Forgotten Hope News Update: 4th of July, 2010

[Ciupita]

... Still using the 1957 Canadian ensign on the updates instead of the proper green maple leaf flag? 

Every Canadian division had their own colour of maple leaf flag. 1st Canadian Inf. Div. had red one, 2nd blue, 3rd grey, 4th Armoured division green (which you mentioned) etc.

[Kelmola]

Since our Fans want History accuracy before everything else we have only 2 maps where it would fit from timeline. Sadly this maps are not made well for it. We think about if we could do some little "Bowing" of the timeline to places this little bugger.

Considering it's a Mark IIC

Care to enlighten me Kemola? Which maps would these be?

C for Canadian Totalize, Falaise, plus Juno from changelog. The Canucks are defending in Falaise and Totalize is mostly open country which is not the preferred environment of flamethrowers.

Of course, if the IIC (as opposed to "regular" Mk II) was also used by the British (or if we "stretch" our tolerance for deviations from realism just a little bit), there's more choice. Anctoville and PeB especially would benefit from this, with the constant close combat; however, Wasp would be useful in the cityfight parts of Goodwood and Villers as well.

[General_Henry]

And a pzscreck rocket inbound for it?
ALLIED FIREBALL!

I wonder if it blews up good, we could use it as a suicide vehicle...

[Die Happy]

whats going to be really scary is the firing range of that little bugger

[azreal]

Does someone want to explain to me where the Stug IV and StuG III (late) should belong since it seems this StuG should be on Normandy maps?

Also, Toddel, how hard is it to reskin the Wasp with British markings?

[Ts4EVER]

Where they shoudl belong? Well technically the StuG40G early should be on every Normandy map, but I'd suggest we leave the late version on some maps for now until we get more appropriate maps for it. Would be a shame to have it nowhere.
The StuG IV was also used in Normandy, but not very commonly I think.

[Thorondor123]

Does someone want to explain to me where the Stug IV and StuG III (late) should belong since it seems this StuG should be on Normandy maps?

StuG III G early (this one) can be used on all Normandy maps that feature StuG's
StuG IV can also be used on some Normandy maps (like that one map it's on now, shush)
StuG III G late (the one in game now) should only be used on Bulge and 1945 maps.

[Fuzz]

Also, Toddel, how hard is it to reskin the Wasp with British markings?

The Bren Wasp is actually the British skin "3rd Mechanised Division".

[Toddel]

its a british skin

[Josh094]

Will the wasp go up in a huge fireball - larger than other vehicals - when it blows?

[Fuchs]

When you go Panzerfaust on it, better be on a distance.

[Josh094]

30m... I'm gonna need a longer range. 

[Kelmola]

Oops. Did a bit of googling on the subject of Mark IIC. I had thought that it was a Canadian-only exclusive, but now the British skin and "timeline" issue make sense. Apparently, the Canadian idea was so good that all Wasps from June 1944 onwards were built into IIC pattern (and some "vanilla" Mark II's - but apparently not Mark I's - were even factory-converted in addition to field modifications). Anyway, while the regular Mark II went into action in July 1944, the first IIC's entered battle only in August 1944. Which then leaves only the less-than-suitable Totalize and Falaise, unless history is altered. Or Market/Garden is included

[MaJ.P.Bouras]

I have a question:

Will the carrier blow up if you shoot the tank on its back or not?

Actually what fuel it uses? If its petrol then no boom...If it was something else (which i doubt) then KABOOM!

[General_Henry]

I have a question:

Will the carrier blow up if you shoot the tank on its back or not?

Actually what fuel it uses? If its petrol then no boom...If it was something else (which i doubt) then KABOOM!

then it is gonna be a lot of teamkills if you flipped it full.