Public Line battle server

[Franz Von G]

I've just bought the dlc after having seen the promotional video (never tried the mod), and I jumped in confident to find a game that was promoting line battles, orders, slow paced gameplay with intense battles.
What I've find, it's a strange version of CoD with napoleonic uniforms and weapons. People jumping around, amassing on rooftops like modern snipers, running like headless chickens.

But I'm sure I cannot be the only one out there looking for a "recreation" of realistic (as possible) XIX century battles: is there a server with this mindset? Or is there in planning the creation of a "realistic" game mode to ensure this kind of gameplay?

Please, don't answer "join a clan", because imho there's no need for that: I'm sure that I (and all players interested in this kind of gameplay) can follow orders and march in line/column without having to join a clan...

 

[Gragnok]

yes there are plenty of players who are intelligent and willing to follow commands in order to do formations and volley fire etc however the issue with doing this on public is not that there are a lack of willing participants but rather that there are too many morons who will happily interfere with other peoples fun and the difficulty of communicating orders and deciding who leads.

 

[Gishank]

There is no server in that sense in existance, the problem is linebattles require instant and direct communication (something that typing in chat doesn't really offer). You should consider participating in the Monday public linebattle event. Though if you're interested in regimental gameplay and highly disciplined linebattling, you may not like to hear it, but joining a reputable clan is your only option.

 

[Franz Von G]

yes there are plenty of players who are intelligent and willing to follow commands in order to do formations and volley fire etc however the issue with doing this on public is not that there are a lack of willing participants but rather that there are too many morons who will happily interfere with other peoples fun and the difficulty of communicating orders and deciding who leads.

that, I can totally understand (even if it surprises me that a niche dlc of a niche game can still reach that kind of person). That's why I hope for a game-mode to incentivate or force this kind of gameplay

Though if you're interested in regimental gameplay and highly disciplined linebattling, you may not like to hear it, but joining a reputable clan is your only option.

the problem with clans, I don't have time. A good clan obviously requires you to attend trainings, matches, be active in a forum, etc. I simply cannot do that anymore unfortunately...

 

[5arge]

Franz, if you are in North America there is a line battle twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays that allows public players to form a line and fight against the organized clans, or "regiments" as we call them. We had one (actually two) lastnight. There were about 30 public players so we split them into two groups, 20 pubInfantry and 10 pubGoons. It was epic. You should have been there...

If you do a little more reading, in the events section, you will find there are other line battles and events that may also suit you.

 

[psychopigeon]

Perhaps you should organise a public line battle server?

 

[Yaxim3]

the problem with clans, I don't have time. A good clan obviously requires you to attend trainings, matches, be active in a forum, etc. I simply cannot do that anymore unfortunately...

Not really a problem for us Rddts...  but we don't normally recruit from the community here, just on Reddit.com

You may find what you're looking for in the commander battle servers. in that mode you take control of a small band of bots and act out a linebattle.

 

[hakjimmy]

The commander battle MODE is what u looking for ......

U hop in a server  with the cap of 32 ppl, and u will lead 15-20 bots to engage in a linebattle that U were talking about............

Seriously  , I went to NW_COMMANDER_BATTLE_FG server with 30ppl on , and we got like more than 500 bots fighting from two sides.

That really looks like wut a reall battle is supposed to.

And to my supprise , being a captain really is not easy thing even when u controlling a squad of bots if ,say, u wanna coordinate really well with the whole army deployment...

The line infantry squad ... the artiliry troops  and the cavalry....all seem to be reallly well organized and in order When the amount of the units in the gameplay reach to this large scale  without those said ppl who lack of sense of recreation of the 18 centry warfare.

 

[Franz Von G]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look at the commander battle mode.
I still think that with some collaboration tools within the game engine (voice-chat, a better text-chat, map to see/give orders) this kind of gameplay could be much more easy to achieve.

 

[Franz Von G]

ok, the commander mode (or how is it called) it's simply great, I don't need anything more