Hell Let Loose

I picked up HLL for €15 from Instant Gaming last week (no brainer at that price). I had been playing a fair bit of Squad last few weeks but I fancied a change and the WW2 setting. I'm a BF2 veteran from way back so this piqued my interest.

So far, my experience has been very good. Certainly not as coordinated as Squad or as much talking going on, there seems to be a lot more solo players but that doesn't detract from the overall gameplay and teamwork is essential to get into objectives. The front line can swing backwards and forwards quite a bit. Trying to find a good server can be a bit hit and miss, I was on a Finnish one last night and had a great game. Graphics are a significant improvement compared to Squad but you can see it's not as well developed just yet. I'm still trying to get my head around the support and build mechanics, Squad's system seems to work better. Artillery can be somewhat overpowering.

HLL fills a niche between recent Battlefield games (way too arcadey for me and my twitch response is not so good anymore) and modern mil-sims like Arma and Squad. It will only get better over time.

You can solo but as the others point out your better as a squad just from a down point perspective.

Just don't take a squad leader or commander slot or you will get **** for it.

If your going to not have comms then just listening is a huge benefit, if you do as SL commands your fine.

Also if you want a laugh playing with americans and then role playing always cracks me up. The mad bastards really get into it.

beauf wrote: »

What are the realistic specs. We've a couple of older desktops with 1050ti. Also have a new gaming laptop 2060 but it's only got 8gb ram (was planning on upgrading it). If I can prise it out of the kids hands.

Its early access so specs are "fluid"

MINIMUM:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Win7 64bit
Processor: i3-4130 @ 3.3GHz / AMD FX-8350 @ 4.0GHz (or equivalent)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX1050ti / R9 280 (or equivalent with minimum 2GB VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 30 GB available space
Additional Notes: System Requirements subject to change as development continues
RECOMMENDED:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Win7 64bit
Processor: i5-7600 @ 3.5GHz or Ryzen 5 1600 @ 3.2GHz
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1070 or AMD RX Vega 56
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 30 GB available space
Additional Notes: System Requirements subject to change as development continues

As with any EA, have double whats recomended

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Yeah I think it runs pretty well maxed out, the only thing I get the odd time is a lag when driving in tanks. That could be a server side thing as it does not happen all the time, but as Cully said it runs pretty well for me also and I playing at 3840x1600 res on a 3900x @ 4.5ghz and a 3090.

I've got a ryzen 3600x and a 5700xt and I don't notice much of a difference in performance or visuals when I adjust settings so I just play with everything on medium. For a game that's running 100 player servers and is still in development it runs very smooth I think, smoother than some AAA games I've played that were "finished".

Wasn't able to find that folder, it's somewhere else on my PC.

Dcully wrote: »

Appdata folder could be hidden you can set to show hidden folders then your sorted.

It actually was so I unticked that box but there is still no appdata folder when I look in C>Users>myname

Edit: nvm, sorted it. I'll give those settings a go and see if I like it.

Dcully wrote: »

set desired graphics settings first and click apply then after this ad that text then do not touch graphics menu ingame specifically the apply button as this can reset your engine.ini

Played a few games last night and I think it looks a lot better. I didn't notice players being that much easier to spot, maybe at a distance but it's definitely an improvement in overall appearance. No drop in fps either as far as I could tell.

The weapons sound awesome. I was cowering underneath a ditch last night with two tanks exchanging shell fire above me and noise of the shells going through the air is really well done.

Deffo need to add a few steam accounts....and join up.

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Deffo need to add a few steam accounts....and join up.

I see a few folk running around with IRE tag, might not be Irish but seems like more Irish people running around lately.

I hate this locked squad bollox TBH, 2-4 man locked squads, just makes no sense. It forces others to make a squad and be SL when they hate it. Im not even talking Armor squads with 1 or 2 (thats kickable 1 man tanking Grrrrrr)
Should not be able to lock squads at all.

I'm about 50 hours in now and I'm up to level 4 in a few of the classes so I've got extra kits to play with now which is nice. I really like the US Support class's grease gun. I have feeling that some of the weapons use different architecture in this game. Some of the weapons such as that grease gun and the pistols feel like they are a hit scan weapon like in counter strike but with the rifles you have to lead your shots at range like in Arma 3 so to me they feel different to use but I could be wrong on that. Has anyone else noticed this or know if it is the case?

