Profile of squippy

Avatar Area

Offline Unknown SteamID unknown
Posts: 484

General Information


Thread: I don't have access to my skins and mods4 Aug 2015, 19:54 PM I reinstalled after the last patch; subscribed maps did not appear right away, but have started showing up since. It's possible steam delays secondary content rather than doing it all in one go. In: Hardware and Tech
Thread: Recommended War Films 4 Aug 2015, 19:48 PM The Bridge at Remagen. The Big Red One. Ice Cold In Alex. Battle of Britain. Dambusters. Tora! Tora! Tora! Midway. The Cruel Sea. Sink The Bismark. In: The Library
Thread: What Are You Reading ?4 Aug 2015, 19:38 PM The last is interesting because it's primarily a platform for imagining what war in space might be like. Frex, the closing velocities of two fleets in the books is about 60,000 kilometers per second. To date, popular depictions of space warfare have used either a naval model or a carrier/fighter aerial one, but either make any real sense. This is one of the relatively few attempts to game out some of the possible implications. In: The Library
Thread: Fallout 42 Aug 2015, 14:32 PM I really liked the Caesar's Legion thing. It's an element of post-apocalyptic fiction that is often overlooked, the fact that society rebuilds, that the slate has been wiped clean, but that new creations may mirror the past. It's somewhat ironic that most of this is ignored in modern takes on the genre, because the book that arguably kicked it all off, 'A Canticle For Liebowitz', was heavily driven by the idea of cyclical history. So for me, the presence of Caesar's Legion definitely added to the credibility of the setting (while the Strip detracted from it, so swings and roundabouts). In: Other Games
Thread: Revisit the ISU-152 changes?2 Aug 2015, 14:20 PM Well, something had to be done about the ISU, but this manual switching between AP and HE bugs me. I know this isn't history simulation yada yada but it strike me as both silly and inconsistent. Vehicles carried both types of shells and chose which to load situationally; either the commander or the gunner would tell the loader which to use. However, the same is or should be true for generalist tanks like the P4 and Panther; they operated exactly the same way. As did every other tank. So what they have in effect done is make the unit dumber, requiring a user input for something that should be done automatically. What next, requiring a manual gear shift for driving? Manual turret traverse? Now I'll freely admit I don't have any actual better idea to suggest, but I really dislike this thing as it stands. In: COH2 Balance
Thread: COH 2 vs Real Life 2 Aug 2015, 14:10 PM Chill out, people, back in the day nearly every game had a thread like this, and it's always of the "it's funny because it's true" variety. Here are some old CoH1 ones from 2006: You know you've been playing COH too much when... Sep 28 2006, 15:34 PM 1. Your kid brother throws something at you, then you proceed to crawl around the house in a prone position for the rest of the afternoon. 2. If youre in Europe, after work you try to find the retreat button so you can get to the store twice as fast. ...Sep 28 2006, 16:12 PM 6. You look at the gate to your apartment complex and think "That'd be a great place to put a mine" 7. When you see someone on the roads who you don't like you immediately put your car into reverse and move backwards in short bursts. 8. You wish that there was just an "upgrade" button that could teach you javascripting. 9. When you are sitting in traffic on the Interstate you say out loud "Can't you drive any faster Klaus!" ... etc. etc. In: Lobby
Thread: Recommended WW2 reads2 Aug 2015, 13:47 PM Jump back to quoted post2 Aug 2015, 11:23 AMZupadupadude IIRC the campaign showed the leadership being shit most of the time, not the ordinary soldiers, hence Company of Heroes still applies I think. Not really. It showed them as forced and unwilling, and thus as either suckers or victims. It was both ridiculous and spiteful. I played the CoH1 campaign something like 5 times, but CoH2's was just too vile to get through even once. In: The Library
Thread: AOE Suggestion to prevent squad wipes 1 Aug 2015, 18:22 PM That isn't really realistic; in fact grenades are rather under-powered by comparison to reality. Pretty much all the grenades in the game are of the 'defensive' variety, so called because they hurl shrapnel over a longer distance than the grenade itself can be thrown, meaning they can only be used safely from cover. This is of course basically irrelevant to game design, though. I see no reason for making an effort to prevent grenades from causing squad wipes, this is neither necessary nor desirable. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: AOE Suggestion to prevent squad wipes 31 Jul 2015, 21:30 PM Yes but... Look, in Counterstrikeource, people can't walk through each, and sometimes that leads to the friendly fire I alluded to, and a lot of bad blood between team-mates. In Battlefield 2, you could clip through each no problem, but it made things a bit unrealistic, and you could indeed both be killed by a 'nade. Until the happy day arrives that computer programmes can mirror physical reality perfectly, there will probably have to be a compromise somewhere, and it's likely that it will leave somebody unhappy. In: COH2 Gameplay
Thread: USF Rangers31 Jul 2015, 21:21 PM One useful approach might be to look at what Rangers are "famous for" in WW2, and build abilities on that theme. I can't find much info, but one page I just found mentions surprise night attacks and living off the land. From that it's possible to suggest things like camouflage in cover, and healing when out of combat. (I'm not gonna propose prices and CP's etc. as I will leave that to people who know better) In: COH2 Balance