Need feedback from Red Orchectra (STOCK) players!

[Dowly]

How is the game nowadays, are there still players? If so, how many? Servers full, or half an hour looking for an server?

EDIT: Save me from the "Try this and this mod", I don't care, how is the stock game.

[Spike88]

Originally Posted by Dowly

How is the game nowadays, are there still players? If so, how many? Servers full, or half an hour looking for an server?

EDIT: Save me from the "Try this and this mod", I don't care, how is the stock game.

Steam automatically suggests you try the Darkest Hour mod which makes me wonder how the stock game is.

[Dowly]

I played stock RO 2 years or so ago and liked it, guess DH is just of an addon, if I have understood it correctly, DH models the western europe battles only, leavin eastern europe to RO.

Loved the custom maps, especially the Finns vs. Russians Continuation War maps, very VERY atmospheric wih russian armor running on the woody hills where the Finninsh trecnhes were and Russian infantry pouring into the trenches. Awesome stuff.

[Spike88]

According to the Steam forums:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forum...php?forumid=62
You can still find a couple servers with good activity.

If I wasn't $1 dollar short of the price, and if my Fiance wouldn't kill me for spending our last $9 dollars(yay for being poor college students). I think I'd give this a try.

[Dowly]

Better start saving then, SSC might have something in store for ye. (SSS FTW)

[Spike88]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Better start saving then, SSC might have something in store for ye. (SSS FTW)

Speed Skating Canada?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Dowly

How is the game nowadays, are there still players? If so, how many? Servers full, or half an hour looking for an server?

EDIT: Save me from the "Try this and this mod", I don't care, how is the stock game.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Vendor

http://www.redorchestragame.com/

[Raptor1]

Think I'll reinstall RO as well...

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Dowly

http://www.redorchestragame.com/

that kind of a tank sim, but some part I have tried,but not just this, is it related to online?

[Raptor1]

It's an FPS, not a tank sim (Though it has tanks too). There is multiplayer, and there's no real point playing singleplayer.

[Arclight]

It has single-player?

[Gerald]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

It's an FPS, not a tank sim (Though it has tanks too). There is multiplayer, and there's no real point playing singleplayer.

it is fully booked on services and how long you can hold on?

[AngusJS]

Originally Posted by Dowly

EDIT: Save me from the "Try this and this mod", I don't care, how is the stock game.

Try this mod called Darkest Hour. I know you don't care, but I think it really improves RO and is worth trying.

The tank combat is vastly improved - no more silly angling - and I think the ballistics are better too. I think the tank maps are more open and allow for more long range combat than RO's. Some tanks have smoke rounds, another feature I don't recall from RO. Also, mg fire can destroy jeeps and kubelwagens, which reduces the effectiveness of the clown cars.

The graphics are also less cartoonish than RO's.

I play on the Jolly Rodgers tank server, which is full or close to it on the weekends or evenings in Europe and NA. Most players are pretty good, and it can be a lot of fun when your side really employs teamwork.

The 29th Infantry Division server concentrates on infantry maps logically enough, and is also very active. Alas, most of the ~50 other servers are empty most of the time.

Anyway, it's been awhile since I've played RO. It's hard to go back to after Darkest Hour.

[Raptor1]

I don't like DH much, but that's mostly because I'm partial to the Eastern Front setting of the original RO.