Deffence Squad or fire support group

[ghoule211]

Used to do this a lot in BF2142 with Bro and a couple of mates,
 
Senario is that you want somewhere covered but not use a lot of your team to do so. build a small squad comprising of the following
 
SL = Medic
1 x Sniper (can be two)
1 x Support (again can be 2)
1 x spec ops (can be 2)
2 x Anti tank
 
in addition you can have more medics (more people with jumper leads the better)
 
basically you have your snipers keeping the foot soldiers at bay
your anitank take care of the armour plated menaces the spec ops loads the flag and hides (waits for sniper to spot some one on the flag) support is for re-arm and to cover the snipers and the medics are to keep out of the way and hopefully apply the jumper leads to the fallen.
 
If its infrantry only use more snipers/support also with this you have the snipers at long range (building or hill somewhere covered) who are supported by the support guys the spec ops can go for the flag under cover of the sniper to plant C4 (can take support if needed if you want a lot of damage)

[Dewey]

Might work at game start - but in the heat of battle unless you'd done a considerable amount of practice it would be hard to implement - and thats before you get artyed, bombed and Magnus/lib/Arm arrive with their choppers.

I'm not poo-pooing the idea, but experience of playing competitive matches has taught me these ideal loadouts and scenarios rarely happen - though if you work as a team you can achieve the results your after.

[Armitage]

I am a bit anti-sniper. They are fun to play, but very rarely do they influence a battle and I especially hate seeing 2 in a squad.

[Liberator]

I am a bit anti-sniper. They are fun to play, but very rarely do they influence a battle and I especially hate seeing 2 in a squad.

Agreed, the whole aim of the game is to capture the flags and keep them, a long range sniper is not another body on the flag, plus against a good squad he is spotted and neutralised pretty quick.

AAS makes the sniper even more useless until you get to a nice open defense point, like the bridge in Karkand.

In a big normal game you would possibly leave a sniper behind when you vacate a flag for an assualt on another, but snipers should be called on by commanders to protect CP's and not really part of an assault squad.

In the past we have made squads more specialised and had good attack plans. 2 assault/defence squads (with a couple of medics each) and an armour squad, primarily of engineers, usually works quite well.

[big-paddy]

I did and still do hate snipers. However the *real* game. You know points, no serious friendly fire, claymores and mines friendly friendly and with commander, and with lots of people, means the game tactics change.
 
I still love to hunt snipers, but sniping them is often a good tactic.
 
I also play sniper a lot. On a *normal* server it gives you two pretty guaranteed clay kills, usually flag defends, and then it leave you with the knife for close combat. I have a huge number of knife kills since opting for sniper and it really changes your game experience. I value a knife kill much higher than any other kill. Points are nothing compared with that pleasure.
 
I say dont complain about snipers, just kill em, preferably with a knife.
 
In terms of the original suggestion about squad mix. Good squads change class as to what's needed.

[Blunt]

I value a knife kill much higher than any other kill. Points are nothing compared with that pleasure.
 
I say dont complain about snipers, just kill em, preferably with a knife.
 

That works accross brands...get on CSS for some gittage:devil:

[delanvital]

Agree on the snipers bit. But, as git like as snipers can be, the more satisfying sneaking up on them silently is.

I am not sure about fixed team sizes, but I tend to like having two medics in a squad. Well, that is if they behave like our own Nightingale used to do.