Thread: Commanding

Originally Posted by Xavsnipe

Do not use the comm too much, then you just create confusion with the squad leaders trying to hear the commander and their squadmates at the same time. Try to limit your comms to relay vital information.

I agree. Sometimes it is difficult to talk to your squad when you have a constant voice coming from the Commander.


***Edit***: I fixed your quote bro.

Topics split

Originally Posted by GrandMasterGuess

First for you wannabe commanders drop the frikken arty on the spawn areas instead of the flag area where the troops are trying to cap the flag. You're only hurting your team and losing tickets from friendly arty kills....you can always save the arty strike until a better opportunity shows up.

Also when commanding you gotta know which flags are vital or secondary for the squads to attack or defend and drop supplies to armor who are attacking flags.

Originally Posted by Jlspence

Ummm...I don't know why you're sticking your tongue out at me. I've only been on the forums a short while so I didn't/don't know what the TTP forum community in general knows/doesn't know about commanding. I was simply offering to answer any questions those new to commanding might have but might be too intimidated to ask in the forums.

I was giving you a nice little :P because I was making a joke...

...I guess you could read this for me and see if you'd like to add anything. Or you could just say that I'm completely off and then write another article with another view-point.

Don't worry if you're new to the community, just jump right in!

Originally Posted by Jlspence

Ummm...I don't know why you're sticking your tongue out at me. I've only been on the forums a short while so I didn't/don't know what the TTP forum community in general knows/doesn't know about commanding. I was simply offering to answer any questions those new to commanding might have but might be too intimidated to ask in the forums.

Welcome to the forums and the community.... TTP sure like to listen and an article for Commanding Tactics is a great asset and surely we like to read or hear about stategies.

Jlspence, thanks for the post and I applaud you on your War College Ribbon. That alone, speaks that you have time in that area and we would sure like to reference what you can give us.

Welcome to Texas ...TeamPlayers...

Originally Posted by Jlspence

The biggest mistake I see regarding commanders and arty is that most don't seem to realize there is a significant time lag (15 sec) between when the arty is placed and when it actually hits.

Actually, TTI is more like 5-7 seconds, depending on where you are placing the artillery strike with regards to where the artillery is actually located. Most average maps, we're talkin' about a 5 second TTI.

Doesn't everyone have their War College Ribbon?

I too wrote a BF2 Commander's Tutorial which I feel is a must read for new players as well as seasoned ones. I won't get into the details here but if anyone is interested, the word doc is here.

Shortly thereafter, I made this video http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7qjYlPNo3Ds

Enjoy!

Originally Posted by finc.hairy

Doesn't everyone have their War College Ribbon?

I too wrote a BF2 Commander's Tutorial which I feel is a must read for new players as well as seasoned ones. I won't get into the details here but if anyone is interested, the word doc is here.

Shortly thereafter, I made this video http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=7qjYlPNo3Ds

Enjoy!

Wow! I learned alot.... of what I'm not sure, but it was alot...

Originally Posted by rv2pc3d

Wow! I learned alot.... of what I'm not sure, but it was alot...

Learned a lot re the video or the doc?

That's a 7 page doc!

I had that up on tons of forums and boards around the net. I thought with better exposure it might help in creating better commanders out there. There are so many bad ones, often you're better off not having one at all.