11-20-2013, 09:06 PM
(11-20-2013, 03:39 PM)Alwarren link Wrote:Finish Post:
I think that went very well, and was a rare case where I actually enjoyed leading the mission Forest fights against the AI are always a bitch. Too bad we lost Maverick at the end with no AI left to join. If this has taught me one thing, it's that small units of four men (aka fire teams) are the most manageable asset, and are very effective when left to perform individual tasks.
The only thing that I would have to criticize was that sometimes I had to wait long for a reply. I appreciate that a team under fire will have its difficulties replying, a short "Hold on" would be sufficient in that case.
Other than that, great work from everybody
Yeah, that was a fun mission. We were less than 50m from that AA gun, and I know I shot that gunner in the face several times. I think there might have been invisible geometry from the AA gun itself at play or something, and he should not have been able to whip the gun around that fast and shoot at us.
Interestingly, it was actually quite easy to pick out targets in the forest using NVGs because for whatever reason they seemed to glow quite a bit brighter than the environment, giving it almost a thermal effect. So fighting AI in the forest kind of worked out to our advantage this time.
Great leading overall!
(11-20-2013, 03:39 PM)Alwarren link Wrote:Radar Defeat:
There were two contributing factors to the failure of this mission: The BMP's demise, and the CDF that was left in the town.
About the latter, it might be a good idea to have the BMP and infantry sweep the town before taking out the radar, making sure that the back is clear. After the radar is destroyed, all attention is focused the other way.
About the former, the position of the BMP on that counter attack wasn't too bad but still got shot up. Ideally, there would be a position where only the turret pops out, maybe behind the barricades at the radar; alternatively, we might try to position it further away.
I think this was the one where I was the BMP gunner. It seemed like it went okay before the counter-attack, and even once the attack started coming I was able to destroy 2 of the 3 BMPs before being killed (I actually never even heard fire coming in before we died, so I'm not sure what killed us exactly). There was also a Shilka to deal with as well...lots of armor in that mission. It might have been better if the BMP took up an overwatch position in the forest or something, and then waited until we had all other vehicles in sight before firing. Though, I wonder if the AI would detect us on radar anyway even without LOS.