Bushido Elite training

[Dreadlife]

Alright Alpha team, here are some of the strats kicking around my head at the moment that I would like to work on during our first session.

Relic CTF/Assault

Forward D

The goal is to set up a strong line across the front of the base and not allow the enemy team to access the rear entrance of the base.

Opening playbook

One player jumps in the Ghost and becomes the retrieval system. His first mission is to get to the RL as quickly as possible and run it back to the base. He then drops it off and gets back in the Ghost to go and harrass the enemy sniper. In a perfect scenario, he should be able to retrieve the hume sniper as well and drop it off to another player, then he gets back in the Ghost and prowls the open area in front of the base, putting plasma on target to give sniper's visuals and chase targets into the open for snipers to eliminate.

A two man team goes to retrieve the beam rifle. One takes the beam back to the base and picks up the RL dropped off by the Ghost. This player is the stopper. With RL on the arm/flag spot and sniper cover out the front of the base, he is both attack and last line of defense, especially important when the Hog respawns. When the hog moves, the rest of the team ignores it and stays low, then he toasts it with a rocket just when they think they are about to score.

His parther should be able to get a BR and hold the left flank position in the rocks near the beam spawn. He holds this spot from anyone who sneaks past the Ghost/sniper combo and eliminates them. If we manage to get the hume sniper, the Ghost drops it here and he goes up the lift. With both snipers creating crossfire from spawn area to portal, there should be no effective threats.

The fourth player gets noob combo and heads to the beach near the RL spawn. His job is to watch the right flank in case anyone sneaks past the Ghost/sniper area and tries to flank from the beach. Noob combo should be more than enough to take them out.

The last player has the most boring assignment. He gets the sword and camps in the switch room to make sure that portal does not open. This eliminates any need to watch the back of the base as no one should break through our forward net. As long as the portal doesn't open, there is no chance of a rear flank.


Offense

Three men get in the Hog and push around the portal and hit the beach. If they move quick, they should beat or meet any enemy going for the RL. Their job is to eliminate anyone on the beach and get the RL for our assault team. One man takes the RL and head up the dirt path to the jump into the base. The Hog roars in from the other side, causing everyone to focus on it and then the launcher jumps in to kill anything moving. They should be able to get to the flag and get out of the base or set up a perimiter for the bomb to come in and be armed.

The second position is the sniper. He grabs the human sniper and bugs out, watching for a Ghost rush to grab his rifle. In flag games, it is essential that the sniper stays back and helps with the push home. In assault, he should get to a good shoot position to put fire up into the arm spot and help keep defenders off of the bomb. Under no circumstances does he approach the base and give the other team our rifle! Play smart.

The last position is the bomb carrier/contingency player. He sneaks up the beach side of the base with the bomb to jump in behind the RL on assault games and goes to the portal in flag games. As all hell is breaking out up top, he should be able to sneak in and open the portal to give us a chance on the respawn to move quickly back to the base. In this case, he must try and hold the warp room until reinforcments arrive or that room becomes a death trap.

[Dreadlife]

Terminal Assault/CTF

Wide Defense

The goal is to spread out but maintain supportable positions so that as many entrances as possible are covered.

Playbook

The best way to describe this idea is to talk zone positioning. (If you haven't already, check the thread on zones in this area) The first zone is the courtyard in front of the base. This area should be patrolled by a vehicle to maximize area covered by a single player. I haven't decided which is best for this assignment, Ghost or Wraith. The area is tight, so the more maneuverable Ghost is my first choice, but the presence of a Gauss Hog makes the Wraith more durable...we'll see how it plays out in testing.

The next zone is interior base defense. The play here is to get this player the RL on an initial push so that he may camp inside with the RL and shotgun to quickly eliminate anyone who break through our forward positions.

The next zone is the underneath area, the tunnels leading into the base. One player should be able to hold this just fine if he gets the sword and watches for OS respawn.

Next is the outside area on the road. One player with sniper/BR combo should be able to put fire on players spawning in the base from this position and can quickly fall back to the base in case of emergency.

Last is the offensive base courtyard beneath the train tracks. The other vehicle should be employed here. The ghost can move quickly between the garage and the base, while the Wraith can drop shells into the base to spawn camp and help achieve lockdown.

The nice thing about this is that all positions may quicky rotate to help each other. For instance, if the courtyard becomes too hot for the Ghost to handle, the RL player can come out with rockets to eliminate vehicles and has the .50 cal to help againt infantry, and the sword/OS player can jump into the base to take the stopper spot. Then the sniper falls back down the bridge and the defense stays tight. Of course, communication will be huge here.

