The F---!!!! moments thread

[Krauter]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

I feel like such a noob, but i started playing Men of War for the first time, and last night i constantly failed the first mission in the soviet campaign. I took the village and the hill, but i simply couldnt beat back all those infantrymen on the supply line

It was always a terrible defeat for me. Sometimes id get a track blown off and in a hurried attempt to fix it my crew member repairing the tank got blown away. Most of the time i would try focusing on the armored cars and panzers but ended up not being able to stop the infantry from throwing a grenade that blows off my turret or destroys my tank entirely. So what i ended up doing was simply getting off the hill and backing up near the river. I was able to keep the infantry away from me and the tanks destroyed. So i eventually FINALLY won the mission after about 30 tries, and went to bed. mind you i was playing on hard and my tank had little ammunition to begin with after taking the hill, so i really had to tweak my gameplay styles.


I come back today and APPARENTLY the save files are corrupted, so now i have to replay the mission over again >.>



I also have somewhat of a rant/question. in HOI3, i play as the soviets. Its 1939 and Germany already started the war with poland. So i decide to join in. I blow through the poles, and capture maybe 40-50% of the country including warsaw. But Poland doesnt surrender, they keep fighting. And germany owns the other half of poland. Ive been waiting months and months and nothing has happened yet. Poland hasnt gone to either side, nor given up the "fight" (they have no troops left and still show up as a faction). What the Heck! I cant tell if this is supposed to happen or not. Because i still dont own the territory i conquered, niether does germany with its land, and poland doesnt seem to be officially surrendering? What do i do?

In effect you control their land (the areas with the lines going through it). However, they now have a government in exile. Also, you gain no "cores" (provinces which are historically german/russian have cores on them). Because you're "occupying" their land" you can't annex them until you defeat GB and destroy the Allies (and their government in exile).

[CaptainMattJ.]

Originally Posted by Krauter

In effect you control their land (the areas with the lines going through it). However, they now have a government in exile. Also, you gain no "cores" (provinces which are historically german/russian have cores on them). Because you're "occupying" their land" you can't annex them until you defeat GB and destroy the Allies (and their government in exile).

well that blows for me. Cause now i have germany with their massive heavy tank divisions right on and in my territories, and not enough AT to beat them back effectively when war comes.

Also, for anyone who plays men of war, i simply CANNOT beat the 5th mission in the soviet campaign, the penal colony, where you take the hill and defend it. I made a very sloppy mistake when i tried taking the hill, my only t34 got one-shotted by a pak i didnt see, and so when i captured the hill i had only the 2 paks and 3 AA guns left and 9 infantrymen (armed to the teeth with as many At grenades they can carry).

And after a few tries i finally held the hill with men still on top and defending when the timer hit 0. but I STILL lost the mission. I dont know why either, i held the hill. Am i supposed to attempt to protect the last stragglers of the armored convoy? Or can there simply not be germans on the hill when the timer goes down? Or am i supposed to eliminate them all before th e timer runs out?

Because ive tried twice, succeeding both times in defending the hill and i STILL cannot win the mission.

[Krauter]

Bleed them out as happened historically.

[CaptainMattJ.]

Dont you hate it in men of war when a single valentine snipes 3 Panzer III Ausf Gs , taking fire from 2 of them and having all the shots bounce? yea me too...

Not to mention all the panzer III Ausf Fs i lost to instant one shots through the frontal armor by a valentine...

[Arclight]

British tanks are invulnerable, unless you are using them yourself.

[Biggles]

I hate cheating AI...it's more and more common these days...having the enemy AI on the highest difficulty doesn't make them smarter, they just get endless resources and unrealistic luck.

Just had a game on COH with Blitzkrieg mod. A Sherman takes out my Jagdpanzer from the front in one shot. Not a Firefly mind you.

[Oberon]

Arrowhead, BAF.

Second mission, I order the Engie out to clear the mines. He sets to on the first one and then some Mujies pop up from the rocks and open fire. They are quickly silenced, but then one of the Warrior IFVs has a bright idea and maneuvers forward and to the right, straight into one of the active mines, killing not only itself but my Engineer too.

Great work treads...great work...

[Geno_Mariner]

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ.

Also, for anyone who plays men of war, i simply CANNOT beat the 5th mission in the soviet campaign, the penal colony, where you take the hill and defend it. I made a very sloppy mistake when i tried taking the hill, my only t34 got one-shotted by a pak i didnt see, and so when i captured the hill i had only the 2 paks and 3 AA guns left and 9 infantrymen (armed to the teeth with as many At grenades they can carry).

Ugh I'm still stuck around that point. Kept recieving AT grenades and always blown up before I could even proceed