Campaign and XP

[mac22]

I just have started playing the campaign part of BS and got some questions.

 

(1)I seem to have access to a number of different campaigns oil wars 1 + 2 + 3, Deployment and grand campaign(oil war), what is the difference between all these campaign?

(2)It says these campaigns are only for High End PC's running Windows XP, does this mean there is an other set of campaign for Vista users.

(3)When you complete a mission, should you get an ingame message/acknowledgement ? (I finished a mission yesterday (it said 100% complete when I pressed the ' key) but I didn't get any kind of acknowlegement that the mission was complete)

[Distiler]

1) Gran campaign is 1+2+3

2) No, same campaign. Forget that text, it will be deleted in the patch.

3) Message only in Deployment campaign as far as I know. For others just use the ' key, but you don't really need to do a perfect 100% to have the mission done.

[EtherealN]

The difference between the campaigns is that Deployment is a counter-insurgency campaign, and the Oil War is a full-on mechanized war.

 

On mission completion percentages, in the Oil War, IGNORE IT. It is not tracking you specifically in those missions, it is tracking the entirety of the battles going on. If some of the other units on your side have messed up, achieving 100% may become impossible and you'll just frustrate yourself with it.

 

Just read the briefing carefully, plan your mission, and then head out to do your job and once done, return. The percentage tracking is there mainly to give a realistic(ish) evaluation of how the front should change for the next mission and which of the missions in the pool for that stage the campaign should select.

 

In the Deployment campaign, I do believe it does track you specifically though. This has caused a lot of confusion when people have finished Deployment and then they go around all frustrated in the Oil War trying frantically to get 100%. 51% and higher is enough there.

[nemises]

yeah, it's not really designed like your standard game campain, where you will get a "mission complete" acknowledgement (allthough that can be done if the mission designer chooses) ... it is designed more like in reality where the pilot must assess the success or failure based on his eyes on the battlefield ... the key is to read the briefing and try to understand it, then assess how you are doing over the course of the mission.

[ericinexile]

A score of 49% or less loses the mission and moves you back a stage (assuming that doesn't take you below Stage 1...In which case the Campaign ends). A score of 50% is considered a draw and scoring above 50% advances to the next stage (or wins the campaign).