!!!

(yea, had to crop them, as the GUI looked horrible when i put the size down.

[Arclight]

The popular Dynamic Campaign Generator is now available for Men of War: Assault Squad. It allows you to set up a custom campaign to battle the AI on a strategic map during different periods of time and with your own set of units.

You can get it here:
http://www.digitalmindsoft.eu/forums/viewtopic.php?f=153&t=9460#p110549

Place questions and feedback in the forums!

Enjoy!
:)

* says message is too short, so I'll add: :woot:

[HunterICX]

great stuff, I'll give that a go.

I wonder why they couldn't have done this either for AS or the original game to begin with, just make sure the vehicles that are available are correct for the year the mission plays in.

HunterICX

[Arclight]

Too little time, I guess. It's a fairly balanced set up you get with the standard units, so it might be a simple gameplay decision to avoid unfair matches. I imagine that Germany will be hard to defeat in an early-war setting. :hmmm:

[Arclight]

Patch released. Unless you're on Steam, taking their time again. :roll:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/03/11/men-of-war-as-patched-interviewed/

* aaand Steam caught up.

[Eightbit]

Love to have a game with you guys sometime. I tried online and it was just a rape fest :p

[Raptor1]

Well, those were some extremely long and bloody battles. I can't even count how many times the point on the left flank changed sides in the second game...

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/5272/mowas1.jpg

[HunterICX]

Well, those were some extremely long and bloody battles. I can't even count how many times the point on the left flank changed sides in the second game...



You could say it was quite the tug of war between me and task force.

@Raptor: as for that ridiculous charge against that MG while they could have just shot the crew of that thing did you order your men to attack the gun or the crew? because I noticed when charging a AT gun that I can either order my men to target the crew (then they should shoot) but when ask to attack the gun itself they'll throw a grenade (AT if they have one to blow it up) must check if that's actually the case in the next match.

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

Not sure, I just clicked in its general direction. I usually let my troops automatically target it, but my men seemed terribly reluctant to shoot the enemy at times in that game, they were probably too shellshocked by the terrible slaughter...or maybe they were just being idiots...

[Task Force]

You could say it was quite the tug of war between me and task force.

@Raptor: as for that ridiculous charge against that MG while they could have just shot the crew of that thing did you order your men to attack the gun or the crew? because I noticed when charging a AT gun that I can either order my men to target the crew (then they should shoot) but when ask to attack the gun itself they'll throw a grenade (AT if they have one to blow it up) must check if that's actually the case in the next match.

HunterICX

Yep, that point became quite the mess.

No matter what i tryed it all died!, even flanking didn't work.

[Raptor1]

It's good you never attacked our right flank, since it was completely open for half the game until I scratched together an understrength squad to defend it, and even then it was very weak because I always had to feed more men into the meatgrinder in the center and occasionally the counterattacks on the left...

[Oberon]

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/2047/110418234100.jpg
"Morning gents, anyone got any tea?"

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6351/110418234101.jpg
"I'll take that as a no then..."

http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/7766/110418234500.jpg
"No, no tea here either Sarge, just a bunch of Jerries."
"Well...that's no use, can't drink that with breakfast..."

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9535/110418234800.jpg
Queen of the desert, closely followed by system lock-up of the desktop.

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/564/110419000600.jpg
"Gentlemen..."

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3199/110419000700.jpg
"Dive Dive!"

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7153/110419001900.jpg
"And I'll be long gone before the Jagdpanzer arrives 'cause all my shootings be drive-bys!"

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6415/110419002000.jpg
Don't just admire the German paintwork! SHOOT IT!!!

[Oberon]

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4018/110419002200.jpg
"Erm...I can't actually hit you..."
"I can't hit you either..."
"Erm...rock paper scissors?"

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/6065/110419002201.jpg
"Ok...I choose paper."
"I choose Jagdpanzer."
"Wait..wha-"

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/3848/110419004000.jpg
Matilda spam roll out!

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5926/110419004100.jpg
Crusader takes the first rocket, but the Matildas retaliate.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/9259/110419004101.jpg
Just keep moving!

[Arclight]

Nice game, very close. :yep:

Kinda glad to have had useful rocket-troops and AT-grenades again. Assault Squad needs some... tweaking.

(think that Crusader got the 2nd rocket; first one went into that personnel carrier.)

[Oberon]

Nice game, very close. :yep:

Kinda glad to have had usefull rocket-troops and AT-grenades again. Assault Squad needs some... tweaking.

(think that Crusader got the 2nd rocket; first one went into that personel carrier.)

Ah yes, forgot about the personnel carrier. As Raptor would say, Acceptable Casualties. :yep:

[Arclight]

Indeed... viable tactic though: send in something cheap to draw rocket fire. Probably better than sending infantry into a kill-zone to ferret them out. :hmmm:

[HunterICX]

He...a match that actually was fun and undecided till the very last seconds :)

thought the original MoW AI infantry are just witless twats the Tanks do not have their advantages they have in Assualt Squad, so tanks can easily be ambushed by AT infantry.

Assault Squad needs to patch/fix so the Tanks are like they are in the original without infantry support do not stand a chance attacking on their own.

HunterICX

[Task Force]

yep, that was a good tug of war for the points. was really shocked we won in the end.

[mr chris]

What version of men of War are you playing?
Men of war or Men of war assault squad?
I have had the Original Men of war for ages. Kind of the forgotten game in my collection.

[Raptor1]

We play both, depending on who is there or what we want to play.

Sorry I wasn't there, I was awa...err...I mean, brutally kidnapped and dragged off to the (even) more boring parts desert to melt in the heat.

[mr chris]

We play both, depending on who is there or what we want to play.

Sorry I wasn't there, I was awa...err...I mean, brutally kidnapped and dragged off to the (even) more boring parts desert to melt in the heat.

Oh good i have got Assault squad in my wish list. Do you used any mods?

[Raptor1]

Usually not.

[mr chris]

That makes things easier.

[Oberon]

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6413/110419223100.jpg
Soviet and German forces exchange greetings

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/458/110419224400.jpg
The one day I leave my AT grenade at home...

http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3816/110419224800.jpg
Boom! Shake shake shake the stability of my computer...

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/9004/110419232500.jpg
Turn Based Strategy....

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8830/110419232800.jpg
Matrix sandbags in bullet time

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/2646/110419233800.jpg
Raptor does what Raptor does best, wanton and random destruction.

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/8434/110419235600.jpg
Arclight sets fire to the jeep, the tree, the ground, his men and everything else

http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6996/110420000300.jpg
Peek-a-boo...

