Squad leaders, you are the body of the commander, you are his eyes, his ears, his fist, and foot, but there are some things that you can do to help him out.
1. When you address the commander, preface your communication with your Squad Number - "Zero, this is One - We need a orbital strike on the building southwest of our location."
2. Use the Tactical Comm Rose to request assistance, this will cause the request to appear on the comms tactical map, allowing him to just click and select acc
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This would require a huge but not impossible amount of co-ordination, however I would like to try to have three squad leaders in the FAV for a initial rush, transforming the normal single squad spawn into a massive force that should have the bodies to overwhelm any destination...
On many vehicle maps, an interesting twist on the air transport tactic is to get a good driver, a support in the gunner slot, and have a engie in the third slot. Driving along the main roads, the engie can drop motion mines, attack with his/her primary weapon and repair the FAV, while the support keeps him in ammo. This works well when traveling along the main roads, as well as sneaking up behind enemy armor, dropping mines and taking off.
Here's a unordered list of things you may or may not know that I've learned.
1. You can issue orders using the 'T' key without opening your map - Have your crosshairs over a flag icon on your netbat display and you'll see the flag icon get a yellow outline. Select the issue order from the options and you'll automaticall issue attack orders for neutral/enemy flags and defend orders for team flags.
2. Engineers - If you are using the intitial rocket weapon, you can guide the rockets! If you
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...or what to do when you realize no plan survives contact with the enemy.
What do you as a leader in a situtation that has suddenly gone SNAFU (Situation Normal, Alll F%^&* Up)?
The following are suggestions for turning the tables on ole Murph, in an easy to recall acronym - CARPE DIEM* (See below for an excerpt of the wikipedia entry)
CARPE should be accomplished as quickly as possible, and involves the most physical actions.
DIEM is an ongoing process until the end of the engagement. ...More