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JohnM15141 · Jul 14, 2004, 11:26 PM

I've been Playing it for the last few days, rather informally on MultiPlay. It's been fun. The manual mentions the Scout using binoculars can direct artillery. The Manual is not very clear about how to go about this. In all my Online play I've never seen players take advantage of this feature. From what I can tell, a scout can highlight a target that will remain active for 60 seconds or as long as the scout remains alive. How does this work? Where does the Artillery fire come from? Is it other players who just happen to be manning an artillery battery of some sort? If so, what do they see and how hard is it to hit the target. Is it effective?

Peter · Jul 15, 2004, 09:27 AM

grab the binoculars, look where you wish to have artilery bombed. Then find someone as support, they can deploy an artilery weapon - or find one of the tanks, where it requires 1 person to drive the tank, and another to fire. Correctly aiming the artillery is a great skill though.

Holigen · Jul 15, 2004, 11:52 AM

Dont forget to click the fire button with the binocs at where you want the artillery

JohnM15141 · Jul 16, 2004, 01:13 PM

I tried it last night and got some artillery fire on a Tank that was hiding. Very Nice!

However I manned a Destroyer battery at sea. Scouts were calling for Artillery and I noticed Yellow marks on the Map. But I couldn't figure out how to get my gun to hit those areas. Is it just guess work? What techniques are used to get your shells on target?

Boochie · Jul 17, 2004, 09:03 AM

So is this game worth buying? I've played MoH and CoD and grown bored with those. How do the graphics, sound, and gameplay compare between BF1942 and these other WWII games?

Zwilnik · Jul 17, 2004, 11:19 AM

Targetting atillery requires a bit of teamwork. Unless you're incredibly lucky, your first shot will most probably miss. The scout should then tell you whether you were short, long, wide etc. of the target. You can then adjust and fire another shot, repeat until you hit the target area, then just bombard the crap out of it.

Artillery fire is best for clobbering a heavily defended area rather than targetting specific mobile units, but if for instance a couple of tanks have units pinned down or are stopping an advance on a flag, artillery can be a handy can-opener.

One trick btw. If a scout calls atillery while parachuting, the spotting viewpoint stays at the airborne point where it was called (so the scout can land and hide). Very handy for getting wide aerial target spotting views

JohnM15141 · Jul 17, 2004, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by Boochie:
So is this game worth buying? I've played MoH and CoD and grown bored with those. How do the graphics, sound, and gameplay compare between BF1942 and these other WWII games?

I can only compare it to the CoD Demo so I can't compare gameplay. The Graphics look slightly better in CoD but the selling point for me on BF1942(The Deluxe Edition On DVD) is the huge and rich on line Play Experience. I get absorbed for hours into it. I have not seen the CoD Online play yet. So take my review for what it's worth...

PS I finally got a scout to coordinate my Artillery fire. I accidently killed him when I fired Short, Doh! Then Punkbuster banned me, double DOH! I'll be more careful next time.

Great Fun!

Zwilnik · Jul 17, 2004, 12:59 PM

Ah yes, good tip for scouts. Don't position yourself too near the target, that's what the binoculars are for

Peter · Jul 17, 2004, 01:05 PM

Originally posted by Boochie:
So is this game worth buying? I've played MoH and CoD and grown bored with those. How do the graphics, sound, and gameplay compare between BF1942 and these other WWII games?

yes, this is possible my most favoured online game, ever.
DOWNLOAD DESERT COMBAT NOW

gururafiki · Jul 18, 2004, 12:38 PM

Originally posted by Peter:
DOWNLOAD DESERT COMBAT NOW

I second that!

This game is different from MOH or COD becuase you can drive ANY vehicle that you see. The graphics are on par with MOH but not quite as nice as COD, although I have not played it yet on a (my) hooked up G5, only my powerbook, so other users might say differently. Definitely worth buying though.

Logic · Jul 20, 2004, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by Peter:
yes, this is possible my most favoured online game, ever.
DOWNLOAD DESERT COMBAT NOW

DL'ed it, installed it. But I see nothing new

What did I do wrong???

zwiebel_ · Jul 20, 2004, 10:59 AM

Originally posted by Logic:
DL'ed it, installed it. But I see nothing new What did I do wrong???

In the game menu, click on the Custom Game button, select DC, click Activate and off you go.

Logic · Jul 21, 2004, 06:11 AM

Originally posted by zwiebel_:
In the game menu, click on the Custom Game button, select DC, click Activate and off you go.

Ah, thanks!