[Arclight]

Arclight sets fire to the jeep, the tree, the ground, his men and everything elseJust you actually, got out of that alright. :O:

[Oberon]

Just you actually, got out of that alright. :O:

Gah :( Was a nice inferno though, those random flame-thrower guys made a mess of my jeep distraction runs.

Still, the Firefly/KV-1 attack went well until that bazooka guy managed to sneak in whilst my Firefly top gunner was fast asleep.

[HunterICX]

I recon with more players it's more fun , at least more chaotic :DL

HunterICX

[mr chris]

Thanks for the invite.
Had a lot of fun. Though it took me nearly to the end of the first game to work out how to play the game.

[Oberon]

Thanks for the invite.
Had a lot of fun. Though it took me nearly to the end of the first game to work out how to play the game.

You were doing well. I hate mortars. :haha:

[HunterICX]

Thanks for the invite.
Had a lot of fun. Though it took me nearly to the end of the first game to work out how to play the game.

You were doing well matey and besides we play in the name of fun and frustration :har:
don't be a stranger when you see us gathering on Steam just give a shout if you wanna play or we'll just invite you.

I just had a great laugh seeying Oberon's armed car spam :har::haha:

HunterICX

[Oberon]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/1942Jeep.jpg

It certainly caused a bit of confusion behind their lines, which was the whole point. :yep: Surprisingly effective in some places too...although not so much against KV1s and KV-2s. :damn:

[Raptor1]

It certainly caused a bit of confusion behind their lines, which was the whole point. :yep: Surprisingly effective in some places too...although not so much against KV1s and KV-2s. :damn:

How about instead of using the heavy cannon ones to hunt tanks, you take the normal jeeps and load them with AT or flame guys? They seemed to be able to get pretty close to heavy armoured vehicles, so they might be able to bail out and hit the vehicle with a rocket before dying.

The American AT jeep has a multi-barreled bazooka on the top, but it never seems to hit anything...

[Arclight]

And when it does it doesn't penetrate. Seems they nerfed it for some reason.

[Oberon]

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9418/110421225700.jpg
Achtung Herr Panzer

http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/6900/110421230000.jpg
Calliope you say...I think not.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/3676/110421230500.jpg
A Pershing? Now you're just being silly...

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/9661/110421231200.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JPL-rEuc9o

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/7448/110421231300.jpg
AH-HA!

[Arclight]

***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JPL-rEuc9o

***
AH-HA!
Brilliant. :haha:

[HunterICX]

Calliope you say...I think not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnDxPG3KrtA

:stare: so it was you who took out my Calliope!

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Indeed, in fact I think I racked up quite an impressive tank kill count with my two Panzerfaust chaps and the Jagdpanzer.

http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/11504-7/kubelwagen.jpg

:yeah:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/3166908639_513c98a710.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJXKVOxqkWM

:damn:


And of course the chat between myself and Raptor at the start.

Raptor: "I'll take left, and center. You take Right and center."
Oberon: "Ok..."
*Oberons Infantry attack on the right is repelled.*

Oberon: "I think we should focus on center and left."
Raptor: "I'll get some holding forces in and see."
Oberon: "I think it might be a point too far...trust me, I'm British, we have a lot of experience with these things (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQi8ZQgmlM)."

[mr chris]

And of course the chat between myself and Raptor at the start.

Raptor: "I'll take left, and center. You take Right and center."
Oberon: "Ok..."
*Oberons Infantry attack on the right is repelled.*

Oberon: "I think we should focus on center and left."
Raptor: "I'll get some holding forces in and see."
Oberon: "I think it might be a point too far...trust me, I'm British, we have a lot of experience with these things (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tQi8ZQgmlM)."


Thats almost as good as the Turn Based Strategy comment.:haha:

[Raptor1]

I didn't get many vehicle kills (Only the Greyhound in the beginning), mostly since besides that Pak 40 which I completely forgot about I had no real AT weapons. Though I think I did pretty well with the infantry combat in the center and with spotting enemy flanking attacks (Like TF's Pershing rush) with my hiding infantry screens.

My sIG 33 was really stupid, though. I told it to move away from the Bazooka guy, and all it does is reverse and head slowly backwards...

[Oberon]

Yes, the Pershing rush could have been a problem had my Jagdpanzer not have been in reserve. Even then though it had a few problems with actually shooting at it. Every time it stopped to aim the bloody Pershing drove out of range! :haha: Eventually I managed to persuade the Jagdpanzer to drive a little bit closer and then it nailed it.

Your infantry did a great job holding the line though, I had some infantry floating around, mainly Fallschirmjagers (pardon the pun) who did their bit, but their anti-tank weaponry was a bit lacking. I had one attack the...I think it was the Stuart towards the beginning, but the bloody rocket or whatever it was did no damage, so in desperation I told him to throw a standard grenade at the tank which did nothing but get the tanks attention. The para died a few seconds later. :haha:

[HunterICX]

@Oberon: you where firing at my M8 ''Scott'' infantry support tank

HunterICX

[Oberon]

War?!

[Oberon]

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/87/110427225000.jpg
Japanese awesomeness, without using the 'cheat' tanks. By the way, Japanese paratroopers run like Speedy Gonzales!!!

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9497/110427233400.jpg
Boom! However the US paper tanks are no match for the British...and won't even fall through ice. :damn:

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/4636/110428000600a.jpg
Task Force resorts to the weapon of heroes whilst trying to knock out my Jagdpanzer, meanwhile Spud expresses his displeasure that Raptor has just stolen his Anti-tank gun and towed it away with his Puma.

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/5325/110428001500.jpg
What the hell was that? The Soviets have a nuke? No, a Katie...

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1324/110428001700.jpg
There he is, time for the Panzerfaust to go to work.

http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/6725/110428001702.jpg
Bloody hell!

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/317/110428001800.jpg
Panzer IV: Shall I fire or shan't I? I don't know...well...I suppose I'd better...

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8752/110428001801.jpg
Panzer IV: Dur, Why you shoot at me?

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/1332/110428001900.jpg
Task Force attempts to shield Jagdpanzer number two from getting its kill

http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/5084/110428002000.jpg
Jagdpanzers brake for no-one, not even the Assault infantry that it ploughed through a second later, or the anti-tank grenades they dropped on it.

http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/9196/110428002001.jpg
Not even for a full volley of Katyusha rockets, causing some blue on blue. Finally though the IS gets a lucky shot in. Jagdpanzer number three is spawned and then the match ends.

[SgtPotato]

I'm sure that there's no way that someone can steal my AT cannon until Raptor proved me wrong... :nope:

[Dowly]

:rotfl2:

[SgtPotato]

You know, this game need to rename to "Grand Theft Auto: Eastern Front" :haha:

[Oberon]

Had a look at Commanders of War last night, some nice units in there. The option of playing in different eras is nice too, no more Matildas vs KTs. :haha:
Don't know what it's like tanks vs infantry because of a distinct lack of skirmish option though.

[Oberon]

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/948/110428224700.jpg
The First Combined Oberon/Task Force Assault Division swings into gear

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8512/110428225300.jpg
Boom!

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/51/110428225400.jpg
There's a reason I took this screenshot...but I don't know what that reason was...

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/1019/110428225600.jpg
Fear the might of the kubel and infantry spam

http://img863.imageshack.us/img863/8797/110428230700.jpg
Task Force finding out how the people in the tanks we attacked with our Stuart in Darkest Hour felt.

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5922/110428230701.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAcnDevkTnc

http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/9930/110428232900.jpg
New map, same spam. This time with motorbikes!

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3195/110428233100.jpg
Then Task Force reinvents war with a brilliant and hilarious tactic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1APSk0SS0

[Oberon]

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8614/110428233300.jpg
Chaos follows

http://img857.imageshack.us/img857/111/110428233600.jpg
Have a grenade...wait...what do you mean it didn't do anything? Son of a...

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3357/110428233700.jpg
Nope, can't figure out this screenshot either...

http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/6375/110428233900.jpg
Hunter: "NO! GET THEM AWAY! GET AWAY!!"

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/6240/110428233901.jpg
Hunter: "LEAVE ME ALOOOONE!"

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6937/110428234000.jpg
The awesome might of the Soviet Onion!

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/4084/110428235200.jpg
Spud is introduced to the new era of warfare. Oberon burns the town down.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6315/110428235300.jpg
Ramming speed!

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9744/110428235700.jpg
Car bomb time

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9072/110429000000.jpg
Men of Wars AI self-preservation instincts at their finest. I drove this jeep right up to this bazooka man, it wasn't until I shot him that his friends on the other side of the jeep opened fire. Then my computer froze up.
Men of Wars AI - so stupid it crashes computers.

[Crécy]

If I happen to be on steam when you're going to play, please inform me. I've been wanting to play MoW again for a while now but you seem to sneak past my look out :).

[Oberon]

Right, I'd like to ask everyone once again.

Should we use Commanders of War II mod for Men of War?

http://www.moddb.com/mods/commanders-of-war-ii

It has new units, different gameplay strategy and an interesting system of gaming by war years. So using 1941 units, 1942 units and so forth, rather than starting with early war units and having late war units in the same game. It could provide some interesting matches imho. However I do have concerns that the increased view distance of the tanks could have turned it into Assault Squad in terms of infantry war, but since Men of War lacks a skirmish mode (grrr) I can't test this out.

Another option is Brothers of War:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/brothers-of-war-bow

That also seems to be a pretty cool mod, but I must admit I haven't tried it.

[Raptor1]

If I happen to be on steam when you're going to play, please inform me. I've been wanting to play MoW again for a while now but you seem to sneak past my look out :).

Well, if we're missing players we always look on Steam, though you're not there usually.

The flame platoons are hilarious, but they have some serious problems. One of these is that stray fire from one man will tend to kill the entire squad, and the other is that when one of the men are hit by fire he will explode and kill everyone around (Both of these are the same problems the Soviet assault squads have). They caught us by surprise when they came in first, but once we recovered and brought heavy weapons around they weren't very effective. They were better on the defensive (My single flame platoon in that match only lost half its men throughout the game and killed countless people and vehicles) and in cities , as demonstrated by the last game.

As for the mods, I propose we try them next time we play. If they're not good, we can always switch them off.

[Arclight]

I'd say CoWII.

I wouldn't worry too much about it turning into AS. Takes more changes than just that distance increase straight ahead. Kinda makes sense considering the optics for the gunner.

[Crécy]

Well, if we're missing players we always look on Steam, though you're not there usually.

I guess I haven't been on steam much recently :hmmm:. That will change now. I will/try to disturb your games by my grotesque presence from now on.

[Task Force]

Lol, yea,I got a good laugh when my guys jumped out of the halftrack, and all 6 of them shot into the trenches creating a wall of fire!.

*sure, i say we put commanders at war to the test.

[SgtPotato]

I find that the flame unit spam, that you Raptor and Task, are more silly and sightly annoying.

[Oberon]

I find that the flame unit spam, that you Raptor and Task, are more silly and sightly annoying.

That was about the point. By that time in the evening we'd given up all pretenses of having a serious game. :03:

[SgtPotato]

http://files.sharenator.com/180px_Kill_it_with_fire_scorpio_Justine_has_offici ally_crossed_the_line_Dimebag_is_turning_in_his_gr ave_s256x192_144468_580_Some_of_the_Worlds_Biggest _Bugs-s256x192-153082-580.gif

That's what you guys did. :har:

[Oberon]

Sorry about leaving, I was getting tired and irritable and no matter what I did there was just no way I could take that point at the side.


Which brings me to another question.

How the hell do you get points in Men of War? It always seems that I am facing things like Panthers, late war T-34s, Pershings and that while the only thing I can spawn are Pumas, Matildas and the odd low calibre AT gun...which lasts about two minutes against the well armoured expensive stuff.

What am I doing wrong? It was quite apparent last night when Hunter had two tank destroyers, a T-34 late model, several artillery pieces and infantry guarding that point, as well as the Katyusha that blew up anything that managed to get to the point.

So, what's going on?

[Raptor1]

To be honest, I have no idea. I can never get much of the expensive stuff either. It could be that the payback is too slow and so whoever loses a lot of points at the beginning doesn't have enough later on (Or maybe it's the complete opposite of that?). I also noticed that later units in the mod are much more expensive than relatively cheap units (The IS-2 costs twice as much as the double T-34/85s), so you really have to let the points build up if you want any of that.

Regardless of that, yesterday's first battle was way too long anyway.

BTW, I have successfully managed to reinstate the kill messages into the mod.

[Task Force]

Obi, I saw a problem in what you did the other day. You didnt spread the attack enough, EX my attack at the end of the game was rather good, i got the point for abit, but lacked heavier weapons to keep it. (and that stupid heavy MG)

Also, build up for abit, dont just get 3 infantry squads and a light tank and attack.

