Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Announcements (Read-Only) => Announcements => Topic started by: Blackbishop on November 20, 2011, 08:56:39 PM

Title: We are back!
Post by: Blackbishop on November 20, 2011, 08:56:39 PM
Hello Eastern Front fans,

Due to the recent forum issues, we were unable to restore the service soon, so we have updated the forum's SMF software(thanks to Will for this). In other words, we are back into circulation!

While the forum was down several weeks, Eastern Front balance was delayed just a bit, balancers and Devs were still in touch and we were working as fast as the situation let us. Unfortunately, the old layout is incompatible with the new version of the forum, so at the moment we will have the original layout as default.

Sorry for any inconvenience, we expect to release some news soon!

Eastern Front Development Team
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Gogo on November 20, 2011, 10:43:20 PM
Welcome back guys  ;D  we all missed you  :)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 20, 2011, 10:50:43 PM
Hooray!  ;D. Does this new forum let you add new smileys  ;D ;D?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Alexander 'ApeMen' J. on November 20, 2011, 11:37:55 PM
good to see you all back in action :D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 21, 2011, 01:07:55 AM
And the Calendar works ^-^. Finally  ;D. We can see who's B-Day is when :P. But you should still post in the birthday thread in off topic :D Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P (the forum was down when it was their b-day I think. And I dont recognized the other names :'()
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: ACHTUNG PANZER on November 21, 2011, 01:29:17 AM
OOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH just keep working on the ostheer you guys are doing a AWESOME job ;D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: neosdark on November 21, 2011, 01:55:57 AM
We need some good music to celebrate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkL_aDrIyU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkkL_aDrIyU)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 21, 2011, 02:06:40 AM
Nice song selection neosdark  ;)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: HerrVoss on November 21, 2011, 02:15:35 AM
Glad the forum is back up.



I am an addict aren't I... ;)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 21, 2011, 02:17:28 AM
Don't you mean addicted  ;)? We all have a tie to the forums don't worry  :P
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: My Name Is Ante on November 21, 2011, 10:39:09 AM
Lurk Mode: OFF

Welcome Back!!!  ;D
Ow, you don't know how painful the ache in my heart when I can't see the forum...  :'(

Anyway, good to see you come back...
And somehow a club I join in my university has a forum with same skin as this one! :P
A sign of something? ???

Before I return to my routine of lurking, I will ask this one...
Any update soon :P

Good luck guys...

Lurk Mode: ON
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Mad hatters in jeans on November 21, 2011, 04:45:50 PM
yay, i was getting worried
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Dzierzan on November 21, 2011, 04:57:27 PM
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Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Thank you.

About forum: i was not worried. I was happy that i have some days without EF fourm :P.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 21, 2011, 05:21:50 PM
Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Thanks, Bro! :D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Walentin 'Walki' L. on November 21, 2011, 05:24:40 PM
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Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Thank you.

About forum: i was not worried. I was happy that i have some days without EF fourm :P.

You lost your sense of life like me? xD (Just a joke ofc)

Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Happy Birthday from me too!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 21, 2011, 05:27:04 PM

Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Happy Birthday from me too!


Danke  ;)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Cranialwizard on November 21, 2011, 05:27:46 PM
Happy Birthday guys!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Venoxxis on November 21, 2011, 06:23:32 PM
great to see the site back.
Looking  forward to the old design   ;D


Regards,
-V-
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: SublimeSnugz on November 21, 2011, 09:14:14 PM
GJ good to see the site running again :D

Happy b-day Maxi and Dzierzanzz
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 22, 2011, 12:18:17 AM
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Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Thank you.

About forum: i was not worried. I was happy that i have some days without EF fourm :P.

You lost your sense of life like me? xD (Just a joke ofc)

Happy b-day to Maxi and to TheDzierzanPL :P

Happy Birthday from me too!

I just checked. Your b-day is not listed  :P. You should update ur info XD. So we can officially celebrate. Happy b day anyways :3
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 22, 2011, 04:55:55 PM
well ill have to get used to the new theme, but im glad were back on-line!
ps, happy birthday to you guys ;)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 22, 2011, 07:39:40 PM
Thanks again to Cranial, Snug and stealthattack  :)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Ryxxen on November 22, 2011, 10:50:43 PM
Very good  ;D i have missed this forum.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on November 23, 2011, 12:22:56 AM
Thanks for the positive replies. For a development team like us, it is extremely apprieciated the crowd/customer is so excited about the Mod. It certainly gives us great motivation to keep working on it :).
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 23, 2011, 12:48:25 AM
Thanks for the positive replies. For a development team like us, it is extremely apprieciated the crowd/customer is so excited about the Mod. It certainly gives us great motivation to keep working on it :).

