So a bazooka firing from a building will have a better chance of penetrating than one fired from a slope?

Thanks for the info, it helps with planning moves.

Oh forgot to ask, but does the game take in consideration if the armor is in an oblique angle when considering if the shot can penetrate or not? For example, if AT gun impact will be from a 10 degree angle instead of 90 degree, will the chance of penetration decrease as it should?

Good to know, so maybe the problem is that things happen so fast that there´s not time to check the tank status after some hits heh.

<r> The gameplay difference is minimal. After some playthroughs you know the armor piercing capabilities of the guns, specially because, well, the 88 of the Tiger is equal to the 88 AA and the 7.5 PAK was present in many vehicles. Also, since there really isn´t that vairiety in tanks as well, you ...

<t> Yeah, through I hope to see a more tactical game, the current model simply doesn´t allow it. It will be something for DW 2 (which I hope will have turn based strategy and real time battles - by not having to bother with planets while you fight, it would finally allow for a decent and separate ...

<t> Well I had the courage of buying the game since it´s been ages since I´ve played CC, and the maps are pretty [:)]<br/>
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Through defense is obviously easy both for AI and player, I´m having lots of trouble on the attack. Specially as germans the assimetry and scarcity of troops is nasty ...

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I'm curious if compound angle of impact is considered within the games armor penetration model. A lot of guns -- on paper -- look to have the ability to perforate this or that level of armor thickness. However in reality attack angles are ...

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In my opinion, the offensive AI is as bad as ever. As soon as I started playing, I remembered why I found a human opponent the last time around - the AI is incapable of mounting an efficient attack, even with far superior ...

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Also, are we ever going to see fleet formations so battles are not such a furball?<br/>

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I always imagine how much more I would enjoy CC with a wego option.

Actually I´d rather see an updated Steel Panthers. Now THAT´S a game that deserves the 3D and bug slaughter treatment [;)]

Horsies are only stunned, no reason to be mad [:)]

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OK... with the mix of good and bad comments I guess I need to come off the fence and play the game myself. Purchasing it now.
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By all means please post your feedback on the AI, information from veterans is ...

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1- I´ve only played CC2 many years ago, how is the strategic part of this latest installment? Are casualties more important now, or truces automatically refill troops all the time therefore making casualties not very relevant?<br/>
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2- Many ...

<t> Not very happy with features so far. I´d like to see more depth to population management. It appears that multiracial empires will still be WAY too stable, using the silly trick of getting independants and colonize with them ASAP won´t be adressed... Since I use very few AI automation I couldn´t ...

If anyone can indicate a good proctologist for our fellows... if you don´t keep those butts in good shape how you will be able to seat and make more games [&:]

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I'll comment briefly here to note that a very significant amount of time has been spent during the development of Distant Worlds: Shadows

Gotcha!

Now we already know the expansion name [8D]

<t> I wouldn´t compare GC 2 to DW, the first is turn-based (which makes AI programming much easier because you remove a critical factor that gives an advantage to the human - timing), combat is a joke and ship design is much simpler.<br/>
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As a sugestion for DW 2 I´d say that the strategic ...

<t> Endless Space has something DW has not.<br/>
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Steam. And some people still say it´s irrelevant and doesn´t impact sales. IMO, even if Steam conditios are harsh, once the game is known, a DW 2 would already have a much larger public looking for it and then ditching Steam wouldn´t be as ...

<t> There are good suggestions here, but people should think about one thing - what about the scale if complexity is increased?<br/>
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Yes, resources and ship/fleet building could use some complexity, but is it worth it if the extra complexity means more things on automatic management? I think ...

I hope one of the projects is about multiplayer. Think it´s a bit too soon to think about a DW 2.

Diplomacy improvements would be good, but economy and population management is important too.