Falconander Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 What benefit does calling in fire with your FO have over using one of my scouts? Does it get better if they have COM with a leader and better if COm with a FO? How valuable is an FO? Should I safekeep these guys are is the benefit minimal where I would value an infantry squad more. But in more details, who hikes to the top of the mountain or peeks theis heads over that ridge to call in fire? Does the FO have better sight and hence the binos or does an infantry squad with binos have just as good of sight? I assumes LTs and XOx work better if kept around their assigned units? Does this effect rate of fire or what other value? ---- I have read a lot on these forums so these are some areas I am still not clear about. ---- On a side, accepting the graphics for what they are, this is an amazing game and the Combat Mission series are the true unsung heroes of warfare. My son won't play CM as it isn't fast enough. He prefers Faces of War or other such games. I sat him down in the chair, cranked up the speakers, called in artillery and told him he couldn't leave until the rain came. He whined and complained about how slow the action was... I told him to be quiet and listen.... Fire mission over....Fire mission out.... The rain came and all I heard was WoW did you see that... those poor suckers... I than had him unload his infantry and assault the trenches... He was horrified as they several were cut down... "Pop smoke" I hollered at him but by now he was a nervous wreck as he tried to get his troops to cover. I asked him... "Do you still think it is boring and too easy" Now I think he is daunted by the complexity of the whole thing. I am still trying to convert him. He loved Total War so he has to appreciate the complexity and simplicity woven together. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenrick Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Only advantage I've seen is that an FO gets rounds in the air faster then any other blue force unit. The advantage of them being able to be more precise, call for fire more accurately out of LOS, etc. does not exist in game. An FO in a FSV should be able to do all sorts of fancy things in game that we don't have currently, shoot an FO in general should be able to do all sorts of fancy things that aren't in game. -Jenrick 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan/california Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 This is true, but that response time difference is very important. A marine FO can get mortars on target in 2 minutes. It is almost as good as direct fire. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFCElvis Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 That is the main thing. Brings the fire in faster. And, to answer the rest of the question Falconander, it isn't because of better binoculars it is because an FO has been trained more in calling in the boom booms and is more efficient. Keeping them safe is a very good idea. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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