03-29-2014, 05:08 PM
(03-29-2014, 09:55 AM)Variable link Wrote:The heart of coop is COMMUNICATION! use it! All the time! Feedback your leader, let him know with every development that is relevant for the situation, not only when you are down, but also when you are falling behind, also when you are low on ammo, repeat his orders and let him know you have completed them. These are just examples, of course. Usually the channel is filled almost solely with the leader's commands and that's SAD! Make no mistakes, that leads to our failure a lot of times, including that particular mission.
Can't disagree with any of that. I know I wasn't communicating as well as I normally do (or try to at least) on Thursday as I was rather stressed and mentally exhausted from studying legal papers all day, not to mention my PC deciding to be a pain in the arse and having to faff about sorting it out before I could get A3 to launch with all the mods, so I can only apologise for that.
I guess sometimes players are communicating locally in their fireteams, which the squad leader won't hear if he's not nearby and would give him the impression no-one is communicating with each other and in those situations, people probably expect the fireteam leader to be radioing the squad leader when necessary and that they shouldn't be doing so as well.
I have to say that I often don't get a response when I radio stuff in, such as contact reports, so I have to keep repeating it to make sure it's been received and then I feel I'm going to risk annoying people by clogging up the channel with information they've already heard. It also means I have to stay in that position (or at least nearby) to repeat the report, even if there's no other reason for me to stay there and I'd be more useful somewhere else. A quick "acknowledged" is all that's required to let the person know the leader's received their message and appreciates it and this encourages players to communicate, whereas no reply or "yeah, already seen" makes them feel like they're wasting their time.
I know my current mic isn't very good quality but it seems people can hear and understand me most of the time, so I don't think that's the problem, although I am planning to get a better one. I know sometimes the leader will be busy talking on the LR when players radio in stuff on the SR but the leaders are generally good at calling "break" when that happens to let the players know they're busy, so I don't think that's the problem either.