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Offline Ranger45

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The Fog Of War
« on: September 11, 2009, 08:11:11 AM »
Where is it?

It would be cool if during a battle the dust, smoke, and debre from the fighting started to affect visibility.  The more bombs that blow up, the more tanks move around, the more airplanes that go down in flames the worse the fog of war would get.  Now for all you pessimistic folks I am not talking a zero visibility environment, just a little smoke and dust to spice it up.  I would be cool to see smoke rolling off a town and dust clouds from incoming tanks.

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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2009, 08:13:03 AM »
Optional feature.....

Which I would use everyday!

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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #2 on: September 11, 2009, 08:40:04 AM »
"fog of war" doesnt usually mean fog literally ...
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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #3 on: September 11, 2009, 08:44:09 AM »
"Fog of war" is more a figurative than literal.
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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2009, 08:53:18 AM »
Optional feature.....

Which I would use everyday!

Of course the problem would be the same like ground clutter: Turn down/off fog of war and you can see the tank hiding behind it. Unless the recent version fixed this....
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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2009, 10:00:43 AM »
"fog of war" doesnt usually mean fog literally ...

 :huhYa I know that, I explained what I meant with the smoke, dust, and debre......I think.

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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2009, 11:34:21 AM »
Nice idea, but many people are having trouble with fire/smoke/clouds the way it is.  Adding this feature would only add to their problems while not adding any real benefit to gameplay.
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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2009, 12:05:24 PM »
How about some Frog of War?

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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2009, 01:34:26 PM »
We already have snails.... :D
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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #9 on: September 11, 2009, 03:37:36 PM »
Must be a WOWer.

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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #10 on: September 11, 2009, 05:08:03 PM »
How about some Frog of War?

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Re: The Fog Of War
« Reply #11 on: September 11, 2009, 06:26:05 PM »
I think it would be pretty cool, someone would have to scout it out, and after 30-45 minutes, fog comes back, and you can't see any bases or dar bars...etc.
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