World War 2 Online

[dean_acheson]

I was wondering if anybody else here ever plays this. I recently joined, and I find it a really fun MMOFPS.

[ReallyDedPoet]

Do you have the link?


RDP

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by reallydedpoet

Do you have the link?


RDP

www.wwiionline.com

[ReallyDedPoet]

Originally Posted by Dowly

www.wwiionline.com

Thanks Dowly

Guess it was a pretty straight forward one at that


RDP

[dean_acheson]

it's really cool, i've enjoyed the heck out of it for the last week.

esp. with team speak. the radio chatter in a fight is way cool.

I played it for a week, I loved it, but its hard to get into and there aren't a whole lot of people playing.

[nattydread]

Ive been playing it since 2001...it is my all time favorite game and is my benchmark for all games...ALL!

I just cant wait until they finally add subs in it...I'd like to be optimistic and say 5yrs from now.

In fact, the hopes of subs in that game is what got me interested in subs games in general. Its all been in preparation for the glorious moment they model in WWIIOnline.

[TheBrauerHour]

Oh where do I start?!?!....

I was in the Allied High Command, I was a long time member. That being said, I will open up the corked bottle of feelings.

We have been waiting for many things from WWIIOL which just do not get delivered. This is the game that broke my gaming heart more than any other. I started playing it, realized what an awesome concept this game is with great potential. I had fun playing with friends, saw the videos of the new terrain and heard of the pipe dream ideas. I realized I was praying that all the "wonderful enhancements" would come to save the game from its dwindling population. I felt like a German soldier who wanted the "wonder weapons" to save Germany before it was too late. Finally I just could not wait any longer, and left the one game that I think has the best concept ever.

I think honestly if they could have done something for the Allies to prevent the frequent steamrolling of their forces more people could have stuck around. Sure for the Axis fanboys it was easy to love a game you win 75 percent of the time, but for Allied players the game simply is not fun. No fun = unsubscribing players. I would have thought Cornered Rat Software could have understood that...

This truly is the game I hate to love, because I know it will let me down in the end. I just can't help but see all that unfulfilled potential.

[FAdmiral]

I tried this game back in 2001 (i think) but was never able to get
connected. I take that back, after about 2 weeks of trying, I finally
got into the game. I ran and jumped into the back of a truck. It took
off for the front. After about 4 min. it stopped and I got out. There was
some shooting and when I lifted my gun to return fire, DISCONNECT !!
I NEVER tried again....(it had more bugs than a locust storm)

JIM

[nattydread]

Originally Posted by TheBrauerHour

Oh where do I start?!?!....

I was in the Allied High Command, I was a long time member. That being said, I will open up the corked bottle of feelings.

We have been waiting for many things from WWIIOL which just do not get delivered. This is the game that broke my gaming heart more than any other. I started playing it, realized what an awesome concept this game is with great potential. I had fun playing with friends, saw the videos of the new terrain and heard of the pipe dream ideas. I realized I was praying that all the "wonderful enhancements" would come to save the game from its dwindling population. I felt like a German soldier who wanted the "wonder weapons" to save Germany before it was too late. Finally I just could not wait any longer, and left the one game that I think has the best concept ever.

I think honestly if they could have done something for the Allies to prevent the frequent steamrolling of their forces more people could have stuck around. Sure for the Axis fanboys it was easy to love a game you win 75 percent of the time, but for Allied players the game simply is not fun. No fun = unsubscribing players. I would have thought Cornered Rat Software could have understood that...

This truly is the game I hate to love, because I know it will let me down in the end. I just can't help but see all that unfulfilled potential.

As a die-hard Allied player, I understand the pain, but we are currently mid-campaign of what should be our second win in a row.

I tried this game back in 2001 (i think) but was never able to get
connected. I take that back, after about 2 weeks of trying, I finally
got into the game. I ran and jumped into the back of a truck. It took
off for the front. After about 4 min. it stopped and I got out. There was
some shooting and when I lifted my gun to return fire, DISCONNECT !!
I NEVER tried again....(it had more bugs than a locust storm)

JIM

Its way passed those growing pains. The game is leaps and bounds beyond all that. In fact patch 1.27 is in live beta, hopefully going full live in 2 wks or so. You should both check it out, its adding a lot of new stuff and old content they've been wetting themselves want8ing to get in for years.

