Squad leader for the first time. Wow.

Safekeeper · 09-24-2007, 04:06 PM

I get me a nice Officer kit and feel pretty content with the situation when, shock and horror, a guy joins my squad! I give him a defense order and we get down to the North Bunker. Once we're settled in, I decide to be honest with him and tell him I've got little experience with PR, and that if he feels like taking over, that's perfectly fine with me. He says no, and tells me I'm doing just fine. Looks like I'm stuck with my role as an Officer

.

Oh well, I do my best. Over time more people join the squad and I try to communicate with them and the other squad members as good as I can, giving and asking for orders and directing the squad's engineer to build that bunker the Commander is trying to set up at the North Bunker. I get me an Officer kit at the main base and I even, to my amazement, find myself gathering my squad and setting up a rally point!

All in all, despite some disagreement with my squad members who kept requesting new orders when I thought the ones we already had were perfectly fine

, I felt I did a decent job. It was fun as Heck, really, despite the pressure I felt throughout (guess I'm taking this a tad bit too seriously). The only thing I'm really embarrassed of was when I was gathering my squad in a ditch outside the North Bunker to set up a Rallying Point and I grew more and more frustrated that so few people were showing up. I kept scouting over the top of the ditch and checking the mini-map... then I look behind me and find that four of my squad members have indeed shown up and are sitting there looking at me strangely. Overview, Safekeeper

!

BloodAce, DigitalEpiphany, Babylon, SIK666, and LeO [edit: tell me if I forgot someone

], thanks for a good match. It was great to have you.

[R-DEV]dbzao · 09-24-2007, 04:12 PM

Nice

Good luck being a squad leader

Also you do know that you can request your officer kit at a few other locations besides the main base, right? If you don't, read the manual and you will know all about it and be an even more efficient squad leader

cheers

Soulja · 09-25-2007, 09:04 AM

Squad leading is a fine art, It's great fun after you get the hang of it and get the prick out of your squad that just want to join the squad to get the sniper kit and go do their own thing. It's a bit of a hassle, especially when most of your squad and your commander have mics but just keep at it and when your team wins and you see your squad on the Best Squad list it's a great feeling because you know you lead the squad well and helped your team achieve victory. Good Luck!

Safekeeper · 09-25-2007, 09:50 AM

Quote:

Also you do know that you can request your officer kit at a few other locations besides the main base, right?

Yup. But this one time, I didn't have the manual handy, so I couldn't look up what those places were

.

Dr2B Rudd · 09-25-2007, 10:14 AM

Sounds like you did a good job m8

Don't worry about the pressure, SLs do have responsibility (I got chewed out by a commander once lol- but he didn't give me CAS cover so I could move...so boohoo to him)

To get more comfortable with being an SL I tended to go for the smaller servers in my own country so that I could get used to the same crowd for a while. (22SAS server is brill)

Well done again, cya on the battlefield

[R-DEV]dbzao · 09-25-2007, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Safekeeper

Yup. But this one time, I didn't have the manual handy, so I couldn't look up what those places were

.

Will give you a small list here so you can memorize

Main base
APCs
Bunkers
Firebases
Supply Drops
Rally points (your squad's or mapper placed)

cheers

Safekeeper · 09-25-2007, 11:55 AM

I knew about the rally points. Thanks!

supahpingi · 09-25-2007, 12:48 PM

U can also request at other squads RP(at least i can)
or isnt that supposed to happen?

[R-DEV]dbzao · 09-25-2007, 01:29 PM

You shouldn't. But don't confuse other squad's rally points with mapper placed rally points. Other squad's RPs have their squad number in the map. If they don't have a number, it's a mapper one.

=Romagnolo= · 09-25-2007, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by [R-DEV]dbzao

Will give you a small list here so you can memorize

Main base
APCs
Bunkers
Firebases
Supply Drops
Rally points (your squad's or mapper placed)

cheers

This is a reality mod right ? You just need to think a little "in RL, where should I be able to find weapons and items ?" So easy !

