WWIIO: Battleground Europe

i tried this about 4 years ago - the graphics and learning curve did it for me, often id find myself running for ages with nothing to do - then end up spawning in a battle that had the enemy just covering every spawn point, so it was die...die...die.

the premise of the game is amazing, I just dont think it caters to the masses with its difficulty in getting somethign done
 
mehuk said:
i tried this about 4 years ago - the graphics and learning curve did it for me, often id find myself running for ages with nothing to do - then end up spawning in a battle that had the enemy just covering every spawn point, so it was die...die...die.

the premise of the game is amazing, I just dont think it caters to the masses with its difficulty in getting somethign done
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This game has never attempted to cater for the masses...long may that continue. ;)

It does have a steep learning curve but being a simulation with complex gameplay, it's difficult to see how that can be avoided. Joining a squad will greatly reduce the difficulty in getting into the game though.

There have also been lots of changes since you last played so it could be worth giving the trial a go.
 
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there have been a lot of changes since 4 years ago! It will never be DoD or CS like, for example you never know where you died from unless you can see them shooting you, but it has its own charm. The infantry game up close (toe to toe) is terrible with lag (think CS1.4 on 28.8 modems) but youre never really up close and the sound of battle is excellent, you really know youre in a fight. The tank game is excellent and my personal fave the air game is superb. Give it a go.

Finally its important to join a squad. My own, 40Commando is a relaxed bunch of fellas. Im on a break at the mo (new baby) but feel free to give us a shout if you join up in a couple of months. In game name is d3vil, Northern how ya doing mate.
 
iKettles said:
Would love to join this but haven't got squat on my card, do they make a charge to verify my card details when signing up for a 14 day trial? I'm using a Solo Card.
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If you just dive straight in without a trail you can just pay via paypal which is what i'm going to do. That way I can just pay to play every month. If you don't like it then its only like £12 wasted and not the end of the world.
 
Tetsu said:
If you just dive straight in without a trail you can just pay via paypal which is what i'm going to do. That way I can just pay to play every month. If you don't like it then its only like £12 wasted and not the end of the world.
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Is it more on Paypal? It doesn't come to that much on my CC, even with the Pound being so weak .
 
1.29 has now been released.

New Planes:
Two new planes have been added in the early tiers. The Allies receive the Spitfire Mk Ib and the Axis receive the Bf109E1.

Rudder Response Audit:
All planes have undergone an intensive audit to their rudder control mechanisms.

Incendiary Rounds:
The following planes have had their load out adjusted to include the German 7.9mm incendiary rounds:
- bf109f4
- bf109e1
- bf109e3
- bf110c
- bf110c4
- fw190a4

Infantry:
- The French SMG has had it's kick adjusted to be inline with other weapons
- The combat knife is more deadly
- Engineers may now use the repair kit to rebuild destroyed AI
- Audited pistol dispersions to make them slightly more accurate at short range

Planes:
- Fixed P38 visible damage so that booms now stay attached when engines are destroyed

Ships:
- Fairmile 20mm tracers now show correctly
- Seamen will no longer be haunted by the incessant flapping of flags
- Boat fires are WAY cooler

ATGs:
- Audited the "big three" for improved mobility and handling
- PaK.36 37mm ATG had small increase in penetration

Tanks:
- Stug and Tiger commanders can now be properly killed
- PzKw.IIIf & Pz.38(t) 37mm guns had small increase in penetration
- Axis 75mm HI HEAT round had small increase in penetration

Brigades:
- AOs requested from army brigades (not paras) require a direct link to the objective
- AOs requested from army divisions (not paras) require a member brigade to have a direct link to the objective

UI/HUD:
- Players will no longer skip the Brigade Select screen
- Added new name tags in game to support Chinese characters (they look better too!)

Map:
- The mini map can now be zoomed using the (+) and (-) keys on the numpad
- The transparency slider for AWS has been adjusted and renamed

EWS:
- EWS no longer shows aircraft
- EWS no longer triggers chat messages for aircraft
- The air raid siren is still in effect needing heavy bomber contacts to trigger

Chat:
- Players will need to select a channel to transmit on while at the UI
- Added chat shortcuts
$orig
$targ
Are replaced with the name of your mission's origin or target respectively.
$lead
Is replaced with the callsign of your mission's current leader.
$unit
Is replaced with the short form of your current brigade, e.g. 1.Division/1.Brigade
$miss
Is replaced with your "mission" name, which is the same as $unit/$miss... E.g. 1.Division/1.Brigade/KFS1

Scoring:
- Your killer will now be listed in the AAR
- Scoring for killing an MSP has been increased
- Score is now rewarded for guarding capture buildings
- You can now get extra score for kills made while guarding a capture object

Terrain:
- Added new clouds
- Added several new buildings including urbans, town buildings, docks, airfield fences and farm ruins
- Added new bridges
- Added new capture objects
- Updated the memorial
- Added new builders
- Fixed several .report issues (hundreds even!)
- Hulks will no longer be created inside buildings
- Added a new training area




Anti Addiction (China releases only):
- Added "minor" classification for players
- Minors will be prompted to exit the game when they have played too much
- Minors will have score reduced at preset intervals until they no longer accumulate score


unity Upgrade:
- Several changes are starting to migrate into the live game from our work on upgrading the Unity Engine
- Introduced some technology improvements from the Unity Upgrade branch that should improve performance, especially under load
- Fixed several memory related issues
 
EWS:
- EWS no longer shows aircraft
- EWS no longer triggers chat messages for aircraft
- The air raid siren is still in effect needing heavy bomber contacts to trigger

Eh, not following this one? they given up on EWS?

- You can now get extra score for kills made while guarding a capture object

woot, about time.
 
Just signed up for the trial. Sounds interesting. :D

Site is veeeeery slow at the moment though.

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Not even slow... deadded.

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And registration has been closed ont he forum so I can't even get to the interesting stuff to read there...
 
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Have been playing this for nearly 2 months now. Very steep learning curve but is best game bar none when you get into it imo. Recently made level 5 infantry which means I get to play with sniper rifle :D

If you are new, join a squad asap! I'm in 40commando, great bunch who have helped me tonnes. Would not have got to level 5 so quickly otherwise.

Surprised that this thread is not the longest in PC Games section tbh. Having got to understand the mind set of fellow OcUK forum members, I'm sure if you gave it a chance many of you would love it.
 
i was going to download and have a go at the 14 day trial, but when i have to put my card details in, when im not even sure if i want it or not really puts me off.
 
Andr3w said:
i was going to download and have a go at the 14 day trial, but when i have to put my card details in, when im not even sure if i want it or not really puts me off.
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A lot of people complain about that. The reason they do it is people just constantly subscribe to the free trials otherwise, or existing paying players create temporary towing accounts. They do have a good reputation though and I've never heard of any issues with them and credit cards.
 
Flibster said:
Just signed up for the trial. Sounds interesting. :D

Site is veeeeery slow at the moment though.

Not even slow... deadded.

And registration has been closed ont he forum so I can't even get to the interesting stuff to read there...
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The Barracks/Hanger/Motor Pool etc. are only open to subscribers but you should be able to use the support forums. The site seems OK to me.
 
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