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UPDATE - I was able to fire the first trigger. You have to fly 17 miles instead of 14 (WP1) from TACAN to fire it. But still - Overlord says "Clean", I landed in Pashkovsky. Draw I assume you have to kill bombers BEFORE they drop bombs. But I do not see they can manage to come to Krymsk at all. Air Defense HAWKs + me and my bot kill or scare away all of them....

Good day SoreIRo. My usual question - not quite clear what you have to do to win. Briefing says - "Do what Overlord says". Ok, but Overlord gives you just bandits info. Anti-Air Defense killed several bandits. My bot and me killed couple as well. Overlords says "One group cold" and distance increases. No "trigger-based" messages. I was thinking that main idea for mission is moving to the new airfield and plus some air-to-air engagement. I landed in Krasnodar. When I was standing on a airstrip in Pashkovsky I checked with F2 who else still alive. I saw only me and AWACS. Draw. It is a good campaign but main issue - not clear why it is a "draw" in some missions. Like Mission 9 in the beginning of campaign, brief did not say you have to kill bombers BEFORE they drop bombs. Maybe Mission 19 has something similar? Like "do not land in Krasnodar before ..." Could you please clarify what has to be done in mission 19 to succeed? Thank you.

Thanks for hint "pre-flare". Yeah, first strike the most important, otherwise wounded disperse. I watched on Youtube how some Callsign Winkle plays your campaign. There was one more useful hint - do not attack as briefeng suggests but overfly them and hit from the back. Attack from behind works. I am not sure if it is Sun or hills help but I could never survive attack run if I go from WP5. And Overlord actually says "RTB" when convoy is destroyed enough. Mission 17 passed. What is next?

Good day SoreIRo You said that convoy should lost more than 50% for mission success. Do Shilka and Strela count as part of convoy? Or convoy is only trucks? Asking because each attack pass above convoy for me it is 50/50 chance they hit me And I prefer not to do unnecessary pass above probably alive MANPANDS and AAA. So maybe if there only couple of trucks + Shilka + Strela left alive - it is enough? Thanks

Thanks for the quick response. BTW - TACAN now works in F-5 So less navigation problems in missions.

Thank you SreIRo. Sorry for noise. But looks like I found a way how to pass it. You anyway have to attack secondary target. Also - very helpful was your picture with "target" mark near Waypoint 5 because we use names of towns in the briefing and not all of them on a F10 map or in Mission Planner. I should understand that secondary target is mandatory because when I asked wingman "Mission and RTB' he always flew to the secondary target. Also interesting thing - I flew that mission 10+ times but only once (when I actually passed the mission) the main target soot at my wingman. It never shoot at me but maybe because I always was low....

Good day. Mission 15. I see in the briefing: "Destroy main target, after that Overload orders Phantoms to hit other sites. If you still have ammo then you can hit secondary target." I destroyed radar on main target, Overlord ordered others to attack. I also destroyed all launchers on main site. Returned to Krymsk. Draw. Why? Should I destroy everything on main target site? Or victory depends on how Phantoms hit their targets?

Passed. What worked for me - While flying there - jettison the bombs. Do not go to the right to orange smoke immediately but tell your bots "mission target and rejoin". Turn left, make the circle and go for attack run when bots are already engaged. Line two targets up in order you can shot both of them in one go. Use rockets. Thanks everyone for hints.

You are kidding, "Skip it". No way. After so much time I spent for that? I can fly without map that part of Georgian coast line now. And if I pass it I will know what to answer to people who say to me: - Online is a real challenge! Not some campaign against bots! - Yeah? Did you pass Mission 10 from Black Sea Resolve with 100 score?

To be honest the most annoying it is not that they kill me if not on the first pass but definitely on a second. The most annoying part - cold start, when you try it 10+ times in a row Looks like I have to change tactic - everything should be done in one go. Either 2 bombs on first site and 3 on another or rockets. No second pass. Main task - line up targets to one line. Hope it will work. I liked missions 1-9 very much. I do not want to skip #10 Really interesting campaign.

Struggling with that mission now. For now after FAC says "Go" I wait till bots try their best, some pf them go for SA-3 but some for our targets. Then I come. Problem with waiting - orange smoke can go away. Good thing - if I pass it (I do not want to skip ) then next really difficult mission will be at the end. It is based on statistic for this forum section. People ask about missions 1,4,6,7,8,9 and 10. Then 14, 17, 20 and looks like one more from the end of campaign (Return to Krymsk). 50% of questions - about general AI or DCS bugs. But looks like after mission 10 there will be only 2-3 really hard ones. Other probability - people just give up on mission #10 and do not continue. If you still want to have some not easy missions in a campaign then maybe you can change a victory score? We have two sites to hit. As I understand you must hit at least something , maybe 50% of each site to pass. Maybe that mission could have in a briefing something like that: "You have to hit at least one site but if you hit two - you will be awarded!" So - either 50% of damage for each side => 100 mission score (for maniacs who want to pass every mission with 100 score) and briefing for mission 11 starts with "Well done F-5s! " or 75% of one site=> 55% score for beginners or who want just to fly story line and briefing for mission 11 starts with "Phantoms had to clean up your mess, lazy F-5's buts!". Watching how other people playing this mission: "Turn heading 130" ."OK", he is flying towards target and target is quiet till the very end! In my case I do attack run after "Target on the right, over the ridge" and they shot at me from all barrels and all MANPADS.

