It's Official...
 

... PBEM is in.
http://www.battlefront.com/discuss/u...;f=52;t=001231

I wounld NOT have considered buying the game without it. Now I will at least try the demo and give it a fair shot.

Good and necessary news.

Good news indeed.

Why all the uproar about file size?

In the thread someone talked about the file size of 700Mb.... are they talking about a turn being that much.... the biggets file I have ever seen in a CM game is only about 3 megs. The game is not going Real time so why would the files be so big?

New engine with higher level of detail--I'll let you computer guys explain any more.

700Mb Files! Holy fried modem Batman. This game is way out of my bounds and limitations.


EDIT: After going there and reading the posts, nobody from BF said the files would be that big. It was just speculation and banter between the usual suck ups over there.

I'll tell you what their Shreckie... MOST email servers will not allow files over 10MB's so unless they come up with a new file sharing program where you have to upload it to some type of server and then the recipient has to go download it.
I don't see how it will work unless this is there half-assed attempt to include PBEM to quiet the masses that cried foul when they said it wasn't going to be included.

Even with my cable modem, a 700MB download can take more than 10-15 mins depending on the time of day....

For you Shrek, probably 3 to 4 days with dial-up. :(

I see alot of different release dates that are close to one another (example: one month from now, 6 weeks away, etc.) being batted around in discussion at BF. -Are we to assume it will be released this year, 07'?

- oh and I'm very happy that it's going to be PBEM, obviously. I'd hate to have to try & rejoin the real-time world again.

Baa Humbug, I mean really, how much balance can this game have? Syrian Army and insurgents vs the U.S. Do the Americans get AC-130 gunships, cruise missles, J-dams, Paladins? Do the Syrian/insurgents win if they kill 5 Americans and take 300 losses? I'm sorry but this game seems to me to be based on a crazy premise: that the Syrian Army would last longer than the Iraqi Army. I'll wait for the WWII version. And the 700mb pbem files must be a mistake.

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