Completely forgot about India, malaysia etc for the commonwealth. Not sure which way india would theoretically swing, with their non-alignment policy, but if they felt threatened by China they might sign up. That would open up a south-east asian front, as well as the pacific.

My NC units: I guess it would come down to a potential developers interpretation of the NC as a standard military or a mish-mash of all the countries equipment. Also, whether they bother with licensing.

Infantry: SAS (UK, Aus, NZ)
Transport: future LAV,4/5 (Can)
Tank: Challenger 3 (UK) - not making tanks anymore, but could change
Strike aircraft: F-35 (UK/Aus/Can/Singapore), or possibly whatever comes out the MCA project(India)
Superweapon: sub-launched cruise missile with special warhead(UK/Aus/India), or something space-based.

The gunship+utility helos could be Westland/HAL joint projects.
Artillery, i havent a clue. UK, South Africa, India and soon australia operate self-propelled systems. Maybe successors to British AS90, South african G6 or SA/indian Bhim.

To put a spin on things, the air-strike could be replaced by a future development of the UK's Fire-Shadow, the loitering attack missile. Could be launched off-map, hangs around, then strikes at request.


Leaving NC aside for a moment, if they manage to figure out a way to make naval warfare work, it would be great for a pacific theatre. Aircraft carriers could be great as portable airbases - eg, if youre on a coastal/island map. A sub-launched cruise missile special ability for example would only be available if theres a submarine nearby. Fleet and unit movements would be controlled from a revamped TOW-style map. Upgrades for ships could improve sub detection, strike length, missile defence etc. But i still don't see it working or happening.

One thing i would like to think maybe the next EndWar at least in terms of plot should be treated like a remake rather than a sequel considering how light the plot was.

Also when it comes to the Unit upgrade system i'd like to have some kind of customization involved. So maybe before you enter a battle you can fit optional attachments like smoke deployers and choose between smooth bore or rifled barrels and what kind of treads/ wheels your vehicles have etc. it may not all necessarily be realistic but could offer more strategy to the player and could present more opportunity's to break the combat chain

EDIT: People have been discussing the New Commonwealth, i agree they should appear as a faction but i've got an idea about how they could appear.
Maybe there should be some morality factor in the game (eg collateral damage and civilian deaths) and your actions could determine which way the New Commonwealth leans
Really Good- New Commonwealth actively sides with your Faction, become available as a usable faction
Good- They offer support to your faction, they could provide Intelligence and on occasion their units
Average- the NC maintains its neutrality through the course of the war
Bad- Support you enemies
Really Bad- Side with your enemies

this could allow more dynamics in the campaign and make you think about how you behave in individual battles which could effect the greater outcome

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Also when it comes to the Unit upgrade system i'd like to have some kind of customization involved. So maybe before you enter a battle you can fit optional attachments like smoke deployers and or choose between smooth bore or rifled barrels and what king of treads/ wheels your vehicles have etc. it may not all necessarily be realistic but could offer more strategy to the player and could present more opportunity's to break the combat

That's a great idea.

I truly hope Ubisoft read these posts. There's so much potential for a great sequel to this game.

There was so much potential for THIS game.

Anways, I don't think the New Commonwealth would be a faction on it's own in the war, I think it would ally with the U.S. I'd like to think that out closest allies wouldn't stab us in the back, especially after Europe shot down our space shuttle(at least according to what the world thinks)
how cool would It be to have 6 factions, with 2 allying up on each side, such as the US and the NC versus Russia and China.
This would also keep wait times from increasing because players from two different factions could be placed into a room together or even 3 JSF and 1 NC in 4v4(or vice versa)
It would really open up customizable options, and prevent the waiting time increase that would happen if they simply added a faction.
In fact...

89 I agree with you but then the Euro lovers would get ticked off that there not in it

well this is the *pacific" front isn't it? Europe doesn't have much in the way of interests down there, and they'd be too busy holding off Russia at their homeland. One of the more unrealistic things about Endwar 1 was the fact that countries could launch mass offensives into foreign lands while their home territories were being overrun

Well I had originally thought Europe to be allied with some Pacific theater nation, which would give them purpose for being there.
Then again, it is France, and we all know how they are about helping someone other than themselves..

Massive would be a perfect developer for Endwar 2.

