Has anyone of you, brave soldiers , played BF2 as a commander?
Well, i got my
Veteran commander badge today *cough cough*
Along with my Gunnery sergeant promotion
A good trick is to be an engineer, and position yourself near artillery and UAV/radar... You see, somehow those spec ops guys have a strong urge to destroy these facilities.... If they are destroyed, you can pretty quickly fix them.
And it was cool when squad leader noticed that I listen what they say and support them as much as i can, they obeyed orders and tried to perform their duties.
I had an exellent session today... People formed squads, instead of beeing lone wolves, they asked artillery, supply drops and UAV, and obeyed orders... That was one of the rare occasions, where i had the change, to actually
lead the battle.... Usually commander just uses arty and UAV, and squads do what they like... Now it was different... Our team worked like a real combat unit (!) and that was cool...
I noticed that many times commanders just do not care, they neglect their duties and take part in combat and not concentrate on the commander's functions.
Some guys apply commander´s position, only because that way they can get more points (if his side wins, that is). When i´m on a server, which has lot of players (35-64 peeps) i´m usually a non-combat commander... i just find a good hiding place, and stay put. If the server has under 35 players, i sometimes take part in the action (this depeds on the map too), but only if i find myself an APC or a tank. Of course i keep bringing up the commander screen, every 30 seconds or so...
"If the thought of doing something makes me giggle for longer than 15 seconds, I am to assume that I am not allowed to do it."
