07-07-2014, 11:55 AM
(07-06-2014, 11:26 PM)Phantom link Wrote:Pulled a Sander there
Hehe, but I am not taking all the responsibility for the length of it. Much of that was cause by us backtracking a lot. I thought that in general, we could have been much more aggressive in this mission. Just as an example, in the beginning at the farmhouse, we retreated west all the way back to the road and then headed south. I feel we could have moved south immediately instead of circling the entirety of Green Mountain while it was still dark; that would have saved us quite a bit of time. Too often, we made 180 degree turns instead of 90-120 degrees. We need not have ended up in Pogorevka, way up north of our objective.
Generally, I felt that almost all leaders yesterday were a bit too evasive/play-it-safe. I don't mind playing it safe, but usually, I prefer a more direct approach. For example, in Sandbox' mission we went out of our way to avoid contact, not even knowing if there was anything to avoid. A bit of scouting would have been good, and then decide whether we want to go this way or that. After all, coming from the perceived side or rear of an objective isn't necessarily making it easier. Likewise, in Greenback Mountain we were retreating often without actually knowing how big the danger was.
In any case, I liked the way the mission played out (and this is coming from someone that is usually very anxious when his missions are played), maybe it was long but so was Hack&Blast, and we were almost constantly under fire. There was only one point were I felt the length, that was near the end once we left Pogorevka, and had to trek south, but then, as I said we could have bypassed Pogorevka to begin with by veering to the right instead of the left when leaving Green Mountain.
The only thing that I think was a wrong call was splitting up at the slope of Green Mountain. I was with Bravo, and we were pretty hard pressed and needed support, but none came. We lost freeman that way, and nearly shot up all our ammo. We should have concentrated on regrouping first before tackling the outpost. I also think Phantom should have exerted a bit more control over the fire teams, but that opinion might be skewed because I didn't really hear what was said on LR all the time.
In any case, I will distribute a few vehicles here and there; a truck or a couple of Striders. I do feel however vehicles would probably only have shaved off about twenty minutes or so at the end, because during the rest of the time we were pretty much under fire
I don't need luck, I have ammo.