Wargame: AirLand Battle

[Staggerwing]

But... but...  that would make the frypan wielder....  :o

[bob48]

But... but...  that would make the frypan wielder....  :o

....an Entess?

[Staggerwing]

An Entwife.

Supposedly they all disappeared at the end of the Second Age...

[bob48]

^Indeed, and Treebeard is desperate for his oats.

[republic]

It seems the bad multiplayer experience I had initially was the exception and not the rule.  I had a great multiplayer game last night playing as the Russians and my teammate was an actual Russian.  :)

I prefer the Soviet armor due to the cheap deployment cost and barrel launched missiles.  Much better than the Shillelagh.  I'm able to stand off and snipe the critical targets and then move in for the kill.  I do wish they gave you the Ka-50 with 10 Vikhrs.  I also wish you could deploy more aircraft and cheaper.  It seems that it should be much cheaper to deploy PACT aircraft than it currently is, due to the historical numbers.

Playing NATO seems too easy with the cheap air power and the phenomenal USMC infantry units.

As long as my internet connection holds up...I can see many hours of multiplayer AirLand in my future.  :)

[republic]

I saw this great idea on the Wargame forum.  Picking historical 'decks' to reinact historical conflicts.  I can see that being a lot of fun especially multiplayer.

Here's the link to his post:  http://www.wargame-ee.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=201232#p201232

[Nefaro]

Picked this up last night. 

WOW!  There's a large amount of units to pick & choose.  I'd say that's the game's biggest strength.  I spent a few hours just nosing through all the available units & their stats.  8)

Not sure how well I'll do at it, but at least it's fun building "decks".

[republic]

For some reason AirLand is very sensitive to my internet connection.  :(  I keep getting 'waiting for players' and eventually I get booted.  Very strange because I can play Planetside 2, World of Tanks, and other games quite well.

Probably my ISP knows I would play hours and hours of Airland if they let me on...so they are singling me out and blocking my favorite game.  I'm sure of it.  :)

[Nefaro]

For some reason AirLand is very sensitive to my internet connection.  :(  I keep getting 'waiting for players' and eventually I get booted.  Very strange because I can play Planetside 2, World of Tanks, and other games quite well.

Probably my ISP knows I would play hours and hours of Airland if they let me on...so they are singling me out and blocking my favorite game.  I'm sure of it.  :)

I've seen reports of connection funkiness in games with lots of players. 

Looks like they put out another small patch to help address such things.  Hopefully they get it fingered out before long.

I've only been messing around with making various decks & trying out the equipment in single-player, along with edging into the smaller dynamic campaigns.  There is actually some single-player to be had here.  Despite always beating the AI in skirmish, I'm finding the dynamic campaigns a bit more difficult due to the various time constraints.

[LongBlade]

I just got my ass handed to me in my first solo engagement. I've got to seriously figure out what the heck is happening here and what kind of units I'm supposed to be deploying because right now I'm afraid I'm getting hammered.

The good news? If you want a robust AI, I think this may have one.

[Con]

Saw your picture on Tianamen Sq and remembers a news story where people are trying to use internet Memes to get around the Chinese censors about the massacre.

Apparently the one below is so popular that China is now blocking any sites that use the word Duck plus Tianamen

Con

[LongBlade]

Saw your picture on Tianamen Sq and remembers a news story where people are trying to use internet Memes to get around the Chinese censors about the massacre.

Apparently the one below is so popular that China is now blocking any sites that use the word Duck plus Tianamen

Con

That's awesome, Con. Thanks!

[republic]

I need a bigger deck.  I'm having trouble getting a good deck layout.  I setup and then get squashed by something I'm unprepared for.  Since the patch I can play online, and the last game I play I was utterly obliterated.  I had too many air assets and my opponent had monumental surface to air protection.  I had too many tanks and not enough recon.  At the end of the match I had lost something like 7000 points worth of units...

So I massaged my deck and swapped in and out a few items and tried a few runs against the computer.  Each time I'm coming up light somewhere.  I prefer to play PACT mainly so that I can learn the units better.  I know a lot of the US assets and their variants but some of the Soviet stuff I'd never even heard of.   One I cant recall the name of right now is a tracked BTR looking unit with as much frontal armor as a main battle tank.

Anyone care to share their decks?

:)

[Nefaro]

I need a bigger deck.  I'm having trouble getting a good deck layout.  I setup and then get squashed by something I'm unprepared for.  Since the patch I can play online, and the last game I play I was utterly obliterated.  I had too many air assets and my opponent had monumental surface to air protection.  I had too many tanks and not enough recon.  At the end of the match I had lost something like 7000 points worth of units...

My first 2v2 multiplayer match ended in defeat, but it wasn't a resounding one thankfully.  I used a Soviet Armored 'deck' and we were on the offensive, making decent gains.  But the other side had turtled up and unleashed a massive amount of aircraft strikes in waves when I started pushing into one of their high-value areas.  Even the large amount of SAMs and AAA we had up on the front couldn't get them all.

So I massaged my deck and swapped in and out a few items and tried a few runs against the computer.  Each time I'm coming up light somewhere.  I prefer to play PACT mainly so that I can learn the units better.  I know a lot of the US assets and their variants but some of the Soviet stuff I'd never even heard of.   One I cant recall the name of right now is a tracked BTR looking unit with as much frontal armor as a main battle tank.

Anyone care to share their decks?

:)

I know that soviet unit you're talking about.  It's like a T-72 chassis but with a short-barrelled gun.  Obviously meant for infantry fire support since it's got high HE values and crappy AP ones.  Thing is.. I'd probably rather bring a Mortar Carrier for that role so that it can just sit back further off (and has more ammo).

It's definitely difficult to balance your options with what you may encounter.  If someone floods you with a capable asset, you may be overwhelmed if you can't counter it.

[Tinkershuffle]

Raptor is uploading really informative videos which will surely improve your tactics, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRzsaJcsvak.