Hell Let Loose

Dcully · 26-01-2021 11:43am

A medic can turn the game on its head, as mentioned if your deep into a very good strategic location and lose a few guys i could be a very valuable location lost but if the medic stays in cover and survives and revives his squad it can be win win, thats why everyone is thankful for medic revives.
Ive actually had the game twice before but refunded each time but always intended to jump in once they improved performance.
It really is a phenomenal WW2 experience, nothing in the last decade or more comes close to it imo.
Its a lot deeper/complicated than other fps games but if like me you been playing realism and tactical shooters for a long time then its easy to pick up.
If not its still not hard to pick up just play cleverly.
The actual gameplay in terms of how territory is won/lost and how the class system works and different interactions needed to build outposts and garrisons is the tricky part at first.#
On top of this there is the interaction between the commander and squad leaders of infantry squads, armour squad and recon squads etc who have their own voice channel seperate from squad channel who discuss and plan tactics then relay that info back to the individual squads.
Personally i havent touched commander role but its there if people so wish.

When it all comes together with a good squad/team its a very rewarding experience and something you simply do not experience in any other fps.

stuff.hunter · 26-01-2021 1:14pm

absolutely agree, this game is massively squad / team orientated and theres no room for Rambos

btw, we've got new UK based server so low pings guaranteed and populates very fast. If youre fancy to pop on, search for [1AD] 101st Assault Division - Hardcore - Low Ping London UK or just 1AD and pick UK based one

froog · 26-01-2021 9:06pm

is it better than squad? i found squad okay but so much walking and downtime.

stuff.hunter · 26-01-2021 11:22pm

froog wrote: »

is it better than squad? i found squad okay but so much walking and downtime.

dont know Squad but by whole idea of milsim could be similar, best is to try or check some yt videos ...and if you decide to get it, prepare to die alot

also, best is to join clan as you wont get frustrated by lack of teamwork and communication

Dcully · 27-01-2021 1:06am

They are very similar,gunplay,squad,commander etc but the maps in squad are more open world and bigger not like HLL as in the map design makes the gameplay flow.
HLL maps while not as big are still huge but flow dynamically according to territory control etc thus making it more action and fighting than squad.

They are very similar however which is great as we can have a modern day HLL or WW2 Squad

Wonda-Boy · 27-01-2021 2:19am

stuff.hunter wrote: »

absolutely agree, this game is massively squad / team orientated and theres no room for Rambos

btw, we've got new UK based server so low pings guaranteed and populates very fast. If youre fancy to pop on, search for [1AD] 101st Assault Division - Hardcore - Low Ping London UK or just 1AD and pick UK based one

Joined last night after chatting to a few lads.

Be good to have another few Irish fellas to play with, If Im on the server giz a shout hunter be good to play with another boardsie.

Was in game with Basher tonight playing....won 8-1. Jaysus he is harcore!

stuff.hunter · 27-01-2021 9:20am

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Joined last night after chatting to a few lads.

Be good to have another few Irish fellas to play with, If Im on the server giz a shout hunter be good to play with another boardsie.

Was in game with Basher tonight playing....won 8-1. Jaysus he is harcore!

cool I've seen you on our discord

and yeah, we've got hardcore guys in.
also, got planned a few games against other clans for Feb so get ready for some serious fun

Dcully · 27-01-2021 12:07pm

stuff.hunter wrote: »

absolutely agree, this game is massively squad / team orientated and theres no room for Rambos

btw, we've got new UK based server so low pings guaranteed and populates very fast. If youre fancy to pop on, search for [1AD] 101st Assault Division - Hardcore - Low Ping London UK or just 1AD and pick UK based one

Played on that server quite a few times.

stuff.hunter · 27-01-2021 1:26pm

Dcully wrote: »

Played on that server quite a few times.

great stuff, we've got admins online for most of the time so nothing bad is happening

TheFairy · 27-01-2021 1:26pm

Lads we have a server up for this, we've had mixed success in getting it populated, and if the game keeps developing as it is then we'd love to try and play some organised games where we would put forward a squad of 6 or 12 and join some other teams etc.

I think until they add better admin capabilities and spectator mode of some sort it will trundle along but could be a great eSport game?

Wonda-Boy · 27-01-2021 1:36pm

TheFairy wrote: »

Lads we have a server up for this, we've had mixed success in getting it populated, and if the game keeps developing as it is then we'd love to try and play some organised games where we would put forward a squad of 6 or 12 and join some other teams etc.

I think until they add better admin capabilities and spectator mode of some sort it will trundle along but could be a great eSport game?

I agree, I think the game appeals more to the ahem' older generation, but that is fine by me. Leave all that COD stuff to the young uns, really hope they sort out some very bad bugs sooner rather then later (comms dropping and grass popping up late etc)

But im really enjoying the game.

MadYaker · 27-01-2021 3:33pm

Does anyone know how big the FOV is in this game and is the sound design still being worked on? I keep getting killed by enemies that according to the killcam are right beside me but they never enter my FOV and I don't seem to hear footsteps either.

stuff.hunter · 27-01-2021 3:38pm

theres no kill cam in HLL mate

Wonda-Boy · 27-01-2021 5:28pm

stuff.hunter wrote: »

theres no kill cam in HLL mate

I think he means when downed and you can press F to "Let Go" while waiting for a medic, you get that red marker indicating what compass bearing you were shot from.

Dcully · 27-01-2021 5:43pm

Sound improvements are in the roadmap.
I think the sound system is design decision, as in its hard to really pinpoint the sound of where you were shot from.
They are probably going for disorientation which is realistic ofcourse.
If you are using 7.1 on your headset like i used to do with this game turning 7.1 off seems to help.

Dcully · 27-01-2021 6:27pm

These settings transformed the visibility in the game for me and looks just as good as default settings.

Put the following into the Engine.ini whish is located @ C:\Users\[PC name]\AppData\Local\HLL\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor

BACKUP YOUR EXISTING Engine.ini INCASE YOU DISLIKE

[SystemSettings]
r.DefaultFeature.AntiAliasing=2
r.TemporalAACurrentFrameWeight=0.2
r.TemporalAASamples=165
r.TemporalAASharpness=2.20
r.Tonemapper.Sharpen=2.20
r.PostProcessAAQuality=4
r.Tonemapper.GrainQuantization=0

Also the roadmap is worth checking out.
Might be worth putting this info in the first post in the thread, its very helpful for new and vet players.

Wonda-Boy · 27-01-2021 6:49pm

@ Cully

So set the ingame settings to default and then amend the *ini file. How exactly did it improve the game for you. I just have it set to EPIC or max or whatever it is and play it.

Nice to see a good road map for the game, but FLAMETHROWERS really.....they are gonna be useless!

Dcully · 27-01-2021 7:25pm

AA is notoriously poorly implimented in the game clarityAA gives a shimmering affect while standardAA looks too blurry, these settings improve things and offer a nice middle ground.
Set to desired settings in graphics menu click apply ,quit game enter text like i said above.
Go back ingame and dont go near graphics menu, specifically do not click apply as this overwrites everything.
You simply dont need go touch video menu at all then.

This video explains then why of it i started using his settings and tried a few more but settled on the ones above , yer man albino sniper youtuber streamer [not the guys in this vid] uses the ones im using them too .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2gVSs9_oJE

ABE · 27-01-2021 9:59pm

Hey everyone, seems to be a good bit of interest in this game here on boards.

The problem is everyone is scattered around different servers.

Could we all pull together and arrange to play on one server on agreed days if possible? and bring back the good old days of killing people we know

We would rebrand our server to a community Boards server and maybe create a nice rivalry with another clan and share the same server?

The servers are hard to populate in HLL and we would like to build a good server community.

let us know what you think.

MadYaker · 28-01-2021 2:00am

I played a bit of Day of Defeat years ago and this kind of reminds me of it, the maps look similar and theres community servers.

Wonda-Boy · 28-01-2021 2:09am

ABE wrote: »

Hey everyone, seems to be a good bit of interest in this game here on boards.

The problem is everyone is scattered around different servers.

Could we all pull together and arrange to play on one server on agreed days if possible? and bring back the good old days of killing people we know

We would rebrand our server to a community Boards server and maybe create a nice rivalry with another clan and share the same server?

The servers are hard to populate in HLL and we would like to build a good server community.

let us know what you think.

Id be up for that ABE, we could stick a roster up in here with the days of each server. It would be great if there were a few Irish Clans for HLL, Im not sure of the history of TIG is it Irish in origin? Same with 1AD and the 82ADr...?

ABE · 28-01-2021 9:22am

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Id be up for that ABE, we could stick a roster up in here with the days of each server. It would be great if there were a few Irish Clans for HLL, Im not sure of the history of TIG is it Irish in origin? Same with 1AD and the 82ADr...?

Jesss wonda you played with us during Battlefield days im hurt haha.

[TiG] The Irish Guard
Is a clan created here from boards.ie members for battlefield series back in 2004 ( desert combat id i remember) and its been about ever since changing game over the years to whatever is popular.

Im not familiar with 1AD or 82ADR do they have servers? If not we would be open for them to using our server anytime and allow recruiting also.

The rotation of days between servers might become awkward. if we keep it simple and designate one server for use would be better. Rebrand the name of the server to "irish let loose" and allow the selected clans to recruit on the server?

TiG has no problem doing the above.

froog · 28-01-2021 12:52pm

this game is so polished. very crisp gunplay and performance. just spotted the developer is Team17, of Worms fame! making quality games since 1990

Dcully · 28-01-2021 1:54pm

@ Abe i spoke to a few guys running servers as i was considering getting one up myself until i heard about seeding rosters etc they have for people sitting on their servers to try fill them up.
There is quite a few clan communities running servers at the moment and all seem to be fighting to fill servers.
A lot are very well established a long time within the HLL community so it would be hard to break into this.
Some clans even ask as part of their recruitment if your willing to seed servers 4 nights per week which is just a bit much to ask of people imho.
Baring in mind nobody will join a 100 players server with 3-4 people on it so the big communities normally have 10 plus seeding servers daily but its a thankless task.
I decided to put to bed my setting up a server lol as it needs a big commitment from a lot of people so i just join a server from the 15 or so UK servers i have in my favourites.

Would be up for an irish setup ofcourse.
Irish let loose has a great ring to it actually but TiG is legendary.

Wonda-Boy · 28-01-2021 2:20pm

ABE wrote: »

Jesss wonda you played with us during Battlefield days im hurt haha.

[TiG] The Irish Guard
Is a clan created here from boards.ie members for battlefield series back in 2004 ( desert combat id i remember) and its been about ever since changing game over the years to whatever is popular.

Im not familiar with 1AD or 82ADR do they have servers? If not we would be open for them to using our server anytime and allow recruiting also.

The rotation of days between servers might become awkward. if we keep it simple and designate one server for use would be better. Rebrand the name of the server to "irish let loose" and allow the selected clans to recruit on the server?

TiG has no problem doing the above.

Pure brain fart there fella, dont know what I was thinking....you could have sold out long ago for bigger fan base on the international stage lol.

In relation to 1AD and 82ADr they are huge, alot of players and yes they have their own servers. I was just looking for a few lads to play with regularly and was asked to join on their server the other night (had a rare very good game in a 3 man tank, so they thought I was decent..lol) so I said what the hell. Im looking to get good at the game and learn how to play correctly.

Just type 1AD in the server browser in the servers and bookmark the server. Its either there or the Fighting Furies I play on....

THE INTERNATIONAL GUARD

ABE · 28-01-2021 2:21pm

Dcully wrote: »

@ Abe i spoke to a few guys running servers as i was considering getting one up myself until i heard about seeding rosters etc they have for people sitting on their servers to try fill them up.
There is quite a few clan communities running servers at the moment and all seem to be fighting to fill servers.
A lot are very well established a long time within the HLL community so it would be hard to break into this.
Some clans even ask as part of their recruitment if your willing to seed servers 4 nights per week which is just a bit much to ask of people imho.
Baring in mind nobody will join a 100 players server with 3-4 people on it so the big communities normally have 10 plus seeding servers daily but its a thankless task.
I decided to put to bed my setting up a server lol as it needs a big commitment from a lot of people so i just join a server from the 15 or so UK servers i have in my favourites.

Would be up for an irish setup of course.
Irish let loose has a great ring to it actually.

Yea we have noticed the same hassle of having to seed and spending wasted time trying to get the server populated its a serious problem for server owners. prob something the devs should look at in promoting smaller servers more on the server browser list.

If we can get a few irish players to agree to support an irish server we might stand a chance of creating a home server. Leaving out all the clan crap and recruiting its great to have a community, VIP slots and enjoy gaming instead of sitting in a queue or a dead server.

I've renamed the tig server to:

[UK / IRE] | * IRISH LET LOOSE * | Community Server

but it all comes down to bums on seats.

ABE · 28-01-2021 2:24pm

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Pure brain fart there fella, dont know what I was thinking....you could have sold out long ago for bigger fan base on the international stage lol.

THE INTERNATIONAL GUARD

You'll never beat the irish!

Dcully · 28-01-2021 2:44pm

ABE wrote: »

Yea we have noticed the same hassle of having to seed and spending wasted time trying to get the server populated its a serious problem for server owners. prob something the devs should look at in promoting smaller servers more on the server browser list.

If we can get a few irish players to agree to support an irish server we might stand a chance of creating a home server. Leaving out all the clan crap and recruiting its great to have a community, VIP slots and enjoy gaming instead of sitting in a queue or a dead server.

I've renamed the tig server to:

[UK / IRE] | * IRISH LET LOOSE * | Community Server

but it all comes down to bums on seats.

Yes community servers are just fantastic to have, Squad and a few more non mainstream shooters have them too.
Nothing like playing on a regular server with regular players, its why i stuck with pc gaming all these years but was taken away from us thanks to selfish AAA companies any why i cant help but support these devs making games like HLL, Squad, red orchestra,Rising storm, Insurgencty etc and their community servers.

Probably a good idea if we pick a discord to idle in if we are up for some HLL.
I have one or could use the TiG one?

ABE · 28-01-2021 2:57pm

Dcully wrote: »

Yes community servers are just fantastic to have, Squad and a few more non mainstream shooters have them too.
Nothing like playing on a regular server with regular players, its why i stuck with pc gaming all these years but was taken away from us thanks to selfish AAA companies any why i cant help but support these devs making games like HLL, Squad, red orchestra,Rising storm, Insurgencty etc and their community servers.

Probably a good idea if we pick a discord to idle in if we are up for some HLL.
I have one or could use the TiG one?

discord.theirishguard.com

Dcully · 28-01-2021 3:10pm

Just to add there are some really big communities aswell as those mentioned 1AD and 82AD English speaking ones we have

| * IRISH LET LOOSE * |

Exodus
Powerbits Gameteam
OC Odd Company
UK Anarchy
Lost legion
Havoc Company
WTH wolves at war
101st
FFUK
[2.FJg]
TAW
The company of heroes

Plenty more German, French etc too aswell as the official servers.

| * IRISH LET LOOSE * | soon to follow

dreamers75 · 28-01-2021 3:39pm

Dcully wrote: »

Just to add there are some really big communities aswell as those mentioned 1AD and 82AD English speaking ones we have

| * IRISH LET LOOSE * |
Exodus
Powerbits Gameteam
OC Odd Company
UK Anarchy
Lost legion
Havoc Company
WTH wolves at war
101st
FFUK
[2.FJg]
TAW
The company of heroes

Plenty more German, French etc too aswell as the official servers.

| * IRISH LET LOOSE * | soon to follow

That clan really goes full spectrum, met some awesome players in some games and some absolute **** in others.

I be on morrow evening, assuming I dont actually put in my new PSU and GPU. I had planned to do it morrow night but HLL sounds like an easier option.

Dave_The_Sheep · 28-01-2021 5:55pm

I joined [1AD] but can happily join elsewhere if people decide on one or the other. Would like to get into some organised play.

Wonda-Boy · 28-01-2021 9:06pm

I think we are onto something here,it would be brilliant if we had a dedicated server for HLL. I would donate for it and would be willing to help get a new HLL clan up and running would have 1 or 2 lads join it too.

