Thread: Talk about a sucky round!

Originally Posted by trailhunter

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We were on Sidi tonight and myself, Hungapoe, Forquet, Forquetson and a couple others were doing the titan D thing. All of a sudden one of us left the squad then we lost 2 more out of the squad then Forquetson got switched to the other team. By the end of it there were 4 in the sqaud all newbs except me and Hungapoe. We lost the corridor with 3 guys in our squad and a full on attack from Frau and her hooligans. I think Laggy and a couple other regs were with her.

I'm not quite sure what the hell was going on with the squad leaving and joining but that was one of the worst titan D's I have ever seen. Somehow they were getting grenades from the front entrance all the way down and past the console. Never seen that done before, I will have to test that one myself and the auto balance just tore us up.

Someone says we need a medic so all of a sudden all of us but Forquetson was a medic then we didn't get enough slack time to get another support in there. I know they were pushing hard cause I ended up with 68 or so points just from rezzing and health packs and Forquetson was well over 100 for his support role.

There was no coordination and all the newbs were strung out all over the hall. Not rezzing and running out of ammo and getting in front of each other was another problem.

Anyhow, I am amazed we held them off that long. Titan D definitely has seen better days.

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Well, a couple of things on this; I'm not sure who the squad leader was, and at this point it doesn't matter, but in general here a a few things to keep in mind:

1) When a squad is given the order for Titan defence they should plan accordingly. For the most part a squad is alerted early on that they will be defending the Titan. Make personnel assignments then. My preferred squad composition (your own may be different) is three support with auto turret, two assault with rockets and a recon with RDX and AMP's. But find whatever mix works for you. The point is, have all of this laid out in advance.

2) When the commander tell a squad to get back to the Titan on the double, that means suicide, not hop in an APC and drive clear across the map.

3) If you're not sure that you can field a good defence, tell the commander. If you are having problems holding a corridor, tell the commander. One of the worst things to hear as a commander is 'we're losing the corridor' after the bad guys blow it.

4) Titan defence can at times be boring. The squad needs to keep alert. They do not need to be screwing around knifing one another. If you are concerned that you are not getting any points then you are playing on the wrong server.

5) If you are not getting cooperation from your squad, then let the commander know. We either work as a team, or we lose. I would rather be told 'commander, we are not working well as a squad', than find out that very same fact after all of our consoles are blown and the the bad guys (and girls) are in our core.

Peroration:
We're not going to win every game. We're not going to have 'dream team' squads all the time. If we get beat, we get beat. But if I am going to lose I want to lose because I was out played, not because I didn't have my sh!t together.

Originally Posted by trailhunter

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Somehow they were getting grenades from the front entrance all the way down and past the console. Never seen that done before, I will have to test that one myself and the auto balance just tore us up.


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Originally Posted by dallas75077

Originally Posted by Cybs

Hmmm, and who was squad leader again?

Edit- BTW Frau, it was nice finally squadding with you last night on Conquest!

What Cybs said.. only it was the Titan we squadded on. Trail.. that was Frau throwing the nades past the console. She has been lifting weights.

Sorry guys, I actually opted to not be the squad leader this round. Even though I am not sure with all the shifting in squad members and team switches that any SL would have done very well. Good members are also what helps make a good Squad Leader.

Originally Posted by Forquet

Well, a couple of things on this; I'm not sure who the squad leader was, and at this point it doesn't matter, but in general here a a few things to keep in mind:

1) When a squad is given the order for Titan defence they should plan accordingly. For the most part a squad is alerted early on that they will be defending the Titan. Make personnel assignments then. My preferred squad composition (your own may be different) is three support with auto turret, two assault with rockets and a recon with RDX and AMP's. But find whatever mix works for you. The point is, have all of this laid out in advance.

2) When the commander tell a squad to get back to the Titan on the double, that means suicide, not hop in an APC and drive clear across the map.

3) If you're not sure that you can field a good defence, tell the commander. If you are having problems holding a corridor, tell the commander. One of the worst things to hear as a commander is 'we're losing the corridor' after the bad guys blow it.

4) Titan defence can at times be boring. The squad needs to keep alert. They do not need to be screwing around knifing one another. If you are concerned that you are not getting any points then you are playing on the wrong server.

5) If you are not getting cooperation from your squad, then let the commander know. We either work as a team, or we lose. I would rather be told 'commander, we are not working well as a squad', than find out that very same fact after all of our consoles are blown and the the bad guys (and girls) are in our core.

Peroration:
We're not going to win every game. We're not going to have 'dream team' squads all the time. If we get beat, we get beat. But if I am going to lose I want to lose because I was out played, not because I didn't have my sh!t together.

Forquetson and I were the first 2 back to Titan defense I believe then Hungapoe. It took some coercion to get the rest of the squad back and by the time we got done pounding the newbs to get on defense we had lost a couple or they bailed. 'whatever'

I was not SL but I am pretty sure that the SL was talking with the commander. We got overtaken so quickly (because of autobalance or whatever) near the end that I do not think that he had time to get another squad up for defense.

There wasn't any jacking around but I do not think that the guys on our squad had a clue what to do and we were getting hit so hard and fast that we did not have time for a bit of training. I think we were given the defend order as the shield went down so there was no set up time.

Its hard to explain exactly how everything went down but I know for sure it was annoying.

Learn from our mistakes, I did.

I was squad leader that round and I have to be honest, that was one of the worst performances Iv ever pulled on the titan server. First off Forquet ordered us to go Titan D, told my quad and quickly Forquetsson and trail are on D, but I still spawn down on the ground to take silo 3 (I have no idea what was going on in my mind) and to make matters worse the other 2 losers in the squad werent listening at all when I told them to suicide immediately!

Then we get on the titan, all messed up and whatnot and are assaulted by 2 full squads, we are in chaos, forquetsson was autobalanced and another person left the squad. And really it was just trail, forquet, some kvin guy and I defending the titan.


Anyway Id like to apologize for the sloppy performance, but luck really just didnt favor us from the get go...

To all : I apologize for any crankiness exhibited or cuss words flying from my mouth, last nite
and apologize in advance for any of the same in my future transgressions

Originally Posted by Cybs

Edit- BTW Frau, it was nice finally squadding with you last night on Conquest!

I think I was just so excited to actually get to attack a titan instead of immediately being on defense that I had an extra bounce to the nades

Originally Posted by dallas75077

What Cybs said.. only it was the Titan we squadded on. Trail.. that was Frau throwing the nades past the console. She has been lifting weights.

Ahh Titan D....how I wuv and hate thee

There wasn't any jacking around but I do not think that the guys on our squad had a clue what to do and we were getting hit so hard and fast that we did not have time for a bit of training. I think we were given the defend order as the shield went down so there was no set up time.
Its hard to explain exactly how everything went down but I know for sure it was annoying.

Learn from our mistakes, I did.
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Sorry to disagree, but here sitting four feet from the commander, I heard the order for defense go out early. It's just that it took most of the squad a while to get their stuff in a pile up there with us.

Ah, my mistake then. I know I had just died so I spawned Titan and it was not to long after that when all the walls starting caving in.

Onward to better things then, whole new day and all new titans.

Originally Posted by trailhunter

it was not to long after that when all the walls starting caving in.

Frau has that effect on people that displease her. You should be careful.......