First line of suppression bar

[Euri]

I have just come to realise that the first line of the suppression bar is a kind of sixth sense, pure and simple. When is on you know that the enemy is within a reasonable range. This suggests that I have to switch to hunt movements and advance deliberately in bounds. But on the other hand I feel I am exploiting the game.

Your views?

[sburke]

reasonable range is kind of a wide open item.  Does that mean the tank that has you in it's sights 2km away is not noticed?  In every CM battle I assume the enemy is more than able to spot and hit me, so no I don't think it is really exploiting the game.  Hard to exploit something that is so vague.

[MOS:96B2P]

I have just come to realise that the first line of the suppression bar is a kind of sixth sense, pure and simple. When is on you know that the enemy is within a reasonable range. This suggests that I have to switch to hunt movements and advance deliberately in bounds. But on the other hand I feel I am exploiting the game.

Your views?

 

I have not paid a lot of attention to the first suppression bar since it is only the first bar.  I am just happy the suppression is not higher.   Have you found that there is generally OpFor activity/contact with a fire team soon after that fire team's suppression indicator goes up to the first bar?  Of course many times a fire teams suppression indicator is already up to the second or third bar or higher just because of all the chaos of battle around them.  

 

This could be interesting if for example you had a zero suppression scout team conducting recon.  Then while on recon the suppression indicator went up to the first bar and within 15 or 20 seconds the scout team obtained a sound contact, or a spotting round landed near by, a sniper's shot hit a team member, a team member set off a mine etc...  If something like this consistently / reliably happens I would say you might be on to something.  I don't know if this is the case but I will start to pay more attention to the first suppression bar.  

 

I would be interested in more details of what you are seeing.         

[Euri]

 If something like this consistently / reliably happens I would say you might be on to something.  

 

I am definitely up to something. It applies consistently to infantry units. It is like a radar without getting an indication of the specific location. You just know something is within shooting range. 

[MikeyD]

I have (only once in my life) been in a position where I could hear distant rifle pops and passing bullets whistling over my head. So you don't really need to be taking casualties to know there's something going on that you should be alert to.