philios82

Thanks for the tips, I waited for the tanks and used them and the mortars smash up each position berfore I sent my infantry in. Got a win but it was hard, lost a whole squad of special forces to one of my own RPG's when he shot at a tank, missed and hit the wall they were hiding behind. Thanks for the campaign, top work.

Hi, First off great campaign so far, ambush was alot of fun managed to force a surrender with inly two friendly casualties (on veteran in real time). But now I'm on Strong Stand and I keep getting my men slaughtered. Minor spoilers below I wait until after the artillery barrage and move a platoon plus a sniper and the FO (I use the FO to order mortars on the peach orchard) to take the farm, they seem to do alright and trade fire with troops in the Peach Orchard and the East Yard. from there I've been trying to advance the rest of my troops up the left and the middle of the map but they tend to get killed pretty quick, from reading previous posts I understand that casualties are to be expected but a whole platoon in the first fifteen minutes of the mission seems a bit excessive. So if anyone has any tips i'd be glad of the help. Should I just wait for the reserves and then let the enemy get tired killing them to death before I send my good troops in?

Well thanks everyone for the tips, some very valuable info. This games great but it's not exactly easy for a beginner. Adam, thats got to be one of the most comprehensive explanations of ambush tactics i've seen so thanks very much, you even answered my next question which was going to be how do you get rpg's to kill things, I'll deffinatley try that scenario you recomended, thanks again.

Hi, I discovered Shock force a couple of weeks ago and have been having great fun with it (despite getting my ass kicked all over the shop). I decided to try my hand at scenario making with a blue v red(Uncon) map in an urban setting. I'm quite pleased with the map, but even a relatively small force of US troops are able to stomp all over the Uncons. I've got them all set up to ambush the Americans but the typical result is that they get off one RPG round (which generally misses) and then my forces return fire and either pin them or kill them almost immediatley. So I'm looking for advice on tactics for the Uncons or adivce from people who've made similar scenarios. I'm unwilling to make them all bullet munching supermen or load them up with top of the range equipment as I'd like to keep some semblance of realism. On a side note, I decided to make a mine field to stop the blue forces from taking advantage of an exposed flank, no matter how many mines I pack in there it's still possible to drive a force through with only light casualties. Are mine fields worth it?