Tuchola Forest Strategies and Tactics Options

[ScrapyardBob]

Note: Some of this information will change over time as things change during the beta testing phase. But it's still close enough to final so we can start discussing tactics and strategy.

Here's the map. Each one links to a 1600x1200 version.


Base Assault map

[ScrapyardBob]

Squad-based combat (Coordination and Communication)

2-5 players, traveling together with the same common goal, using a mix of weapons can roll over most opposition that they encounter. Especially when the opposition is traveling lone-wolf style with no backup support.

We saw this a lot tonight on Tuchola during the late hours. Teams traveling together in packs of 2-6 players were crushing any and all opposition in their way. They would roll a base, plant it, most of the team would move on to the next base while 1-2 players guarded the plant.

Or two players teaming up to shut down a bottleneck. One player on the pak gun (Oh You) while the other player hides in an ambush position to support the pak gun. As the pak gun draws fire, the 2nd player ambushes the armor column from behind. A good pair can get in 4-12 kills before they get routed out of their positions.

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Etiquette for traveling in a pack.

If you're at the head of the pack, you're on point. That means you need to alert your followers about threats and you need to stay just ahead of the pack. (Too far ahead and your pack won't be able to provide support.) I've seen a lot of assaults fail because the fast tanks and jeeps outran the slow tanks. Fast tanks should sprint-and-listen. Get ahead a little bit, then stop and look/listen while the slower tanks catch up. Jeeps should act as scouts, clearing the way for the armor column.

If you're at the tail of the pack, keep up but make sure the pack doesn't get attacked from behind. As the rest of the pack digs in to assault a base you should take up a position that guards their 6 o'clock. Especially if you're in a light tank that won't do much damage against a base.