slysniper

You really need to read some books on the subject. 
But American snipers have many task that they can perform, I find that in CMBS I am able to pretty much do anything I was asked to do in RL.
 From scout to spotter, to recon, to delaying tactics. to combat fire support , to designated target missions.
In the WWII titles, they are not as flexible or as powerful. but they still can be a important factor in your force.
 
In CMBS when it is a buy your own force situation. I find that my snipers are my most important infantry asset. Armor, arty, then infantry.
With snipers doing more damage than any other infantry units I use, MG's, grenade launchers and such.
My sniper teams that get used normally will have kills in the teens and will be my units to create the most casualties on the enemy.
For two or 3 men teams and the cost, that is a good trade.
 
I will not write a book for you on how to use them, but everything mentioned is good.
But I will give one comment on a tactic not mentioned.
You do not need to baby them or keep them back in a battle if you want them to be killers on the battlefield for you. if you want them to kill, they need to be at the range they can do that. to keep them doing that they need to in a area where your normal infantry units has fire suppression on the enemy. While the other units can pin the enemy, Sniper units can eliminate them.
Learning to use them in the game for this might change your view on how snipers work.
Keep in mind, A sniper never puts himself in a fair fight, he always wants the advantage, and if he cannot keep that advantage, he always has a escape route to get  out of a bad situation and to set himself up at a new location where he has the advantage once more.
Gaming and losing snipers is no issue, these are not real men, risk reward actions is worth trying in the game, its not like losing someone in real life.
 
 
 

The only game that comes remotely close to getting you the feel of realistic combat.
Plus the only way to ever have the chance to control such forces.
(Even real life commanders do not get that. They do give orders to such units, but they do not get to control them as to executing such orders.)
playing a battle right now I would have to be at least a lieutenant colonel in real life and I would have no clue as to what was going on in the details of the battle in all 4 fronts, maybe if I was leading from the front, I would HAVE A SLIGHT VIEW OF WHAT ONE FRONT WAS DOING.
who wants that much realism anyway. I enjoy having God like powers

You really need to read some books on the subject. 
But American snipers have many task that they can perform, I find that in CMBS I am able to pretty much do anything I was asked to do in RL.
 From scout to spotter, to recon, to delaying tactics. to combat fire support , to designated target missions.
In the WWII titles, they are not as flexible or as powerful. but they still can be a important factor in your force.
 
In CMBS when it is a buy your own force situation. I find that my snipers are my most important infantry asset. Armor, arty, then infantry.
With snipers doing more damage than any other infantry units I use, MG's, grenade launchers and such.
My sniper teams that get used normally will have kills in the teens and will be my units to create the most casualties on the enemy.
For two or 3 men teams and the cost, that is a good trade.
 
I will not write a book for you on how to use them, but everything mentioned is good.
But I will give one comment on a tactic not mentioned.
You do not need to baby them or keep them back in a battle if you want them to be killers on the battlefield for you. if you want them to kill, they need to be at the range they can do that. to keep them doing that they need to in a area where your normal infantry units has fire suppression on the enemy. While the other units can pin the enemy, Sniper units can eliminate them.
Learning to use them in the game for this might change your view on how snipers work.
Keep in mind, A sniper never puts himself in a fair fight, he always wants the advantage, and if he cannot keep that advantage, he always has a escape route to get  out of a bad situation and to set himself up at a new location where he has the advantage once more.
Gaming and losing snipers is no issue, these are not real men, risk reward actions is worth trying in the game, its not like losing someone in real life.
 
 
 

You really need to read some books on the subject. 
But American snipers have many task that they can perform, I find that in CMBS I am able to pretty much do anything I was asked to do in RL.
 From scout to spotter, to recon, to delaying tactics. to combat fire support , to designated target missions.
In the WWII titles, they are not as flexible or as powerful. but they still can be a important factor in your force.
 
In CMBS when it is a buy your own force situation. I find that my snipers are my most important infantry asset. Armor, arty, then infantry.
With snipers doing more damage than any other infantry units I use, MG's, grenade launchers and such.
My sniper teams that get used normally will have kills in the teens and will be my units to create the most casualties on the enemy.
For two or 3 men teams and the cost, that is a good trade.
 
I will not write a book for you on how to use them, but everything mentioned is good.
But I will give one comment on a tactic not mentioned.
You do not need to baby them or keep them back in a battle if you want them to be killers on the battlefield for you. if you want them to kill, they need to be at the range they can do that. to keep them doing that they need to in a area where your normal infantry units has fire suppression on the enemy. While the other units can pin the enemy, Sniper units can eliminate them.
Learning to use them in the game for this might change your view on how snipers work.
Keep in mind, A sniper never puts himself in a fair fight, he always wants the advantage, and if he cannot keep that advantage, he always has a escape route to get  out of a bad situation and to set himself up at a new location where he has the advantage once more.
Gaming and losing snipers is no issue, these are not real men, risk reward actions is worth trying in the game, its not like losing someone in real life.
 
 
 

I will throw in my simple request that has bothered me since their very first cm game.
Add a blasted wind directional arrow to the directional compass or something along that lines.
drives me crazy that the only way to tell which way the wind is blowing and how strong is to pull up the text in the briefing.
Wnen I am looking at a enemy position from a friendly location, I should have a arrow indicating that. instant knowledge as to what likely to expect of smoke and such.

I will throw in my simple request that has bothered me since their very first cm game.
Add a blasted wind directional arrow to the directional compass or something along that lines.
drives me crazy that the only way to tell which way the wind is blowing and how strong is to pull up the text in the briefing.
Wnen I am looking at a enemy position from a friendly location, I should have a arrow indicating that. instant knowledge as to what likely to expect of smoke and such.