I will be on tonight but late, I have a raid to do in Destiny 2 but on straight after it.

Maybe get a list of steam names and sticky it so wed can all add each other......

Wonda-Boy · 28-01-2021 11:04pm

Just had a quick look in browser cannot find any server with Ireland, Irish, Shurra be grand in the server title!

dreamers75 · 28-01-2021 11:08pm

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Just had a quick look in browser cannot find any server with Ireland, Irish, Shurra be grand in the server title!

??

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/hll?q=irish&sort=score

3 there.

ABE · 28-01-2021 11:24pm

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Just had a quick look in browser cannot find any server with Ireland, Irish, Shurra be grand in the server title!

https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/hll/9864089

@wonda you might have the button clicked to hide empty servers in game

stuff.hunter · 28-01-2021 11:27pm

its really hard to populate servers these days guys, from own experience know that you'll need at least 20 guys popping on the server at the same time, otherwise its just kinda pointless and frustrating. And of course it need happen before prime-time so mostly 6pm is the latest on week-days or roughly 3pm weekends. Also loads of players got their fav servers tagged so they're not using server list as such.
Forgot to mention active admins, at least one have to be on the server / available on discord from 5-6pm till late

ABE · 28-01-2021 11:37pm

Yea it needs to be a coordinated effort to get a server running these days haha.

8pm week days seems to be a suitable time for most people
if we could get 10 people to jump on the server at that time and hold the line

stuff.hunter · 28-01-2021 11:41pm

Dcully wrote: »

Sound improvements are in the roadmap.
I think the sound system is design decision, as in its hard to really pinpoint the sound of where you were shot from.
They are probably going for disorientation which is realistic ofcourse.
If you are using 7.1 on your headset like i used to do with this game turning 7.1 off seems to help.

Im using Logitech G935 with 7.1 on and sound is brilliant, you can figure out direction of anything spot on. Playing EFT as well and sound in HLL is far superior

stuff.hunter · 28-01-2021 11:43pm

ABE wrote: »

Yea it needs to be a coordinated effort to get a server running these days haha.

8pm week days seems to be a suitable time for most people
if we could get 10 people to jump on the server at that time and hold the line

8pm is far too late mate unless you've got 30-40 people ready to jump on.
meant to reply to your previous post about clan servers:
1AD currently running 3 servers: 1st based in Germany (well be moving to UK very soon), 2nd in the UK and 3rd with offensive maps only based in US

Dcully · 29-01-2021 12:15am

Hyper x cloud 2 here sound is brilliant but needs work, devs said so themselves and its also on the roadmap so its not perfect yet.

Wonda-Boy · 29-01-2021 1:27am

I have two headsets here, have the Turtle Beach Elite Pro and TAC for the PC and just bought the ARCTIS PRO with DAC Rev 2.0 with the PS5 update.

MadYaker · 30-01-2021 4:39pm

Never bought a gaming headset in all the years. At the moment I'm using a pair of sennheiser HD660s and a desktop mic that I got for about a tenner years ago.

I find myself playing officer a lot in this game as the loadouts are good (the binos are clutch) and I get frustrated if I'm in a squad with no leader or a useless leader. I generally play a lot of fairly unforgiving FPS games like Escape from Tarkov, PUBG, Arma, Dayz etc but this game is king for dying over and over again with no idea where the guy was :pac: The voice coms bug is also annoying and pretty common now.

Tony EH · 01-02-2021 8:11pm

I'm interested in getting this as the setting is perfect for me. But is it a squad based thing only? This kinda puts me off, cos I usually go it alone in most games.

How does that play out in the game. Is it one lad yelling orders and getting pissed off at noobs?

I don't really play many online games and the ones I do play, you're pretty much on your own (DayZ and Elite).

froog · 01-02-2021 8:15pm

Tony EH wrote: »

I'm interested in getting this as the setting is perfect for me. But is it a squad based thing only? This kinda puts me off, cos I usually go it alone in most games.

How does that play out in the game. Is it one lad yelling orders and getting pissed off at noobs?

you can go solo no problem if that's your thing, but you miss out on the main thrust of the game - objective based squad play.

