TACT 21-2: Tactical Air Combat Tournament

[X-man]

TACT 21-2

Tactical Air Combat Tournament 

 

Tactical Air Combat Tournament, TACT, is an air-to-air competition among DCS squadrons with a high emphasis on PVP. It's designed to run over a couple of months in a championship type format (exact details will depend on the amount of teams that sign up). The plan is to live stream as many matches as possible.

The event got its own discord server, check it out: https://discord.gg/XdaPsUJ

 

 

Schedule 

TACT 21-2 will run October-December but the exact schedule will be published after signup. Teams can reschedule their matches based on availability.

Prizes

There will be no prizes. We fly for glory!

 

Streams

We will try to accommodate as much live streaming of matches as we possibly can. We've invited several popular streamers that will contribute to bringing TACT alive. 

 

Maverick: https://www.twitch.tv/104th_maverick

Deliverator: https://www.twitch.tv/d3liverator

HerraMisi: https://www.twitch.tv/herramisi

TitanFire: https://www.twitch.tv/titanfire_

Tricker: https://www.twitch.tv/tricky_tricker

LowBlow: http://twitch.tv/lowblowttv

Tempest: 

 

Missions

There will be a total of 4 missions in the event. All missions will have similar distances and layouts (e.g. no extreme mountains). Some missions will be flown in other theaters than Caucasus. Only if both squads can field enough pilots in a given theater can it be chosen. The fall back option is to fly on one of the Caucasus missions.

 

Results submission

Match results shall be submitted by the winner in the TACT discord (results and tacviews). Any disputes will be resolved among team representatives in the TACT discord.

 

Signup
The signups will close in 2 weeks, on September 5th 1800z.

Sign up with the following format: Squad name, Timezone, aircraft flown (non binding), Additional DCS maps availability (PG, Syria). See example below:

 

Squadron: 64th Aggressors
Timezone: 1400z-2200z
Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B
Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

[X-man]

TACT 21-1 Rules

 

• Only full fidelity modules are allowed.
   
• The match format is a 8 vs 8, best of three rounds air superiority mission. 
   
• The tournament is open for virtual squadrons only. We recognize that not all squads can field 8 pilots (+ reserves) for every match. If a Team expects to be short on match day they are allowed to recruit up to 3 additional temporary pilots to complete the 8 plane roster. These extra pilots will be known as mercenaries. The mercenaries must not be squad members of the opposing team in the specific match. Mercenaries do not need to be included in the signup.
   
• To allow smaller teams to join, teams also have the option to combine into composite teams. A composite team may consist of upto two squads. Example: Squad A of 5 pilots combine with squad B of 4 pilots, to form Team X. Together they can put up at least 8 pilots.
   
• Bullseye will be centered between the starting airfields. Surrounding bullseye, there will be an engagement bubble, 90 nm in diameter. AWACS will be available in each mission in the group stage.
   
• All aircraft must be within the bubble at least 10 min after the first aircraft enters the bubble. 
   
• Each round consists of one sortie per pilot. If a pilot lands, he/she cannot take off again*. After being shot down or crashing, the player must leave the server until the round ends.
   
• Each round is won if one of the two mission criterias is achieved. i) All of the opposing planes are destroyed ii) if a team has total air superiority in the bubble for 5 min. At least 1 aircraft must land after the mission criteria is reached.
   
• To promote combat and active engagements, the remaining pilots must land at the opposing team’s airbase. Returning to one’s own airbase is considered a loss of that aircraft.
   
• If a pilot disconnects while in the air, they are considered dead and must leave the server for that round.
   
• Weapon restrictions: No 9X and No nukes. Violations of the payload rule will lead to an automatic loss of that round.
   
• Jester is allowed, changing planes between rounds is allowed
   
• No stream sniping
   
• Known DCS bugs and exploits must not be used to gain an advantage. Examples include (but not limited to) current ECM modelling, Flood mode launches, PH Active switch. 
   
• Teams should avoid unfriendly or unsportsmanlike behavior. Not every rule can be explicitly stated and teams should fly to the spirit of the competition. 

