Hey guys

[Sidewinder]

I stumbled upon Company of Heroes about 6 months ago, and then stumbled again upon Eastern Front (thank god) and I've been playing it with a pirated version (I know, I know) until the legitimate version was on sale, as I'm not a very wealthy individual. Well, it did come on sale and I bought Company of Heroes, Opposing Fronts, and Tales of Valor all for 10 dollars. So, this brings me to a few questions as I sit at 80% downloaded.

1. If I wanted to play against someone that owned only Opposing Fronts for example, and I was playing Tales of Valor, would it let us play against eachother? Simplified: Can people with different CoH's play in the same game?

2. Is it possible to play online using the Eastern Front mod?

3. Tied to question 2, sort of. Can you launch Eastern Front, but then play against someone who doesn't have it installed?

4. If yes to the above, can you use the Russians against someone who deosn't have it installed? (Doubtful, but I wouldn't mind knowing.)

5. If Relic releases a patch (I'm not sure if they're still patching it) and the Eastern Front hasn't released one yet to match Relic's, can I still play the Eastern Front online?

6. And finally, is going Pioneers > Wehrmacht Barracks > Volksgrenadiers a good idea VS. a Russian player?

Thanks for reading guys.

[Strawberry_Lisa]

1. Yes you can play even if you have you two have diffrent expansions, if I recall right.

2. Online is were this game shines

3 and 4. No, I'm almost 100% sure you both must have Eastern Front

5. If I remember correct last time Relic released a patch version 2.602. Eastern Front required a new patch as well in order to fuction

6. It depends on what unit you're facing

Cheers

//Lisa

[donthateme]

2 engineers, baracks-> volks is allways a good solid start. mg first can be flanked too easily by commissar and conscript, as they are out the same time...

[Sidewinder]

Thanks guys.

I tell my first Pioneer to build the Barracks and then build another squad of Pioneers as the Barracks is building then send them out to cap, use the first ones to cap too when they're finished with the Barracks and send out the Volksgrenadiers to help out. After that, it depends on what my enemy usually builds.

Just wanted to make sure that is a decent BO, I know fighting CPUs is bad for skill as it makes you fall into bad habits.

EDIT: My account name is SidewinderX7, add me please, I'd love to play!

EDIT 2: What the hell is a "smurf"? I played 3 games and won them all and haven't lost yet and now everyone calls me a "smurf" and gets mad at me when I try to ask. It's starting to irritate me.

[Pac-Fish]

A "smurf" is a person who is fairly skilled and has a fairly high lvl account. They then procedd to make a new account with a low lvl (obviously lvl 1) and use that account to sucker low lvl players to joning their game and losing to them .

Some people also make a game and use their low faction lvl to bait ppl in, and when the game is full, they switch factions and start the game. If you don't pay attention then you're fucked . For ex if you make a game and chose PE and you're lvl 1 with them. Then some1 joins and you swtch to Wher which you are lvl 10 in

Its fustrating to actual low lvl players b/c you wont know that you are outmatch untill the game progresses. You can tell if they're a smurf by looking at their record but most new people don't know to do that.

It's okay if you don't know what a smurf is . I didn't know what it meant either until recently

[Sidewinder]

A "smurf" is a person who is fairly skilled and has a fairly high lvl account. They then procedd to make a new account with a low lvl (obviously lvl 1) and use that account to sucker low lvl players to joning their game and losing to them .

Some people also make a game and use their low faction lvl to bait ppl in, and when the game is full, they switch factions and start the game. If you don't pay attention then you're fucked . For ex if you make a game and chose PE and you're lvl 1 with them. Then some1 joins and you swtch to Wher which you are lvl 10 in

Its fustrating to actual low lvl players b/c you wont know that you are outmatch untill the game progresses. You can tell if they're a smurf by looking at their record but most new people don't know to do that.

It's okay if you don't know what a smurf is . I didn't know what it meant either until recently

Oh alright.

