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[=C O M= Bouncer]

To the membership of {MOB},

Over these last few days I have enjoyed playing on your server with you. I do not know all of you or even most of you, but you guys seem like good people to compete with. Thank you for the hospitality you have shown me. I have also noticed on your roster that you guys all fall within the same age group as our clan, which is good thing. As I was browsing the ladder and judging by dates it looks like the next match after this could very well be the big match. If only we could predict the outcome of the match now then it would be a relief. Of course that is, if we successfully win our next match against the Black Hats. They are also a good team and our last match was close.

I am sure in the past that you guys go through the same thing we do when the matches are done and the comments start to come out. What I do not want to see, and want to avoid is the two best teams in the game contributing to it. I guess thats most of the reason for posting this morning. Possibly, as I have been doing, we can show up on one anothers server to start getting to know each other. The idea does sound intresting to play a match that neither team knows how the other plays, but not sure if it will do any good for post-game comments. I do not know how many of you have Spearhead, but we would like to invite you guys to join our server and play anytime. Our server IP is 216.93.173.46. We run the MPSH 3.1 realism and a 28 client server which is really smooth most of the time. The same courtesy you have showed me the last few days our members will return to you.

Thanks,
The =C O M= Team

Catchy topic huh? Also, some humor for you. As a joke we have been saying that our name stands for: =Come On MOB=

This post has been edited by =C O M= Bouncer: 07/27/03 7:19am

[=C O M= Bouncer]

Check this out, I found on Moh-Central an interview with Dave Rosen the Production Manager for Breakthrough. Turns out Spearhead will be compatible with it.


So what does the Breakthrough expansion consist of?

Rosen: There are 11 single-player missions. It's North Africa to Italy. So Kasserine Pass, Sicily and Monte Battaglia. It's got nine new multiplayer maps and a new multiplayer mode called Liberation mode.

Similar to Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and expansion Spearhead, we're aiming for an equal balance between single-player and multiplayer.

Can you give us a few more details on Liberation mode?

Rosen: When players on your team are killed they go into a jail and then you have to hit a trigger in a level to release them. So it creates a cool dynamic, guarding the trigger versus going out and fighting people.

Once one entire team is in jail at the same time, that ends the scenario.

What new weapons and character skins feature?

Rosen: There are a lot of new Italian skins and weapons, and some new British and German ones as well. We felt that with the Spearhead expansion there were a lot of new Allied characters and weapons but not a lot for the Axis, so we're trying to balance that.

We understand that we'll get to drive vehicles in Breakthrough...?

Rosen: This is right near the start of the campaign [points to the screen while someone is playing it] and at this point he's riding in a tank. There are points when you drive a tank.

Because it's North Africa, obviously tanks and vehicles were heavily involved in those battles. Part of what this franchise is all about, something that's important to us, is historical accuracy, so we couldn't really give people the feel of being in North Africa if they didn't get to drive a tank.

So in single-player Breakthrough you'll be driving tanks more than in the past.

Once he gets through this initial combat area [points at screen again] he'll get to a tank. Breakthrough just went alpha this week, and it's not well balanced yet so it's tough to get through the first level.

Will Breakthrough owners still be able to play those who don't own it online?

Rosen: For multiplayer online you can play against anyone who's running the basic Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault and/or Spearhead.

Breakthrough will be compatible with Spearhead, and of course you'll need the original Allied Assault to play it - but you don't need Spearhead to play it.

Will Breakthrough meet its release date?

Rosen: Yep, it's due out in September.

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I dont know but the thought of it being compatible with Spearhead puts some doubt about this expansion pack. I had heard that Spearhead wasnt, which sounded good, until I read that. Seems wierd how this would work also. If you have a Breakthrough server running and have Spearhead maps listed then what about those who never bought Spearhead? Are they assed out? Will Breakthrough come with Spearhead maps? I guess we have to just wait and see. Right about now I want to spawn kill EA.

This post has been edited by =C O M= Bouncer: 07/29/03 10:23am