Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

[Maynard]

i played thru the first mission again last night....i was taking out a SAM site and there was a tank guarding the area along with a bunch of enemy ground troops. There is also a bunch of enemies up on the hills guarding before you get to the area. so after we took them out we had the hills secured above the site. I sent my squad to flank to the right up high and had them wait while i snuck down the hill to the left of the site.

i was basically down on the lower left of the site while my troops were up high and to the right of the area. I had them suppress fire to draw the enemies to focus on them. I took out the javelin and nailed that tank from 300 meters out. After the tank was out my troops assaulted the site and i flanked behind the enemies and we took those bastards out and blew up the SAM. It was cool.

i was trying to get into the area with the helicopter before but gave up on that cause the SAM missiles would just blast me out of the sky

i did this mission 3 times now and each time i went to this area the enemies would do do something different. Like the 2nd time when we were trying to take out the guys on the hill before the site. Those dicks flanked to our right without me noticing and snuck right up on us and killed all of us

this game is a blast cause you get so sucked in to what your doing. In the first mission there are 5 objectives. I had to complete 3 of them last night and it took about 2 hours to do it. I didnt die at all last night and i was so focused on what i was doing that the 2 hrs just flew by. And i have a great feel for the menus now and where the various commands are. I just keep playing parts of the first mission over because i am practicing the different maneuvers before i move on. I have been hearing that the game gets really really hard as you go.....yikes

 

[Sven Draconian]

I wish this game had a better tutorial. I'd like to be able to seperate my guys (2 groups of 2) so I could flank a little better. .

I'm stuck on the securing hte beachhead mission. I took out the mortar spotters on the hill, but I can't get into the village to kill the SAM sites. I've tried atleast 4 different strategies so far to no avail. My last try I finally got into a good position, cleared by path and had a nice flanking manoveur set...but then time expired.

 

[Boucher]

I have this on the PC and I must say that it's the best FPS that I've played since Project Reality. It shits on CoD IMO, but to be fair they're two entirely different games and I'm not a fan of arcade shooters. However I am thinking about buying a console, again, to get this and Forza 2 once that's out. No one uses teamwork or mics on the PC, which makes this type of game less enjoyable. Hows that aspect of it on the console?

I played ten games online yesterday and everyone had mics (minus 1-2) which helped. There was no on running and gunning everyone took it slow followed orders and helped each other out. It was a blast

 

[Maynard]

I wish this game had a better tutorial. I'd like to be able to seperate my guys (2 groups of 2) so I could flank a little better. .

I'm stuck on the securing hte beachhead mission. I took out the mortar spotters on the hill, but I can't get into the village to kill the SAM sites. I've tried atleast 4 different strategies so far to no avail. My last try I finally got into a good position, cleared by path and had a nice flanking manoveur set...but then time expired.

For 360.....Hold RB to bring up orders. In the upper left you see icons for your 4 squad guys. Highlight (for example) the #2 guy and hit A then highlight the #3 guys and hit A.

Then move the right stick to put the circle in the area you want them to go and then select the flank option right or left. They will flank to the left or right of where you placed the circle.

You can also do this from the map view. When on the map Hold RB to bring up orders. In the upper left you see icons for your 4 squad guys. With the left stick, highlight (for example) the #2 guy and hit A then highlight the #3 guys and hit A.

Then move the right stick to the area of the map you want them to flank....again hit right or left......not the 2 guys u chose will go to that assigned area.

now to over ride this will take some trial and error. U hold RB and then highlight and select the guys you want, but you can also move the left stick right and left and you will see the 4 icons being highlights and then not highlighted.

the tutorial needs help like u said....i didnt look at the book at all to see if it has any info

 

[Sven Draconian]

Maynard did you grab this for 360?

If so add me (SvenDraconian43)

 

[gaysex4lif]

I have it if any of you want to play.

 

[Sven Draconian]

Buck, add me.

The AI guys are really starting to irk me. Im on mission 3 ( where you have to take out the ATs, than get in that village and kill the AA, then defend the counter attack).

You need to defend that corner, and you start off getting attacked from the south, not a big deal, easy to repel. Then your defense gives out and you start getting attacked from the east.

And you're freaking CPU guys won't stay put. I try and position it so I have someone guarding the woods, somebody guards the east and myself and one other are able to help on both. Which would be great....if they weren't constantly doing their own thing. The guy all set to defend east constantly leaves his spot, the guy defending the woods usually makes himself useless by moving into a terrible position. The other person position to help in both directions usually roams way, way, way out of position (sometimes way down the road, getting himself surrounded).

Why can't they just station themselves where they will be useful?

 

[gaysex4lif]

I just added you..

If we can get 4 people to play that would be so sweet.

 

[Boucher]

boo, no one has this for ps3? The servers are being retarded now, but i finally learned how to grab the sniper

 

[Macken]

i can play just aim me and let me know im for 360 i cant seem to connect to random games tho

 

[gaysex4lif]

I just picked it up.. Theres co-op right?

 

[Boucher]

I just picked it up.. Theres co-op right?

yup you and 3 others

 

[Macken]

i cant connect to any games for like 2 days now..

 

[Boucher]

i cant connect to any games for like 2 days now..

Its been 4 hours for meedro:

 

[CrimsonGhost56]

seems like this game is serious hardcore sim. which is fine and all but idk if i would have the patience for it

 

[Sven Draconian]

I'll be on tonight for coop, just find me on XBL. Definately try and get some VSN coop action

 

[gaysex4lif]

Let me know what time.. We have 3.. Me, You, Macken.. with maynard its 4.

 

[Sven Draconian]

Let me know what time.. We have 3.. Me, You, Macken.. with maynard its 4.

I'm on right now, I'm availible until around 1 or so this morning.

I don't think you added me (SvenDraconian43)

 

[Maynard]

360 MP is screwed up right now too. its better if you create a game and have friends online to invite, then others will join. We had 4 friends playing MP last niight and did get 4 more guys to join so we had the max of 8 total.

A few things that really annoy me about MP.
2 freaking maps? cmon man. I know they are huge and you can move around all over the place and have helis, jeeps, tanks and dune buggies. But hell man give me a few more choices.

There are also glitches to be found. Like a cpu guy standing next to a jeep and me being 10 feet away and unloading on him and he doesnt die....gay. Other hit detection issues too. When the aiming system works, it works great. But other times i will tag a guy in his head and he doesnt get hit.

also seems to be a major host advantage. My friend hosting was the one who pointed it out to me....he isnt that good and he knows it.

why have 8 human players with teams of 4? that means 24 of the 32 players on the map are CPU players. And these fags are dumb as a stump. It would be alot better to have no CPU players. 16 human guys would do just fine and make it alot better.

Still coop owns. We played some of the bonus code games last night. Seemed like these would be better on hardcore mode cause they are fairly easy on normal.

 

[gaysex4lif]

I'm on right now, I'm availible until around 1 or so this morning.

I don't think you added me (SvenDraconian43)

I did.. xFSx