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Larsen

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I am looking for a medium CMBS QB. ME or probe. I would like to play as RUS (me) vs USA
 
Thank you! You should try CMBS. It plays very differently from the WWII titles. It is a lot of fun.
 
Larsen said:
Thank you! You should try CMBS. It plays very differently from the WWII titles. It is a lot of fun.
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yes CMBS compares to the WW2 games in the same way chess compares to basketball
 
Im just about to purchase it... I'm happy to get my ass handed to me if you got a spot open... Our folders are still intact...
I'll shop for some mods as well to make it extra sexy!

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The Great White North said:
I take it CMBS is the chess or the other way around...
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no CMBS is basketball... fast paced.. shot score/kill..... tactics still matter... but the modern battlefield is a very different place than the ww2 battlefield is precision arty ATGM's , every body with automatic rifles mortars and arty is bigger/faster... aircraft deadlier... the old saying for tankers he who spots first shoots first kills first is very much on the money... except that is extended to every unit on the map.. if infantry sees a tank they likely have a weapon to kill it... or can whistle up some help pretty soon that can.... tanks have programable air bursting ammo so cover behind low walls or in forest is useless... buiding can be brought down around them very easily.....most infantry fighting vehicles are deadly .... bradleys chain gun tow-2 ATGMs are deadly .... BMPs are no joke.... stryker and btr's less so but nothing to sneeze at..... plus most tanks have laser warning recievers soon as somebody points a laser range finder to line a shot up on them the turret swings faces the direction the laser is hitting it from... pops IR blocking smoke and the drivers back away

Black Sea does have a very clear pecking order..... US Abrams/Bradley/infantry/ javelin teams/ are monsters

Russia less so but still T90- T72b3- bmps/ and to a lesser extent ATGMs are still deadly

UKR.. is on average one weapon generation behind russians so bmp2s T64s and T80s though both tanks have modern upgrade packages .. their BTR4 is nice.. they have some ATGMs that are no joke.. but still they are clearly in 3rd place in this game....... The gap between them and Russia is not hardly has wide as the US Russia gap is.... in my opinion in most games if competently handled the US is near unbeatable especially in QBs.... scenarios can be more balanced because bonus points can be added for killing US units...........

when it comes to h2h play.... i am still very very green...most people want some very specific house rules to play vs the US...... the last 2 or 3 times i played against them with no rules to balance the game better i surrendered very early

The US really does see first shot first.... they dont miss .... and they dont need a second shot usually to kill.... their arty call in time is quicker and the ammo more plentiful.... and the 155 precision rounds are accurate as hell
 
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Playing the US side in Black Sea is very forgiving...you can make a mistake you can still recover and maybe prevail...as long as it's not too big of a mistake .
I prefer playing Ukraine vs RF myself.
 
Shady Side said:
no CMBS is basketball... fast paced.. shot score/kill..... tactics still matter... but the modern battlefield is a very different place than the ww2 battlefield is precision arty ATGM's , every body with automatic rifles mortars and arty is bigger/faster... aircraft deadlier... the old saying for tankers he who spots first shoots first kills first is very much on the money... except that is extended to every unit on the map.. if infantry sees a tank they likely have a weapon to kill it... or can whistle up some help pretty soon that can.... tanks have programable air bursting ammo so cover behind low walls or in forest is useless... buiding can be brought down around them very easily.....most infantry fighting vehicles are deadly .... bradleys chain gun tow-2 ATGMs are deadly .... BMPs are no joke.... stryker and btr's less so but nothing to sneeze at..... plus most tanks have laser warning recievers soon as somebody points a laser range finder to line a shot up on them the turret swings faces the direction the laser is hitting it from... pops IR blocking smoke and the drivers back away

Black Sea does have a very clear pecking order..... US Abrams/Bradley/infantry/ javelin teams/ are monsters

Russia less so but still T90- T72b3- bmps/ and to a lesser extent ATGMs are still deadly

UKR.. is on average one weapon generation behind russians so bmp2s T64s and T80s though both tanks have modern upgrade packages .. their BTR4 is nice.. they have some ATGMs that are no joke.. but still they are clearly in 3rd place in this game....... The gap between them and Russia is not hardly has wide as the US Russia gap is.... in my opinion in most games if competently handled the US is near unbeatable especially in QBs.... scenarios can be more balanced because bonus points can be added for killing US units...........

when it comes to h2h play.... i am still very very green...most people want some very specific house rules to play vs the US...... the last 2 or 3 times i played against them with no rules to balance the game better i surrendered very early

The US really does see first shot first.... they dont miss .... and they dont need a second shot usually to kill.... their arty call in time is quicker and the ammo more plentiful.... and the 155 precision rounds are accurate as hell
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Have you played mirror battles to feel it from both sides against the same opponent? Thanks for all the juicy details and heads up..

I've also seen PBEM matches where it's just mounted infantry with no tanks or air support so I guess that evens out the playing field a bunch...


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i love playing mirror game....... and i have played infantry only on battles though not in any of the modern titles......my gut feel is even then US would hold an advantage.... well... depending on what the actual per unit cost is.... i know straight up squad v squad US squads have more guys in them..... but if the rusian squads cost half as much then then numbers would balance in the end...

in a Bradley vs BMP battle than it is not even at all... Bradley sees first shots first and BMPs blow sky high because of the ammo they carry (100mm. main gun 30mm auto cannon) and relatively thin armour.. while i have saw BMPs get first shots off and while pumping a few 30 mil shots into a bradley the bradley still kill it......

BRDM v scout humvees is more even but still favors US because of spotting

only match up Russia has an advantage in is BTR vs Strykers... if they pay of for the BTRs with the 30mil auto cannon... still the 50cal and mark 19 grenade launcher on the Strykers still will KO the BTRs ....

I like the game but it has a very clear pecking order .....
 
it is worth doing..... but i am giving you a very widely held opinion.. the US in black sea are BEAST......in cold war..... the soviets are a entirely different animal..... one that i have yet to beat in a quickbattle...... i can make them bleed..... but not been able to beat them yet
 
Shady Side said:
it is worth doing..... but i am giving you a very widely held opinion.. the US in black sea are BEAST......in cold war..... the soviets are a entirely different animal..... one that i have yet to beat in a quickbattle...... i can make them bleed..... but not been able to beat them yet
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I'm playing as the Ukrainians in my first PBEM meet... Any shopping tips are appreciated... Its a small so points 5300

What is good and stay tf away from that junk is appreciated...

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