*honestly, i didn't have the points for a cheap panzer 4.

[Oberon]

Better first game there, Soviet and German 1945 is relatively evenly matched.

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/2951/110501215200.jpg
A firefight at the far left point

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/8040/110501215600.jpg
The Marder prepares to support the first push

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3531/110501220300.jpg
Sherman vs Flak 36. No real contest there...

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/5761/110501220700.jpg
First of the two Hummels deployed as rear artillery support

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/6349/110501220800.jpg
The Hummels 'Guard'

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4074/110501221100.jpg
The second push begins!

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/3259/110501221300.jpg
The point is captured but then lost during a human wave assault by the Soviets...so, some additional support is requested...

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/1986/110501221500.jpg
Utter carnage

http://img594.imageshack.us/img594/4909/110501221501.jpg
The human wave assaults fail, but seem to fail closer each time they come.

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/661/110501223400.jpg
Utilising my knocked out Tiger briefly, the Reds turn the tide of the battle but too late to prevent the outcome from swinging in our favour.

Then came the rather unbalanced 1941 UK vs US match which we know to avoid in the future.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/4419/110501225700.jpg
Yeah, Cruiser tanks...not the best thing in the British arsenal...

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/7434/110501230900.jpg
Matildas on the other hand....

[Task Force]

That first battle was awesome! i could have taken that point if my KV 85 would have shot HE at your heavy weapons/ Marder 2

[Oberon]

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4122/110502220000.jpg
Puma spam vs Traktor spam. Player one...Fight!

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2751/110502221000.jpg
Tetrarch FTW!

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/414/110502221600.jpg
A Daimler opens fire at a Sherman at point blank range and discovers why the Germans call them 'Tommy cookers'

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/1048/110502222600.jpg
Spuds Sherman brews up. Daimlers...is there anything they cannot do?

http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4013/110502222800.jpg
Grand Theft Auto: Daimler City. Sadly the Daimler was WASTED a minute later by another Sherman.

[Oberon]

In regards to Traktor spam. I think that it's a big pain in the arse, but...I won't flame-scout it. I think that it's a viable tactic that I wouldn't have been surprised to see the Soviets use. It is counter-able by the right kinds of units, but unfortunately last night neither of us had those units and were completely flat-footed by the sudden change in tactics. I expect that Anti-tank riflemen (gunners not rocketeers) and things like the Sd.Kfz 232 (which chewed through about five traktors before getting knocked out) would be an effective counter. However, we again run into the points issue. I don't know how Task Force managed to Puma spam at the end there, I only had enough points to spawn a reserve infantry every few minutes, but then again TF has the uncanny ability to pull King Tigers out of his backside at random occurrences....

http://www.vincentchow.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/WTF_hax1.jpg

[HunterICX]

Well, I don't spawn units constantly and mostly resort to cheap stuff or specific stuff to counter a object that's in my way....so at start I cap some CP's and put some defenses (machine guns and AT guns) and spawn some units to either attack or counterattack...when we have let's say the upper hand in the match (when we receive the points) I don't spawn anything and use what I do have on the field first before I spawn anything new, this results in having some decent amount of points to spend around the end of the match making me able to spawn most of the heavy stuff or lots of the lighter.

HunterICX

[Spike88]

I've gotten the game. So I'll probably be joining you lot next time you play.

Any reason why you guys don't play Red Tide also?

[HunterICX]

Any reason why you guys don't play Red Tide also?

Some have, but it doesn't add anything to Multiplayer so...it doesn't make a difference if you have it or not.

HunterICX

[Raptor1]

IIRC it doesn't even have multiplayer...

[Task Force]

Anyone have any links to the mod?

[HunterICX]

Check the previous page ( Page 21 )
Post: #310

only raptor has to send you the submod to bring back the text of confirmed kills.

so...how did that reinstallation go this time? did you manage to wipe the drive succesfully this time?

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Speaking of that submod...it doesn't actually work that well. I'll have to have a trawl through the CoW forum and see if there is a way to bring it back.

[Crécy]

Speaking of that submod...it doesn't actually work that well. I'll have to have a trawl through the CoW forum and see if there is a way to bring it back.

Works perfectly fine here at least.

[Task Force]

Check the previous page ( Page 21 )
Post: #310

only raptor has to send you the submod to bring back the text of confirmed kills.

so...how did that reinstallation go this time? did you manage to wipe the drive succesfully this time?

HunterICX

Yep, everything went well, still gotta reinstall games, ect. (Thanks for the help BTW.)

[Raptor1]

Speaking of that submod...it doesn't actually work that well. I'll have to have a trawl through the CoW forum and see if there is a way to bring it back.

Works fine for me as well...

[Oberon]

Works fine for me as well...

Wait...hang on...I have a theory...

EDIT: Yah, thought so...they say it helps to actually activate the sub-mod...

[Raptor1]

Wait...hang on...I have a theory...

EDIT: Yah, thought so...they say it helps to actually activate the sub-mod...

Bah, activating is overrated.

[Oberon]

http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/1672/110504225600.jpg
Daimler attack not successful... :wah:

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/5534/110504225900.jpg
Sherman spam is Shermany

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1807/110504230601.jpg
Ah, there it is...

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/2272/110504231200.jpg
But the armoured gun carrier is much more dangerous than a KT...

[Task Force]

Well I wasn't expecting a 25 pounder to get my tracks and then my Pak 43 to damage my turret either...:damn: Oah well, that gun carrier was the most deadly thing, as it killed a whole truck of men!!!

and cant be killed by regular gunfire

[Raptor1]

I was kinda hoping the Daimler would detonate and take out the gun along with everyone else around it, but it, of course, did not. That was probably for the best, though, since the Pak 43 was useful in countering the King Tiger after we stole it.

That gun tractor was absolutely ridiculous, it ran down and completely destroyed a truck full of men and then proved impervious to everything but my Achilles tank destroyer.

[HunterICX]

Sherman spam is Shermany


Well that I got many of them (6 I believe and 1 Churchill) wasn't because I was deliberately spamming them I needed some decent cheap medium tanks to support my infantry assault after I first bombarded the area with artillery.

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Well that I got many of them (6 I believe and 1 Churchill) wasn't because I was deliberately spamming them I needed some decent cheap medium tanks to support my infantry assault after I first bombarded the area with artillery.

