Is Germany overpowered?

[KnightFandragon]

Lolz, best solution ever, DONT rely on the AI to shoot and do stuff in this game, they are pretty brainless at times it seems, instead figure out the Direct Control feature and get proficient at it......Once you do, youyr troubles will melt away haha....AT Guns and Tank...Direct Control.....The AI is dumber then a Brick and will in most cases just sit there and die

[classic_leon]

Drop your airbone boy to the back of an artillery. Start from the long-range rocket on the top when enemy reinforcements are not coming at the moment. If you are lucky, you may get one rocket to roll all other artilleries.

Agreed. You can only rely on your direct control to shoot, otherwise your units are staring blankly without rhyme or reason.

[vorius]

OMG Were you right about Direct Control.

Its a WORLD of difference!

I assumed direct control of a tank and of course I now have the advantage of being able to maneuver intelligently and use obstacles for cover but what surprised me that I could now fire at about the same ranges the enemy fires at me. Why does the AI for my tanks just sit idle taking shots while not firing when it can, as I can when in direct control? I mean, why isnt it the same AI as the enemy who seems to be much more capable? Is the player's units AI made handicapped on purpose?

Also I am able to clear out enemy AT positions pretty easily now as well when in direct control - something which was virtually impossible when under AI control since when I ask a tank to attack an AT position they seem to think they need to drive up within stone throw's distance to it.

[Kreaken]

Yeah direct control makes a huge difference, esp. when you can HE round snipe enemy AT guns at times. Also, I haven't mastered it yet but using DC with a flamethrower is probably my favorite things about the game so far. Advance with a squad of infantry and lay some smoke down to cover your advance and then just waltz in laying everything to waste! (just walk into any obstacle or you will splash yourself and permanently lose your soldier.

Unfortunately I haven't been able to figure out how to setup the dynamic camera with my mouse and have to revert to the numpad which is hurting my experience with the action somewhat. Anyone know how I can do this? I have a wireless laser mouse (logitech) with wheel + extra buttons.

[KnightFandragon]

Originally Posted by vorius

Why does the AI for my tanks just sit idle taking shots while not firing when it can, as I can when in direct control? I mean, why isnt it the same AI as the enemy who seems to be much more capable? Is the player's units AI made handicapped on purpose?

Also I am able to clear out enemy AT positions pretty easily now as well when in direct control - something which was virtually impossible when under AI control since when I ask a tank to attack an AT position they seem to think they need to drive up within stone throw's distance to it.

Your tanks sit idle because the gun has a shorter engagement range then the actual gun. If you look at gun files you will see, or atleast on some guns, I mostly see it on infantry weapons, Aim Range and Max Range. That is the MP44 stats, the aim range and max range. Aim Range is like the AI's engagement range and they wont fire by themselves at that range unless you tell them to, even if they are being shot at.

{from "pattern smg"
{filling "ammo pistol" 30}
{mass 5}
{entity "sg44"}
{fireSound "smg/mp44_burst/"}
{reloadSound "mp44"}
{speed 130}

{recoveryTime 0.15}

{aimRange 60} ; == maxRange
{maxRange 60}
{spreading 1
{BurstAccuracy 100 92 84 76 68 60}
{SpreadPower 1}
{SpreadXYRatio 1.5}
{SpreadYadjust 0.25}
}
{burst
{short 3 1}
{long 8 1}
}
{healthDamage 65}
("accuracy_carabine")
}

I figured it out after the G3 Rifle my infantry had was set to 20 aim range and were only shooting at 20........So its the same thing with tanks as well. I find it best to just DIrect Control everything, including a single infantry man. Ive done with a single DC's infantry man what I couldnt do with a whole damn division.


As for the tanks driving up to the targets, yeah its annoying haha. Direct Control is what made me love this game..........it was when I played the Demo, saw Gas limits in the tanks, ammo limits for infantry and tanks and then there was Direct Control....it was love at first Explosion =D This game is like the RTS that never was hahah...DC is what makes this game that much better then CoH to me.....cuz in CoH, the ranges are already set to stone throws distance and there is no DC...not real DC anyway haha
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As for the question of the thread..."Is Germany Overpowered".......I cant say in Men of War: Assault Squad as I have not played it, but in Regular Men of War, id have to say yes. A Well played German team cannot be beat by any other nation. Thier guns are more effective, thier armor is superior and they get the MP44. Once they get thier Panthers and King Tigers and stuff like that, if the German players have brains there is not alot of anything the Allied player can hope to do. Infantry spotting for the Panzer's, tanks blowing away any panzy Sherman thrown at the Panzers....yeah, it is pretty ugly.