 

*A quick RTB is allowed before combat has started to resolve INS or payload issues.

 

Have fun and enjoy! 

 

Edited August 19, 2021 by X-man

[X-man]

TEAMS

TBD

 

MISSIONS

 

The mission that will be used during the tournament are listed below: 

 

Anapa vs Gudauta (Caucasus)
Kobuleti vs Vaziani (Caucasus)

Qeshm vs Al Ain (Persian Gulf)
Kerman vs Bandar (Persian Gulf)

 

Current mission version: HERE

 

[E-TF[101] Breeze]

Squadron: Eclipse Task-Force

Timezone: 1800-1900Zulu
Aircraft: F/A-18C, F-14B, JF-17, F-16C, f-5e
Maps: Cauc, PG

Edited August 19, 2021 by E-TF[101] Breeze

[X-man]

Squadron: 64th Aggressors

Timezone: 1800z-2200z (weekends) 

Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B

Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

[104th_Fallen]

Oh yeah!

 

Squadron: 104th Phoenix VFBS

Timezone: 1800-2000Zulu
Aircraft: F14, F16, F18, JF17
Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

[Phoenix Task Force]

Squadron: Phoenix Task Force

Timezone: 1800z

Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B, JF-17

Maps: Cauc, PG

Edited August 19, 2021 by Phoenix Task Force

[Deliverator]

Squadron: D3W

Timezone: 1800-1900Z (Weekends), 20-21Z(During the week)
Aircraft: F/A-18C, F-14B, JF-17, F-16C
Maps: Cauc, PG

[JTFF-Marco]

Squadron: JTFF - Joint Task Force Francophone

Timezone: Z+2

Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B

Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

Edited August 29, 2021 by JTFF-Marco

[SPQR PRAETORIAN]

SPQR

1800 -1900Z best match time for us 

F14 ,F16 , F18 , jf17 

Cauc

[Golden.Crown]

Squadron: Golden Crown 

Timezone: 1700-2200z 

Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B

Maps: Cauc, PG

 

[Hotel Tango]

Squadron: HARPIA

Timezone: 1500z-2000z (weekends) 

Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, F-14B, F-5, M2K and Harrier.

Maps: Cauc, PG

[=[TMC]= Kingston]

Application Withdrawn

Edited September 3, 2021 by =[TMC]= Kingston

[Archer.xd]

Squadron: Bravo&VTAF
Timezone: Z+3, 1800z-1900z is best for us
Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C
Maps: Caucasus (may edit this later to add more)

Edited August 22, 2021 by vtaf_archer

[=GR= Cypher]

Squadron: LockOn Greece / DCS World Greece

Timezone: Zulu +3 17:00-20:00z best for us

Aircraft: F-16C, F/A-18C, JF-17, F-14A/B

Maps: Caucasus, PG, Syria, Mariannas

Edited August 23, 2021 by =GR= Cypher

[Balthazar]

Squadron: Pegasus Virtual Squadron

Timezone: Zulu +3 18:00z - 19:00z best for us

Aircraft: F16, F18, JF17, F14, SU27

Maps: Caucasus, Gulf, Syria

 

Edited August 24, 2021 by Balthazar

[Triggerjo23]

Squadron: Task Force Trident

Timezone: 18:00z  19:00z

Aircraft: F14, 15, 16, 18.

Maps: Caucasus, may be able to add more later.

[BigNaptizzle]

Squadron: [oTp] OneTrickPony
Timezone: GMT+1/+2, usually available from 1800z - 2000z
Aircraft: F-14, F-16, F-18, JF-17
Maps: Cauc, PG, Syria

[Fer109]

Squadron: TORO
Timezone: GMT+1, usually available from 1900Z - 2300Z weekdays or 1700Z-2100Z weekends.
Aircraft: F-14, F-16, F-18.
Maps: Cauc, PG.

[PatatOorlog]

Squadron: 18th Sparrows
Timezone: 1600z - 1800z Preffered
Aircraft: F-14, F-16, F-18 JF-17.
Maps: Cauc.

[X-man]

Signup is closed. Will create the schedule sometime this week.