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Well I had originally thought Europe to be allied with some Pacific theater nation, which would give them purpose for being there.
Then again, it is France, and we all know how they are about helping someone other than themselves..

france do have territories in the pacific, but whether theyd consider them worth defending is another thing.

Things I'd like to see in a endwar 2:

*Keeping the combat chain but with light and heavy versions of each unit, such as a heavy IFV like transports are now and a lighter faster one with only a light chain gun of some sort mounted, or a light weaponry scout version of gunships. Where if you attack the light version of a predator with it's prey the prey will still loose but will damage the other.

*No AA guns on russian tanks, or any other kind of direct combat chain breaking upgrades.

*More camouflage options, and that automatically switch to a suitable one based on the terrain you will be fighting on.

*Customizeable battalion features such as being able to create your own motto(to be approved for foul language and the like before being displayed) and emblem(like in Socom you can pick the background, actual symbol and borders and modify colors), that can be seen to opponents and allies, as well as your battalion type and rank.

*Customizable battalion ratios of unit types and bonuses.

*Better drone control options, like being able to order them to move/guard a specific location even if their aren't any allies there.

*When pressing sitrep button without a CV opens a 2d map of the battlefield where you can order units to positions not at uplinks. Like you can do on the PC version by clicking in the mini map.

*Better AI control for infantry guarding a uplink.

*Better AI defense on raids, such as single squads of engineers guarding points instead of only having AA drones.

*Engineers in cover/garrison not be slaughtered by riflemen but receive same defense as a riflemen would in cover, as well as engineers being able to actually hurt riflemen(not to much) from cover, they do carry guns...

*Better match making of course

*Listen to one of the numerous solutions for a ToW system

*Better anti cheating measures, instead of hiding the stats/adding a 30 minute delay to them which does nothing to curb cheating, or the 3 minute rule which only slows cheaters and creates a new exploit.

Sure more will pop into my head later.

Uhh just a thought if the NC were a faction what would be their super weapon/ WMD

Toothpaste nukes.
Since Britain has no use for theirs otherwise.

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Originally posted by JSF-89:
Toothpaste nukes.
Since Britain has no use for theirs otherwise.

How about a McDonalds that distracts the Americans

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Originally posted by JSF-89:
Toothpaste nukes.
Since Britain has no use for theirs otherwise.

How about a McDonalds that distracts the Americans

How about you two keeping posts like that in the chat thread.

HeHe you can't tolerate the slightest off topic thread can you BTOG46 its like Kyrptonite to you.

Okay seriously New Commonwealth WMD, any serious thoughts

Basing on current and projected technology/capabilities of commonwealth nations, i think it would have to be a cruise missile barrage. Though, this is boring and hardly unique.

I guess it depends on when the NC is supposed to form. Does it have time to establish a strong space program and put a functioning attack satellite in orbit? Or to develop some sort of special-purpose warhead to stick in a cruise missile?

Maybe one of these with a different payload...

There were some american plans for a conventional trident, involving tungsten rods that would disperse to act like a kinetic cluster bomb. If the europeans stole their tech in endwar 1, surely the commonwealth can do it for endwar 2?

Well it depends how deep the realism has to be and how keen the developers want to give the faction unique weapons

There is one possibility though this is stretching it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_HARP

Project HARP was a Canadian endeavor which was used to see if Canada could send satellites into space using super guns, Saddam Hussein hired the same man behind this Gerald Bull for The Babylon Project which was to use the same technology for military applications, it would be a unique approach and introduce ideas that have been lost to history however like i said this could be going too far

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I think its good for the factions to be unique, unfortunately it just cuts down on the options available. So much technology is shared between countries these days.

The HARP looks interesting, are you suggesting it as a weapon, or a means to put a weapon into space? This bit intrigued me: "Using an old U.S. Navy 16 inch (406 mm) 50 caliber gun (20 m), later extended to 100 caliber (40 m), the team was able to fire a 180 kilogram slug at 3,600 meters per second, reaching an altitude of 180 kilometers. " - how awesome if the gun itself could be fired from orbit.

my main idea was that it could be used as a weapon, what kind of shell it fires i'm not sure though it would be cool if it could fire a massive cluster shell MUHHAHAHAHA and yes if you could get it into space it would be quite awesome.
'Rods from God' eat ya heart out

how about games involving all 3 factions on much bigger maps with 6 teams in faction it would have its problems but still be quite fun