Day of Defeat: Source

[sapi]

Does the game support bots? The original did eventually.

Not atm afaik.

The game's excellent provided you can get a game, although there should be an option to enforce hdr (so people can't get an advantage by having it off). :P

[Ice]

xfire=ghost908

I play it sometimes.

[edyzmedieval]

I'm playing it. I'm mostly online, playing on the FragMasters Server.

[professorspatula]

It's free to play this weekend. I've had a couple of hours or so playing it. It seems ok. A bit fast paced compared to CS though. I suppose it depends on server settings, but with fast respawns as most servers I've been on tend to have, you don't need to do much more than run around blasting and trying to capture a flag first. Doesn't matter if you die as you're back in 10 seconds time anyway. Which makes me wonder why guns have so many spare magazines. How you going to get through 12 BAR magazines when your average life expectancy is under a minute? I think I prefer Hidden and Dangerous 2 online, a bit more slow paced but unfortunately with awful hit detection. I'll give DoD a few more goes before the weekend is up, but I doubt I'll buy it.

[edyzmedieval]

I managed to empty it 2 times, because I found an ideal position. 6 kills only.

[Seasoned Alcoholic]

I used to be well into the original DoD, but then I tend to switch games frequently. Never bought DoD: Source at the time though, probably because I was too addicted to the original

I've always believed that DoD was superior to MOH and its various expansion packs, even though MOH was graphically superior. Although the MOH 'lean' capability was good, used to let you peek round corners and pick-off a headshot or two on unsuspecting opponents...

The great thing about DoD is that I could literally pick up any weapon class in a short space of time. It was a bit of a pain once all the bolt-action rifles were hogged all the time on certain servers, and you were left with the crappy semi-auto rifles such as the carbine, where you need multiple hits to register a kill.

As mentioned above, the MG34 is awesome, simply because it hardly ever overheats, and you carry tons of ammo. Its downside is the small ammo box capacity, as you can burn through those rounds in no time.

I've always thought that sniping makes you too vunerable on DoD - you have to keep relocating yourself to new positions, otherwise face several grenades all heading into your hiding place On MOH, you could safely pick a sniping spot, and kill several before even being spotted and being forced to relocate.

[edyzmedieval]

Anyone still playing it?
Apart from me and Sapi. (4-1 Sapo, don't forget about it! )

[spmetla]

I play it off and on as "von Schpetzka" but I prefer RO. I really enjoyed all the betas of DoD, I still remeber playing 1.2 with my dial modem and still rocking. Then 2.0 brought in my beloved MGs, oh the carnage I caused...

Still pissed that they took out the Brits, I loved my Sten, Bren, and good ol' Lee Enfield. Taking people out with my service revolver was always satisfying as well.

I'm one of the fans of "realism" so I dislike the similiarities it has with CS, which was only enjoyable for me with the school's LAN with the taunting of each other in real life instead of having to type that stuff in.

Sometimes though, I just need to kill some nazis and DoD is my fix with that, I tend to do rather well with my trusty M1, the way it is in the game I don't think Patton would ever have called it the greatest battle instrument ever but I'm a good shot and usually get the follow up shot for the kill.

[edyzmedieval]

Ah yes, RO is a definite masterpiece of gaming engineering.

But still I like DoDS style, of run-n-gun and all those superb custom maps that have been created.

[Hepcat]

Well I got the game yesterday and have been enjoying it. Though I can't play European or American servers since I get a ping of 350 - 400.
So I have to stick to Kiwi and Aussie servers.

[sapi]

Hepcat, I highly reccomend the Internode servers for Aussies/Kiwis, especially 'node 3 (+ff 20pp, which are by far the best settings for dods)

What's your ingame name?

[Hepcat]

my xfire name is hansvonuthel
But ingame I just go by Hepcat.

[sapi]

I've added you to my xfire.

Might have a game tonight, depending on how much rl work I have to get done

Ingame name's |RPMN|sapi (it's not a clan, don't judge me )

[edyzmedieval]

Another corrupted member. You have joined the Dark Side!

Unfortunately, the only thing you get is a kick in the bullet.