What's my Ping?! A short guide to find your average ping in H&G

To find out your ping in H&G you first need to click in the chat space so show the flashing type cursor.

Next, you need to press the (Backslash) \ key, it's normally under the Backspace key on your keyboard.

After that a command script should show up, I have a ping of 96 typically as seen below:

when you first logon, it will do an Initial ping, then the game does ping checks pretty often at intervals as Periodic ping.

Thats it! from time to time the game may ping test you to a different server causing you to have abnormally high ping numbers, but should correct itself in one or two ping tests.

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-itDutin

The proper way to enter a Match

So you're new to the game or maybe just wondering what the best way to enter a Match in H&G?

well there are two ways to join a match.

But first! If you haven't already played the tutorial, you should do so now, view the image below:

Now that you understand the basics, we can get on with the first and most suggested way to join a match.

The ENTER COMBAT button

Pretty straightforward, just click the button and wait. This will put you in the first available Match that has exceptional ping for you, if you think your ping may be really high (200+ ping, How to check your ping) then you may want to manually join a match. While you wait you can go to the Campaign tab to watch the map and manage your AT's if you have some or you could go to the Assault Team page to buy and resupply AT's.

Joining a match from the Campaign screen

After you get used to playing the FPS (first person shooter) part of the game by using the Enter combat button on the Characters screen, you can start using the Campaign screen to help start or join already started matches.

first go to the Campaign screen

After that you will want to look at the list of battles to the right of your screen and view how many spawns the town has before you decide to join the battle.

Below is what would pop up on the left of the screen after clicking the space shown in the above image:

I noted that A line would be the easiest to win the match from.

You can also view the ping for that Match before hitting Enter Combat by hovering the cursor over the Ping icon, a number in a small black box will appear as shown below:

Ping is decided by whoever joins a match first, and places the match in the server nearest that player.

To join a match at a specific town hit the Enter Combat button under the town name:

Below is an image of the campaign screen with certain things pointed out show the screen after hitting Enter Combat at a town:

Above is an example of a good but also bad place to  start a match at.

Reasons why its a good match to start:

1.) It has a full list of AT's, and enough spawns to support a 40+ minute battle.

2.) There are tanks, however just because the spawn count information shown on the left shows that there are tanks, that doesn't mean that tanks will make in in the match. Make sure by scrolling down the list of AT's on the right that there are indeed tank AT's in the battle after you click enter combat.

3.) Both sides have a near even amount of spawns making the match more fun and worth playing.

4.) If the match is lost the AT's have a place to retreat to. (Blue line between towns)

5.) If the town is won Hopsten, the town the the east, will be able to be reinforced since it only has one AT holding that town.

Reasons why it is not the best battle to join:

1.) Since the town where the AT's will retreat to is in battle (semi-transparent circle around town) there is no way to re-attack if the battle is lost.

2.) Not as big as a problem but if you prefer to have Air support there are not any Planes available.
3.) The town north of Hopsten would be a more advantageous battle to win first opening up the supply and re-attack line to Enschede.

Below the Spawn count information for Hopsten is show, this is what a non-ideal match will have, this would be a battle you would avoid joining even if other people from your faction have joined.

Fighting a match with only infantry, and very few spawns makes it boring for both sides and will create a loss for the side with hardly any spawns.

If you prefer a certain map be sure to check before entering what kind of map it is before joining.

That's most of everything you need to know to join matches using the Campaign screen. If you wish to get some practice with a new character or weapon, scroll down the list and find a mission that says Debug:"insert random town name here" and enter combat there, that way you can practice without affecting the Campaign map.

For a match to start there has to be 4 people of each faction in the Lobby of the match. After at least four people from each faction join the match will begin and will be filled by both people who use the matchmaking Enter Combat button on the Character screen as well as people who wish to join from the Campaign screen.
There is a maximum of 18 players per faction allowed to join a match.

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-itDutin

So you want to buy an Assault Team huh?

      So you want to buy an AT? Well first I will explain AT's. AT's, (Assault Teams) are the foundation of the game and partially decide which faction will win the war. It takes about 25 victorious battles for an AT to rank up (earn a star), meaning you AT has to be used with at least one spawn depleted in the AT, and the Battle has to be a win to receive full experience. Back when the Axis had a bug that only allowed them to have a limited number of resupplies for their AT's the Allies won due to the lack of infantry the Axis had available.

