SD.net HOI

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-06-06 04:03pm

SD.net HOI game. To be hosted on a Friday or Saturday. Looking for a total of at least 7 players- preferably more. Leave a message if your interested.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-06 05:00pm

Would a person who recently bought the game and know nothing about it be acceptable?

Super-Gagme · Post by **Super-Gagme** » 2004-06-06 06:29pm

How could atleast 7 work? The only nations really worth it in MP are: UK, US, SU, Italy, Germany and Japan. Anyone else is left out of the action, by a fair amount.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-06 06:51pm

Well I could be that seventh then.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-06-06 08:28pm

Super-Gagme wrote:How could atleast 7 work? The only nations really worth it in MP are: UK, US, SU, Italy, Germany and Japan. Anyone else is left out of the action, by a fair amount.

France or Nationalist China...

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2004-06-06 08:36pm

Yar, count me in!

Super-Gagme · Post by **Super-Gagme** » 2004-06-06 09:55pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:
Super-Gagme wrote:How could atleast 7 work? The only nations really worth it in MP are: UK, US, SU, Italy, Germany and Japan. Anyone else is left out of the action, by a fair amount.
France or Nationalist China...

Could you run that by me again? lol, the conquering of france may as well be an event rather than an action by the German player. And Nat. China? Against an AI sure, but player Japan? They'd last a few years.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-06-06 10:51pm

Super-Gagme wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:
Super-Gagme wrote:How could atleast 7 work? The only nations really worth it in MP are: UK, US, SU, Italy, Germany and Japan. Anyone else is left out of the action, by a fair amount.
France or Nationalist China...
Could you run that by me again? lol, the conquering of france may as well be an event rather than an action by the German player. And Nat. China? Against an AI sure, but player Japan? They'd last a few years.

Your obviously not aware of how many infantry divisions they can throw out.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2004-06-07 12:04am

Zerrrrr? What game is this?

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-06-07 04:17am

It'd have to be at an appropriate time. Timezone working against me here.

Super-Gagme · Post by **Super-Gagme** » 2004-06-07 09:29am

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:
Super-Gagme wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote: France or Nationalist China...
Could you run that by me again? lol, the conquering of france may as well be an event rather than an action by the German player. And Nat. China? Against an AI sure, but player Japan? They'd last a few years.
Your obviously not aware of how many infantry divisions they can throw out.

You obviously haven't played HoI enough

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-06-07 01:38pm

How does 9 PM EST on Saturdays sound?

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2004-06-07 02:40pm

Super-Gagme wrote:
BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:
Super-Gagme wrote:How could atleast 7 work? The only nations really worth it in MP are: UK, US, SU, Italy, Germany and Japan. Anyone else is left out of the action, by a fair amount.
France or Nationalist China...
Could you run that by me again? lol, the conquering of france may as well be an event rather than an action by the German player. And Nat. China? Against an AI sure, but player Japan? They'd last a few years.

Blkberry is quite right. France can hold out for a long time in MP especially, and even after you seemingly cracked the Northern border they can fight on for two or three months. Besides, they'll tech out infantry then once shit gets bad finish al thos infantry divisions. Nevermind all the teach sharinf from US to China they can throw and destroy Japan early on. The hilarity really is the is the US pumps excess resorces to France, China, the Phullipines, Australia etc. and the Allies' IC shoot up and Germany starts having issues. It's too bad I lag like shit otherwise I'd play.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-07 04:11pm

I'd love to play, but I literally got HoI this morning, and frankly, I couldn't command my way out of a paper bag. I STILL haven't figured out how to go for moe than a week without driving my nation's economy into the soil...

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2004-06-07 04:14pm

Anyone care to fill me in on what games your talking about?

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-07 04:20pm

InnocentBystander wrote:Anyone care to fill me in on what games your talking about?

Hearts of Iron.

Thirdfain, you're in the same boat as I am. I'm sure we could spend some learning time in South America (conquering other nations while we are at it) while the others are playing in Europe.

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-06-07 04:23pm

Hearts of Iron. Its a World War II "grand" simulation strategy game.

I suggest we start Saturday June 19 at 9 or 10 PM EST. We play for approximately 3 hours a night. To avoid bickering, nations will be assigned by me.

I need a yes/no answer from people if they're interested.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-07 04:24pm

BlkbrryTheGreat wrote:I suggest we start Saturday June 19 at 9 or 10 PM EST. We play for approximately 3 hours a night. To avoid bickering, nations will be assigned by me.

You mean every saturday, right?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-07 04:43pm

Here's a liottle HoI question. I can't get more rubber as the USA, and I have NO clue how to bring in convoys full of rubber from my British allies in Indonesia and Siam.

How do you bring in resources from allied countries, or am I forced to conquer some rubber-producing region? I really don't want to have to hit Vietnam for it's rubber this early on....

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2004-06-07 07:03pm

Thirdfain wrote:Here's a liottle HoI question. I can't get more rubber as the USA, and I have NO clue how to bring in convoys full of rubber from my British allies in Indonesia and Siam.

How do you bring in resources from allied countries, or am I forced to conquer some rubber-producing region? I really don't want to have to hit Vietnam for it's rubber this early on....

There are industry techs, that you can reasearch, the increase the efficiency of conversion of oil to rubber.

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-07 07:39pm

Hmmm. Cool. But I can't start convoys importing rubber early game?

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2004-06-07 07:43pm

Since I'm on dial up I could could play on lower speeds; at very fast the lag is too bad.

Soontir C'boath · Post by **Soontir C'boath** » 2004-06-07 07:50pm

My own question if you don't mind:I built a transport plane but how do I load my troops?

Thirdfain · Post by **Thirdfain** » 2004-06-07 07:59pm

And here's another- any tips for holding off the Germans when playing as Poland? I tried fortifying Danzig, Warsaw, and Krakow, but the GErmans just bombed the shit out of me and then hit mne with infantry waves. My 24 unit stacks get their asses kicked by much smaller groups, which sucks.

StarshipTitanic · Post by **StarshipTitanic** » 2004-06-07 08:35pm

Thirdfain wrote:And here's another- any tips for holding off the Germans when playing as Poland? I tried fortifying Danzig, Warsaw, and Krakow, but the GErmans just bombed the shit out of me and then hit mne with infantry waves. My 24 unit stacks get their asses kicked by much smaller groups, which sucks.

Although I don't play, I believe that that's supposed to be virtually impossible. Read up on the blitz on Poland and you'll understand, they had no chance.