I still can't get my sound working properly. I hear the exact same thing in both earphones when I play this game and I've no idea why, it's not like that in any other shooter I play and it makes this game frustrating to play as the FOV is so narrow you really rely on sound to know what's happening. I'm getting bored of this game now. I'm level 80 but the majority of games it's just an endless cycle of spawning and dying most of the time I can't even spot enemies. Players that are prone on the ground are basically invisible if they don't move. I'll load it up for one round but then I get sick of it and go play something else. I also don't like how you get no XP if you leave before the round ends, puts me off as I feel I have to commit to a full round but sometimes but they go on for way too long. I find myself going to BF and other slightly more casual shooters where I can see the people I'm supposed to be shooting at. Maybe when the eastern front gets added it'll get interesting again but tbh if I can't fix my sound problem I won't be spending much more time playing this.

Dcully wrote: »

You can change FOV like most PC fps games.
While prone cleverly among rocks or a hedge they might blend in as they should do but out in the middle of a field prone your seen from miles away.

The FOV used to be messed though vertical rather than horizontal, vertical i believe was setting for older games with 4:3 aspect ratio. I used to have to use https://themetalmuncher.github.io/fov-calc/ to try and get it right lol.

Interesting comment above about the engine.ini i had better put mine off read only.

Still haven’t played recon at all yet. I had a great game in a tank yesterday though. You’re a lot less vulnerable to random billets flying around and if you use them properly (work with an infantry squad) they are OP. I was driving so I had the MG and another guy was swapping between spotter and main gunner. I was on comms with the infantry squad lead so we had them to repair us and watch our backs. We didn’t die once, we got 6 vehicle kills and I got 23 kills with the drivers MG. The game only lasted about 40 mins. Are tanks a bit unbalanced I wonder. With the infantry squad all around us there was fcuk all the enemy could do.

I'm hopping on now for the next few hours. What servers do ye generally play on? I usually stick to the UK ones for a lower ping.

I joined 2.FJg the other day, they are named after a German Para regiment....very very good players and take the game seriously. Most of them are well over 1000 hrs in the game. Learning alot and good craic, good few Irish in it aswell.

I like the 2.FJg server alot as its always admin that how I ended up joining on it so much but the ones above a good too.

EXD are a huge clan...bigger then the rest iirc.

MadYaker wrote: »

EXD have a veteran server, you have to be level 60+ to play on it. I might give that a go because it’s a bit frustrating sometimes. Half the time if I don’t play squad lead there’s no squad lead, and if I’m playing squad lead there’s no support. Might be more organisation and communication. You can tell the game is still pulling in new players every server has loads.

The veterans server still has the same issues as a regular server...solo squads, no squad leader, solo tanks etc.

In fact, I didn't find the playstyle to be any better than other servers.

Wonda-Boy wrote: »

Yeah, plus the fact if you do something that does not measure up to rank 100+ players level of thinking you get bollox'd out of it. Level 60+ means nothing tbh, Im level 55ish and still grasping the tactics.

Was playing one game and we literally had no nodes what so ever and when we eventually got a commander I changed to engi and started to build where ever I could....got a earful for not building nodes further up the map for maximum resources!!! Nothing stopping them from doing it, but they would never dream of killing themselves to redeploy for the greater good.

Your always going to have arseholes, no matter if its new or old players. I was playing with a level 10 squad leader the other night. Chap thought we were role playing WW2 and her was the glorious leader we were going to follow and fight into battle.

While i dont necessarily agree with how those guys said it they do have a point, then again some of them are just loving the "I am elite", i think the big bug bear for allot of older players is newer guys taking key roles and not doing them right.

Its best though if you find a group of good mates to run it with and play regularly.

I have a soft spot for FFUK as they have always had a casual approach and friendly approach.

stuff.hunter wrote: »

EXD are mix of a few clans, for example WTH is one of them.... and personally avoiding them like a rash for a few reasons

I didn't know that as WTH still have their own servers and I know exd play on multiple games.

Dcully wrote: »

WTH add me to the list of avoiding this lot.

I find any of the more established clans can have a bit of an elitism coming from them, 82ad I have had run ins with and seen admin abuse.

Luckily there are new servers created regularly, unplayed on a new UK server lastnight with loads of new players was fun.

MadYaker wrote: »

I’ve not come across any dicks be they admins or players. It’s inevitable as the game grows in popularity though. I played commander for few rounds yesterday. It’s actually good fun. You spend most of the game looking at your map which is a bit odd.

When you really get used to the game you spend allot of time in your map, I normally use dead bodies from other players and OP/garrison light ups to figure out where the event is pushing from.

So was good practice for you but definitely recommend you incorporate it into your play.