I suppose that makes sense, but everyone is so suspicious for some reason. Oh well, I've lost 2 games now due to my allies quitting on me. First one had to "walk his dog", as if it was going to die if it didn't get outside. The 2nd one just sat there in a 4v4 so I had to cover the entire right side by myself.

Oh well, I think I'm going to stick to 1v1s.

[Pac-Fish]

I suppose that makes sense, but everyone is so suspicious for some reason. Oh well, I've lost 2 games now due to my allies quitting on me. First one had to "walk his dog", as if it was going to die if it didn't get outside. The 2nd one just sat there in a 4v4 so I had to cover the entire right side by myself.

Oh well, I think I'm going to stick to 1v1s.

Yeah, it really sucks when your allies leave the first minute of the game or if they're afk for a while. I'l admit I was afk once

[GodlikeDennis]

I hate that there is a basic match rank in this game. Some of us HAVE to create alternate accounts of various levels to actually get a game. Basic match rank is completely meaningless so I wish they just ditched it completely.

People who complain about smurfs are ridiculous. It's because they want a nice cruisy game where they don't actually get tested and learn new things. I do love beating smurfs though. It's so much fun joining a random game where there's 2 newly created accounts on a team (obviously a team) and you countersmurf and join it with your level one account. Then they start the game and tell you that they're actually level 12 (basic, LOL) and you should just drop but then you proceed to demolish them. So much fun .

[Pac-Fish]

Since you seem to know a good amount about auto match GLD:

How does automatch work? Its says ranked match but when the game starts I'm forced to go against a person beyond my lvl . Its not even improving skill at that point. My teammate will just drop . And then some times I will get someone just 2-3 lvl's ahead of me and thats fine ^^. But whats up with this automatch thing

Also why does it take so long to find a game? I must wait like 3 min even though it says: 4allies 9axis 6random. Something like that

I do love beating smurfs though. It's so much fun joining a random game where there's 2 newly created accounts on a team (obviously a team) and you countersmurf and join it with your level one account.

Its even more obvious when they have the same name. For example I saw 3 players at like lvl 5 each with the name: 9thpanzercorps, 9thfallscrimjaer corps, and 9th infantry corps XD Or when they have something like thing 1 and thing 2

[GodlikeDennis]

The Relic server only arranges 1 match at a time I think, so people before you have to get assigned first. If they don't have good connectivity, it will stall the search and nobody will be able to get a game for awhile.

Automatch will initially look for someone your level but will slowly expand the parameters if there aren't any to be found. It will go from even level to +/-1, +/-2 etc. every 20s or so. Every time the 1,2,3 numbers up the top flash green, it is expanding the search.

[Pac-Fish]

The Relic server only arranges 1 match at a time I think, so people before you have to get assigned first. If they don't have good connectivity, it will stall the search and nobody will be able to get a game for awhile.

Automatch will initially look for someone your level but will slowly expand the parameters if there aren't any to be found. It will go from even level to +/-1, +/-2 etc. every 20s or so. Every time the 1,2,3 numbers up the top flash green, it is expanding the search.

I guess that makes sense. I waited for 2 min and had to fight aganst someone 7 lvl's higher than me . I knew I lost the minute I saw his lvl but figured I'd give him a black eye

[GodlikeDennis]

Always ask your opponent what you could've done better. Every loss should be a learning experience.

[Pac-Fish]

Always ask your opponent what you could've done better. Every loss should be a learning experience.

Most of them don't wanna talk

[Sidewinder]

Always ask your opponent what you could've done better. Every loss should be a learning experience.

Most of them don't wanna talk

Probably don't speak english, haha. 

[Chancellor]

Always ask your opponent what you could've done better. Every loss should be a learning experience.

Most of them don't wanna talk

Yes sometimes they don't talk, or sometimes they mean well but they don't speak English.  Its a safer bet to learn from expert replay packs from GR.  Seph and NosliwReborn replays were how I learned my Wehr and PE skills respectively.