av8orDave Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 Ok, looking for thoughts / insight: I’m doing a Liberation campaign in Syria against Insurgents. Most of the surface to air threats are DSHKa’s (23mm in the back of a truck) although the usual personnel carriers and tanks will shoot at you too. As a note, I fly single player with labels off, so seeing these guys isn’t easy. Because of the APC’s, tanks, and troops, I recently switched to flying at higher altitudes to minimize the small arms threats (above 1500 ft). Then you get eaten alive if there is a DSHka you don’t see. Fly low, and the troops, APCs, and tanks eat you up. Anyone have some creative thoughts on tactics? How would this scenario be handled in real life? Also, any insights for spotting the bad guys?
admiki Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 Move lateral and observe from multiple angles before moving forward. Rinse and repeat. 1
Floyd1212 Posted February 3, 2023 Posted February 3, 2023 This is assuming only friendlies are enabled for the F10 map? You can always have George search for them. His eagle eyes are a little over-powered, but it works. If you don't want him to actually engage the enemy for you, use him to find the enemies, then mark enemy positions with user marks on the F10 map, then come back to them later. (It would be nice if he would actually lase and store, but that functionality isn't in the module yet.) You can enable Fog of War for the mission, then use Cockpit Recon Mode to spot them yourself and only the ones you have spotted will show on the F10 map. Does Liberation have support options for JTAC drones, or popping smoke on enemy positions in the zones? The Foothold missions have this and it makes them quite playable solo. If you are trying to avoid any of those "assists" mentioned above, it's all about scanning the battle space with a combination of TV and FLIR to find them. I don't know if Liberation places units is completely random, and you are looking for units in the trees and in the middle of towns/cities? If so, you might be better off flying something where you know the units are at least going to be located in the clearings. Also, I'm not sure if it is setup to keep the enemy units in a "red" alarm state, to keep their engines running, and thus more visible on FLIR?
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