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General Battuta posted:I...I enjoy botes. As do I! 
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It's a much better system for punishing than for bonusing. It has much more effect for dropping below 10 men. Take your basic motostrelki for instance. Their AK-74 has a base reload of 6s. Machineguns don't change (to my knowledge), but if they did the results would be fairly similar, just exaggerated a bit more. 2men He/s=0.08 truereload 30s 5men HE/s=0.10 truereload 12s 10men HE/s =0.13 truereload 6s 15men HE/s = 0.14 truereload 4s 100men he=0.17 truereload = 0.6s For reference, W.German line infantry, Jagers, do about 0.17HE/s The bonus is basically all in the hitpoints.
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May 2, 2014 19:42
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Ghostmonkey posted:I tried my hand at making a USSR Armored deck: First is there a reason you made this a 1980 deck? That's really hurting you for very little payoff. I tend to think this deck has far too many tanks to ever use, and could use some more cheap stuff in other roles. The number one reason to change would be the ability to get BMP3s, which are amazing. Here's the USSR deck (no specialty) that I use. jvAZoaKpLUKFOrzNDXmaHMKZ7DEuiwfMCuXBIiBUuIYWNGGZUKRDpCykpT1oBUk4kYOMQ7IIlSkpCS9M4QPE1GBU6Sj8 Edit: The code you exported is not the same as the deck you took a picture of--you exported the default soviet battlegroup deck. JeffersonClay fucked around with this message at 21:48 on May 2, 2014 |
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May 2, 2014 21:08
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Eh...it has T80UM in it I am pretty sure it is not era'd. For tank deck you should really have something cheap and durable like the basic T55 or T62 if you can stand the speed. Forget about infantry. Use your cheap tank to almost completely replace it's function. Avoid rough terrains occupied by enemy infantry at all cost in the early game. Keep a picketing force of a tank or two 1km outside the forest and call it contained for now. Get spetznas and use them to capture forest you absolutely needs but that's it. Don't get bogged down. As long as they don't have ATGM, holed up infantry cannot project firepower. Cut them off and deal with them later.
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May 2, 2014 21:30
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Just driving around towns isn't usually an option as a practical matter, even when there aren't ATGMs.
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May 2, 2014 21:49
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pedro0930 posted:Eh...it has T80UM in it I am pretty sure it is not era'd. For tank deck you should really have something cheap and durable like the basic T55 or T62 if you can stand the speed. Forget about infantry. Use your cheap tank to almost completely replace it's function. Avoid rough terrains occupied by enemy infantry at all cost in the early game. Keep a picketing force of a tank or two 1km outside the forest and call it contained for now. Get spetznas and use them to capture forest you absolutely needs but that's it. Don't get bogged down. As long as they don't have ATGM, holed up infantry cannot project firepower. Cut them off and deal with them later. As an aside, the cheap BMP-1s are excellent IFVs for armor-heavy decks because the HEAT and missile let them contribute to the tank battle and the RPM lets them help out your infantry. It's also very important that you have good smoke micro with the armor deck, because it lets your ignore forests/towns/ATGMs.
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May 2, 2014 22:01
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Mortabis posted:Just driving around towns isn't usually an option as a practical matter, even when there aren't ATGMs. That's map dependant and opportunity is more common than one would expects but yes that's why tank deck sucks  .
pedro0930 fucked around with this message at 22:08 on May 2, 2014 |
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May 2, 2014 22:05
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JeffersonClay posted:First is there a reason you made this a 1980 deck? That's really hurting you for very little payoff. I tend to think this deck has far too many tanks to ever use, and could use some more cheap stuff in other roles. The number one reason to change would be the ability to get BMP3s, which are amazing. Here's the USSR deck (no specialty) that I use. jvAZoaKpLUKFOrzNDXmaHMKZ7DEuiwfMCuXBIiBUuIYWNGGZUKRDpCykpT1oBUk4kYOMQ7IIlSkpCS9M4QPE1GBU6Sj8 My mistake, I fixed the export string. I feel like I could use that many tanks, but mostly I took the specialization for the veterancy bonuses (which aren't very impressive anymore). OctaMurk posted:As an aside, the cheap BMP-1s are excellent IFVs for armor-heavy decks because the HEAT and missile let them contribute to the tank battle and the RPM lets them help out your infantry. It's also very important that you have good smoke micro with the armor deck, because it lets your ignore forests/towns/ATGMs. pedro0930 posted:That's map dependant and opportunity is more common than one would expects but yes that's why tank deck sucks I'm doomed. 
