Campaign Suggestion (WIP) Red Army Mission 1: Battle of Rostov

[TheVolskinator]

^Yes, in which case you'd get pooch screwed and lose instantly when your 4 MGs got lolpwnd by the wave of fireup S-troops. I really don't want to play a mission like that, and I'm sure others would agree.

[Pac-Fish]

It could just be a cinematic . Do you remember the first US mission where soldiers where dropping like flies to MG fire and you had to push across? And it could be a SU mission where you need to find an alternate route because you see all these soldiers dying, which could help get you used to SU flanking.

[TheVolskinator]

It could just be a cinematic . Do you remember the first US mission where soldiers where dropping like flies to MG fire and you had to push across? And it could be a SU mission where you need to find an alternate route because you see all these soldiers dying, which could help get you used to SU flanking.

Touche.

[Ost_Front_Soldat]

Too hard to replicate in CoH. Besides, the way suppression works, the whole charge would either get pinned or flat out overwhelm you off the bat. Good idea, but so hard to impliment. Let's not forget that shit like that really never took place.

@Ost_Front, thanks for the feedback on my feedback  . Do you have a take on a Kurt Knipsel 'Panzer Ace' esque mission?

I would handle it differently than that the Wittman missions in ToV. The direct fire is kind of cool but I think a Knipsel-like mission would be perfect to demonstrate the Ostheer's new tank veterancy mechanic(per crew member veterancy, etc). I would set that mission in a later campaign mission, in late 43 or 44 and basically you are hopelessy outnumbered and you only control like 2 Tiger Is and a handful of infantry and you have to hold back waves of Russian armour.

[TheVolskinator]

Too hard to replicate in CoH. Besides, the way suppression works, the whole charge would either get pinned or flat out overwhelm you off the bat. Good idea, but so hard to impliment. Let's not forget that shit like that really never took place.

@Ost_Front, thanks for the feedback on my feedback  . Do you have a take on a Kurt Knipsel 'Panzer Ace' esque mission?

I would handle it differently than that the Wittman missions in ToV. The direct fire is kind of cool but I think a Knipsel-like mission would be perfect to demonstrate the Ostheer's new tank veterancy mechanic(per crew member veterancy, etc). I would set that mission in a later campaign mission, in late 43 or 44 and basically you are hopelessy outnumbered and you only control like 2 Tiger Is and a handful of infantry and you have to hold back waves of Russian armour.

Fair enough. Though IMO, such a late time would warrent an early carreer Whitmann mission timed right after he traded in his assault gun gray for panzer black.

[Ost_Front_Soldat]

Too hard to replicate in CoH. Besides, the way suppression works, the whole charge would either get pinned or flat out overwhelm you off the bat. Good idea, but so hard to impliment. Let's not forget that shit like that really never took place.

@Ost_Front, thanks for the feedback on my feedback  . Do you have a take on a Kurt Knipsel 'Panzer Ace' esque mission?

I would handle it differently than that the Wittman missions in ToV. The direct fire is kind of cool but I think a Knipsel-like mission would be perfect to demonstrate the Ostheer's new tank veterancy mechanic(per crew member veterancy, etc). I would set that mission in a later campaign mission, in late 43 or 44 and basically you are hopelessy outnumbered and you only control like 2 Tiger Is and a handful of infantry and you have to hold back waves of Russian armour.

Fair enough. Though IMO, such a late time would warrent an early carreer Whitmann mission timed right after he traded in his assault gun gray for panzer black.

Would be definately cool, even him in his StuG days were worth making levels around, lol.

Basically, I think the campaign should demonstrate the tactical victories of both sides, and also show the failures of both armies through each other's shoes. I mean some battles will be in both campaigns(Stalingrad, Kursk, Berlin) but others will be faction specific missions (Kiev 1941 is Ostheer, Rostov is Red Army etc).

I think each campaign should be 10 missions long, for total of 20 levels. Ofcourse that is a lot of work but we'll see, I hope the EF guys move on to campaign after Ostheer and Red Army are balanced.

[Hydra]

This might not be legal, but here goes:
The devs could probably rip the audio from Red Orchestra 2's campaign mission cut scenes where the Russian commissar is narrating and they can use it in the mission. I've noticed they both have a very similar tactical map debriefing where the guy explains "We must hold here or if routed, fall back to this position, blah blah blah."
Just a suggestion.

[Pac-Fish]

I wouldn't mind that idea, save for the legal part 

[Tankbuster]

Since this mod is not for profit, they can rip it off.





FYI, if this mod gets entangled in a lawsuit, it will be Hydra's fault.

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

Well we already have voice actors .

[Rikard Blixt]

Since this mod is not for profit, they can rip it off.

No we can't. We need permissions to anything that anyone else has made. We may use shorter parts of others work under the US law of "Fair Use", but that doesn't mean we can copy an hour of sound file.

[Tankbuster]

Oh well, there goes my best suggestion.

[stealthattack1]

i dont mean to usurp other ideas, but i just didn't want to create a new thread for one idea. so here it is. Pavlov's house. it was a soviet held stronghold during the battle of stalingrad. i dont have much of a vision for this, i just thought it would be cool as a campaign mission. tell me what you think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov's_House

[Walentin 'Walki' L.]

i dont mean to usurp other ideas, but i just didn't want to create a new thread for one idea. so here it is. Pavlov's house. it was a soviet held stronghold during the battle of stalingrad. i dont have much of a vision for this, i just thought it would be cool as a campaign mission. tell me what you think. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlov's_House

I think almost everybody who played on Dom Pavlov (4) knows the story of it.

[stealthattack1]

true. but still, would it be a good campaign?