GO GO GO GO!  ;D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Killar on November 25, 2011, 02:54:45 AM
Well you will not regret the waiting for the next patch  :)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Tankbuster on November 25, 2011, 07:48:21 AM
What did I miss?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 26, 2011, 06:01:36 AM
Nothing much :P
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 27, 2011, 07:58:01 PM
Hey I know you guys are busy but when do you think the EF forum is getting it's former look back ??? This white sterile look creepy me out XD
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Cranialwizard on November 27, 2011, 08:14:37 PM
Hey I know you guys are busy but when do you think the EF forum is getting it's former look back ??? This white sterile look creepy me out XD

Not sure. That's up to will. As far as I heard the former theme doesn't fit this type. I like this look, easier to access on my phone
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: SublimeSnugz on November 27, 2011, 09:38:07 PM
Hey I know you guys are busy but when do you think the EF forum is getting it's former look back ??? This white sterile look creepy me out XD

Not sure. That's up to will. As far as I heard the former theme doesn't fit this type. I like this look, easier to access on my phone


The only thing i miss from the old forum design is those soviet star topic icons  :D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 27, 2011, 09:45:11 PM
seriously! i think a little more soviet spirit would be nice too.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on November 27, 2011, 09:48:51 PM
seriously! i think a little more soviet spirit would be nice too.

This is Soviet Russia in winter, covered with loaads of snow!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 27, 2011, 09:53:16 PM
This is Soviet Russia in winter, covered with loaads of snow!


LOL, this is funny XD
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 28, 2011, 02:47:47 AM
seriously! i think a little more soviet spirit would be nice too.

This is Soviet Russia in winter, covered with loaads of snow!

I never thught of it this way :3. I guss it will do :D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 28, 2011, 11:54:16 PM
hey, i dont know, but i the "[add to buddy list]" feature in the members section new? i was exploring our new forum and i know the calendar works now, but is this thing new?  ???
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Killar on November 29, 2011, 12:07:56 AM
Hey no complains! It took them over a week to make the new forum design
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 29, 2011, 01:41:59 AM
I believe this Add Buddy feature is new :P
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on November 29, 2011, 01:57:40 AM
hmm. i am suspicious. do any admins know anything about it?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Blackbishop on November 29, 2011, 06:27:26 AM
Benefits of using the latest version of SMF ;D. The previous version of the forum was very old, that's why atm the old layout is incompatible with this new one :).
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on November 29, 2011, 12:23:03 PM
Benefits of using the latest version of SMF ;D. The previous version of the forum was very old, that's why atm the old layout is incompatible with this new one :).

Amd thus goes the tide of progress ^-^
Title: Apparent Preferences
Post by: rberliew on December 03, 2011, 03:17:24 AM
Is there anyone advancing Eastern Front that doesn't favor the Germans?  It seems that everything is for "Osteer".  What is that?  I apologize for being ignorant, but I really would like the Russians to be upgraded, instead of the enemys of America at the time.
Thank you (from an Vietnam Vet)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 03, 2011, 03:38:23 AM
Ostheer is a East German faction, designed to rival SU. Considering how the balancers have said that SU factioon is "pretty much finished on 1.6" their attention has shifted to Ostheer. Or at least thats what I believe :P
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: neosdark on December 03, 2011, 03:41:20 AM
Righty o. The Soviet's do not truly require any new upgrades, balance yes, but too many new changes no.
Is there anyone advancing Eastern Front that doesn't favor the Germans?  It seems that everything is for "Osteer".  What is that?  I apologize for being ignorant, but I really would like the Russians to be upgraded, instead of the enemys of America at the time.
Thank you (from an Vietnam Vet)


The Ostheer was the stylistic name for the German Army of the Eastern Front, in real life a collection of units from the Waffen SS, Germany's allies ( Hungary, Romania, Italy, Croatia, Slovakia, and various volunteer units such as the Spanish Blue Brigade and French Anti-Communist League volunteer battalions (whose name escapes me at the moment) and the German Land Army the Wehrmacht (the main component of the army). The Ostheer is the official enemy of the Soviet army, thus gets much of the Dev teams attention.

They may be the enemies of America, but they are here for an enjoyable game, so sorry to disappoint you sir, but the Soviets are quite fine as things stand, and very few things will truly be changed with them, other than minute details and balance.

By the way thank you for serving America even if it was the worst war we have ever entered and exited, we shouldn't have engaged in such a worthless war, let alone have it headed by people who understood little about changing tactics and how to deal with Guerrilla Warfare ( which interestingly enough we have never truly been able to deal with efficiently going back to the Seminole Wars of the 1820s) 
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: GodlikeDennis on December 03, 2011, 04:22:18 AM
The dev team has been exclusively working on Ostheer for a long time now.

The balance team has been working on Soviets and the reward units. Robotnik has been working on helping the balance team with coding, tuning the AI and adding new game modes. Celestial has been helping the balance team fine tune some of the Soviet abilities. BB implements the majority of our changes and is our biggest helper :D. Soviets will be pretty much complete in 1.6. We will do a couple balance changes in future if we need to but we will focus on testing OH once we finish 1.6.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 03, 2011, 04:37:42 AM
@neosdark, wow. way to input your political bias. couldn't have just left it at "thank you for serving America" anyways, 

@rberliew, you may be right. I do not,but  a lot of people do prefer the german faction. one fact is, that there are a lot of people in this forum who dont live in america. therefore, they don't have the same sense of patriotism as we do. as for upgrading the soviets, i think most people agree that they are pretty much balanced as it is.