HunterICX

I know, and I reckon you used the 2 x Sherman x% off option at the bottom didn't you? I got four Shermans on the field with that (and the KT took them all out). To be honest it makes sense as that's about the only way the Shermans made a dent in the fields of France and Germany and that was by sheer numbers. I did note that they all died pretty swiftly on one of your pushes, I think Arc had a Jagdpanzer of some sort.


In regards to Puma spam, it has been proven that it is a 'shock' tactic as currently used. When Task Forces first wave appeared it ran through my defences like a hot knife through butter and got as far as the second row of points, but of course, they can't actually capture any points. So unless its followed by an infantry assault, Puma spam is not very effective at actually capturing locations. Likewise Traktor spam I'd wager.

The destruction of the lorry was partly my fault, I took direct control of it and rammed Task Forces traktor, but I expected the traktor to be destroyed not the lorry full of troops!! :har:

[Spike88]

After I spend $14.99 on Men of War, it goes on sale for $5.09.

Assault Squad is $11, and Red Tide is $8, just going to pick up Red Tide.

[Oberon]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/5435/110505221200.jpg
"Knock Knock." "Who's there?" "BA-10" "BA-10 who-wait...what...Oh shi-!"

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/7156/110505221300.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/6687/110505221400.jpg
When BA-10s attack!

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/6683/110505221900.jpg
Going Hunter on Task Force

http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/2784/110505222000.jpg
Shell tennis!

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3447/110505223300.jpg
Little tank on the prairie

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/7535/110505230000.jpg
Gotcha!

http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6859/110505230400.jpg
Carnage

http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3539/110505230401.jpg
Pure and utter carnage

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3123/110505230500.jpg
So much carnage it crashed the game

[Spike88]

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/3123/110505230500.jpg
So much carnage it crashed the game


The amount of wreckage around that point was a bit much.

[Oberon]

When the heavy lag started I really couldn't do much in the way of tactics or advancing so it was a case of spawning Stuarts to flank your armour and artillery guns to hold it whilst the Stuarts flanked. Oh, and some Oerlikons to blat the infantry.

[Task Force]

HA, the carnage (in terms of dead people at least) was far worse on the left. I know i put hundreds of men into that attack over a fiew minutes.

[Rilder]

Friend from Bay12 gifted me this, very awesome game. Haven't played multiplayer yet though.

[Spike88]

How do you plant mines in the second campaign mission?

[Arclight]

There's an icon in the panel bottom-right, think it looks like a hand. After you click it, it goes to a small submenu, where you should see an icon for the mine. Click on that and then click-drag on the ground to place a string of mines.

[Spike88]

There's an icon in the panel bottom-right, think it looks like a hand. After you click it, it goes to a small submenu, where you should see an icon for the mine. Click on that and then click-drag on the ground to place a string of mines.

I guess picking up mines first would help

[Arclight]

That, or you could have them place imaginary mines. Problem is those are only effective against imaginary enemies. :O:

[Spike88]

That, or you could have them place imaginary mines. Problem is those are only effective against imaginary enemies. :O:

Or are they?!?

[cobalt]

I just finished making a SP map for MOW if anyone wants to check it out

dl link - http://www.moddb.com/members/cobalt98/downloads/berlin-1945-large-sp-map1


Long time no see by the way! :)

[Oberon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVkE14kjhE


http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6470/2011072600002.jpg
German parking skills after Normandy just weren't what they used to be.

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6123/110726221200.jpg
"Keep this up lads and we'll be home by Christmas 1944!"

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/2518/110726223900.jpg
"Hey Hans...can you smell burning?"

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7999/110726223901.jpg
One Jagdpanzer down, only 121 Motorcycles, 18 Pumas, 14 StuGs, 13 Jagdpanzers, 12 Panzer IV Ausf Hs, 10 Tigers and a Maus to go.

[Arclight]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVkE14kjhE
One Jagdpanzer down, only 121 Motorcycles, 18 Pumas, 14 StuGs, 13 Jagdpanzers, 12 Panzer IV Ausf Hs, 10 Tigers and a Maus to go.
Didn't get around to counting them, but you forgot a bunch of AT guns, artillery pieces, static MGs and a few thousand soldiers.

Good thing we get M3 AT guns and Shermans, eh?:damn:

[Raptor1]

Hey! My M3 gun knocked out nearly a dozen armoured vehicles! :stare:

Well, I suppose it would've been slightly more doable if we had any sort of decent artillery...

[HunterICX]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJVkE14kjhE


http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/6470/2011072600002.jpg
German parking skills after Normandy just weren't what they used to be.


Ah the Lebanese are still doing it wrong :O:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBNCnk19Blk

HunterICX

[Oberon]

Ah the Lebanese are still doing it wrong :O:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBNCnk19Blk

HunterICX

Welcome to the UN... :haha:

Meanwhile in Russia:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poLf9Qamnpk&NR=1

[Rawlord]

There are many RTS games out there, this is one of my favourites. :DL

[Arclight]

When in doubt, apply artillery.

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560915367851726597/60624AA7BAEFB8332BFB7F33BB4FBDD6FB13CE4C/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560915367851723972/99BDBA89853B4EC30FDA54FFD8182B6F174007C2/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560915367851725181/16D65DF4F65E3E8446D4DF865B8AE9EE6E2EDD5F/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560915367851721170/DBD46430FF8B337F5442877A238B17B8BB18EE05/

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/560915367851722558/18EFBF0F45DC418D7DCE9C25D4C02B8B19B56A8D/

Gotta love procedural destruction, eh?

[Oberon]

http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/6396/110728221900.jpg
Raptor sets fire to half the map, half the Wehrmacht and Task Forces PC

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1227/110728224700.jpg
Hunter makes his mark

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/7096/110728225001.jpg
German parking skills are still terrible

http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/1481/110728225900.jpg
Boom!

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/728/110728230400.jpg
My Commando raid captures a boat...which infuriates the entire Wehrmacht

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/4508/110728230800.jpg
Unfortunately it has the steering of HMS Vanguard (http://battleshiphmsvanguard.homestead.com/img004b_Otley.jpg)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/9411/110728230801.jpg
That'll buff out...

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2194/110728231300.jpg
So this is where they were hiding Hitlers Bombe

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1956/110728231301.jpg
Bloody hell!

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4232/110728232700.jpg
British combined arms at its finest!!

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6076/110728233400.jpg
War loot...chaaaarge!!

[Oberon]

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6918/110728233900.jpg
German anti-gravity experiments confuse and confound

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/1010/110728234200.jpg
Success!


