American and Syrian forces in combat image - A Global Crisis Mod for C&C Generals: Zero Hour

Yeah, well… we had a big discussion about this at our forums.
The thing is that Israel already has Apaches, Cobras and Black-Hawks in this mod,
While the U.S. has the Comanche (which supposed to be more modern than the Apache, but in reality the project was canceled), and the Chinook (which has the exact same role as the Black-Hawk in-game, but has more room for soldiers).
So, since the U.S. already has units that do the same things, and because I would like each side to have its unique units – I won't add Apaches, Cobras and Black-Hawks to the U.S. factions.
(Same thing goes for the F-15 and F-16 which only Israel has in this mod, since the U.S. already has the F-22 Raptor, the Aurora bomber and the F-117 stealth fighters).

What about the F-35 JSF?

You mean for the US?.. No. Because they already have the F-22 Raptor which is better, and actually the F-22 and the F-35 have the same role in-game.
Additionally, I think that the F-22 Raptor is a very cool jet-fighter and it's already in Generals/ZH, so why bother to change that?

No, because coaxial guns usually ruin the gameplay, since it makes the infantry virtually useless.

Aw for crying out loud.
The main gun doesn't kill in one hit?
Then now no coaxial MG.
T.T

-Flot

There are at-least 2 good reasons for that: Game-play and balance;

Game-play:
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In real life, tanks have more chance to miss infantry because infantry can take cover. This is one of the things that this game cannot simulate, so instead tanks shells are simply less effective against infantry.

Balance:
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If a tank could kill a man in one shot in this mod or had a coaxial gun, then infantry would become useless, don't you think?

Additionally, this mod is only SEMI-realistic. It is realistic because it has many real life units and such which make the mod interesting and eye appealing.
BUT it's also UNREALISTIC because there're also many unrealistic/experimental/futuristic units (such as the Aurora, Comanche, Chinese MIG, Nuke Cannon, Israeli THEL and other laser units), the GLA does not exist in real life and China is very iconic (old style uniforms and unit colors instead of modern camouflage).

Remember! This is just a computer game, therefore it suppose to be fun and cool. Nothing more.
Have fun! :)

Yeah well... I like military related issues and this kind of stuff. :p

BTW,
OICW = Objective Individual Combat Weapon. ;-)

...... :/

Excellent.
Will the Rangers get OICW's?
XD

-Flot

Not really... :P

As far as i remember Merkava mk 4 is better than the M1A2 Abrams in many aspects so i wouldn't say that it sucks comparing it with the abrams.
btw F-22 and F-35 aren't playing the same roles, F-35 is more of a tactical bomber than the F-22 while the F-22 is an air superiority fighter with electronic warfare and ground attack roles and so on...

IN REAL LIFE, the F-22 is an air superiority fighter (with addition ground strike abilities) while the F-35 is a multirole strike fighter.
Additionally, as Gen.Reaper mentioned, there's an aircraft carrier version of the F-35 while there's no such model of the F-22.

I know all that. BUT what I SAID was that the F-35 and F-22 have the same role IN-GAME! NOT in real-life (modern design advanced jet fighters with anti-air and anti-ground capabilities) so since the F-22 Raptor is already in-game and I think it's cool enough – I didn't bother to add/replace it with the F-35. SO FAR.

In the future, I might add the F-35 as the U.N. main fighter (instead of the F-22) and as the U.S. aircraft carrier fighter (again, instead of the F-22).
Since Israel is participating in the F-35 JSF project, I thought I might add an F-35 strike as a special ability upgrade for the Israeli Air-Force specialization (again, maybe in the future). But anyhow, at-least for Israel, the F-35 will NOT be available for standard use at the air-base.

Gen.Reaper,
IMO the USA ground and aerial drones make good implementations of the FCS and it's already in Zero-Hour! :)
So I probably shouldn't spend valuable time on adding more of these… don't you think? ;-)