BF2S Forums Do you follow authority or be a rebel!??!

Mad Ad wrote:

how do you know its cappable? there could be a mass of infantry ready to cap your own self.


Well this thread at least reveals that the one sure way that everyone decides if the comander is a retard is if, in the SLs opinion, they get told to go further than the next cap point.  How the hell do commanders manage with thinking like that?  Is it any wonder that they just shut up and play with the uav?

If the commander can see a sizeable force at the closest CP, and orders them to hit one a little further on that is unguarded - then it makes sense. Its basic tactics and common sense.

I always do that when SL, and commander too (informing the SL's that it is unguarded of course).
If you can cap flags, then thats a step towards winning (and more points). There is no point getting bogged down in a war of attrition between 2 flags if your teams tickets are already bleeding.
I just did this on IO Warlord for 6 rounds, and won all 6 as a result of me and my squad capping flags all round - taking mostly the unprotected ones, especially as SAS.

Last edited by Snake (2007-02-06 14:32:21)

there's nothing wrong with being asocial. I don't mind. There are a lot of rounds where all I do is defend a key flag so I know im not a bad team player.

Usually accept unless the command is complete BS

Snake wrote:

There is no point getting bogged down in a war of attrition between 2 flags if your teams tickets are already bleeding.

Unless you know your team can grind them down to a narrow victory. Most games on Karkand degenerate into that.

Relevent to the Poll.

More often than not, I accept the command.

If we are in the middle of something, I'll finish what we're doing before accepting the command (to avoid confusion).  If the command times out before we finish, I'll replace the command myself.

If I don't feel the command is a sound one, I'll try to discuss it with the commander over VoiP.  Who knows, maybe one of us has a better understanding of what is going on that the other hasn't noticed?

Of course, every once in a while you'll run into an asshole for a SL or commander, and there's nothing much you can do other than to ignore them, or deny all their orders.

Interesting Story:

I was SL on Warlord, and I'd just sent an order to go from the Security Checkpoint to the Insurgent Hideout, after my squad had looped around to take the Palace flags, and Security CP.

No sooner than after I made the command (we were also in a small firefight to defend the Security CP) the commander sends me a command to attack the Plaza (which was our flag), followed up about a second later with a "Do as your ordered soldier" with the flag turning neutral, and about two to three seconds later where the flag was taken, and the commander stating a "You are the worst squad... blah, blah, blah, blah".

All the while, I knew that the Mosque had been taken, was next on the list, and closer.

So, I'm thinking... "WTF?!"  My squad mates are saying "WTF?" over the VoiP, and the commander drops a UAV over the Plaza to show about 10-12 enemies sitting there (versus my 5 person squad).

Needless to say, I say to my squadmates over VoiP, "we've got a retarded commander," and "we're gonna take the Mosque, because just about every other enemy is sitting at the Plaza."

The funniest part about the whole situation was the commander putting in the command, following it up with a do as your ordered, and then quickly followed up with a rebuke all in the time it would have taken us to barely leave the Security Checkpoint area, let alone crossing half of the map.

Talk about wanting Miracle Workers.

Needless to say, I denied his next two orders, and he didn't send anything else afterwards.

m4s3rchi3f wrote:

haha ive gotten that a lot of times. When I'm a medic, im supposed to destroy the other team's assets? What am I suppose to do? Short circuit the whole thing with my defibrilator?

would be cool huh ZAP ZAP ZAP !! gone UAV trailer ZAP ZAPZAP GONE ARTY >> i got the picture

patch 1.5 perhaps