Operation Blue Peral

**Fred Fargle** · 10-24-10, 07:45 PM

when Blue Pearl first came out it seemed like the US never made land fall.. Now I'm hardly ever on a U.S. team that doesnt make land fall.. Its definetly possible to make land on US and its always a good battle when the US holds a flag.

**kawaltd750** · 10-24-10, 10:53 PM

Originally Posted by draco7891

It takes 17 seconds for the PLA to go from Old Square to either Temple or Market.

It takes 28 seconds for the US to go from their uncap to Market, or 36 seconds to get to Temple.

There is no teamwork that will defeat cold, hard times. The PLA can be on top of the flags and have them capped completely before the first US soldier can possibly make landfall. In addition, those PLA who do not focus on the flag have the time to run to the forward bulwarks and fire AT rockets at the very first US boats, never mind the second.

The red-line "funnel" is so small that a single UAV can completely cover all valid approaches to the land, and give away the position and intention of every US soldier trying to leave the uncap.

The open map is so tight that there is no place to pilot a boat that is not within sight and firing range of the shore. PLA defenders have an open shot at a US boat all the way to landfall.

If the US don't secure a flag in the first minute (and often, in the first volley of boats), they will never make landfall. BF2 Artillery is too imprecise and too diffuse to make a significant impact to the entrenched defenders along the walls.

The only way the US secures that crucial first flag is by PLA apathy, charity or sheer blind luck. Either the US has to be given the flag, the PLA have to be so disorganized that all of their troops went to one flag and not the other, or a US soldier has to get that one perfect grenade throw that instantly kills all the PLA defenders.

Draco

Perfect analysis of the map as a challenge and you even pointed THE deciding factor:... The human dis-organisation (and dis-orientation) at the beginnning of the map....
Human chaos or organisation will decide the first minute: if it's a frag fest for China or an uphill and (certainly) winnable battle for US.

**h7g6f5** · 10-25-10, 12:49 AM

Only on TPG where you can find so prefect map detailing and strategies even to the point of how many breaths you can take. Even that can be between a win or lose...

Respectfully,
=PHX=h7g6f5

**Sgt.TmH** · 10-25-10, 02:08 PM

Originally Posted by h7g6f5

Only on TPG where you can find so prefect map detailing and strategies even to the point of how many breaths you can take. Even that can be between a win or lose...

Yet so many *still* ignore those details and strategies and start off rounds like they haven't a clue.

**deathgodusmc** · 10-25-10, 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Sgt.TmH

Yet so many *still* ignore those details and strategies and start off rounds like they haven't a clue.

The hell you say.

**Potemkine** · 10-26-10, 01:56 PM

I honestly love Blue Pearl. Of all the times I have played the map, I think I have seen the US not make it to land in 6 out of the 30+ occasions I have played it. When the US does get on land, its an adrenaline rush for the entire round with very few dull moments. Yes, it could be a tad more balanced, but its still an amazing map.