<t>I personally think that the Boys AT rifle is too strong. At close ranges, I'm sure they can do some damage to halftracks and the like, but at they are much too accurrate and deadly at long range. 15 hexes, that's like 750 yards right? Just a bit under half a mile. I'm tired of losing halftracks ...

So far, I am very very happy with 5.3. It works very well. Infantry vulnerability is right on target in my mind. It plays great even against inf heavy enemies (Poland '39).

I downloaded and installed 5.3 this afternoon with no problems. I've got it up and running and it's pretty good. I was one of the skeptical ones about 5.2, but it started growing on me. 5.3 looks even better. Thanks Matrix!!!

<t>After having played 5.2 a little more extensively, I have also found that MGs are more effective than in previous versions. Overall, 5.2 is much more realistic than anything I have ever seen in SPWAW. I am encouraged by the changes being discussed for 5.3. While I agree rifles were WAY too ...

<r>I also agree that MG's are not effective enough. Especially the LMGs within the infantry squad. I have never had very good experience with the BAR. Also I know in the German army, the main weapon of the squad was the LMG (MG34, or MG42) and the riflemen were more or less there to simply support ...

<t>I don't know if experience is the problem. In the test I was doing, I was using Marines against Japanese. I don't remember the exact Marine exper. numbers but I think they were pretty high.<br/>
From what I have experienced, it is not only rifles that are ineffective. As I stated earlier ...

Sounds fun! :p :p

<t>[QUOTE]Originally posted by David boutwell:<br/>
[QB]Les,<br/>
"I've waited patiently for my CD to come in, without foaming at the mouth, but someone rubbing salt in the wounds is a little more than I can take."<br/>
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I agree with you. Not everyone had the chance to download such a monster ...

<t>[QUOTE]Originally posted by Paul Vebber:<br/>
"I'm wondering if the patch maybe didn't delete teh steel.prf file or something becasue I am not getting these outrageous results here..."<br/>
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I deleted SPWAW prior to installing the MC and then 5.02. That includes the steel.prf file. I don't ...

Yeah, infantry is really out of wack in 5.2. I think even rifles should have some effectiveness in close quarters. But I have always had the feeling that LMGs and HMGs are a lot less effective than they should be. I'm tired of my MG34 and MG42's not doing anything.

<t>I just got 5.2 and I am having similar results with almost total ineffectiveness with small arms. Not only rifles, but everything in the infantry's arsenal. I just played the tutorial scenario that deals with a Marine assault on a Jap. bunker. Taking out the bunker was not problem (flamethrower ...

<r>Hey guys. I know it's really frustrating waiting for the CD. I was in the seemingly endless "processing" stage until late Thursday night. All of a sudden I checked my order status and it said "completed." <br/>
Today my disk arrived in the mail via USPS Priority. I never got an email confirmation ...

My order also says "completed" now. It says that it shipped 6-21 (yesterday), yet the USPS tracking code doesn't work. ?

Well, it has started. This message board is going to be lighting up with talk about how great the MC is and how much fun it is to play. Meanwhile, I sit here processing . . . . . and processing . . . . and processing . . . .

<r>My order says 6-13 as well even though I ordered at the end of April. Maybe this has to do with the problems they had with the old store. Maybe my original order was just placed in the new store on 6-13. <br/>
Still, though after I clicked on the order number to see the details, I found I was ...

<r>[QUOTE]Originally posted by freyburg:<br/>
I did pre-order. I am hugely ticked that people who didn't have their CD in the mail and my order is being processed. Civil language escapes me! <E>:mad:</E><br/>
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I totally agree with you. <br/>
No, I'm not whining because someone else's game ...

Processing, processing, processing . . . .

Makes you kind of wonder what they are processing anyway . . .

Originally posted by Banjo:
[I think I was one of the lucky ones who got online before the masses were awake to jam the lines. I do not feek that this is why my order was shipped before someone elses.
[/QB]

Who freaked exactly?

<r>I'm starting to get the feeling that maybe I shouldn't have pre-ordered. By the way, when did pre-ordering start and stop anyway. It seems to me, any order placed beore the game ships should be a pre-order. However, I ordered on April 27 and was charged the full $25. <br/>
It doesn't seem right I ...

I ordered on April 27th and am still being "processed" as well. What gives? I thought people who pre-ordered were supposed to be given priority.