useful fun fact: giving infantry move orders to dismount will wait for the vehicle they are in to finish moving before they get out, pressing the dismount command on the other hand will have the vehicle stop and drop out all of it's infantry at the start of a turn unless the infantry were given pause orders. as a bonus i also recommend Hapless' Formation guide video on the stryker infantry batallion, it showcases the strengths and weaknesses of the stryker very well and is worth a watch if you haven't seen it already.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Very good to know, still learning haha

@darugdawg2453

3 жыл бұрын

If only you got 30 mm this would over fast

The unit that calls in the artillery needs to keep eyes on the target for it to be effective, they are correcting the shots. Yours got killed... Officers, or even better, dedicated units, are great for that role. Somepne eith binoculars and radios far back are ideal in any case. Their stress level and if they are fighting will also decrease their effectivnesd as spotters.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Very good to know, thanks!

@kashk42

3 жыл бұрын

@@theShermanator Just got to your second artillery strike and you could see the difference yourself when you used an officer that wasnt under fire instead of an panicked squadleader with a basic radio! Btw, "personell" rounds are airburst, and less effective against buildings but deadly for unprotected footmen or people in trenches. General explode on contact and better if you want to level something.

Turn based is probably the way to go, usually because some situations just develop fast, and if you lose a unit or an entire squad without immediately knowing you can rewind the turn to see exactly what happened. Plus it's cool to be able to just rewatch intense firefights.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Very true, so far I've liked using both haha

With target orders you can click inside the building and not just outside. My tip for taking a building Target the upper floors with the Strykers by clicking inside the upper floors. Some of your troops can ambush them on the bottom floors when they withdraw from the upper floors.

Really cool game ! Love to see more of this

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Will have more soon!

Very cool gameplay man!

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud

A good scenario to try might be "A day at the beach". It's a big showy battle, but much easier than something like this. You have UTTER superiority of firepower with the US navy supporting the marines, arriving in amphibious vehicles, and it's basically about clearing out trenches. But it's at night, and the marines have nightvision, while the syrians dont. A good starter battle ro get confident with the game.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

I felt very confident after my Canadian mission but this one was just brutal

I use area target more so than point target as it actually keeps a tight group if you designate a tight area. Also basically any troop can call in fire support if they have a radio. Even vehicles, also vehicles are fitted with optics which are way better than binos but its a limited cone for me it felt like whenever I used a vehicle to call in support it was way more accurate. Also for realtime taking all the time in the world is helpful. Finally another thing there is a mod that changes the enemy icons so that suspected and confirmed icons are different colours, so suspected or last seen points turn up grey unlike when they usually are just read

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

good tip, appreciate it

Great job

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I tried :D

In Shock Force 2 in some games Real Time Strategy is recommended. For the following reasons in H to H the Red Players can't use to its full potential the IED as the triggerman has to activate the device in RTS mode in WEGO its victim will drive straight past. Normally I too prefer WEGO for the micromanagement.

This scenario's a notorious meat grinder. :)

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

ITs brutal indeed

Man this was a hard mission, finished it yesterday. I can see why some people in the comments say the scenario is renowned to be a meatgrinder. I think i used almost all the ammo i had surpressing the buildings constantly

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

I kind of wanna replay it now with some knowledge I have but it's still hard as shit, good to hear you got it completed!

@darugdawg2453

3 жыл бұрын

You only supress with 50 cal. Mk3s would eat a lot of limited ammo. These strykers is only as good as transport. 50cal would not even kill a prone soldier inside a house

any chance of seeing you play graviteam tactics or nah?

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

If you have any good tutorials to take a look at; I'd love to

@pissfather6798

3 жыл бұрын

The Shermanator a channel called the war simmer has made a number of tutorials on the game, though i wouldnt blame u if u dont want to get into it, its rather clunky and atleast as complex as combat mission plus you cant always give direct orders to units. But in my opinion its the best combat simulator out there

I always prefer turn mode. Do you want to play campaign maybe?

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

I am not sure if I wanna drop into a full campaign yet

id like to see a stalingrad version of thisa game

@Hunter_312

3 жыл бұрын

Then Combat Mission: Red Thunder might be for you.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

There are WW2 versions!

If you want to get better at the game I recommend Checking out some tutorials in KZread, there are a lot of them, just search "Combat Mission Basics" in KZread.

You'll see boy, the only mistake you did during this operation was to assume that your superriors actually wanted the Hospital to be there to be taken, you could just as easily just blown the hell out of it and then took it, if the army wanted that building standing it would tell you, other wise it's army police to fuck everything up before putting their life in danger, you see the army it's not about fair fighting

I prefer real-time because I dont have to pray the order I gave wont bug and watch all my men get slaughtered

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

fair point

@CharlesvanDijk-ir6bl

3 жыл бұрын

That's when you give silly orders. Like playing chess, when you get your King and Queen forked by a Knight your opponent will beat you fair and square. 1 minute and you can pause your order with 5 second increments. I do my risky moves in the last 10 seconds in a turn.

WeGo is better for Combat Mission any any way in my opinion.

@bombsquad747

3 жыл бұрын

star dekk what is that ?

@stardekk1461

3 жыл бұрын

@@bombsquad747 the game mode he played right now with the turns.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

@@stardekk1461 I think for larger missions I might stick with WeGo but for smaller maybe do RTS :)

you can't play this game like men of war. The 1st Platoon should setup SBF in the small houses vehicles stand off. Attack targets of opportunity. Strykerws rushing at a multi story building is asking for trouble if you dont smoke the approach. Create Breaches destroy the walls. Send the SBF guys back into their vehicles to get more ammo and Javellins and blast the hell out of the front windows. If You hold shift while setting an arc you can make a 360 arc for the infantry that helps them fight in buildings.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the tips!

@patrickoglesbee3519

3 жыл бұрын

You would be relieved of command if you prosecuted a battle in this fashion. lol

Lol, he's not very good at this game.

@theShermanator

3 жыл бұрын

Thats so weird, I have never played a CM game until well this week - let me know how good you are at things you have spent about 5 hrs on lol

@ObliviousPenguin

3 жыл бұрын

@@theShermanator I'm only being pedantic. Just keep at it and you'll improve. Best Regards, buddy.