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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #60 on: 09-09-2009, 22:09:02 »
Maybe Battle for France, Germany (including battle at Ardennes 1944-1945)
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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #61 on: 09-09-2009, 23:09:50 »
I reckon we'll see two patches a la 2.1 and 2.15 adding the Normandy maps we're still waiting on and some more 'outside Normandy' maps. Then maybe a 'big patch' that adds a do-able but 'big difference' theatre, eg the Bulge.
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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #62 on: 09-09-2009, 23:09:50 »
Whats next?


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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #63 on: 09-09-2009, 23:09:12 »
I so hope the next new front will be Pacific. Eastern (make a new updated version of Soletschnogorsk!) or Bulge would be nice choices too.

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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #64 on: 09-09-2009, 23:09:47 »
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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #65 on: 09-09-2009, 23:09:09 »
Let's think. We have '44 Allied and '44 German hardware (with some '45 stuff in changelog). Late Western Front (Battle of France, Arnhem, the Bulge, Hürtgen Forest, crossing the Rhine at Remagen, and so forth) would not need so much in the way of new units or weapons mostly only new statics (British, US and German paratroopers would be perhaps the most important new additions, though they could use "placeholder" skins; maybe M26 Pershing for '45 maps, but it was so rare that it's not strictly necessary; Thunderbolt, Lightning or Mustang as the American ground support aircraft would be a nice surprise). This I would see more as a "2.21" or "2.25" rather than completely new version, since it would build on 2.2 contents and gameplay.

Of course, there's the Italian front, but that could be left to certain mappacks (FHT? WaW?), updated with 2.2 stuff, maybe adjusted after a couple of "theme weekends" like the one we just had, and then offered to the public (if the mapmakers would be so generous to the community).

The next big thing - 2.3 or 2.4 - would IMHO logically be the Eastern Front, perhaps built "backwards", from late-war towards early war, since there's already plenty of late-war German hardware available (early Eastern Front would require extensive reskinning from African colours to Eastern Front camouflage).

I'm not so keen about the Pacific. It would offer mostly infantry combat (tank-to-tank would be rather frustrating for the poor Japanese), while naval combat has been said to be problematic. Also, it has been rather overcovered in a million other FPS's already. Sure, it would thrill the Americans. The Europeans? Not so sure.

Eastern Front, however, would truly be a "forgotten" (from the American, not European point of view). Plus it would offer huge variety; from epic tanking on the open steppes (Prokhorovka, anyone?) to infantry-heavy cityfights (Berlin, Stalingrad) to chaotic skirmishes in thick forest (me wants the Finnish front, too!).

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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #66 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:37 »
I reckon we'll see two patches a la 2.1 and 2.15 adding the Normandy maps we're still waiting on and some more 'outside Normandy' maps. Then maybe a 'big patch' that adds a do-able but 'big difference' theatre, eg the Bulge.

I would like that.

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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #67 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:17 »
If devs undertake winter stuff (terrain, statics, uniforms) it could lead to Eastern Front, and Ardennes counteroffensive, and more obscure stuff like Norway and Talvisota (Winter War). But I don know if it’s possible to simulate snowpiles, tree wells and the such. With all the winter fun that comes with it. Oh yea, and mountaneers with skis shooting from the hip on a mad dash down the mountainside in Bond-like fashion.

Using tournament maps is quite questionable. While some of them aren’t bad (next week’s WaW’s Garigliano Crossing is actually quite nice), most of the time they’re too raw and full of bugs. Sometimes ridiculous stuff, like one of FHT’s Italian maps where railroad goes into the tunnel, which comes out on the other side of the hill on the same axis, but at, like, 30° angle, without accounting for the curve (it simply not there). They could, indeed, use some of the nicer statics, though, there are some.


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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #68 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:34 »
I guess the next logical step for the Devs would be Italian Theatre, because we have lots of Axis and Allied stuff used there , off course some things are missed yet.
And the later Westernfront, Bulge,Hurtgen,Arnhem and so forth...

Easternfront inclusive Karelianfront  would be a very great new scenario also because it is a must have for an historical WW2 Mod like FH2 imho.
But i think it`ll take some month or at least years to realise, think about all those statics and new Units which must been made by the Devs.
But hell , i would love to have fierce battles at Bryansk , Kiev , Staraja Russa, Stalingrad, Sevastopol , Kharkiv etc... !


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Pacific Scenarion would be a whole new Warfare Expirience, imagine Japanese Bayonett/Sword charges in thick claustrophobic Jungle areas, would be a great addition...
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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #69 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:31 »
We have still some Projects going for Normandy, but we internally working allready on the Next theatre of course.

We try to do some more smaller releases now! Press thumb if all goes how we plan it.

That was pretty much what I expected. Same drill as after the first release:

1) Bug squash. Not all but the worst of the bugs that were known or popped up after release.

2) More maps. Several new desert maps came out in the subsequent maps after the first release. I think if you search the posts, some dev somewhere said there were quite a few maps in development. But basically they have the tools now to do almost any summer battle in Western Europe (including Italy).

3) Next theater. I will bet anything you wish it is gonna be the Eastern Front. I love Pacific, but eastern front maps were HUGELY popular in FH1.

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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #70 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:44 »
The Pacific theatre would be great to draw in those american players. My only concern is all this talk about boats and how difficult they are to work with in BF2...

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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #71 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:58 »
Pacific Scenarion would be a whole new Warfare Expirience, imagine Japanese Bayonett/Sword charges in thick claustrophobic Jungle areas, would be a great addition...
We can wait. 1943 comes out in a week or so on PC. :) I wish they had Invasion of the Philippines update in it.


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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #72 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:40 »
The Pacific theatre would be great to draw in those american players. My only concern is all this talk about boats and how difficult they are to work with in BF2...


Sure ,Navalwarfare was very important at the Pacific theatre along with Airwarfare, but there were enough landbattles think about British-Japanese Burma Frontier, the defence and reconquest of the Philippines, the Japanese Malayan Invasion or Kokodatrail on New-Guinea...

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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #73 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:12 »
Pacific Scenarion would be a whole new Warfare Expirience, imagine Japanese Bayonett/Sword charges in thick claustrophobic Jungle areas, would be a great addition...
We can wait. 1943 comes out in a week or so on PC. :) I wish they had Invasion of the Philippines update in it.

It's been pushed back to 2010. But will have 32 players rather than 24.
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Re: So, what next?
« Reply #74 on: 10-09-2009, 00:09:21 »
Pacific Scenarion would be a whole new Warfare Expirience, imagine Japanese Bayonett/Sword charges in thick claustrophobic Jungle areas, would be a great addition...
We can wait. 1943 comes out in a week or so on PC. :) I wish they had Invasion of the Philippines update in it.

It's been pushed back to 2010. But will have 32 players rather than 24.

Yeah, but who needs such an A historical arcade wannabe Pacific scenario ? Not me and i guess lots of others also didnt like the way EA shows the Pacific...