AND NOW FOR THE SCIENCE!!


http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5599/110728234800.jpg
British soldiers defy laws of physics shocker

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/6136/110728234900.jpg
British infantry in inability to throw grenades accurately shocker!

http://img607.imageshack.us/img607/549/110729000000.jpg
Dive! Dive!

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5287/110729000600.jpg
Raptor conducts science with a stolen Priest! Meanwhile I bring in the indestructible monster.

[Arclight]

Meanwhile, in Vietnam: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/07/28/hands-on-with-men-of-war-vietnam/

Well, maybe not 'meanwhile'... oh just read it already.

[Oberon]

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/359/110801220400.jpg
Banzai truck number one makes its first advance...and fails :(

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/3899/110801221000.jpg
It's jungle...which means napalm right? Time to stress test TFs nice overclocked fireball

http://img814.imageshack.us/img814/7076/110801221600.jpg
Everything can be solved by fire and high explosives.

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/2417/110801223200.jpg
Tetrarch theft, not as successful as first hoped.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9430/110801225401.jpg
Matilda vs Matilda...which crew will die of old age first?

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/449/110801225600.jpg
Matildas laugh at high explosives, well...unless you use about twenty AT grenades...

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/5465/110801231900.jpg
My precious Matilda drops a track and is unable to retreat when an AVRE shows up!

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/9056/110801232300.jpg
Raptor fixes the Bishop problem, or one of them anyway.

http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/115/110801233100.jpg
And a combined AVRE and Raptor assault deals with the other one...after a fashion.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/6/110801233101.jpg
BANZAI TRUUUUCCCK!!!!

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/3477/110801233600.jpg
The British launch a major counterattack...and my AVRE has its ARSE pointed in the wrong direction...Kiyohisa Shige ignores the chaos around him to try and fix the Churchill....and fails.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/5928/110801233800.jpg
Cliff Valentine is Cliffy

[Oberon]

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/6293/110801234100.jpg
A withdrawal is arranged, and some meat is thrown at them to provide cover...the meat then promptly went on to complete the mission...

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/866/110801234200.jpg
BANZAI!

[Task Force]

I cant believe my Computer held on that long!:rotfl2: Banzai truck FTW.

[Oberon]

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/2303/110804214600.jpg
Excuse me sir, do you have a permit to park that here...

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/120/110804220400.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_cCKEKKcjA

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/429/110804220800.jpg
The Sherman helpfully provides its rear for us to shoot at.

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/3830/110804224200.jpg
Veteran Hax Tiger is Haxy, Veterany and shooting of Pak-38 gunners-y

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/2614/110804224201.jpg
Shermans disregard burning Halftracks

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/1258/110804230000.jpg
Tank Commander Schroeder has had a bad day

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2165/110804230900.jpg
"Special delivery! Refuel and Rearm!" *Thunk*

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1738/110804231600.jpg
Oh...oh dear...

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8097/110804231601.jpg
:har:

[Task Force]

That was a great game!:rotfl2:

[HunterICX]

Funniest one by far :haha:

HunterICX

[Geno_Mariner]

I have finally finished downloading MoW after so long :doh: Did pretty well til my tank blew up in the first part of the game :hmmm: But at least it works well on my computer since when I tried out Assault Squad while it was in beta, the computer wouldn't play it well.

[Arclight]

Not the smoothest engine, t'is true. There's a lot going on though, even if it isn't aparent at first glance. Deformable terrain and the physics for all the destructible stuff, then all the AI and more physics for ballistics and such, it's a bit of a monster to run.
-----

Men Of War: Vietnam Is Close Now (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/08/22/men-of-war-vietnam-is-close-now/)

Dev diary there, and a review/preview shouldn't be too far off.

[Oberon]

H'okay. I will start with the sanity and then move on to the insanity.

Assault Squad:

http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/4782/110825222700.jpg
My Priest shoves off a couple of shells whilst I prepare for my push for the right

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/8505/110825222900.jpg
The assault begins!

http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/8621/110825223100.jpg
Objective completed, Arclights game crashes.

http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9942/110825223200.jpg
BOINK!

[Oberon]

Ok, now for Men of War: Commanders of War:

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/9896/110825231100.jpg
Weren't expecting that, were you Mr StuG?

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2183/110825231400.jpg
Panzer IV chasing BA-10, insert tune from Wacky Races here.

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/6456/110825231600.jpg
That's a very nice AT gun you have there....ssssssss...

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9808/110825231900.jpg
Makarov vs Tank...erm...splat...

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/9481/110825232000.jpg
Raptor launches his combined arms assault

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/2787/110825232300.jpg
Boom!

[Oberon]

Ok...now it gets...erm...MAD

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/9521/110825233000.jpg
Task Force opens the insanity with a nice human wave assault

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/9892/110825233200.jpg
Whereas Raptor begins with a Sherman wave attack...time to counter...

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/742/110825233201.jpg
Katyusha attack!

http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/759/110825233400.jpg
Ok, that didn't work...time for T-34 wave assault!

http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/6973/110825234000.jpg
FOR THE RODINA!

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/9695/110825234300.jpg
Oh lord...

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7829/110825234500.jpg
Help!

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9536/110825234700.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9091/110825235000.jpg

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/3289/110825235100.jpg

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/6469/110826000600.jpg
Task Force self-destructs

[Oberon]

WWIII continues...

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3880/110826001200.jpg
Task Forces self-destruct squad

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/5134/110826001400.jpg
Oh no...don't fire there...oh dammit!

http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7083/110826001600.jpg
Argh!

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/8312/110826001601.jpg

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3888/110826001700.jpg

http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/7827/110826001701.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4553/110826001800.jpg

[Raptor1]

I declare that to be the most awesome game ever played.

[Oberon]

I declare that to be the most awesome game ever played.

I second this declaration. :yep:

[Task Force]

I declare that to be the most awesome game ever played.

I second this declaration. :yep:

+1 that was awesome. (and we had splosions that made the ones in action movies look dumb)

[Oberon]

http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/1638/110827235400.jpg
Not quite as murderous as the last game, but on the same tangent.


http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6721/110827235401.jpg
My opponents must really be getting to hate the BA-10 now...

[FAdmiral]

A friend & I are playing "Men of War - Assault Squad" using ventrilo
as a voice communication during the game. We do the "Combat"
mode most of the time and are looking for allied players to join us
on ventrilo to play MP alongside each other. We use actual proven
real military tactics to accomplish goals. If you play this game on
a regular basis & are on steam using these methods, add me as a
friend on steam and I will give you the ventrilo IP & port to talk to us.
You don't have to be that good of a player, just use REAL tactics.