09-24-2007, 04:06 PM	#1
Safekeeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Remains of Bergen, Norway after violent storms of late Posts: 135	Squad leader for the first time. Wow. I get me a nice Officer kit and feel pretty content with the situation when, shock and horror, a guy joins my squad! I give him a defense order and we get down to the North Bunker. Once we're settled in, I decide to be honest with him and tell him I've got little experience with PR, and that if he feels like taking over, that's perfectly fine with me. He says no, and tells me I'm doing just fine. Looks like I'm stuck with my role as an Officer. Oh well, I do my best. Over time more people join the squad and I try to communicate with them and the other squad members as good as I can, giving and asking for orders and directing the squad's engineer to build that bunker the Commander is trying to set up at the North Bunker. I get me an Officer kit at the main base and I even, to my amazement, find myself gathering my squad and setting up a rally point! All in all, despite some disagreement with my squad members who kept requesting new orders when I thought the ones we already had were perfectly fine, I felt I did a decent job. It was fun as Heck, really, despite the pressure I felt throughout (guess I'm taking this a tad bit too seriously). The only thing I'm really embarrassed of was when I was gathering my squad in a ditch outside the North Bunker to set up a Rallying Point and I grew more and more frustrated that so few people were showing up. I kept scouting over the top of the ditch and checking the mini-map... then I look behind me and find that four of my squad members have indeed shown up and are sitting there looking at me strangely. Overview, Safekeeper! BloodAce, DigitalEpiphany, Babylon, SIK666, and LeO [edit: tell me if I forgot someone], thanks for a good match. It was great to have you.

	Last edited by Safekeeper; 09-25-2007 at 10:20 AM..

09-25-2007, 09:04 AM	#3
Soulja Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Tennessee, USA Posts: 602	Squad leading is a fine art, It's great fun after you get the hang of it and get the prick out of your squad that just want to join the squad to get the sniper kit and go do their own thing. It's a bit of a hassle, especially when most of your squad and your commander have mics but just keep at it and when your team wins and you see your squad on the Best Squad list it's a great feeling because you know you lead the squad well and helped your team achieve victory. Good Luck!
	In Game Name: ^DD^Soulja X-Fire User: ogikarma

09-25-2007, 10:14 AM	#5
Dr2B Rudd Join Date: Aug 2007 United Kingdom Location: England, Lincs Posts: 4,363	Sounds like you did a good job m8 Don't worry about the pressure, SLs do have responsibility (I got chewed out by a commander once lol- but he didn't give me CAS cover so I could move...so boohoo to him) To get more comfortable with being an SL I tended to go for the smaller servers in my own country so that I could get used to the same crowd for a while. (22SAS server is brill) Well done again, cya on the battlefield
	Respect the R-Staff, they are pretty...pretty badass so, if you don't like PR, get a refund

09-25-2007, 12:48 PM	#8
supahpingi Join Date: May 2007 Netherlands Posts: 544	U can also request at other squads RP(at least i can) or isnt that supposed to happen?
supahpingi Join Date: May 2007 Netherlands Posts: 544

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09-24-2007, 04:12 PM	#2
[R-DEV]dbzao PR Lead Coder Join Date: Jun 2006 Brazil Location: Campinas, SP Posts: 4,451	Nice Good luck being a squad leader Also you do know that you can request your officer kit at a few other locations besides the main base, right? If you don't, read the manual and you will know all about it and be an even more efficient squad leader cheers

09-25-2007, 11:55 AM	#7
Safekeeper Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Remains of Bergen, Norway after violent storms of late Posts: 135	I knew about the rally points. Thanks!

09-25-2007, 01:29 PM	#9
[R-DEV]dbzao PR Lead Coder Join Date: Jun 2006 Brazil Location: Campinas, SP Posts: 4,451	You shouldn't. But don't confuse other squad's rally points with mapper placed rally points. Other squad's RPs have their squad number in the map. If they don't have a number, it's a mapper one.

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