Mortars will be in, full Brigade based supply lists. No more cap an AB(armybase) and get full supply, all units are tied to a brigades alottment from Div HQ, so when you cap a town you have what you brought with you in terms of units remaining in supply. Re-supply will trickle in automatically provide you maintain a link to Div HQ and you dont out run your supply chain by extending your push too far away.

They threw in a few more fighters to round out the airforces, the Navy gets the next big dev cycle with the introduction of new river patrol boats with beefeed up guns and a MTB. You can also be re-suuplied in teh field now in vehicles, ATGs and I believe infantry. Players can drive supply trucks and auto re-supply ammo to firendlies in the area.

I think bailing out is close to reality and the supply trucks may also be able to provide some repair function in the future.

Anyway, all in all it is slowly but surely approaching the WWII nirvana we all hope it will be.

[Reaves]

Been playing it on and off for a few years now. Easily the best MMO around. There is nothing like flying my Spit and seeing the sunset. Or lying in a bush at night time crawling past enemy tanks.

Hmmm might resubscribe if my boss actually puts my pay through today.

[TheBrauerHour]

I really hate that you posted that about the Allies winning two in a row. That will be the first time the Allies have ever repeated when the Axis have done that how many times?

Man you really know how to stab me in the heart. I am doing something I said I could never bring myself to do, and that is resubscribe. I will give it one month...that is 14.99...to see if the game and me can coexist again. Hell, even if it doesn't work out, the price wasn't that much. See you on the battlefield, everyone look for juengere and say howdy if you see me. I will be the guy who has rank and has completely forgotten how to play.

[dean_acheson]

I've enjoyed it, joined a squad, the Royal Green Jackets, and have enjoyed the bit that I have played. Not much interest in the moment doing anything but infantry. The tanks seem a bit complicated for me, and it's fun crawling around taking potshots at people.

Right now, about all I play are SH4, NR2003, and this.

With the patch to SH4, likely it will be more of that, since my gaming time is pretty limited. But this is a good find, I think. I hope that it prospers...

[nattydread]

Originally Posted by TheBrauerHour

I really hate that you posted that about the Allies winning two in a row. That will be the first time the Allies have ever repeated when the Axis have done that how many times?

Man you really know how to stab me in the heart. I am doing something I said I could never bring myself to do, and that is resubscribe. I will give it one month...that is 14.99...to see if the game and me can coexist again. Hell, even if it doesn't work out, the price wasn't that much. See you on the battlefield, everyone look for juengere and say howdy if you see me. I will be the guy who has rank and has completely forgotten how to play.

I guess a, "Welcome back!" is in order

Im CJWilson in game, I hang around in the deep south flying FaF and ground pounding as French infantry. and ATGs..a little DD action on occasion too

[quote]The tanks seem a bit complicated for me[/qoute]

Its not so much that tanks are complicated...they really arent, its just that your situtational awareness is totally screwed up when your driving through the French country side in a garbage can with wheels and a gun. Moving in groups, moving slowly and cautiously and multi-crewing helps, but its always hard when you are moving into a defended area.

Tanks are much easier if you use them as ambush weapons...well everything works better as an ambush weapon What I tend to do is use an Anti-tank gun(ATG), they hit just as hard as a tank, but your visibilty and situtational awareness is much better.

First off your not complacent in lulled into a false since of security by thinking your safe because your wrapped up in a can or armor...you have to remember that in most cases armor is really only "armor" against small arms fire from infantry, because tanks are designed to hit hard enough to kill other tanks, only the biggest and baddest tank for the time can roll out with any confidence, and even then they are still highly prone to death.

Second, ATgs are pushed around, so you move much slower and take in the scenery and surroundings much better.

3rd, ATGs are small, low profile and thus easy to hide and conceal in bushes, tree lines, in buildings, etc. So the noob/cocky tanker who comes speeding down the street or through the bush never sees you first. If your ATG is big enough, they'll never get a shot before you flame him and pop his top anyway.

The only draw back to ATGs is that your have very littl eprotection if your located, or if an infantry is stalking you or just accidently runs up on you...but then again, if the infantry guy doesnt see you, you can always run over him and kill with your big ATG

You'd be surprised how many times Ive had enemy infantry run right past me while in a treeline or tucked into a bush. Sometimes i let em go, sometimes I "pop" them with an armor piercing round My best infantry kill with a 37mm anti-tank round was from 1700yds

[Reaves]

Resubbed, guess I missed OT.