(11-23-2015, 07:19 PM)Alwarren link Wrote:Approaching Kavala
I want to echo Outlawz's comments regarding comms. That was a regular mess.
Secondly, though, radio messages must be CLEARLY directed at someone. Half of the time I was left wondering whether it was me or someone else that the order was for. To that extend, the message should ALWAYS start with
I agree that communication was a huge issue in this mission but I disagree with you saying that radio messages were not directed properly in the mission. If you don't know who the orders were for or didn't hear, ask. I have no problem in repeating if necessary.
As the leader in the mission, all commands were started with Bobcat do X, Bravo do Y, Alpha is doing Z etc. There may have been times where I might've been said the callsign a second before transmission or talked like sonic the hedgehog but I tried my best making it clear who I wanted to talk to.
The issue was that they were on wrong channel, not paying attention or information to passed down appropiately or something else.
Regardless the main issue is people not on the same frequency and I think that people, if they don't hear orders for more than a few minutes then there clearly could be an issue with communication and they should make an query with their squad leader or even side chat or long range chat ... I was not aware that vehicles could not hear orders until very late in the mission. The LR Frequency was posted multiple times in chat for people to get to it. If it's something important that all teams should hear like rocket launcher at bearing X from Y, squad members are free to use LR (Atleast if I'm leading, I don't know if others prefer it differently).
Execution and approach itself was fine until the bunker issue killing like 4 people and me dying closely from something else.
TLDR:
-If you don't hear any orders etc, make a query. Are you on right channel etc.
-Pay attention to side chat for changes in frequency to radio channels.
-Ask if you need orders repeated or something.