MichaelJWP15 Posted June 27, 2022 Posted June 27, 2022 Hi, trying to get through Mission 3 - Don't Blink, but keep getting shot down by the SAMs and AA by the dam. I thought we had F/A-18s acting as SEAD but they don't seem to do anything? a single A-10 can't act as it's own SEAD, surely. Thanks for any help - Michael - Michael Intel Core i7 13700K | RTX 4070 | ASUS TUF Z690 | Pimax Crystal | Virpil/Warthog HOTAS
King39 Posted June 27, 2022 Posted June 27, 2022 Unfortunately, the AI SEAD typically aren't very good and generally can't be relied upon to provide any assist. However, the anti-air for this mission aren't very good either as long as you 1. maintain your altitude and 2. maintain your distance. The loadout for this mission gives you 4 AGM-65D, Mavericks, which give you a 10 mile standoff and also Hydra-70 M282's which are excellent short-range missiles which give you a 5 mile standoff. If used effectively, you'll never come close to getting shot down. Good luck and (most importantly) have fun!
MichaelJWP15 Posted June 28, 2022 Author Posted June 28, 2022 Thanks, so would you recommend I take the time to attack and neutralize all the AA and SAMs at the dam site before trying to get past them? So far I've tried to get on with the main objective of attacking the 2 bridges, but that's hard to execute when multiple SAMs are launched at you! - Michael Intel Core i7 13700K | RTX 4070 | ASUS TUF Z690 | Pimax Crystal | Virpil/Warthog HOTAS
Odessa Posted January 25, 2023 Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) One more question for Mission 3 (Artillery + two bridges) It is clear that I have to destroy SAM and AAA next to artillery near the dam. OK. Then I got message "Artillery is done, go to bridges" Destroyed bridges but did not get message like in the Mission 2 "bridges were destroyed, RTB". Decided to check, went down and was killed by Air Defense next to bridge . Should I receive message that bridges are done in Mission 3 or I have to do BDA by myself? But to be honest I was as well waiting F-18 will do SEAD next to dam UPDATE: my apologies, all messages received ( artillery + 2 bridges) so everything worked as expected. And only now realized I actually passed Mission 2-2. Mission Don't blink - my next Also - if you will do any polishing for campaign. It would be good to have all "photos" in the knee pad and maybe change "style" of briefing pictures on the left? I mean photos are good but first page - big red letters. It does not look like DCS hardcore style but some Xbox pew-pew arcade Edited January 25, 2023 by Odessa
Drakentoth Posted June 7, 2023 Posted June 7, 2023 I just finished flying this mission. I changed my loadout a bit for this mission. I found that the longer you loiter over the dam, the closer the mobile units get (sams). I cleared the objectives by hitting the aaa first. One long run in with 3 mav's for the aaa. Then switched to laser guided rockets and took out the rest of the armor. I followed on the now undefended scuds with a gun run. This is where i changed up my loadout. I swapped the laser guided bombs for gbu's (gps). At this point. it's ccrp at an altitude above which they can reach you to the bridges, pickle, and the bridges are toast. fly home and drink a cold one!
King39 Posted June 7, 2023 Posted June 7, 2023 29 minutes ago, Drakentoth said: I just finished flying this mission. I changed my loadout a bit for this mission. I found that the longer you loiter over the dam, the closer the mobile units get (sams). I cleared the objectives by hitting the aaa first. One long run in with 3 mav's for the aaa. Then switched to laser guided rockets and took out the rest of the armor. I followed on the now undefended scuds with a gun run. This is where i changed up my loadout. I swapped the laser guided bombs for gbu's (gps). At this point. it's ccrp at an altitude above which they can reach you to the bridges, pickle, and the bridges are toast. fly home and drink a cold one! Great! So you completed it? Did you like it?
Drakentoth Posted June 12, 2023 Posted June 12, 2023 I completed the mission, but not the campaign. I'm actually getting ready to fly mission 5 as we speak!
King39 Posted December 19, 2023 Posted December 19, 2023 On 6/11/2023 at 9:52 PM, Drakentoth said: I completed the mission, but not the campaign. I'm actually getting ready to fly mission 5 as we speak! Hi, I'm curious. Have you had a chance to complete the mission and if so what did / didn't you like about it?
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