Forgotten Hope News Update: 14th December 2009: Birthday at the Beach

[VonMudra]

Fuck yes they need the lemon squeezer.  My guess is like the Australian slouch, it'll be made and silently entered into the game

[Strat_84]

I would prefer a 37mm PzIII, too. It's essentially vital for Fall Gelb maps.

Sure, or the result will be as horrible to play as the FH1 map was in version 0.7 (50mm PzIIIs knocking out B1 and mathildas, whereas allies armors were in trouble to even damage them ...)

[THeTA0123]

I would prefer a 37mm PzIII, too. It's essentially vital for Fall Gelb maps.

Sure, or the result will be as horrible to play as the FH1 map was in version 0.7 (50mm PzIIIs knocking out B1 and mathildas, whereas allies armors were in trouble to even damage them ...)

Simple. Introduce Flak 18's and do what rommel did.

The British where almost victorious back then, only on the last minute did Rommel figured something out to deal with the Matilda's and Char's

[VonMudra]

No, he's talking about how FH used the later 50mm Panzer 3s which were nearly non-existent in France, the majority of the tanks being Pz1, Pz2, Pz3 with 37mm, and a smattering of Pz4C/D.  Because of the 50mm, the french CharB1 and Soumas on the map were not as powerful as they should have been.  So he's saying that that only way to have a really good tanker map, that's authentic, for 1940 is to have the weaker german tanks.

[THeTA0123]

No, he's talking about how FH used the later 50mm Panzer 3s which were nearly non-existent in France, the majority of the tanks being Pz1, Pz2, Pz3 with 37mm, and a smattering of Pz4C/D.  Because of the 50mm, the french CharB1 and Soumas on the map were not as powerful as they should have been.  So he's saying that that only way to have a really good tanker map, that's authentic, for 1940 is to have the weaker german tanks.

Well yes ofcourse. Surely their can be one or 2 Panzer IV's with those HEAT rounds, despite being in to much quantity
But yes, you are right

[Strat_84]

That's exactly what I was meaning VonMundra. 

But I'm pretty sure that the 50mm PzIII were not nearly, but completly non-existent in France, because their production started around July/August 1940. Even with an ultra fast delivery, the battle was already over. 

[VonMudra]

AFAIK maybe a dozen actually saw combat, like, RIGHT at the end.  If that.

[Ts4EVER]

if the rumors are true they might reveal the ardennes at christmas 

[THeTA0123]

if the rumors are true they might reveal the ardennes at christmas  

my reaction



But if no Jagdpanthers and hellcats are presents, they We zhall Rage!

[Torenico]

if the rumors are true they might reveal the ardennes at christmas 

Sounds Logic.. but we havent seen any Bulge Map on the test server, just the misterius "Operation Rats over Moscow"

[djinn]

Rats over Moscow? If I didn't know better, I would say, Rats referred to the ratten-kreig or rat war, implying Stalingrad, while moscow implied Russians... But that will really be far fetched or a really bold move by the devs to expand the scope and player base

[Admiral Donutz]

At first I misread the title as "birth at the beach", and I thought "ouch, that sounds nasty!".

German bias!

[Ionizer]

At first I misread the title as "birth at the beach", and I thought "ouch, that sounds nasty!".

German bias!

OMG!  They're making a map about the birth of Revolver Ocelot!

[Kelmola]

if the rumors are true they might reveal the ardennes at christmas 

Sounds Logic.. but we havent seen any Bulge Map on the test server, just the misterius "Operation Rats over Moscow"

Rats? RATS? Dare I say it...?

...probably not...

...but Rats over Moscow brings many fond memories of Raid over Moscow. Getting the damned fighter out of the hangar was probably the toughest stage

Apparently, the devs are playing with us. Which other references this might hide? Rats? As in flying rats? SM.81 Pipistrello, "Bat"? Moscow? As in East... but not necessarily Eastern Front? Eastern Mediterranean? An air-only map? Or.... "Operation Herkules", the planned-but-never-realized invasion of Malta?

[Tedacious]

Isn't it obvious? 2 options:

1. Maus tanks fitted with jetmotors, flying over moscow and shooting it to pieces

2. Heinkel planes airdropping maus tanks into the streets of moscow, taking it over from within