Company of Heroes 2 - From who? Ze Germans?

I'm really looking forward to this pack. The new maps look to have some nice detail and all the new units are going to be awesome to play with.

It's a shame there are no missions associated with the new pack, but skirmish will still be a blast.

Well I got accepted into the Alpha. So much joy. Can't say much. Actually probably can't say anything apart from the fact that I'm now 100% buying this day 1. It's good

BlackSabre wrote:

Well I got accepted into the Alpha. So much joy. Can't say much. Actually probably can't say anything apart from the fact that I'm now 100% buying this day 1. It's good :)

I got in too! It's downloading now

what's really changing? More maps, new factions?

How do you join alpha?

They did an open sign up a while back, but stopped taking entries after maybe a week, as far as I know.

Thin_J wrote:
BlackSabre wrote:

Well I got accepted into the Alpha. So much joy. Can't say much. Actually probably can't say anything apart from the fact that I'm now 100% buying this day 1. It's good :)

I got in too! It's downloading now :D

Awesome. I've played a couple of matches as the US and it's a little confusing at first. Very unique start. I've got to play with all the US goodies so far and there is some interesting units. Definitely new maps as well.

The new Germans are interesting too. I'll have to play as them tomorrow, but they've got some nice gear as well.

Balthezor wrote:

How do you join alpha?

Go to relic's website. They had a sign up to alpha thing there. Not sure if it's still there but worth having a look.

SuperHiro wrote:

what's really changing? More maps, new factions?

2 new factions. Lots of new maps. Skirmish and multiplayer only. You can see a lot of info on the main page in steam. Beyond that, I'm not allowed to discuss any details. I can say it's going to be great having 4 sides to play.

I'm keen on having more CoH2 in my life, so anything to goose those mp numbers on there makes me happy. I reinstalled DoW2 for giggles and man I really miss them days.

Meh, still hoping for an alpha invite ;(

I really wish we could talk about this.

When does the new content release?

Release is June 24th.

Thin_J wrote:

I really wish we could talk about this.

There's an NDA on it? Also, I guess I should start playing again to prepare.

I was never any good at it, but I had a load of fun playing with you and Cpt. Glanton.

PWAlessi wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

I really wish we could talk about this.

There's an NDA on it? Also, I guess I should start playing again to prepare.

I was never any good at it, but I had a load of fun playing with you and Cpt. Glanton.

Yes, there's even a big old honking reminder that there's an NDA plastered right on the main screen when the game loads up.

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They did a stream on Twitch and showed off a lot of the interesting bits involving the new US army in the expansion, and that stream is now up on Youtube. The game starts shortly after 6 minutes.

They still sending invites?

Thin_J wrote:

They did an open sign up a while back, but stopped taking entries after maybe a week, as far as I know.

Reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeead

Balthezor wrote:

How do you join alpha?

Thin_J wrote:

They did an open sign up a while back, but stopped taking entries after maybe a week, as far as I know.

Yep, that I know..What I meant was are they still sending Alpha email invites out? I applied when the Alpha signups were first announced.

whispa wrote:

Yep, that I know..What I meant was are they still sending Alpha email invites out? I applied when the Alpha signups were first announced.

Well then phrase your question better

As far as invites, I don't know. Honestly I'm surprised they still sent a batch out again this close to release.

Ok, I read Alpha ended. Let's hear some impressions of the upcoming forces?

I'm pretty sure the NDA is still in effect.

*Some digging says it's still in "partial" effect. Meaning some things are still under NDA and others aren't. I can't really find any info on what's what.

I was a bit taken back by how they revoked my access. Big red steam warning saying there was a problem with payment or something. And it still shows up in my library, but now has Purchase instead of play. Could have handled that a bit better.

BlackSabre wrote:

I was a bit taken back by how they revoked my access. Big red steam warning saying there was a problem with payment or something. And it still shows up in my library, but now has Purchase instead of play. Could have handled that a bit better.

That was admittedly a little jarring, and it took me a second to figure out what was even going on.

That said... if it means the alpha doesn't uselessly take up a spot in my steam "all games" list like some other betas and things that are just still there for no reason, I'm ok with it

Some released game play videos of the Western Armies:

http://www.coh2.org/topic/18735/west...

I cannot wait for June 24!

Yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing some great replays when all four sides get involved. The new armies have some great new toys and I love how they play out.

If I'm reading tweets correctly Western Front Armies is already Live and ready to go. My steam shows an over 4gb download having gone through sometime earlier on. I haven't logged in yet, just giving a heads up.

Thin_J wrote:

If I'm reading tweets correctly Western Front Armies is already Live and ready to go. My steam shows an over 4gb download having gone through sometime earlier on. I haven't logged in yet, just giving a heads up.

Is it worth $20 with no new single player stuff? I didn't play a bunch of competitive multiplayer because, as you know, I'm pretty bad at the game. I'd be into playing MP, but I don't really have the time to practice and get better right now (moving in a month).

Thin_J wrote:

If I'm reading tweets correctly Western Front Armies is already Live and ready to go. My steam shows an over 4gb download having gone through sometime earlier on. I haven't logged in yet, just giving a heads up.

I was wondering what that was.

I mostly play comp stomps when I play this game, be it with other people or by myself. The AI is more than enough of a challenge at the higher levels, at least for me. It didn't used to be in the first game, but it has been in CoH 2.

After my time with the alpha I personally think it's worth $20 if you like vanilla CoH 2 and want to play more with some added gameplay variety... but whether that's worth it to you is, well, up to you.

I'll be playing quite a bit over the next week and a half or so as I'm on vacation starting Thursday and don't go back to work until July 5th, so if you or anybody wants to set up a few nights to play comp stomps with the new toys I'm all for it.

*Normally I would say I'm all about playing tonight but I've promised a friend some co-op time in Sniper Elite so at least a portion of my time today is spoken for. Bad planning on my part, that.

Thin_J wrote:

I mostly play comp stomps when I play this game, be it with other people or by myself. The AI is more than enough of a challenge at the higher levels, at least for me. It didn't used to be in the first game, but it has been in CoH 2.

After my time with the alpha I personally think it's worth $20 if you like vanilla CoH 2 and want to play more with some added gameplay variety... but whether that's worth it to you is, well, up to you.

I'll be playing quite a bit over the next week and a half or so as I'm on vacation starting Thursday and don't go back to work until July 5th, so if you or anybody wants to set up a few nights to play comp stomps with the new toys I'm all for it.

*Normally I would say I'm all about playing tonight but I've promised a friend some co-op time in Sniper Elite so at least a portion of my time today is spoken for. Bad planning on my part, that.

I'm up for games this week when I have time. Your excuse is OK, it was supposed to be released tomorrow so you are off the hook on this one...

Well I'm ready to go. Looking forward to jumping in having some good games.

Apparently I was too late on my pre-order and missed out on the new skins. I'm pretty sure it was still pre-order when I purchased it though. Are the new skins showing up for you guys?