So to buy an AT, its recommended that you save up 13,000 WF (warfunds) or 5,000 WF and 20 Gold to buy your first Guard AT. The first AT slot is 5,000 WF, and for a Guard AT it is 8,000 WF or 20 Gold. Earning enough for your first AT will take a while, but while you work toward getting your first AT pay attention to how other generals move their troops and read the chat to learn what everything means and tactics used by fellow generals.

After clicking to buy with WF or Gold you will get this prompt:

Click CONFIRM

Next you will need to click PURCHASE ASSUALT TEAM , shown below:

After that you will see this, be sure that Guard is selected

As you can see Guard AT's cost 8,000 WF or 20 Gold

Make sure you rename the AT if you don't want it to have a stock name

Go ahead and click the purchase button of WF or Gold

Here is All four different AT's available for Purchase

You can have up to ten AT's total.

I would recommend you get at least five Infantry AT's, one Guard AT, one Plane AT, one or two Tank AT's, but only after you have the previous AT's. the last one or two AT slots are up to you, however, I don't recommend that you buy three Tank AT's unless you have 1 Million + WF.

A quick tip brought to you by cRo4Ti4

1. "Be active with your assault teams! A good offense is the best defense, . . . if we lose an offensive mission, we lose supplies that can be replenished. If we lose a defensive mission, . . . ground [is lost].
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3. If you lose a battle, re-attack before the [enemy faction] can counter attack. Plan ahead if you have [spare AT's available]. Dominate the movement of the game.
4.  
5. Attack as fast as possible [with AT's] and don't let up especially near enemy airfields! Block the enemy airfields to protect against [enemy] air offensives.

(http://forum.heroesandgenerals.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=5361) 

Thanks for reading, feel free to rate in the poll on the right and leave comments.

-itDutin

Buying a new character

So every once in awhile someone asks "How do I get a sniper!" or "I want to drive a tank" and also "How do i get a different weapon?". This post it here to help!

If you are here to learn about buying and equipping new weapons and equipment scroll down to the weapons and equipment section

How to get a new character

First you will need to go to the character tab in H&G so you see this.

You will want to click the VIEW SOLDIERS button shown above.

Next you should see this screen

Select either to buy the SOLDIER SLOT with either Credits (in grey, earned by playing the FPS part of the game) or with Gold ( can be bought , however you get four gold each day you log in and play the FPS).

Finally you should be at this screen

Press the CLICK TO ENLIST SOLDIER button shown above

Next you will have this pop up

The list on the right names all the character types available for purchase

The character in the center is what the soldier looks like and to the right of him is a list of equipment

At the bottom is a description of the character that is selected.

You must name your new soldier in the space provided and then select whether to buy it with gold or credits.

Here are all of the available characters:

You are allowed up to a maximum of 10 characters at one time. However, you can always empty a soldier slot and put in a new soldier.

Weapons & Equipment

Will be finished soon.

Team Organization

SO, I had a team today that was completely lost, didn't listen and definitely did not win. In hindsight I probably could have gave them more simple and stern directions, but oh well.

This post it to help newcomers know what not to do in a Forest Skirmish, as well as what they should do.

Above is a image showing where people should not be in a skirmish battle with a red circle around them.

(for informational purposes the objective in the center is B the top objective is A and the bottom objective is C) 

The correct place to be is at the B objective, this is because B is the most important and hardest to keep position. You might be thinking "why don't I just go to A objective then?" , well you wouldn't go to A unless you already had B captured, even then A would be the hardest objective to hold due to it being clossest to the enemy spawn.

In order to win we must take and hold B objective from the start.

To do this most people need to move to B and only one to two people at C objective.

after capturing C the others will catch up. after holding and maintaining B without much trouble it would then be ok to have a few people attack the A point.

If all three points are captured the enemy team will most likely go to the point nearest their spawn. If thats the case camping their spawn for the rest of the game will be easy

Below is an example of what model teamwork should look like, it was taken shortly after the match had started but goes to show how forest skirmishes should be fought and won, it also shows that even with a skilled and organized team there is always that one guy who has his own mission to fulfill :P

It is important to communicate with team members.

Thanks for reading! Hope to see you on the battlefield destroying enemies and capturing points!

-itDutin

The Panzerkampfwagen I

Looking through a large set of WWII photos I came across a PZI, Panzerkampfwagen I ("armored fighting vehicle mark I"), photo.

Surplus bug in my AT

Today   I had an interesting experience with one of my INF (Infantry) AT's (Assault Teams). somehow it ended up with 32 out of a 24 maximum terrain vehicles. It said I could resupply for -520 WF (War Funds) meaning it would give me money, where as a resupply would normally be just 5680 WF. so after I hit the resupply button it took away 8 of the extra terrain vehicles.