dog6880 Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 ok i'm not a Ranger or a Beret, only a lowly specialist in the National Guard, Infantry by the way. can i utilize the training i recieve at benning in this game? it seems to work well against the computer but how would it fare against real people... so far i found applying infantry tactics that i know to this game work pretty good. has anyone noticed this or does any one feel this to be an untruth worthy of a flaming? I'm not asking for the best use of infantry(i think there is a different post are for those Q's) just asking if anyone has had any success using real world infantry techniques. both WWII techniques and modern. i have against the computer, but i dont think the AI is much of a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarRat Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 The small amount of tactics I learned in ROTC seem to work in this game. Fire and maneuver, suppress, overwatch. They all work. One golden rule with infantry in CM is to never move your infantry in open terrain without tons of suppressive fire or a smoke screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Hough Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 Given that a fair number of us without your experience have found the ai fairly challenging until, by trial and error and help from others on the board, we learned to use effective tactics, I'd say it's a fair bet that the tactics you learned do work pretty well. One of the main goals of the guys at BTS was to model things realistically enough that the tactics effective on the ww2 battlefield would be effective in the game. So while there's probably still a ways to go to get that modelling perfect, the tactics learned in the infantry should at least provide a firm foundation upon which to build your cm tactics. -John ------------------ sometimes i'd like to kick your f-ing head but i guess you're just a human too -EMBRACE, "SAID GUN" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog6880 Posted January 9, 2001 Author Share Posted January 9, 2001 that explains why i can use tanks at all!!!! i win infantry engagements but give me a battalion of tanks and i will lose... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Babra Posted January 9, 2001 Share Posted January 9, 2001 I've tried using the fire and maneuver technique with limited success. Its drawbacks were a decrease in global morale due to splitting the squads, and what seemed like a loss of firepower. I haven't tried it since because I'm a lazy gamer -- I just point my lads toward the enemy and don't get too fancy most times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog6880 Posted January 9, 2001 Author Share Posted January 9, 2001 well i found the whole spliting the squad thing bad too buti use the squads themselves to fire and manuver i find it works great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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