I did it! Feedback for a campaign. Small spoilers.

[Odessa]

Good day SoreIRo.

I finished that great campaign today!  It was not easy for me.

Great campaign, good idea for general setting and time period - Black Sea 1979.
Very challenging,  variety of missions, dialogs - I liked all of it.
Did not have any major bugs or problems in any mission but for some of them you have to ask other people what to do.

But couple of suggestion if campaign will be "refurbished".
1) Add possibility to pass mission without 100 score. For example with 55 score
Example - you have to kill 3 Tu-22. Now you have to kill all of them to pass. Maybe it is an option to kill 2 of them and pass with 55 score?
You can see that sometimes after 10 attempts people were looking for "how to pass it" on Youtube and asked here for help

2) Sometimes it is not clear what to do from briefing.
   a) You read "kill bombers". In mission you see three Tu -22. You kill them ( from third attempt ) .
RTB - DRAW. There is no info in the briefing that you have to kill them before they drop the bombs
In briefing you can add "Not a single bomb should hit our grunts!"

   b) Attack on SAM missions. Sometimes you have to just hit and run, sometimes destroy it completely. You do not know it from briefing.

   c) Once in briefing they said:"Destroy main target, if you still have ammo - secondary".  But to pass it you have to at least hit secondary target.
I was sure that "if you still have ammo" means "not mandatory to pass". It is good example for 100 vs 55 score to pass.

  d) If it is enough to scare enemy away to pass a mission then it would be good to know from briefing as well. Because if you chase bandit you can fly directly to enemy SAM and if you would know you can leave him alive ...

  e) Last mission. "Escort C-130". Probably it would be better to call it "Patrol area where C-130 passes"? Till I land I had no idea if I pass it because there were no hint how to meet C-130 and I was afraid I missed some trigger and mission will be DRAW.

3) Small trigger bug - in a mission where you have to kill columns on a coast FAC is glitchy a bit.
Also in the same mission  - when you hit column you get message "column stopped". I was sure it means "this column is done, go to the next" but in reality you have to finish them off and get "RTB" command.
BTW - it is a good example for "vague" missions. You know - sometimes new players will play it ( like me) who is not familiar with a game.
You can add into the briefing "Stay on station till you get RTB from Overlord. He will do BDA and let you go home if no enemies left"
In such case players at least know they did not finish something while they are still in the air but not in debriefing watching "DRAW".

4) Only one "real" glitch \ bug I think.
Attack on Maykop if I remember it correctly. You are CAP. Phantoms - SEAD and ground attack, helicopters and infantry  - do the work.
Without Phantoms ground attacks infantry cannot take airfiled
if you are slow to kill Migs - Phantoms jettison Maverick and join the fun with Migs. You can exit here, mission failed.
if you want to kill Migs alone (which is possible and I did it once)  - then you have to meed them above enemy SAM (it is very difficult for my level).
So problem was - Migs and Phantoms come to the spot together.
I passed this mission only when triggers worked as intended ( I assume):
F-4s came first, destroy SAMs and started ground attack.
Migs come later and I + Phantoms who finished with Mavericks kill them. 
Infantry took the airfield

I wrote a long post but just because I loved you campaign and would like to play it again in a year or so.
And thank you for helping me with all my questions like "How to pass that madness ??!!!"

 

 

 

Edited May 31, 2023 by Odessa