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May 2, 2014 22:34
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Does anybody else wish Italy had been added just for the Centauro?Deutsch Nozzle posted:The server changes from LA to San Fran. It's also basically the exact distance between the cities. It's kinda cool that the two of them align pretty perfectly along a great circle route from China. xthetenth fucked around with this message at 23:02 on May 2, 2014 |
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May 2, 2014 22:59
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xthetenth posted:It's also basically the exact distance between the cities. It's kinda cool that the two of them align pretty perfectly along a great circle route from China. The internet does not send its signals along great circles, but rather along cables that travel between hubs 
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May 2, 2014 23:43
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Deutsch Nozzle posted:The internet does not send its signals along great circles, but rather along cables that travel between hubs uhh i am pretty sure it uses tubes, dude
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May 3, 2014 01:35
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One thing I know for sure is it isn't a big truck, because only command squads get those now
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May 3, 2014 02:11
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Hubis posted:uhh i am pretty sure it uses tubes, dude what is a cable but a really small tube. covered in insulation. so i guess it goes through really tiny pool noodles.
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May 3, 2014 02:17
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Enjoy posted:One thing I know for sure is it isn't a big truck, because only command squads get those now Recon too!
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May 3, 2014 02:26
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Deutsch Nozzle posted:The internet does not send its signals along great circles, but rather along cables that travel between hubs Speedtest.net gives geographical numbers unless there's a direct pipe from south central Pennsylvania to Cape Town from the time I checked whether or not their number follows internet topography or great circle routes. (No I am the sperglord  )
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May 3, 2014 02:38
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Ted Stevens sighed as he drew his katana...
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May 3, 2014 03:13
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Ghostmonkey posted:My mistake, I fixed the export string. I feel like I could use that many tanks, but mostly I took the specialization for the veterancy bonuses (which aren't very impressive anymore). Armored decks are worthless in RD because they stack bonuses into a largely meta-irrelevant unit type, and the overall reduction in veterancy across the board means they can't even get anything at elite. They also lost the useful support units that made having a weak infantry presence bearable in ALB.
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May 3, 2014 06:46
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So I made a couple of dumb decks for the heck of it! A US Airborne deck BrCxZMwEepbI9MD1EnEYBaAwDCqZ2FUzvJqneSsA8lqJ5LU7DKokbbAKQBdLs52mLjdaiqxZpSkzSZpSEJCEvaWM6aoOS/qDVRCohUEpKcnOUkspoV2YbiA= and a Polish Airborne deck. lrAtELQZmyEpPEJsg4TZBwmyEhNllCTLKg2ikJtFITk8Qk3tb2uCXBLeJvE3gQLlsS7yJhEwhHQjoly25ocvyZicnuOJGKihSogXTiuI04icRy2A Funnily enough, I feel like the Polish one is stronger than the US one. I know I must have made a bunch of silly choices in both decks, but is Polish Airborne really that good?
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May 3, 2014 06:53
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Armored used to be one of the decent restrictions, but I think that you can do better with an unrestricted deck that focuses on tanks right now. The limitations on what you're allowed to bring got stricter while armor got more fragile.
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May 3, 2014 06:56
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Cheap (like ten point) tanks are really good right now for jamming poo poo up in urban combat and providing expendable support when you have to play Attack the Block.
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May 3, 2014 07:18
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Let's lobby for the removal of fuel (RD edition) again. It's dumb since EE (to the point where they just rise autonomy across the board for many units with low autonomy over the years anyways). All it does it stifling maneuver and offense (all intrinsically Good Things in RTS), and makes a handful of units atrocious to use because they literally need refuel immediately after arriving at the front-line unless you want to get stuck with no fuel 30 seconds later. Not to mention with the scale of Wargame where most even the larger map is only 50km across, autonomy would be a complete non-factor if not for the way it is implemented.
