Comments - Timgao929

May the force be with you, Princess Leia Ornaga...

@xangelo7 not all Gungans are jar jars you know...

BTW Alliance Honor Guards will fit the scene much better than normal rank and file alliance soldiers riding kaadus.

Hi I have been trying to download this mod for 2 days, but when the progress bar reach about 80% it always end up in an error. Any attempt of resuming the progress has been... unsuccessful and you will have to download all over again, only to repeat the fail. Please advice on how to securely download the mod. Or, if possible please send it to my email address, thank you very much.
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Both European crew and Chinese crew (both have bigger size than Japanese crew in the war) could fit into FT-71 and Panzer I, and these tanks were in many ways similar to this tank. They all had 2 men crew, armed with mostly MGs (well, at least for some models of FT-17s) and more or less similar size. 2 men crew can really save some size.

Patience is a virtue...
But it is better to try this mod out soon ;).

Pretty historical, nicely done.

Just thinking, why don't you make an independent Free French faction with (at least some) resources from the RMC? Their unit layout and doctrine trees can be re-used for such purpose, and vanilla CoH American units can also be used in this faction.
This is only my personal idea, I know that the EF team is now busy at balancing issues and cannot possibly spare time for this. However, it is still good to consider it in future, when the team might have got more spare time.

Are they some sort of "professional" banzai charge unit? (e.g. very good at melee) Or, just regular infantry (marine?) squad upgraded with banner carrier as an upgrade? (boosting combat efficiency and unlock special abilities)

Panzernest is the concrete bunker with two wheels and a MG34. U can unlock it through "Fortress Army Group" doctrine and then ur sturmpioneer can build it. It is a MG nest similar to those of other factions' but much tougher and need specific doctrine to unlock it.

How's the RMC debate? I'm a great fan of the RMC and hope to see its return. I can see that the RMC had over 70% support in the voting. However, I'm still not sure if u guys made up your mind to keep it or get rid of it.

So the M1A1 is somewhat similar to ZTZ-96, cost less, but not as strong as M1A2 and ZTZ-99.
Also, it might be nice to give PLA Marine Corps JH-7A, J-15, or even J-31 instead of a new skin of Q-5 Fantan. Q-5 is a retiring plane that does not make any significant difference in current PLAAF fleet, never mention the PLA-NAF fleet, which is switching to a carrier-based one.

I see you guys successfully introduced grenade launcher on AAV-7(Mark 19). Maybe it is time to consider adding QLZ-87(general purpose), QLZ-04(heavy) or QLZ-06(light) automatic grenade launchers into the game, vehicle mounted or whatever works.
Love these new updates :)

100% agree, they are particularly hurtful for defensive player like me. But again this is another proof of how a cunning opponent who can use artillery shall ruin your day. Armies around the world keep their artillery around for a reason:)

AAV7...
Personally, I would prefer to give them EFV since it is the only thing Marines have to (more or less) beat ZBD-2000 in term of performance.
I know that the EFV was canned. But again, since this mod itself is a work of fiction why don't introduce something experimental, like EFV?

But how will you guys make the missile/rocket launcher in vanilla Generals?
That launcher looks like 9K11 Malyutka, but in real life they did not mount it on T-54/55(as far as I know). How will you guys mount on a T-55?

Maybe it is a good idea to mount a thermal imaging device of some sort on it, making it looks more like a stealth-detecting vehicle it is.

Just one question, when will we have public beta of Ostheer?

