Harpoon 3 ANW MP: First Conclusions
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:13 pm
Hi,
just to summarize my short four AARs, here is a first Resumé:
1) MP runs stable. I experienced one crash in an 8 hours session - I think it was the firewall.
2) MP runs fast in an LAN: Small scens up to 1:60; larger ones 1:15. Everything faster would have been suicide anyway.
3) The original scenarios we played are definitely not balanced enough for MP. So they should be updated for MP, giving the Soviet side more firepower and second-strike abilities. IMO it could be a good way to create special MP battlesets, based on the classical SP battlesets.
4) We did not encounter massive problems or bugs. There was the problem in Linchpin Blue with that mission assigned AC I could not unassign and sending them forward to the battle. Maybe they were just afraid of that clouds of Tomcats waiting for them. [;)] We sometimes had problems turning our units on active sensors - but somehow we managed it.
All in all I think MP alone is worth buying ANW. We had a real great day battling each other and look forward to our next session. I´ll have to prepare that carefully by finding a nice place for my family for this day. [;)]
Maybe this time I´ll use a third PC just as a server. But that would mean I have to buy a third copy. [:(]
Ralf
just to summarize my short four AARs, here is a first Resumé:
1) MP runs stable. I experienced one crash in an 8 hours session - I think it was the firewall.
2) MP runs fast in an LAN: Small scens up to 1:60; larger ones 1:15. Everything faster would have been suicide anyway.
3) The original scenarios we played are definitely not balanced enough for MP. So they should be updated for MP, giving the Soviet side more firepower and second-strike abilities. IMO it could be a good way to create special MP battlesets, based on the classical SP battlesets.
4) We did not encounter massive problems or bugs. There was the problem in Linchpin Blue with that mission assigned AC I could not unassign and sending them forward to the battle. Maybe they were just afraid of that clouds of Tomcats waiting for them. [;)] We sometimes had problems turning our units on active sensors - but somehow we managed it.
All in all I think MP alone is worth buying ANW. We had a real great day battling each other and look forward to our next session. I´ll have to prepare that carefully by finding a nice place for my family for this day. [;)]
Maybe this time I´ll use a third PC just as a server. But that would mean I have to buy a third copy. [:(]
Ralf