JIM, FAdmiral on Steam

[Oberon]

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/2927/110925221100.jpg
The Wehrmacht at work!

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/5222/110925221500.jpg
Rather than fortifying the town, it would appear the defending American soldiers have spent their time putting up British posters...

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4423/110925221900.jpg
Meanwhile Rommel seems to have defected...

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/8945/110925223000.jpg
"I have the high ground!"

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/5701/110925223100.jpg
But Raptor has a flame-thrower...

http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/4103/110925223200.jpg
Ernst takes shelter in one of the few intact rooms in the house...

http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/3561/110925223800.jpg
Task Force discusses his troops mental status whilst Hunter annihilates everything in front of him with the might of the Werbel!

http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/476/110925224000.jpg
Except for that Anti-tank gun, of course...


Unfortunately the Werbeling of a Willys Jeep was not captured on film because it froze up the game :(

[Oberon]

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/1106/111008221700.jpg
This is a Wirbelwind, it winds Wirbels :yep:

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/6982/111008222500.jpg
SO MUCH WIRBEL!

http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/1339/111008222700.jpg
A massed infantry charge appeared!
Electricfox used Wirbelwind
It's super effective!

http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/2249/111008224500.jpg
wooo, bumper tanks!

[Oberon]

I wonder, with the excessive exploding tanks...if it's because of their fuel quantity? I will have to investigate this. :yep:


EDIT:

No, no it has nothing to do with that. A Panzer III will explode with a full or nearly empty tank when hit at close range with a Pak 38.

[Task Force]

Remove the tnt, try, then remove the tnt and shells.

If my theory is correct, that is why my banzi trucks exploded better than normal ones.

[Oberon]

Remove the tnt, try, then remove the tnt and shells.

If my theory is correct, that is why my banzi trucks exploded better than normal ones.

I shall do so forthwith and report here with my findings!

[Oberon]

I shall do so forthwith and report here with my findings!

Removed TNT, Shells and crew, fuel at 9.9. PaK-38 to the left flank.

BOOM!

[Task Force]

Who the hell did the damage models for this game? a Hollywood director...:damn:

[Raptor1]

We just have to acknowledge that tank interiors are actually made from nitroglycerin or something similar.

BTW, I think the reason my Panzer IV could penetrate your T-34 in the first game and your Panzer IV couldn't penetrate Oberon's T-34 in the second is because of the elevation. My Panzer IV was on a rather significant hill which would have rendered most of the T-34's armour sloping ineffective.

[Oberon]

Michael Bay Damage Models I think is the term we need to adapt here. :yep:

[Task Force]

We just have to acknowledge that tank interiors are actually made from nitroglycerin or something similar.

BTW, I think the reason my Panzer IV could penetrate your T-34 in the first game and your Panzer IV couldn't penetrate Oberon's T-34 in the second is because of the elevation. My Panzer IV was on a rather significant hill which would have rendered most of the T-34's armour sloping ineffective.

yea, i thought about that. Same thing happened to your tiger 2s in our ToW game.

[Raptor1]

yea, i thought about that. Same thing happened to your tiger 2s in our ToW game.

Looking at the map it seems to me that those were shot from about the same elevation, though I could be wrong. In any case, the Tiger II's armour is supposed to be heavy enough to handle that sort of thing. Bloody worthless... :shifty:

[Oberon]

Looking at the map it seems to me that those were shot from about the same elevation, though I could be wrong. In any case, the Tiger II's armour is supposed to be heavy enough to handle that sort of thing. Bloody worthless... :shifty:

Not as worthless as the AI in last nights game though. I damn near ran over Spikes AT gun with my Wirbel. I can only presume it was facing the wrong way or wasn't deployed because my Wirbel should have been four kinds of dead long before it killed the AT gun crew and I stole the gun.

[Task Force]

Not as worthless as the AI in last nights game though. I damn near ran over Spikes AT gun with my Wirbel. I can only presume it was facing the wrong way or wasn't deployed because my Wirbel should have been four kinds of dead long before it killed the AT gun crew and I stole the gun.

I was watching it, for some reason it was tracking it, but not firing.

[Arclight]

Ivan Redski's Flying Circus

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011-12-14_00005.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011-12-14_00004.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011-12-14_00003.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011-12-14_00002.jpg

http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj2/EZatHome/2011-12-14_00001.jpg

[HunterICX]

Must've been some good Vodka Ivan was drinking :D

HunterICX

[Oberon]

:har::har::har::har:

Oh, now I've seen everything!

This was the approximate location of where I froze up (I don't know why it does that...still, never mind.)

http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/5060/111213223100.jpg

Just around the corner to the left are about six German troopers with MP40s. Curse the inability of our forces to lean around the corner and roll a grenade at them. No...instead they walk out into the middle of the street, turn around and then wonder why their chest resembles a bloody sieve... :damn: Enjoyable game though, I don't think I had more than four or five men all game, and it was nice to get down to squad level and play it that way for a change.

[Oberon]

http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/8978/2011121400001r.jpg
Ramming Speed!

http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/1430/2011121400002w.jpg
Tramming Speed!

http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/7313/2011121400003.jpg
Acrobatic Puma...

http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/1846/2011121400004.jpg
Epic Puma spam!

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/879/2011121400005.jpg
Proof!

[Raptor1]

HunterICX is hereby convicted for treason and sentenced to Siberia. :stare:

[Oberon]

http://img864.imageshack.us/img864/1420/2011121500001.jpg
Before Flak 36...

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/323/2011121500002.jpg
After Flak 36...

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/336/2011121500003.jpg
All aboard the fail train!

[Creapsmantic]

That one too? I thought you only got my first T-34 with mines.

indeed

[Raptor1]

indeed

Negative.

[HunterICX]

HunterICX is hereby convicted for treason and sentenced to Siberia. :stare:

You sure? I might take an arrow to the knee and be promoted to guard of that camp

HunterICX

[Oberon]

"I used to be a Tank Destroyer Commander, like you, but then I took a Katyusha to the knee..."

[Oberon]

FIRST ROUND:

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/1410/2011121700001.jpg
Madness? THIS IS...No...it's Madness alright.

http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/822/2011121700002r.jpg
Don't send an infantryman to do a BA-10s job!

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4019/2011121700003.jpg
I love my BA-10

SECOND ROUND:

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/1433/2011121700004e.jpg
All aboard!

