08-16-2016, 01:46 AM
Day on a farm
Command
I don't take the command slot very often, so of course I was ecstatic after realising what I signed up for... (the mission is awesome Stag, don't let anything convince you otherwise)
If I did better than the previous attempts then it's because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. Most of my decisions were based on what I knew from previous tries. I wont do a full report here, because most of the mission just remains as a blur of rolling tanks and exploding farm buildings in my memory. However, some notes that might lead to a victory next time:
I'm not sure if calling an artillery strike onto approaching tanks is a viable option because it takes very long until the shells arrive. Also the tank AI is somewhat hard to predict. If they just drive without delay they probably arrive the farm before the ordnance arrives. However, if they stop/get stuck somewhere it's really anybody's guess where that might be...
There are however other options for artillery support. E.g. it was possible to call in a mine-cluster, which I did way too late, but it might have stopped a vehicle if I'd had called it in right away.
After the fact it seems obvious to me that after the message about the boat I should have sent a team to the x-roads directly (the message actually stated that the boat was 'way too close' to the x-roads, so if that wasn't a hint...). But well hindsight is 20/20, right?
Engel
Bravo Lead
Oh boy, it was the last mission of the evening, people were tired, mistakes were made...
Like Stag said, the compound assault turned bad quickly. After getting engaged Alpha drove right through some enemies on the road and ended up on the far side of the compound. I on the other hand stopped Bravo's vehicle pretty much right away and deployed. So now the two teams were sepperated. As the fight enfolded I quickly lost sight of (most of) Alpha, radio communication between the teams was basically non-existant during the fight (if anybody from Alpha tried to call, I didn't recieve anything...?). The result of this setup was some blue-on-blue, after reviewing my recordings (which shall remain burried...) I have to claim responsibility for one of those incidents. One guy from Alpha was aiming my way, standing at a position where we had just take fire from. Due to the lighting I couldn't recognize the CTRG uniform and that was that.
I hope that however my victim was, he can take some satisfaction in the fact that he was evanged by some CSAT soldier just minutes later...
After the compound was 'pacified' I merged the shivering remains of Alpha into Bravo. We safed the hacker, who just drove off in a 4x4. We set out to deal with a sniper team, hidden in the jungle. I was killed along the way.
Command
I don't take the command slot very often, so of course I was ecstatic after realising what I signed up for... (the mission is awesome Stag, don't let anything convince you otherwise)
If I did better than the previous attempts then it's because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. Most of my decisions were based on what I knew from previous tries. I wont do a full report here, because most of the mission just remains as a blur of rolling tanks and exploding farm buildings in my memory. However, some notes that might lead to a victory next time:
I'm not sure if calling an artillery strike onto approaching tanks is a viable option because it takes very long until the shells arrive. Also the tank AI is somewhat hard to predict. If they just drive without delay they probably arrive the farm before the ordnance arrives. However, if they stop/get stuck somewhere it's really anybody's guess where that might be...
There are however other options for artillery support. E.g. it was possible to call in a mine-cluster, which I did way too late, but it might have stopped a vehicle if I'd had called it in right away.
After the fact it seems obvious to me that after the message about the boat I should have sent a team to the x-roads directly (the message actually stated that the boat was 'way too close' to the x-roads, so if that wasn't a hint...). But well hindsight is 20/20, right?
Engel
Bravo Lead
Oh boy, it was the last mission of the evening, people were tired, mistakes were made...
Like Stag said, the compound assault turned bad quickly. After getting engaged Alpha drove right through some enemies on the road and ended up on the far side of the compound. I on the other hand stopped Bravo's vehicle pretty much right away and deployed. So now the two teams were sepperated. As the fight enfolded I quickly lost sight of (most of) Alpha, radio communication between the teams was basically non-existant during the fight (if anybody from Alpha tried to call, I didn't recieve anything...?). The result of this setup was some blue-on-blue, after reviewing my recordings (which shall remain burried...) I have to claim responsibility for one of those incidents. One guy from Alpha was aiming my way, standing at a position where we had just take fire from. Due to the lighting I couldn't recognize the CTRG uniform and that was that.
I hope that however my victim was, he can take some satisfaction in the fact that he was evanged by some CSAT soldier just minutes later...
After the compound was 'pacified' I merged the shivering remains of Alpha into Bravo. We safed the hacker, who just drove off in a 4x4. We set out to deal with a sniper team, hidden in the jungle. I was killed along the way.