my opion is this:
my opion is this:
Red Orc is not very realistic. Its a game where you have 15 to 20 minutes, usually, to win. People speak across great expanses as if in WWII the common trooper on the eastern front had small radios. They did not. Russian tanks only had at most one radio per 10 tanks. Actually a mass of tanks that Otto Carius attacked once had NO RADIOS to warn their HQ with as he attacked them with his Tigers. In Red Orc, bullets do not go through walls and tanks can not level and fire a village with a few pesky infantry in them - where as in real war tanks do just that. Where as Red Orc has some trajectory for its tank shells - it appears that the small arms have only flat trajectory - even the guns that use small ammo and have short barrels - again this is unrealistic as any real shooter of small arms knows. Arty does not dig big holes in Red Orc. In real tank war the knocked out tanks would block up bridges, block roads and villages and became a real bottleneck. The Chechens used this reality back in their first war against the new Russia when they would knock out the first and last tank in a column and thus trap the other tanks in a narrow street. BUT in Red Orc knocked out tanks - though they should weigh tens of tons - seem to VANISH into thin air. Infantry can yell or send typed words over the battle field and be heard by their fellow troopers even though there is an arty barrage on going. Amazing...I wonder why real armies didn't think of doing that? In real tank battles tanks often did not burst into flames, but were knocked out by a small hole that reduced the crew inside into a mess of meat. These tanks could be plugged up and repainted and later thrown back into combat. BUT in Red Orc all tanks instantly burn and become ghost like charred hulks that later vanish into thin air. SHOULD I GO ON?
In short, Red Orc is a game. Many things that you are content to ignore are many orders less realistic than players who kill themselves. It is a mistake to approach online shooter games from the standpoint of total realism. But if you insist, then spend you moments of wasted time worrying about the vanishing tanks or the tank-shell proof wooden fences! The other day I heard some old fart gripe that players MUST NOT climb up on the wall of the Seige as it is unrealistic and no real soldier could do that. I laughed! He must be in a wheelchair and live in Kansas. As a mountain climber in my younger days I would have considered that wall are child's play.
those who try to PLAY GUNS and play real war reenactments - ought to join some Civil War guild of reenactors or so forth and buy a uniform and go out on weekends and PLAY GUNS and play history. The truth is Red Orc is not WWII world. Is that a shock to you? Its a game world. And its a NEW world. And if you hope to win in it you had better learn what is possible and play by those rules.
In the real world soldiers do not die and then come right back to the same spot knowing what only the dead soldier should have known about the forces hiding in that spot.
Its a game - flow with that thought or join a weekend battle reenactment guild.
My gripes are about players who PLAY guns, who hide behind walls and go bang bang at each other as if it was a real battle - rather than taking the UNREALISTIC cap zones - that were made for Unreal. Let that thought settle in......U N R E A L. or NOT REAL. In real life a Panther had 5 men. In real life a Tiger would often throw a tread if it backed up wrong.
I get tired of historical gripers. They want a museum. I'd suggest they go joint the US army and go to Iraq. In games these HISTORICAL people or gun players rarely win our battles. I watch them sit on hills far away from cap zones playing plinky with their guns and tanks as if their mama would cry her eyes out if they died in Rec Orc.
Maybe I understand this because I was a programmer back in the days when virtual reality was in its infancy. I watched it grow up slowly. I used to build virtual worlds in the days of the 386. I helped build a role playing game in 92. I have modded since then often and understand that the only truth in virtual worlds is the TRUTH the virtual world allows. And by the way, in real war, if troops could repawn the way we do - they would make suicide attacks. Because in war there really ain't no rules. Not in love either.