When the plan goes wrong.

[sc1ence]

As the chopper took off I knew something was not right. New pilot, with a mountain right in front of us – not a good start to the evening. The pilot tried to climb too steep and we started drifting backwards seconds after taking off. Somehow, he righted the transport and we made it over the peak of the hill. Our LZ was a good mile in the distance under the cover of night. But this was no quiet night. AA fire lit up the skies. Silhouettes of transport choppers moving in ways they were never supposed to were visible against the cloudy moonlit sky. About 40 seconds after we passed over the mountain peak I saw our pilot simply bail. The constant sound of having a missile locked on you can play with your mind. His mind was in need of a vacation. I jumped just high enough to deploy my chute. It was right about then that I realized that the plan went to hell.

I was on my own with nothing but the sound of sniper fire whizzing past me and the nylon of my chute cutting the wind. I hit the ground and ran for cover. Up that hill to the north and around some huge rock outcropping is the base we need to capture. It is a good 20 second sprint in sand from the cover I have now to that rock up ahead. I ask myself, “is it worth it?”

I think of the life I knew before the oil ran dry. I can not even remember what my parents looked like. I have been fighting this bloody war for what seems like forever. Those that are left alive at this point are all living on the edge, like me. At least I remember what caring felt like.

I spat on the ground and poked my head out a bit. A round from a sniper passed inches from my head. More annoyed than fearful I load up my m203. I love my n00b tube.

After all this fighting, everyone I know is dead. I don’t even care if we win or loose anymore, but someone needs to die, and it may as well be the other guy. I start the sprint. I see the dirt fly from the sniper round almost before I hear it pass by my head. The recoil of his gun catches my eye. I take aim and let the ordinance fly. BOOM! The sniper tumbles from the rocks and I sprint the distance.

As I hit the cover I think to myself smiling. “Yeah, it was worth it. Who’s next?”

[Catman1975]

Just awesome Sc1, I didn't happen to be playing a round with you was I? That take off sounds much like every attempt of mine to fly the helicopters in FFOW. The bail out doesn't sound like me, but hell who knows

[Redginald]

Haha, that's awesome. Great story +

[draeh]

Speechless... just speechless.

[sc1ence]

It was a random pubby round. No voip, I was the only squadleader, and no one was in my squad. It still was a great deal of fun. As I spawned in, I saw one guy flip a chopper onto another.

Now that I have my technical issues sorted, I am loving the game. I find my experience in bf2 and reliance on solid medics to back me up has made my playstyle too brazen for this game. I find myself diving for cover while panting in real life, just praying the red screen does not fade to black. For whatever reason, this game really has a great immersion feel to it that I never got with cod. Cod was visually stunning and I loved the weapons. But the maps and gameodes just did not feel right to me for whatever reason. I like larger scale battles. And man, FFOW has epic battles in spades. The maps are just so well done and well suited to the frontlines game mode, that it is easy to suspend disbelief in the game. What I wrote really was pretty much what it felt like playing just that 5 mins of the game.

I know it is just me bailing out of some nub chopper and getting a lucky shot on a bad sniper, but man, it just looked and sounded so great. I really just got caught up in the moment.
This is a game you can just loose yourself in.

[jb4]

I am reaching for a tissue to wipe the tear that is welling up in my eye.
Enjoyed your recount of events and I could not agree with you more about how you can get lost in this game in a beautiful and vibrant sensory coma.
We have a lot of good times to look forward to with this one.

[Exploding_Silver]

Originally Posted by sc1ence

This is a game you can just loose yourself in.

yes that's the big deal , this game is very immersive !

[rage4order]

Great write up Sc1, I can wait to get all my technical issues sorted out so I can enjoy this game more.