Wargame: AirLand Battle

GDS_Starfury · August 08, 2013, 08:45:42 PM

well Im just playing the Oslo campaign so I dont have a custom deck to use.
the battle I just fought brought a smile to my face though.
I have a British Chieftan unit with 16 tanks advancing across a nice flat open field. when they started taking fire I stopped them. this may sound stupid but I had a plan. the plan was the 8 Rapiers, 16 Blowpipes and 16 Javelins that were following the tanks at a respectful distance.
when the tanks stopped I unassed the MANPADS and moved them up a bit. the tanks were doing a good job pounding anything that appeared in the treeline. them commie bastards threw every aircraft and chopper with a gun at me and lost just about everything on the first pass. that went on for a good 4 minutes. thankfully behind all those SAMs I had predeployed 4 supply trucks. :P
the next fight for this battlegroup will have clear skys. ;D

mikeck · August 08, 2013, 08:58:52 PM

How do you like the campaign so far? I assume you are playing the single player dynamic campaign? I haven't heard much about it as most seem to play MP

jomni · August 08, 2013, 09:08:29 PM

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on August 08, 2013, 08:45:42 PM
well Im just playing the Oslo campaign so I dont have a custom deck to use.
the battle I just fought brought a smile to my face though.
I have a British Chieftan unit with 16 tanks advancing across a nice flat open field. when they started taking fire I stopped them. this may sound stupid but I had a plan. the plan was the 8 Rapiers, 16 Blowpipes and 16 Javelins that were following the tanks at a respectful distance.
when the tanks stopped I unassed the MANPADS and moved them up a bit. the tanks were doing a good job pounding anything that appeared in the treeline. them commie bastards threw every aircraft and chopper with a gun at me and lost just about everything on the first pass. that went on for a good 4 minutes. thankfully behind all those SAMs I had predeployed 4 supply trucks. :P
the next fight for this battlegroup will have clear skys. ;D

It took a lot replays for me to win that campaign. In fact, I didn't use tanks that much. Take advantage of your infantry, recon, and air power.
Take a defensive position and take out the oncoming enemy until you get the needed points.

The campaigns are really great actually because it's not all about building the ultimate decks. You tailor your tactics to what you have and not tailor your deck to what you want to do.

GDS_Starfury · August 08, 2013, 09:29:43 PM

the campaigns are fun and they certainly dont play out the same way twice. I havnt finished one but Ive restarted them enough to have noticed that. ;) a buddy and I used to play RUSE on his xbox so I was already kind of familiar with how the bonuses would work.

jomni · August 08, 2013, 09:58:54 PM

Ture. Campaigns are not scripted with enemy zerg rush like before. Definitely worth playing again and again

Toonces · August 08, 2013, 10:02:16 PM

Man, I wish there was a speed mod to take this game down to about 1/3 speed. Just too fast for me.

GDS_Starfury · August 08, 2013, 10:21:31 PM

in the solo game Im finding that proper deployment and not pushing everywhere at once takes the edge off the tempo. the AI for your units is good enough to engage targets on there own while I pay most of my attention to the group I plan on advancing with.

Barthheart · August 09, 2013, 06:21:30 AM

Quote from: Toonces on August 08, 2013, 10:02:16 PM
Man, I wish there was a speed mod to take this game down to about 1/3 speed. Just too fast for me.

Same here..... I played the first mission in the first campaign. Moved my units into place . All hell broke loose. Then 2 minutes later it said I won the mission....? :o No idea what happened..... :P

mikeck · August 09, 2013, 08:11:56 AM

Quote from: Toonces on August 08, 2013, 10:02:16 PM
Man, I wish there was a speed mod to take this game down to about 1/3 speed. Just too fast for me.

Absolutely ..just like in distant worlds. Throttle down to .5 or .25 speed. For me it's
(1) move units
(2) watch explosions and cool rocket trails
(3) wonder where units are
(4) complain about kids today and getting old
(5) rage quit

GDS_Starfury · August 09, 2013, 10:39:21 AM

ooohhh I do love me some F-111's.

Kushan · August 09, 2013, 12:22:11 PM

I think the AI got some sort of difficulty tweaking in the latest patch. I've had to turn down the skirmish AI down from hard to medium across the board, and turn AI teammate up to hard/very hard difficulty. It still sucks on high point matches, but it seems a lot more aggressive then before.

GDS_Starfury · August 09, 2013, 12:28:19 PM

to pick a nit...
it would be nice if they gave us a list of what exactly gets patched and updated.

Nefaro · August 09, 2013, 07:54:57 PM

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on August 08, 2013, 08:09:23 PM
do you have any idea how difficult that was to type? :'(

The campaign battles are more difficult than skirmish battles.

1) You're restricted to specific OOBs instead of constructing your own 'deck'.

2) Time limits can be tough, and if you fail to win an overwhelming victory after a couple battles your unit's fighting ability keeps degrading rather quickly.

It's easier to learn the game by playing some skirmish battles against the AI, IMO.

GDS_Starfury · August 09, 2013, 10:46:50 PM

Im starting to see the light here. recon, infantry and patience. and a whole lot of micro managing air power.

GDS_Starfury · August 09, 2013, 11:59:07 PM

map knowledge is also helping a ton. airborne and light brigades for the hilly mountian maps and armor for the flat stuff. seems pretty basic unless you dont know whats ahead of you.