03-31-2015, 04:31 AM
(03-30-2015, 10:04 PM)UnNamedGER link Wrote:They were enemys in the end, but since the LR was not recoverable for our team( I had to abandon your position after you died while I was reviving you due to the amount of incoming fire and when I made my way back later on it had disappeared... and the position was still very visible to the enemy). In such a situation an alternate Chanel would have been a possibility to coordinate with the other team, even though on longer distances there might be the need to ( if the situation allows for it) use one or more teammembers as a repeater station to pass messages farther on.
Yeah, it's very useful in such situations. I always try and retrieve the LR if possible, as it's more useful than the SR and it feels a bit lazy to just use the alternate channel on the SR but there's times when it's not safe to do so, or you're not close to where the leader died and being able to raise the other teams on the alternate has been a godsend, on more than one occassion.
Wood Cutters
I started with an AI but as he was my superior he he wouldn't take any orders from me, so he got to stay at the airport and drink tea, whilst I joined Variable's team. I haven't controlled a UAV for a while and it was great fun using it for recon and trying to assist by marking the enemy locations. I did struggle initially with matching the buildings I was looking at to locations on the map but it got easier after a while. It would have definitely been a good idea for me to use the alternate channel here, so that I could guide/warn the other teams, not just the one I was attached to.
I was surprised how long the UAV stayed up, as I recall on other missions the battery didn't last very long (which I found a bit annoying actually). Anyway, what ended me was some enemy sneaking up behind me in the field I was in near WP3, SW of the objective everyone was moving on. I was surprised there were any enemies that far behind us but I shouldn't have stayed in one position so long, or at least found better cover before launching the UAV, so I've only got myself to blame. I saw a helo valiantly landing to try and rescue me in my final moments, very atmospheric. I hope you at least plundered my body for supplies
Lost Squad
Can't say a lot about this, it was just unlucky that there were so many AA in the area. Were they handheld or fixed weapons? Either way, maybe the squad should try and sweep the area and take them out next time before the helos come in (or at least the transport helo, as he's the most vulnerable), although that's not going to be easy in pitch darkness!
Versus: Operation Chirurgia Arcanus
If only we'd known there'd be enemy vehicles at the objective, we could have saved an AT or two for them. Oh well, we know now What we could try is just fire one AT at the lead vehicle to try and get them to turn off into the fuel depot (as they did this time) so that they get hit by the airstrike and have the other AT guys positioned to fire at the rear of any that decide to keep going straight down the road. Hopefully if we're careful we'll have at least one AT left at the final objective.
I accidentally told Dagger to attack the final objective when I called in the airstrike (I think it was the first time I've had to use the radio menu, so it was all a bit new to me, yeah, terrible excuse I know), so they were pretty much wiped out by the time we got there. Next time, if we attack together I'm sure it will go much better. That machine gun was nasty though, we'll have to watch out for that. Shame the medic was bugged out for Phantom, we'll have to check that before we try it again.
Oil Leak
What's that I see? Three choppers in the air, a tank inside the compound. No problemo, we're on a suicide mission anyway We've got an AA in the back of the APC, so perhaps we should assign someone to take that at the start and put them in one of the open vehicles, so that they can quickly stop and shoot the choppers if needed. Other than that, the flanking plan seems like a good one.