I will throw in my simple request that has bothered me since their very first cm game.
Add a blasted wind directional arrow to the directional compass or something along that lines.
drives me crazy that the only way to tell which way the wind is blowing and how strong is to pull up the text in the briefing.
Wnen I am looking at a enemy position from a friendly location, I should have a arrow indicating that. instant knowledge as to what likely to expect of smoke and such.

OH look, my timing is perfect, demo is out.
Correct as to the AI not being able to hold vs arty. So that is broken, But I never consider AI much of a fight anyway. The only recourse would have been remove the arty from the game files.
But hey, your one step closer to getting that new programming today.
But I would suggest trying to play other people, at some point you need to test your wings and fly, or your just a chicken. (no wings necessary)

OH look, my timing is perfect, demo is out.
Correct as to the AI not being able to hold vs arty. So that is broken, But I never consider AI much of a fight anyway. The only recourse would have been remove the arty from the game files.
But hey, your one step closer to getting that new programming today.
But I would suggest trying to play other people, at some point you need to test your wings and fly, or your just a chicken. (no wings necessary)

Awesome
I cannot wait for the rebirth of CMSF 
Its the one set I never did own. So getting a update and making it all available is a dream come true for me.
Once cmbs was out and I spent time with it, I realized how much more I enjoyed the modern battlefield, thought about going back and picking up the old cmsf but decided I was spoiled with the new engine and would just wait for the discussed possible update.
So its almost here, My money is ready to support your efforts. 
I am glad BF keeps doing what they do and they have the ability to tune out the whiners they have to deal with. 
You do a great job of keeping your standards high and doing things the right way.
 

He also had a other tank that managed to become his wing man for the last half of the battle, he also had a huge day, but his diet was a little more manageable in that he was dueling Bradley's instead of Abrams
 
But I cannot remember two units having such success in a long while in this format. 
with CMSFII coming out soon, I am getting hungry for some interesting match ups that can happen.
 

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

Bil, excellent AAR as always
You are the best source that BF has as to how to promote and showcase these games.
I always enjoy that fact that you put out there a clear description as to what you are tactically thinking and trying to accomplish.
And your tactical skills seem to reward you better in the modern battlefield over the WWII one.  
You generally get no second chances or much luck on the modern battlefield. Death is easy and quick and each decision is rewarded with that or success in a very few moments.
thanks for your efforts as always
I will go back to the shadows now

After much thought and watching and reading this thread for awhile since nothing else has been happening on this site in weeks. 
I have decide this hobby is full of nuts and I should really remove myself from it because why would any logical person want to be a part of this.
But I would then go insane myself because of not getting my BF fix.
So I will wait for the next release, Whatever it is does not matter. I will enjoy it. 
Knowing that BF just does things different than most anyone else would, but it is what it is.
Steve will update us again, nothing will be solved as to keeping the crazies in line and the nuts on this site will in a short time start the same stupid comments once again.
Sometimes I really do understand why Steve just lets you go on with the stupid comments on the site without giving updates. The best way to punish you guys is to let your own logic put you in a bad mental state.

After much thought and watching and reading this thread for awhile since nothing else has been happening on this site in weeks. 
I have decide this hobby is full of nuts and I should really remove myself from it because why would any logical person want to be a part of this.
But I would then go insane myself because of not getting my BF fix.
So I will wait for the next release, Whatever it is does not matter. I will enjoy it. 
Knowing that BF just does things different than most anyone else would, but it is what it is.
Steve will update us again, nothing will be solved as to keeping the crazies in line and the nuts on this site will in a short time start the same stupid comments once again.
Sometimes I really do understand why Steve just lets you go on with the stupid comments on the site without giving updates. The best way to punish you guys is to let your own logic put you in a bad mental state.

Except, he sends more that light weight cannon fodder blazing forward. 

This is pretty much exactly what I feel also.
Loaded 4.0 and have been enjoying it the whole time, so I really cannot feel bad for those of you that think it just screwed up the game so much that it is a sin to have one play it.
Now I heard the complaints from the moment they started but I did not see it in the play of my battles.
It was months before I finally came across a battle where I saw the arty really rout my troops in a very obvious unnatural way. So I tested stuff to help try and expose the issue instead of just whine about it.
But did I go back to version 3, no, and nobody I have played have asked to play version 3 either.
So where are the masses that cannot live with the issue til 4.0 is correct. Oh its the same handful here that about every three of four weeks have to act childish once again since they have not been given what they want yet.
Now in the whole 14 or so months I will say, maybe 3 battles I played have been impacted by the flaw, but you know what that means, I have played about 30 battles that have been really enjoyable with the added improvements 4.0 has given.
But you all stay with your version 3.0, because you have your agency and isn't that wonderful. But keep your attitudes in check about your demands, a change will come.
And after all these months of suffering because you did not get the improvements because you demand it play in a certain manor, I doubt you will like the next release anyway, no matter how it comes out, because being jerks is just such a natural thing for us all to do now days.
From one jerk to a few others, have a nice day.
 

if one thing is consistent with this site, its the announcement that something is coming out soon and it seems to come out way later than what everyone is hoping for.

if one thing is consistent with this site, its the announcement that something is coming out soon and it seems to come out way later than what everyone is hoping for.

if one thing is consistent with this site, its the announcement that something is coming out soon and it seems to come out way later than what everyone is hoping for.