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It was announced today that a new cDLC is coming out soon.

It's based on a Normandy campaign in July 1944.

There is plenty of WW2 addons in the workshop, it will be interesting to see what this cDLC brings to the table and how it looks.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1175380/Arma_3_Creator_DLC_Spearhead_1944/

Look's interesting, wonder when it will be available.

I hope the DLC has some of the elite units like from Grossdeutschland and the 12th SS Hitler Jugend.

The Spearhead 44 cDLC will be releasing next week on July 25th. $17.99 USD (€17.99EUR / £14.99 GBP)

There is a multiplayer campaign, but no single player campaign. There are only two single player scenarios and are apparently only for asset familiarization. So I guess if you’re looking for a single player experience, then you’d need to wait for somebody to put something in the workshop.

The ARMA youtubers already have it, I guess, so they’ll probably post videos/impressions a day or two before.

I’ll be checking those videos out before I think about getting it. CSLA cDLC was apparently not very good, so I think a few people will hang back to see what it’s like. However, it’ll probably be good with the known participating developers involved and Bohemia’s sales return data for CSLA advising them to release a decent product.

The Steam page was updated to indicate the vehicles, weapons, etc. being included. The US side will be the 2nd Armored Division units. No specifics for German side mentioned.

I'll wait until there is SP content I think...

Unless we are going to use it for our Military Monday nights, I'll be passing.

Very interesting. I'll be watching as well, to see how it develops.

Launched today and showing as 10% off.....(now 20.69 CAD)
Currently showing as "Positive" reviews. (32)

Just pasting some details. It does say its supports Coop Campaign. Would we be all be able to play through the campaign over time on Mondays?

5 new factions, civilians, 30 new weapons, explosives, uniforms and other gear

Spearhead 1944 offers 30 new weapons with realistic sounds and detailed animations. New grenades and mines all with hand-crafted effects. It also comes with more than 200 uniform variants, 60+ vest variants, 70+ backpack variants, and 150+ headgear variants alongside a bunch of accessories.

Enter the fight with the US 2nd Armored Division using iconic weapons such as the M1 Garand, M1A1 Thompson and the M2 Flamethrower, plus many others that were used on the frontline. Make use of static weapons like the M1 57mm AT Gun, the M1 81mm Mortar or the M45 Quadmount. Storm trenches using a wide array of rifle grenades, thrown grenades and explosives including Illumination, Incendiary and White Phosphorus variants. Surprise or disable German convoys or patrols using different AT and APERS mines or TNT charges.

Defend German positions as the German Wehrmacht utilizing weapons like the famous MG 42, Stg 44 and the Flammenwerfer 41. Dig in with statics like the 10.5cm leFH18, FlaK 36 and 38 and the PaK 40. Toss Anti-Tank Grenades, Concussion and multiple different Smoke Grenades at the approaching Allied Forces or fortify and mine your positions with German mines like the Schützenmine 42 or the TMI-42 AT Mine.

Join the French Interior Forces and the French Liberation Army, which not only used the foreign weapons, grenades and mines at their disposal but also have their own unique weapons like the FM Mle. 1924 M29, Fusil Mle. 208 12G and the Sten Mk.II suppressed and unsuppressed.

31 Vehicle Variants

United States

M16 Half Track
M3 Half Track (Transport, Ambulance, Ammo, Fuel, Repair)
M3A1 Half Track
M10 Tank Destroyer
M18 Hellcat
M4 Sherman (with variants including the M4 and M4A1)
M4A1 - T34 Calliope Sherman
M4A1 76(W) Sherman
P-47D Thunderbolt (M8 Rockets, 500/1000 lbs Bombs with optional impact delays and 100 lb WP Bomb)

German

Sd. Kfz. 250/1 Half Track
Sd. Kfz. 305 Blitz (Transport, Ambulance, Ammo, Anti Air, Fuel, Repair)
PzKpfw III Ausf J/L/M/N
Pzkpfw IV Ausf G
Pzkpfw VI Ausf H1
Sd. Kfz. 164 Nashorn
FW 190 F-8 (20 and 13 mm MG’s, SC-50 Bomb with optional impact delays, NC-50 Smoke Bomb)

Multiplayer Campaign

Mount up with the 2nd Armored Division for Operation Cobra with up to 24 players and experience the legendary operation that changed the course of war in Western Europe during late July of 1944.

