Wouldn't the officer skins be limited to Commanders? Also, the NCO skins to Squad Leaders and each class having its own unique skin?
Character Customisation (YES/NO) - The Definitive Thread
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Wouldn't the officer skins be limited to Commanders? Also, the NCO skins to Squad Leaders and each class having its own unique skin?
Being that your character levels up in rank, no, because what if you level up to an officer position? I would not want to see a bunch of officers running around.
Pardon me if I'm wrong, but I thought going up ranks only was how veteran your guy was, not an actual military rank. If I'm wrong, please correct me. I hate being incorrect.
Special thanks to Capt.Cool for adding this to his 'Best of' thread.
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Sturm
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Sturm
with that philosophy customization, could be used. also i don't agree with his idea of how it should work but i like the customization parts
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At the end of the day, it might sound simplistic, but every decision in our lives is customised to our taste, for example, when we get up in the mourning, we customise what we are going to wear that day, we dont have a set outfit where we cant swap the socks or change the t-shirt, we also chose our combination of foods and drinks. Its fare to say in this sense, that soldiers during any conflict in the world have customised to some extent their apparrel and gear, maybe they adapt their uniform for the terrain, or for the enviroment, or maybe just for personal preference, or lastly for technical advantage i.e speed, manuovreability.
It is in this respect that I think customisation is the way ahead for gaming, in my opinion it always has been. Its the same as Linear / scripted games vs Freeroam/unscripted games, sure there are great linear games, but I always fall back on free roam titles and the multiplayer aspect of games, for the sheer variety, not knowing what to expect, diversity.
I mean for example, games such as Unreal, Doom, Halflife are old titles, steming as far back as the late 90's, they didnt have customisation and yet a game from 2011, where graphics are very close to a decent representation of real life, such as Ro:HoS, dosent have the simple ability of choice for players, (Dont forget classes are pre-determined). I hate to mention titles such as these, but Call of Duty MW, Black ops, Medal of Honor e.t.c all have customisation, they want the most sales possible and they have catered to some extent for what players want - customisation.
Please voice your opinions.
Thanks
Sturm
It is in this respect that I think customisation is the way ahead for gaming, in my opinion it always has been. Its the same as Linear / scripted games vs Freeroam/unscripted games, sure there are great linear games, but I always fall back on free roam titles and the multiplayer aspect of games, for the sheer variety, not knowing what to expect, diversity.
I mean for example, games such as Unreal, Doom, Halflife are old titles, steming as far back as the late 90's, they didnt have customisation and yet a game from 2011, where graphics are very close to a decent representation of real life, such as Ro:HoS, dosent have the simple ability of choice for players, (Dont forget classes are pre-determined). I hate to mention titles such as these, but Call of Duty MW, Black ops, Medal of Honor e.t.c all have customisation, they want the most sales possible and they have catered to some extent for what players want - customisation.
Please voice your opinions.
Thanks
Sturm
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id have to say yes too, but only if the teams uniform colors stay pretty much the same, would be hard to spot a friendly from an enemy far away if the colors would match
German and Soviet uniforms are so different, it would be impossible to mix them up. Colors and shapes are completely different in every way (except for jackboots).
I already voted yes for this.
Edit: In the OP, there are a few things wrong with the German customization ideas.
1.) There was no splinter smock around Stalingrad in that time period.
2.) Officers didn't really have any variation in tunic, as they wore the same 6-button field-grey collar tunic until the late-war period.
3.) Cross-straps were also eliminated by this time period.
4.) As far as I know, chicken wire was not around Stalingrad at this time, either. I'm not saying it was not there, but I just have not seen any photographic evidence proving so.
5.) The first cap has no branch of service identifier so it would not exist.
6.) As for the second cap, there has never been any camouflaged German head-dress of any kind, so this is also a farby item that would not exist.
7.) The third cap is a panzer-crewman cap, and it has no national eagle and pink branch of service identifier. Panzer-crewman had no variation in uniforms at this time, either, and no infantry would be wearing a black field cap.
8.) The fourth cap, the M43, was not around Stalingrad.
9.) The last cap is an SS cap, but I do agree that these should be interchangeable. Officers should be able to have a choice of wearing their visor cap, field cap, or helmet.
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This is a wet dream of mine...i voted for this..but it will not happen..and it makes me sad
...sigh*
-Colton Berg
...sigh*
-Colton Berg
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I think this should be based off of what unit the soldier is in. What division, battalion, ect.
Dietrich Graf
FNG / Fresh Meat
I'm not quite sure about the smock, but the Heer Splinter Pattern had been around since the WWI. If I remember correctly from an Osprey Publishing book on German camo that I borrowed from a friend, the Heer Splinter pattern helmet cover was actually used in WWI.
Wire Mesh/Chicken Wire
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I've never seen any splinter smocks in any Stalingrad photos. They did exist then, but most of the winter-wear in the city were parkas in white and grey. I never denied the splintertarn helmet covers, as it is obviously apparent those were around then.
I'm not quite sure about the smock, but the Heer Splinter Pattern had been around since the WWI. If I remember correctly from an Osprey Publishing book on German camo that I borrowed from a friend, the Heer Splinter pattern helmet cover was actually used in WWI.
Wire Mesh/Chicken Wire
Source:
[url]http://www.german-helmets.com/Camouflage%20Helmet%20Covers.htm[/URL]
Chicken wire may have been around, but do you have any photographs of them in use at Stalingrad?
Dietrich Graf
FNG / Fresh Meat
Chicken wire/wire mesh didn't become used and recorded until around the D-Day landings, were that stuff would have been readily accessible to Heer troops.
The only images I have seen from in or around Stalingrad and Sevastopol were burlap bags or cloth added to the helmet as a cover.
SOURCE:
http://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=12131
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I think there has been a slight miscommunication here. I never denied the splintertarn helmet camouflage, just the chicken-wire.