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May 3, 2014 10:07
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General Battuta posted:I...I enjoy botes. Botes for life brother, botes for life.
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May 3, 2014 12:15
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General Boattuta posted:I...I enjoy botes. We won't judge.
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May 3, 2014 12:45
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Arglebargle III posted:We won't judge. If sailing four or five zippo ships up behind a pubbie zone as you assault it through smoke from the front doesn't give you a raging boner, you have missed out big time.
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May 3, 2014 12:58
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Deptfordx posted:Botes for life brother, botes for life. Boooooaaaaataaah brothahs!
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May 3, 2014 12:59
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In monitors i trust!
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May 3, 2014 16:23
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http://perfectumlab.com/gallery/panorams/tours/military/t80bv/?h=290.04&v=0.69&f=151.00&l=commander&m=view_fisheye
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May 3, 2014 17:27
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Ghostmonkey posted:My mistake, I fixed the export string. I feel like I could use that many tanks, but mostly I took the specialization for the veterancy bonuses (which aren't very impressive anymore). Here's a replay with an armored deck employing the general strategy I outlined. http://alb-replays.info/rdbeta/php/api.php?download=382 This is the deck I used:  DjCUwLp8eokR8RIj4i0HZZcOzJTOGMDGFC8R0QkELzNhmxDujAQvp81pSHMzch1Q5KeUN4u0YMLDFmSNhICjxYKLuYzsZ2MrGYA= This is actually the third game using this deck. First game I used a lot of Scorpions and Chieftain MK.2, but find their firepower to be grossly insufficient. These two vehicles should be backed up by either Milan 2 teams or a Challenger or two to be effective. The next game I got rid of all the Scorpions to get some MK.11, which worked decent enough, although it was a fairly unusual game with very conservative opponent and there was only skirmishes before the game ends. Striker can probably be dropped for something else. In all three games I played I opt to get pairs of Milan 2 teams when I need extra AT power. Another observation is that single mortar is surprisingly effective at laying down smoke. I think I'll consider bringing 2 single mortars in future games. I think UK might not be a good choice for armor deck due to their slow tanks. But NATO tanks are kind of poorly armored at the price point I want (30-40pt). I am going to try similar thing using a US deck later with Rise Patton or just less M1IP instead. pedro0930 fucked around with this message at 18:38 on May 3, 2014 |
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May 3, 2014 18:25
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How in God's name do you kill Li Jian 
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May 3, 2014 19:02
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The same way you kill all infantry in Red Dragon. 2000lb bombs.
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May 3, 2014 19:13
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Napalm. Napalm tanks. Fallschirmjägers in the same city block so they can't use their napalm rockets. Waves of reservists so they run out of napalm rockets. Helicopter rockets.
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May 3, 2014 21:46
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Throw empty transports at them, they'll waste all their napalm rockets tickling them to death 1 health bar at a time instead of stomping on your infantry.
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May 3, 2014 22:03
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TsarZiedonis posted:Throw empty transports at them, they'll waste all their napalm rockets tickling them to death 1 health bar at a time instead of stomping on your infantry. Empty truck drivers are the true heroes.
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May 4, 2014 00:25
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I prefer empty APC's, with naught but a single machine gun on them they really are only useful for soaking up ATGM's and tank fire.
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May 4, 2014 01:11
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And now that the 1AV damage boost is gone, they can often eat two shots before dying.
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May 4, 2014 01:14
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I opened the game and caught this perfect wild-type specimen
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May 4, 2014 02:10
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General Battuta posted:How in God's name do you kill Li Jian Not with infantry.
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May 4, 2014 02:44
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General Battuta posted:I opened the game and caught this perfect wild-type specimen I've always wondered who was the guy working on character sets that said "No no no, we can't ship this yet. There's no way to type a swastika!" Or why you wouldn't disable it as a developer when your last two games were full of people spamming Nazi poo poo in chat :eugen:
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May 4, 2014 02:57
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Confucius once say: "Iron bomber best special forces"
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General Battuta posted:I opened the game and caught this perfect wild-type specimen
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