Tony EH · 01-02-2021 8:35pm

froog wrote: »

you can go solo no problem if that's your thing, but you miss out on the main thrust of the game - objective based squad play.

Aye, but I'm billy bleedin no mates.

It's €30 at the moment on Steam, so I wanna be sure before I take a punt.

In my (limited) experience though, I find online squad games tend to end up messy most of the time. And often it descends into people yelling at each other. No interest in that kinda nonsense.

Seems to be getting good reviews though and I hear that there's a Russian Front map in development too.

froog · 01-02-2021 8:51pm

Tony EH wrote: »

Aye, but I'm billy bleedin no mates.

It's €30 at the moment on Steam, so I wanna be sure before I take a punt.

In my (limited) experience though, I find online squad games tend to end up messy most of the time. And often it descends into people yelling at each other. No interest in that kinda nonsense.

Seems to be getting good reviews though and I hear that there's a Russian Front map in development too.

you can stay solo and not join up to a squad, doubt anyone would give out to you. stealthing around sniping the enemy is how combat mostly goes anyway so if that's your thing absolutely give it a shot. the maps are incredible.

Tony EH · 01-02-2021 9:00pm

froog wrote: »

you can stay solo and not join up to a squad, doubt anyone would give out to you. stealthing around sniping the enemy is how combat mostly goes anyway so if that's your thing absolutely give it a shot. the maps are incredible.

Yeh, I was looking at Foy and Carentan and they seemed well done.

Wonda-Boy · 01-02-2021 11:48pm

It really isnt a game for solo'ing if Im being truthfully honest. Joining into the game and getting into say a tank on your own is a huge no go on most servers. Reason being is that a tank costs alot of resources and if you get taken out in a tank constantly its a huge drain on the rest of the team. I have yet to experience some clown barking orders at me when in a squad and I started at the deep end with no clue what was what.....you will get some dopey SL who thinks he is TOM HANKS and ask you to so stupid things or worse NOTHING at all but thats like every game.

Where this game really shines is when the players>SL>Team>Commander all work together and win its priceless.

You can join a squad and do solo stuff no bother, like be an engineer and build nodes (resources) for the team or be support and build and yes to a certain extent 2up and go recon....but as a pure lone wolf running around on your todd, it would not be the best game for it.

But nothing stopping you getting the game and learn of us....the blind leading the blind, great craic and sure Id rather play a bad game with good peeps then a great game with bad peeps. This just happens to be a great game to BOOT!

Dcully · 02-02-2021 11:58am

Tony EH wrote: »

I'm interested in getting this as the setting is perfect for me. But is it a squad based thing only? This kinda puts me off, cos I usually go it alone in most games.

How does that play out in the game. Is it one lad yelling orders and getting pissed off at noobs?

I don't really play many online games and the ones I do play, you're pretty much on your own (DayZ and Elite).

First off you will not find your typical call of duty of fortnite player in these games.
This is a big boys war game ie old farts like me :P
I have about 130 hours in the game and never once experienced anyone barking orders in a bad manner not once.

The overwhelming majority of players are mature gamers plus only play on community clan servers and any annoying people will be kicked.

Also some squads you join will be totally chilled and some possibly not even giving orders then the ones that are actively following the commanders orders etc are just gamers like yourself.

Dont over analyse the commander/squad leader thing, you can avoid it all if you wish.
The orders are just basic go here to defend then go there to attack [remember your gameplay is your gameplay] the orders are jsut to be roughly in a general area of the huge map - again dont over analyse it it really is a chilled game.
Just play a rifleman to start with , if the squad leader asks for someone to go support or engineer just say your a new player learning or by all means jump into those roles, more often than not you only need to be one of them for a few minutes to drop supplies for squad leader or build nodes then redeploy back to whatever you want.
Just stick to the normal infantry squads and avoid armour and recon squads while your learning.

It really is a fantastic game, you sound like someone who would love it.
The gunplay the maps the whole immersion into a WW2 experience is like no other.

This video came up on my ty feed yesterday, i havent watched but it might help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Gt4JhWyiQ

Hell Let Loose

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