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5927/2011121700006.jpg
Quick! If we miss this train there won't be another until 1947!

http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6892/2011121700007.jpg
Thomas the 'Tank' Engine?

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7089/2011121700008.jpg
This is Battlefield, change here for bullet-ridden death

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/4901/2011121700009.jpg
Well...that's one way to capture a point....

[Oberon]

http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/8877/2011121700011.jpg
Stop shooting at my train!!

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7551/2011121700012.jpg
Even the T-34 doesn't know what to do with it...

http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/2136/2011121700013.jpg
The next station will be Raptors stalemate, where this train terminates...

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/7818/2011121700014.jpg
And if you look out of the right window you will see the Third World War in progress...

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9403/2011121700015.jpg
Damn Tanks on the line!

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6750/2011121700016.jpg
Finally it was decided I was being far too silly, and that it was time to actually fight the enemy...since I had no decent tanks to speak of...it was time to employ Haig strategy...sorry...'strategy'.

http://img641.imageshack.us/img641/5953/2011121700017.jpg
Raptors Greyhound blows up a SU-85 and everything around it...including itself.

http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/5880/2011121700018b.jpg
That's one nimble T-70...

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/7376/2011121700019.jpg
Stuart vs T-70...no need to guess who wins (It's not the Stuart)

[SgtPotato]

I hate your BA-10, obe... :nope:

[Oberon]

I hate your BA-10, obe... :nope:

http://wiki.eth-0.nl/images/9/9e/Great_success.jpg

[Oberon]

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/5919/2011121900001n.jpg
Jesus motorbike!

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/9714/2011122000001.jpg
This is the kind of incompetence we had to deal with... :damn:

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/7504/2011122000002.jpg
Wish I had known that was an explosives truck to begin with...

[Oberon]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017285593/92979CD9C994A2B8553636FC795D071279256F04/
The Germans had resorted to sending Michael Bay Kubelwagons at us!

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017302809/26D030E0DEADB2F3F84D8CE70945FA8A74038FEA/
German driving skills continue to astound...

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017288873/95123A77BB84AA2C5C6F31FF97AF7ECD7E541F06/
That little Panzer III did so well until the Panther showed up

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017295015/9E905F6667F821FD382791C09F0B97F67E669287/
Victory! Now for the SCIENCE

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017292383/63A86897DA350BDA150C1F226558A03C64DD223B/
Testing the IS-2

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017305335/07A98D53A974A6D8BEB458666BE533B9935BDB29/
Well, the Banzai truck is broken...

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/522654444017297837/7F0D12FB7AEFC3893CAB9C9605B9744D18DB8094/
Truck salute!

[Oberon]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/523781054725663603/5E2B0AF2CD035138B01C2284D8A2E11E3B9ABB2D/
Step out of the car please sir...

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/523781054725655620/F250D630E04FE576C39CDE7315FD9104E9258220/
The smell of broken Shermans in the morning...

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/523781054725660407/930BBF33E0AC3BD6F2DD1B96BA69367DD3287753/
The invincible Wirbel...it laughs at M5 AT guns

[Oberon]

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/523781054747751976/A9D0CDCEAACC08FA8C7EC1D73541931E373F0113/
The Arclight welcome committee

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/523781054747748182/E0540D0ABD2EABB7C15D395EFE9E4876CA8314BB/
The GAZ attack

http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/523781054747755880/6319D8C0A847238E0CAEC75D3259B6BFAF79CCEB/
The second Arclight welcoming committee...sadly underused... :cry:

[Raptor1]

That GAZ was awesome, but alas it does not take well to 20mm autocannon shells.

It was very nice of you to donate that PKP and PaK 38, BTW. Those were probably my most efficient units in both games.

[Task Force]

My Zis 2 was the most useless piece of metal in history.:damn:

[Arclight]

The second Arclight welcoming committee...sadly underused... :cry:
We have a saying in Holland; an ass (the donkey variety) doesn't stub its toe on the same rock twice.

Had an oportunity to dig in and defend so I took it. :yep:

[Task Force]

Except when the only way to win is to bash your foot into the rock.

[Oberon]

Except when the only way to win is to bash your head into the rock.

Fixed that for you TF.

:yep:

[Spike88]

We have a saying in Holland; an ass (the donkey variety) doesn't stub its toe on the same rock twice.

Had an oportunity to dig in and defend so I took it. :yep:


Donkey's don't have toes.

[Dowly]

Donkey's don't have toes.

Actually, they do. :88)

[Task Force]

Fixed that for you TF.

:yep:

That too.

[Spike88]

Actually, they do. :88)
They have hooves. They may have a toe underneath the hoof, but unless the donkey is walking around without a hoof(which would most likely be painful in it's own right), I doubt hitting a rock would hurt.

[Arclight]

Bugger me, it was a loose translation. Foot, toe, hoof, you get the idea. :O:

[Task Force]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=GY_Htk2Lnwc

The real reason for operation Barbarossa, portrayed in Men of War.

[eddie]

With a series like this, MOW that is, how does it compare to say Faces of War or CoH?

[SgtPotato]

Yes, I resurrected this thread because I bought Men of War: Assault Squad GOTY edition from Steam. Anyone want to play?



http://jondotrio.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/please.jpg

Please?

[Crécy]

Anyone still interested in playing Assault Squad? I've been wanting to get it and now it's on sale. However, as the mp aspect is strong in this one so I see no point buying it if there are no friends to play with. I don't want to play it with random players as I know all too well how that's going to turn out...

[RuDamP]

http://storage3.static.itmages.ru/i/15/0303/s_1425393911_2469329_1782577e4d.jpg (http://itmages.ru/image/view/2326315/1782577e)
http://storage3.static.itmages.ru/i/15/0303/s_1425393911_9112057_3533e1d27e.jpg (http://itmages.ru/image/view/2326314/3533e1d2)
http://storage2.static.itmages.ru/i/15/0303/s_1425393910_2376400_bb1015f67d.jpg (http://itmages.ru/image/view/2326313/bb1015f6)
http://storage1.static.itmages.ru/i/15/0303/s_1425393909_8721196_2d2cd2e4ae.jpg (http://itmages.ru/image/view/2326312/2d2cd2e4)

[Stealhead]

https://i.imgflip.com/iedgh.jpg (https://imgflip.com/i/iedgh)via Imgflip Meme Maker (https://imgflip.com/memegenerator)

[Aktungbby]

:spammm: On yer 'six' ya bugger! https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/J~0AAOSwQ1thAsCC/s-l500.jpg