Offense

Curious for feedback on this one, not sure how well it will work.

The opening play calls for two men to get in a Hog while the other three hit the parking garage.

The Hog team is the distraction. They head up to the courtyard and pour fire on the Ghost/Wraith waiting there. If they hold on the road, they should be available for flag pickup or they can push down as a secondary wave if the first bombing run fails.

The other team is the main force. They should be able to secure the RL and shotty and move into the base. In assault games, I would send the shotty and bomb through the left/lower door and the RL through the right/upper door. Then the RL can swoop in, killing and damaging anyone in the base, the shotty cleans up and makes room for the bomb to be armed. In flag games, similar process but then the push must continue outside to kill any vehicles there and get the flag to the Hog which runs quickly back to the base.

[nemesis]

Two thumbs UP!!!! These strats are well thought out and can be easily accomplished if everyones on task and does what they are supposed to do. I suppose durings some games, sometimes other team players, will do something different and maybe eliminate some major points in our defense/offense. If that happens, we'll do what we do best as a clan, we change up the plan and fix whats not working.

For the offensive strat on Terminal, if everything works perfectly like we get the RL and if we can successfully blow up Wraith, it could work. Heres my idea, and please also feedback is necessary for our growth as a clan. First send the hog with two people in it (if the game is assault, then the bomb player would go with him) the two players would drive under the far left side under the base (looking from the offensive base) this has to be immediately!! Then these two men sneak from the left side to the right and wait until everything sets up.

A major part of the offensive team is the sniper, the best player with the sniper will be recieving this, the sniper needs to be very patient and must not give away his position and lose it to the other team. Depending on the game type, the sniper on CTF, heads back to our base which prevents the other team to get it and can be a last way to pick off infantry men trying to kill our flag player. On assault the sniper should sneak up on the platform above the train and wait there until things light up.

For another man, he will grab a BR and head on the road and keep on following the road where the rock is and begin to pester the Wraith/ Ghost on that side of the base. He's not trying to kill the vehicles but he's trying to make a distraction to either/ both vehicles.

The last man, would be taking a BR from base and grab the ghost and right away head to the RL, very essential to the offensive strike!! If theres resistance take out with ghost and then he would be grabbing the RL and head up the ramp in the Parking Garage. If theres resistance he has a BR to take out the enemies coming from their base. This man's main priority is to go through the Garage and take out enemy Wraith and possibly enemy Ghost. But he would drop down onto the shotgun area in the defensive base and here will be the offesive push. Then with the wraith destroyed, the BR man distracting the Wraith should walk around and empty fire in the base. Then the RL man should shoot his one or two shots and must eliminate a few men at all costs!!

With everyone attacking, the two men on the bottom floor waiting should rush the base eliminating everything else, if this is Assault the sniper can assist them from that platform above the train. Now the bomb man should be between half and 3/4 way done arming the bomb when more resistance. But with a BR man outside and one inside, a sniper inside, and the other player salvaging any weapons available resistance with SMG's really cant do anything. The bomb should arm, but if it doesnt and he gets killed, another guy should finish off the bomb. (IMPORTANT: The bomb person must be looking down, and crouching in the bomb area to prevent the bomb from leaving the area!!)

If this was CTF all would be the same except we wouldnt have a bomb guy to worry about, and the sniper would be at our base. The four men would empty everything they have and grab the flag!! Two people should stay and eliminate respawning enemies, the other two people should grab the flag and head to the place where the hog was left. Now the sniper comes in order, the two people frantically trying to get in the hog, and the sniper hitting down any one trying to prevent the flag from getting home. Since all there vehicles will be destroyed, the opposing team has no quick way to destroy the hog and preventing from scoring, so the opposing men would be just running after the flag, here is snack time for an excellent sniper!!
Then the Flag man should score the flag....well, i definately need feed back if you have any!!

[vtsilentassassn]

Just a quick observation from my games on Terminal, it is pretty tough to get to the RL first when on D and often times you are outgunned. One way that I have found to secure the RL is to hide above the ramp coming up to the base instead of running down to the RL Most teams tend to send a guy for the snipe, a few guys in the hog, and have one guy take the RL. This person almost ALWAYS grabs it and charges right up the ramp in order to take out the Wraith from the upper perch. If you are stealthy they will be half dead before they even realize who is shooting them...and we don't even have to tip them for the delivery