Thank you for serving your country.
Title: Re: Apparent Preferences
Post by: Cranialwizard on December 03, 2011, 08:14:50 PM
Is there anyone advancing Eastern Front that doesn't favor the Germans?  It seems that everything is for "Osteer".  What is that?  I apologize for being ignorant, but I really would like the Russians to be upgraded, instead of the enemys of America at the time.
Thank you (from an Vietnam Vet)

Thank you for serving. I know a few vets.

There are updates made to the soviets in nearly every patch and balancing soviets will be near final, if not final, in 1.6 to clear way for other updates to other matters, including reward units for vcoh factions and Ostheer.

Cheers, have a good day.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 03, 2011, 11:04:34 PM
Can we expect 1.6 by christmas ;D?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: neosdark on December 03, 2011, 11:24:21 PM
Truthfully Fish I think that would be the best time for 1.6 to be released, since many countries will be on break and people will have time to play.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 03, 2011, 11:32:37 PM
i second the notion. (providing devs have it finished of course)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 04, 2011, 12:27:19 AM
Rizz probably will create an updated forum lay-out around christmas, when he has a break from university.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Cranialwizard on December 04, 2011, 05:53:25 AM
You can't rush perfection!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: FanFALLOUT on December 04, 2011, 07:03:39 PM
Glory to Labor!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 04, 2011, 07:33:40 PM
welcome to the forums!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 04, 2011, 08:43:18 PM
Nice, stars and badges are back! :D
Great work.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 04, 2011, 08:47:10 PM
Yea noted that to Rizz, as we now have a new version those icons weren't moved to the server.

All fixed now along with some adjustments :).
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 04, 2011, 09:18:33 PM
Is there a spammer of the SU icon ???
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 04, 2011, 09:33:40 PM
What?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 04, 2011, 09:35:37 PM
He wants to know if there's a special badge if you become "Poster of the Soviet Union".
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 04, 2011, 09:37:16 PM
He wants to know if there's a special badge if you become "Poster of the Soviet Union".

Its poster not spammer ???. My bad :P
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 04, 2011, 10:28:56 PM
As far as I know there is no special badge.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 04, 2011, 10:30:59 PM
Maybe we should make one :3. One the looks real cool and has like a tattered flag waving cause you're a "hero of the sovit union"
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 04, 2011, 10:36:55 PM
So because you have more than 2000 posts one should be treated as a hero of the forums  :P?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 04, 2011, 10:39:51 PM
Hmmmm good point :P. Maybe just a simple tatterd flag ???
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 04, 2011, 10:57:41 PM
I surely will discuss this with the other devs :).
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 06, 2011, 08:07:34 PM
i cant resist, the Hero of the Soviet Union!   (http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/139/sovietsuperman.jpg)
By stealthattack (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/stealthattack) at 2011-12-06
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 07, 2011, 12:34:30 AM
XD where did you find this.........appalling image. I kinda like it ;D
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 07, 2011, 12:46:55 AM
http://wallbase.cc/wallpaper/827250 (http://wallbase.cc/wallpaper/827250)  here you go
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: neosdark on December 07, 2011, 04:21:24 AM
Ya its from one of the DC alternate universes, Superman lands in a kolkhoz somewhere in Russia instead of Kansas, before WWII I think. It's quite a good read.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 07, 2011, 04:40:20 AM
Its a Nuke! Its Sputnik! No! Its:

Communist Man!!!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: GodlikeDennis on December 07, 2011, 08:50:18 AM
Is there a new rank for 3000 posts? I'm getting pretty close.
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 07, 2011, 05:05:05 PM
Nope after 3000 posts you get an insta-ban As we never thought someone would post that much on a private forum (with private I mean a forum about only one subject).


But isn't Poster of the Soviet Union enough you greedy bastard ;D?
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Tankbuster on December 07, 2011, 05:06:47 PM
No! Want Moar Want Moar!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: stealthattack1 on December 07, 2011, 06:43:28 PM
tankbuster, you have a long way to go. (not that i have any room to talk)
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: BurroDiablo on December 07, 2011, 06:59:37 PM
Dumb labels. We're all Proletariat!

Well, I am... because I make the Tanks. The rest of you are Lumpen Trotskyist conspirators and I must purge you. :P
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Max 'DonXavi' von B. on December 07, 2011, 07:02:12 PM
Dumb labels. We're all Proletariat!

Viva la Revolución!
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Celution on December 07, 2011, 07:03:36 PM
If only I could copy my post count from RelicNews over to here....
Title: Re: We are back!
Post by: Pac-Fish on December 08, 2011, 12:37:33 AM
@Burrodiablo: Can I be purged after I get to 3000 post?  ;D