06-23-2014, 01:10 PM
(06-23-2014, 10:25 AM)Variable link Wrote:It took us 50(!!!) minutes to flank around and attack the objective from the opposite side. Spending so much time to flank is just too much... It wasn't even better from the north side, too. From our initial vantage point we had elevation advantage, could see most of the objective and could have easily taken out those static MG gunners. In the balance between gameplay and survivability, it was clearly a case that gameplay was preferable (actually, maybe even survivability, moving from north made it harder for us to see the MG gunners clearly. The "other side" is not always the better one). My point is, in short, even if it was much more tactical to engage from the north, it can't justify spending a time that can be used for a full mission just to perform one maneuver, the fun factor must always be kept in mind.
Apart from that, good leading Misha. After the invasion, we moved in the right speed, didn't engage when we didn't have to and did engage when we were forced to. Looking forward to playing this again.
It's always a weird thing to witness how people approach a mission. As a designer, you have a certain idea how you think people will approach it, and then you play it and it turns out completely different. I would have thought that the leader would leave Bravo team (with the sniper) back at the OP and do a frontal assault. There is a small valley in front that can cover the approach, and with silencers it is possible to take out the patrol around the camp quickly. The sniper can then kill the machine gunner, and move into the camp to kill the rest.
For the sake of gameplay I could add a UAV to make recon easier.
In any case, the camp is supposed to be easy to crack, and the real challenge of the mission is to return to your unit after the invasion starts. I wanted to have people piss their undies when the first choppers buzz around them, and I think it captured the feeling of an invasion quite nicely
I should probably also try to voice-over the radio messages. If anybody is willing to lend me their voices for recording, I'll add the lines to the thread here: http://ciahome.net/forum/index.php?topic=3178.0
I don't need luck, I have ammo.