(09-02-2014, 02:53 AM)MavericK link Wrote:Flycatcher
Again, good mission. I don't recall exactly how many infantry and vehicles there were, but it seemed like a lot, even for 16 players. I think we destroyed like 4-5 APCs before even reaching the base? And by then dozens of infantry were pouring into the factory area. Then again, 4 of us being killed by close enemies about mid-way through was probably a large contributing factor to our failure. Like Alwarren said, everyone was watching their backs trying to not be gunned down by the MRAP, and we totally missed the enemies coming down from the base.
Ok, spoiler alert, mark to read:
Well, 4-5 APCs would surprise me, since there is exactly two APCs (A marid and a gorgon) on the whole map, and 7 MRAPs (two of them without crew).
Total enemy units is 120, including all the crews of the vehicles, the airport personel, etc. There's four full CSAT squads on the hill and around it, as well as several two-men patrols in the vicinity of the base, and a larger four men patrol circling the hill . Of the APCs, only the Gorgon has a squad of infantry loaded.
So in essence, there isn't that much opposition in the immediate vicinity.
My original idea on how to beat the mission was to mainly capture the factory at the base of the hill, and use that as buffer zone; first as buffer towards the hill, then as buffer towards anything coming in from the lowlands.
The big danger in this mission comes of course from the vehicles, the high concentration of enemy forces in one area, and the advantage the enemy has over larger distances due to scoped weapons.. So the only approach is drawing them out and trying to fight them close range, hence, I think the factory is the ideal battleground.