Random Thoughts & Impressions of PoE2

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I'm sure many of you, like me, just want to touch on random things as you play the mod but most of it isn't thread-worthy or you don't feel like going into it.

Some random things from playing for 2 hours tonight:

The main tanks are excellently made and "feel" very good. I love the engine sounds and the ability to change rounds.
Of the 4 or 5 maps I played on, I wasn't impressed by any of them. They lack the detail of BF2 maps. A couple I'd actually call bad, like Fallen I think one is...it's just snowy plains with some trees and generic bases to break up the empty feeling of the map. Pretty lame.
Some of the gun sound effects are pretty cheap sounding (German pistol, silenced G36K) but a couple are ok, mainly the Ukranian spec ops silenced rifle and the Ukranian silenced pistol.
This mod really reminds me of Operation: Flashpoint for some reason.
Planes are WAY too loud.
Can't hear a damn word on the radio. And if you're basically just going to use the exact same script as Spetsnaz/Rebels, why not just use those voices instead of rerecording it. Spetsnaz voices sound much better.
This mod also reminds me a little of Red Orchestra. Tanks in the plains with all the infantry pretty much waiting in the little towns/bases with rocket launchers.

[imported_Kold81]

Have you played Operation Peace Keeper? Not alot of people play now but this mod seems JUST like it.

POE2 has some awesome armor battles (just like POE1), I like the Frontline gamemode and the snow maps are different. ...

All said it's a good mod....it's too bad it got so much hype, some people didn't know what to expect, except that everyone said it was sooo good.

Still looking foward to FH2.......and Pirates mod seems like it will be the most fun of all.

[EliteOneOneSeven]

I got 50 kills with the artillery tank, I was going rambo with the with some tanks beside me, when there was a huge tank battle...the enemy armors are bunched together. I used one shot and killed them all...lol...that artillery tank is worth using...but crappy armor, make sure you stick with a tank

[pYura]

I got 50 kills with the artillery tank, I was going rambo with the with some tanks beside me, when there was a huge tank battle...the enemy armors are bunched together. I used one shot and killed them all...lol...that artillery tank is worth using...but crappy armor, make sure you stick with a tank

Yeah the mobil arty OWNZ :D I destroyed 10 tanks in a row with it lol. btw how do you call for "artystrike" ? With the walky-talky? How?

[DarQu3]

I do think that it is an awesome mod, tho the maps....theres definitly a issue with the maps, alot of them are too far spread and it doesnt promote CQ fighting (i dont know if thats the point of the mod, but...). i havent played on all of the maps, only about half, but i would like to see come CQ battles seen in China wall map (forgot what its called) in euroforce.

I DEFINITLY like the blood instead of white puffs of smoke. The large scale tank engagements are pretty cool, and the M95 is AWESOME!. The Anti-Material gun is damn powerful, but looks crappy. ahhh what else we got here...The planes are different to fly then in bf2, havent really made up my mind on those. The AA guns on the ground are awesome, instead of the stingers, and base rapers (M95 campers, and anythign else) will die if they enter the uncap which i think is good. Havent got to play any of ther other modes except for conquest so im yet to see what they are like. Oh yeah, Commander.....In my 5 or 6 hours of playing PoE2 did i see a commander, theres bugger all for him to do, except drop a crate and tell soldiers that dont listen were to go...mabye expand on commander capabilities. LOTS of places for a sniper to hide, and lots of shrubs so you can sneak up on the enemy.

all in all i think it is a pretty good mod, tho i have no experience in mods and dont know what the standard is (if there is one). There could be some changes to the maps like make them smaller to promote more squad based play, instead of excessive tank whoring and some other things i have talked about. But other than that i give it a 8/10

P.S. EA are ripping us of big time for those expansion/booster packs!! SAY NO TO BOOSTER PACKS AND YES TO MODS!!!! and does anyone have any news on the mod "Red Crucible" looks interesting.

[YoMo]

if you think the maps are too wide open, try playing on smaller versions of the maps, they are smaller (obviously) are more infantry based.

[m0ttz]

I found this mod too much like OPK, I had high expectations for it but it didn't come up to what I thought it would be like.

[TheEn|gma]

Yeah the mobil arty OWNZ :D I destroyed 10 tanks in a row with it lol. btw how do you call for "artystrike" ? With the walky-talky? How?

Demo Video (http://www.pointofexistence.com/linkpics/PoE2_Arty_Demonstration.zip)

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Admittedly I was just testing them by myself and one other person but choppers are WAY overpowered. I mean damn.

Hind - Cannon of death + 64 rockets (without reload!)
Eurofighter - 16 rockets (w/o reload) and a god damn air-to-ground missile of ownage.

On a map like Rolling Thunder if you just stay away from or fly past AA guns then you're pretty much invincible except the other chopper. Eurofighter's air-to-ground missiles can lock on just past the draw distance too.