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Eastern Front / Re: Why did Germany lose on the Eastern Front

« on: June 16, 2010, 11:05:39 PM »

To the O.P., to stay a little on topic:
I'd recommend watching the doc "The War Of The Century - When Hitler Fought Stalin", if you haven't already. Well, if you had, you probably hadn't started this thread. 
It details pretyy much the complete history from their early rise to power via their pre-war rivalry to the inevitable conclusion. It's almost sureal to see how two of the most paranoid homicidal megalomaniacs who ever lived managed to change the world forever at an astounding cost. I guess you can safely say it was always about Stalin and the bolsheviks for Hitler. If he was playing World of Warcraft, the invasion of western Europe was nothing but a sidequest to him to earn some experience points.

Gives a good insight in Hitler's compulsive wish to destroy Stalin and how it basically turned him kind of cooky and made him lose everything. Well, not that he was the epitomy of humble stability in his earlier days, but you get my point. 

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Off Topic / Re: Fresh meat introduction

« on: June 07, 2010, 02:57:06 PM »

Thanks for the tips guys!

I remembered yesterday that you can indeed change the difficulty setting, that helped. Tried my first round with me and medium US vs. 1 easy and 1 medium Wehrmacht. I always like to play 4x4 so I have a computer teammate who takes the brunt of the enemy's assault while I figure everything out in the meantime. It was do-able up to a point where I got too comfortable. I had my T34 and a brand new IS2 and was just settling in halfway through the map when suddenly I got overrun by a couple of Stugs and a Panter and everything started to fall apart... Gonna try again this evening :-)

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Off Topic / Fresh meat introduction

« on: June 05, 2010, 03:48:52 PM »

Hello.

Since I'm new to this mod and forum I just wanted to say hello. I re-installed CoH last week after hearing of this mod. After hours of patching CoH:OF I finally was able to play Eastern Front and got my ass severely crushed the first couple of rounds. So I joined this forum for tips, hints and experiences.

Did I by any chance miss an in-game tutorial option (for the mod, not the game itself) or is it really just a case of "jump in there and see what happens"?

Thanks.