Thanks for quick response. I passed it. But in this mission I really rely on my bots. When they take MiGs, I can deal with Tu-22s but if at least one MiG alive - I cannot kill bombers on time. But next mission, Mission #10 - looks like bots will not help much. The same as Mission 7. I have to rely on my luck. I cannot rely on my skills yet

Just one more question about that mission #9. What is the victory condition? I killed two Tu-22. Damaged third, it flew away with black smoke. All of them - before they drop bombs. Then I landed and watched one flying Tu-22 with bombs. Then it disappeared and I cannot tell if he drops bomb or not. I know that mission is successful if they do not drop bombs. But 3 of 4 definitely did not do it. Then I ended the mission and saw draw 50%. To be honest I expected at least 51% So question - in order to succeed I have to -kill them before they drop bombs - kill all of them ? Thanks

I passed it! 1.Engage MiG-21. If 5 of you kills 2 of them and you still alive - good. 2. Attack convoy from above 9000. In my case I destroyed approx 2/3 of convoy and was badly hit by AAA and MANPADS. Lost all generators, flaps, air brakes , undercarriage, most of instruments. While limping to base asked helos to do pick up. They did. I landed on a belly on airstrip and watched how Mig-23 chased Huey and how MiGs were shot down by my own SAM on my airfiled! That was amazing!

Yeah. Mission 7 is really difficult. 4 MiG21 vs 2 F-4 + 2 F-5 with bombs + me with bombs. And even if you survive air battle and Migs go home then you are alone against two Iglas. You are alone because F-5 CAS dropped their bombs during air battle or they are dead already. As I understand I should not bother with MiGs and go for convoy but it such case MiGs kill eveybody including helos. For now I am trying to jettison bombs, scare MiGs away and hit MANPADS with rockets. I hope cannon will be able to finish the trucks. No luck yet. Either MiG or Igla kills me.

Thanks, I hope next ED Release will work for pair "old A-10C+ new TEW" as well :)

Good day Baltic Dragon. Could you please clarify one thing? All these "comms fixes \ new ED features +bugs\ new fixes" - all of that is related to Open Beta only. Correct? Just waiting for Release to play your campaign again and start thinking to install Beta for that ED does not says when we will get next release.

I have the same issue with "old" A-10C. I am waiting for April's upgrade.

I read there is generic ED issue with <comms + DLC campaign>. Some affected more than another. BD said - upgrade for TEW will come in the April together with DCS upgrade. I hope comms issue will be fixed

I remember that mission. And remember someone else ( rescue helicopter probably) was shot down and Wizard said "Everyone RTB". Maybe you were closer than that helicopter to enemy?

Good day @King39 I finished your campaign and decided to use this topic to say "Thank you for campaign!" and leave some feedback. I liked all of your 15 missions but I did not finish them all as "creator intended" I found your idea to emulate JTAC in F10 is good for a new player who just finished training missions and want to try campaign. It is easier than "normal" native JTAC I think. Only couple of minor fixes for campaign -sometime picture in briefing does not match briefing itself. For example I read "Target at way point 4" but picture showing target has caption "way point 5". Or you have to destroy two bridges and you have three photos bridge 1, bridge 1 from different angle and bridge 2. But pictures has captions bridge 1, bridge 2, bridge 2. Or I read "destroy target next to bridge" but in a mission itself Wizards says "destroy target AND a bridge". If it is intended(for example lat minute mission update) maybe Wizard could said "some update for briefing" So missions are good but briefings can be polished a bit. Also big red letters in the first picture for briefing looks strange. But overall - I liked your campaign. It is hard enough if you want to play "by the book" but if you are casual player and wand to play in easy mode - you still can do it and finish all missions. Thank you for good campaign.

DCS cannot sometimes to replay track which was created minute ago About - how to make campaigns "easier". It is the main idea for ability to save mission. Maybe if not ability to save but ability to choose difficulty. For example you create a mission and can setup a level of AI units. Normal - as it is now. Easy - all AI units are "beginners" with 50% of ammo

Because I was out of fuel I took a lot of weapons and sacrificed amount of fuel. And had to wait till <reds> started shooting. To be honest I was thinking to violate the direct order but was not sure if it fails the mission. Again - it is just a suggestion,I do not know, maybe it is a mission idea - fuel management and complete the task with minimum of weapons. I can give more details but do not want to bring spoilers in the discussion

Just a suggestion to make "red" vehicles move faster. Because in all missions you suggest "take weapon which you like" and I usually take more bombs and less fuel

Good day all Is it shot \ land \ rearm \ repeat till all tanks will be destroyed or <reds> get to airfield? Because I shot all my mavs and gbu-12s. Half of them missed and <reds> are coming and coming Looks like I have to rearm and take off several times or wait till <blues> ground troops and other airplanes finish them off. Or I did not switch some trigger? Thank you