Actually, I had thought for such a mod for very long times, here are some of my thoughts about factions:
1. USA/UNA , largely similar to vanilla CoH USA, prefer to fight with large numbers of infantry with heavy(automatic) firepower. Tanks are thick-skinned and cheap to produce (M26, M4A3, M26), through doctrine they can call M47 Patton tanks. Different supports can be called according to different doctrines.
2. Commonwealth(Britain,Canada etc): Similar to vanilla CoH, with elite but few soldiers, and good defensive capability . but sports the best tank in the game: Centurion (expensive and only one avaliable).
3. KPA: Largely similar to Soviets in EF mod. Infantry are in low quality, and armed with mosin-nagant rifles and PPSh smg. Process powerful artillery and armor (T-34-76, T-34-85, IS-2 etc). Can launch a squadron of Il-10 to strike a large area.
4. PLA/PVA: Somewhat similar to Panzer elite (hit and run), only with fewer vehicles and have no advanced German weaponry. Infantry are in average quality (similar to USA/UNA), armed mainly with Type 24 rifles (old 7.92mm one), M1 carbines (Chinese civil war stock) and ZB-26 LMG. Have relatively few artillery, but does have fast hit-and-run air supports (MiG-15, MiG-9 etc). Tanks include cheap and light Type-97 Chi ha series, always-reliable T-34-85, and heavy-hitter ISU-122. Can call IS-2 through specific doctrine.

Just thinking, why don't you guys make China's spy plane transport plane (Y-20 equivalent?) ? (by removing its AESA radar dish) This guy have large air frame for heavy-lifting (such as battlemaster tanks) and it is very unique for the China faction. Perhaps use them to deliver heavy ordinance for specific Chinese generals while using the old China cargo plane to deliver cluster mines will make good combo?

John Rambo...

Thses little Hopper tanks are surely serious little toys, and when they were busy at eating up hordes of Paladin tanks and rangers that AI thrown at me, I was thinking about a possible special Hopper tank variant for General Mau's experimental army: a "Hopper powered armor/bipedal walker". Leave the speed, main armament and health unchanged, but give them a model of heavy powered armor that is in 1950's style (looks like Tesla Troopers and Desolaters in RA3). Such a unit is very close to the concept of "armored red guard", which is both what Hopper tanks truly are, as well as a possible future Hopper tank replacement in the mind of PLA high command.

Now the Helix is switched to Mi-17, where are you going to mount its machine gun and minigun? On the weapon rack? Or, on a remote controlled chin turret?

Are you going to add Italian or whatever foreign infantry to the mod? If you do, when can we expect to see them?

Well, BM-21 is a hell on wheels, and I do know the difference between a mobile MLRS system and a towed MLRS. To be honest, I doubt if the BM-12 actually exist. Outside Wikipedia, I could NOT find any serious hard evidence to prove that it did match your claims, only handful of different armature bloggers' descriptions, and even those did not even match each other. I also searched library in my college, and guess what? I could only find Type-63 and BM-21, NOT BM-12. Like i said, Type-63 can be easily carried by men on foot, because it was designed for guerrilla warfare, while Soviets designed their artillery systems mostly for 'brute force" operations. For Project 1.44/1.46, I believe that rkraptor70 already had your answer.

PLZ-45 was developed in 1980's and PLZ-05 is the successor of it.

Well, the type 63 is a completely different system. You don't see a BM-12 can be break down to 24 pieces so they can be carried by 24 men on foot, and this thing is in 107mm calibre, NOT the BM-12, which is way larger, and they cannot be carried in the same fashion as the type 63. Don't let the Wikipedia misguide you!

Correct me if I'm wrong: the assault guns are just armed with a 47mm gun, and that MG fire belongs to the Maximum M1910 HMG nest, right?

B.R.A.V.O... 0_0

Its more a psychological matter than a physical one, the people in the West usually consider that only they and Soviet/Russians can "create", while China is only capable of "copy". In fact, from the tried-and-true type 63 MLRS, to the kick-*** J-20, China did dish out many creative goodies to slap their face, but unfortunately many of them still see things the old fashioned way.

By the way, the new MG42 HMG model you guys put into the recent patch has a serious flaw: it have NO reloading animation. When the MG42 HMG was running dry, the gunner will be standing up for several seconds during the reloading time, then back to shooting again. If you guys cannot find a solution then might as well just give up this new model and keep using relic made tried-and-true MG42 HMG model.