7 fully-voiced immersive missions taking place across large swaths of Normandy.
Animated briefings for each mission describe the battlefield situation and lay out the tasks and objectives players must complete.
Plan your strategy with your friends by voting on multiple tactical choices in each mission, providing increased replayability with the chance to try different approaches and roles.
Wide range of player roles to choose from, including tankers, engineers, flamethrower operators, medics and much more.

so i got it and initial impressions are good

Map is awesome and MASSIVE, and is the standout bit by far! Very few "reused" building assets which is really nice, decent looking rivers, very well done hedgerows with breaks in em so there not a solid barrier, my only thing about it is that it would have been nice to have a "no war" version of it, the current one has fortifications, destroyed buildings, dead cows, shell craters etc all over it, which isnt a bad thing by any stretch, just would be nice to have a "clean" version

The units are all well made and solid, although i really do hate how the "200 uniform variants" are basically just the same 2 or 3 uniforms with different ranks on them, honestly just clutter in my opinion, if you want unit ranks then use the in-built arm patch system! The vests and backpacks are all different though.

The vehicles are all well done to, my only thing, not being an tank guy, is that its very tank heavy, but if your a tank guy you'll love it. Theres no trucks for the allied side though, although being an armoured division that might be accurate?

One thing i did notice is that it has its own modules and added stuff to, so the default slow mo vault is now a quicker jump, your gun auto-lowers when your up against a wall, and it has its own revive system, havent decided if i like them or not yet

All in all though i'd say its worth it

I'll get it if it becomes required for our weekly sessions. I only play ArmA with you guys. I've tried playing ArmA in solo mode in the past but I get bored rather quickly.

I was looking at Youtube videos of gameplay. It's seems like there is a performance hit, using this map. I didn't see any gameplay where it was smooth. What was your impression?

I'm same as Panzer, "I'll get it if it becomes required for our weekly sessions." So I'll watch this thread for developments.

I will also get it if we agree it would be good for our Monday night games. It certainly looks interesting.

Im on the fence...I really like the idea of the premade coop campaign. Would be cool to play that with others but like Panzer, I only play ARAM with you guys.

Ill grab it if we need to use it for Mondays...(preferably while it still on sale)

I ended up getting it. I posted some screenshots in the other thread. I didn't have much time to spend with it, but the map really looks good. I didn't get to test all the units and vehicles yet, but those that I looked at were good.

This cDLC was made by several mod communities that I've used content. (IFA team for WW2 Saturday a few years ago. There are map makers Tempaa and Survin' who made a lot of maps that were or currently are on our server. Laxmann did the sounds. He's a well known sound guy and I used his stuff years ago. I figured I'd kick some money to them to pay back for the hours of the free stuff they did.

It's up to Meatshield if he wants to put it on the server, as that will require server space and time, etc.

We have a crapton of mods and cDLC already. We don't _need_ to get this, but I think it would be cool to put in our rotation of missions.

I'm good with purchasing for Monday sessions if Meat and Saghen would like to use the resources. Like Saghen said, we've gotten a lot of use from free content, this would reward them a bit.

I decided to go ahead and purchase Spearhead 1944. I believe I saw a message when I put it into the Cart that the discount would expire tomorrow, Aug 1, so I went ahead. And as Saghen and Gin said, it's good to get some money to the devs considering all the time we have we have spent using Arma.

I have it installed and I ticked the DLC and loaded it ok. Just a warning, it does take more time to load (naturally), but it does load and looks good to me.

Nice one, Prof.

Any other takers?

Looks like Meatshield, prof, gin, trichome, creeper and I have it right now. I guess we probably have enough people to add it to the server, pending Meatshield's approval.

I'll be buying it tonight.