HoneyBadger Posted May 8, 2016 Posted May 8, 2016 After we took the airbase and then was instructed to take out the commanding officer's convoy, Meatboy-1 had his engine off and so wasn't able to take out the remaining convoy. I was spamming the F10 command to attack but he wasn't responding - I needed to do 2 trips back and forth to restock on HOT's. Not a major issue as I was able to finish the mission anyway but maybe something to look at.
dimitriov Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Could you describe me what you did during the mission please ? Technically, you should : T/O from the fleet, destroy the ENI defenses on the base. Then Sluggy, Hawk, and Vodkov (or Volikov, don't remember), should come and land on the base. HQ tells you you're clear to rearm on it. So you should have landed on the base. Then, few seconds after, you get informed of the ENI convoy. You follow the laser and destroy the UAZ. Is that ok for this ? Did Meatboy-1 follow you after the base landing ?
HoneyBadger Posted May 9, 2016 Author Posted May 9, 2016 (edited) Technically, you should : T/O from the fleet, destroy the ENI defenses on the base. Then Sluggy, Hawk, and Vodkov (or Volikov, don't remember), should come and land on the base. HQ tells you you're clear to rearm on it. So you should have landed on the base. Then, few seconds after, you get informed of the ENI convoy. You follow the laser and destroy the UAZ. Is that ok for this ? Did Meatboy-1 follow you after the base landing ? This is what I did but Meatboy-1 didn't follow me after the base landing. Edited May 9, 2016 by HoneyBadger
dimitriov Posted May 9, 2016 Posted May 9, 2016 Ok, to explain you the issue : Meatboy-1 is an AI, its advanced task is to follow you. If you land, he makes an RTB, asking him to make an orbit over the base for example won't work (for some reason I never managed to understand, he will make an RTB). I have a very simple way to fix it on other missions (6th for example), but I may have forgotten to do it on this part of the mission. It will be fixed. By the ay : what do you think could be improved on the campaign ? Nicolas
HoneyBadger Posted May 10, 2016 Author Posted May 10, 2016 I've only got one mission left. I've actually really enjoyed this campaign more so that other DCS campaigns and wouldn't change much. Only complaint really is Meatboy-1; I dislike the English accent employed for him. I get he's meant to be the stereotypical posh/upper class English pilot, and that's fine but I feel the actor did take it a bit too far. I also find Meatboy-1 too powerful. A lot of the missions felt like "Press F10 to win", as in I would fly to a waypoint, order Meatboy to attack and then he wipes out everything without much involvement from me. I get the Gazelle is a recce craft and can't hold it's own much in engagements but when you have an Apache as a wingman blowing everything up, it does diminish the night-time recon feel the campaign's going for, a bit. Otherwise, you've done a really good job. A lot of the scripted story moments are really well done, and the surprise some of them entailed threw me off-guard in a way few DCS missions have.
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