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Announcements / Re: The Royal Marines Commando issue

« on: August 02, 2013, 03:23:27 AM »

I see.  Well I guess in a perfect world it would be nice to see the "Desert Rat" faction included along with the German Afrika Corps.  If this meant replacing the RMC then so be it.  But again the idea would be to alleviate the programming burden on you and the rest of the EF crew by piggybacking off of the work of the Afrika Corps group.  This would potentially add two additional factions without nearly the amount of work required to develop them from scratch.  Again my perspective is that the more units/factions/maps the better.  Anyway to get there easily would, I believe, be helpful.

All that said I am very pleased with EF and the amount of time and effort that has gone into it as is.  I would not want to ask something of group of volunteers who have graciously provided their work for our enjoyment.  Please feel free to continue as best you see fit.  I look forward to any future additions!

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Announcements / Re: The Royal Marines Commando issue

« on: August 02, 2013, 01:52:16 AM »

First I want to commend the EF team for the work they have done.  This mod is phenomenal and is testament to the hard work and dedication of the programming and balancing crews.  In my opinion Eastern Front in its current form far surpasses COH 2. 

Second, I vote for keeping RMC.  I like having as many diverse units sets as possible and I think removing the option from the game is unnecessary.  Those that dislike certain factions can state when setting up a game their individual restrictions.  For those of us that prefer as many options as possible keeping the RMC is preferred.  Splitting them into another faction would be great too if the programming team feels it has the time and energy to make such a commitment.  I would certainly support that as well.

Thirdly, Michaelcycle13's suggestion about combining with the Afrika Corps group sounds like a great option if technically possible.  Again adding more factions adds diversity and breaths new life into the game.  Artificially restricting the types of units/factions available based on the title ("Eastern Front") is, in my opinion, naive and short sighted.  I believe this community is more interested in expanding the life and excitement of the COH experience than maintaining a rigid adherence to historical accuracy.  Every game has a certain shelf life - even COH - so why not try to extend this shelf life as much as possible by continuing to expand to new theaters of war and adding new units and options.

Hope these suggestions are at least somewhat useful.  Thanks!