Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 7:55 pm Post subject: No Sherman's in default Grand Campaign!?
Hi,
First post. I'm a newbie here. I have been playing CC5 on and off for a few years and took it out of the drawer again recently and got "hooked". All of my playing is against the AI, I have never done any H2H. Considering my modest tactical skills I would probably be massacred. Defending a map I usually do quite well, offensively even the AI gives me a run for my money sometimes. Oh well
Here's the question:
I am playing a Grand Campaign as the Americans and only have a few maps to go. In this entire campaign I have never seen or had available a single Sherman tank. Not even after pressing the reinforce button. I have had available Wolverines and Stuarts. Don't get me wrong, I like Wolverines and Stuarts. With me the Stuarts are usually the ones who end up with the DSC's and CMH's. But no Shermans at all strikes me as odd. And I know they are there, because when I "test drove" the campaign before starting over to do it "properly" after remembering some of the ins and outs, there were Shermans.
I haven't used any yet but it's most likely due to the "Elite" setting. It limits the availability of force pool selection. Therefore weakening your overall forces and giving some advantage to the opposition. But, only if their using a lower setting like "line" or "recruit". It's not like the shermans will help all that much anyway. Being able to use a wide selection of war machines is always a plus.
Last edited by Digs on Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:23 pm; edited 1 time in total
SAS 3.5 and Utah (for example) are mods that make the stock campaign more historical... including Sherman tanks
I myself have only played SAS briefly, but I have heard very good things about it, however I have played Utah. Also the RegX mod gives a good game too.
I wouldn't call it more historical, but the German BG's have been improved so that the game is far more balanced than the original, and the US player does get plenty of Shermans . I'm told that the SAS maps are excellent, similar to the RegX ones, with lots of bunkers etc.
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