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Oct. 26th, 2019 04:39 pmModern Warfare’s first look shows it’s a very different Call of Duty. And that’s good.
If you run around recklessly, you will die. A lot.
A lesson that was pounded into my thick grunt skull many times during Infantry OSUT, and in later exercises. Always have multiple covered and concealed positions picked out, move in 3-5 second rushes, and whenever possible, your team moves while another fire team is providing covering fire.
Years later, I incorporated these lessons into At Close Quarters, the close-combat system for Traveller I co-wrote for British Isles Traveller Support. Once the game was released, the reports were encouraging. The first try, players would burn all their Action Points and end up hanging out in the clear, unable to even drop prone. By the third scenario, players were creeping along, using cover, and holding back a reserve of AP to react if the enemy did anything in their field of view.
Which is entirely as it should be.
So I'm really happy that this new edition dials back the super arcade shooter in favor of awarding sound tactical thinking and planning. Yeah, I need to pick this up and I guess I'll be forming a team. Of infantry vets. Kick some ass, take souvenirs, who cares about the names?
If you run around recklessly, you will die. A lot.
A lesson that was pounded into my thick grunt skull many times during Infantry OSUT, and in later exercises. Always have multiple covered and concealed positions picked out, move in 3-5 second rushes, and whenever possible, your team moves while another fire team is providing covering fire.
Years later, I incorporated these lessons into At Close Quarters, the close-combat system for Traveller I co-wrote for British Isles Traveller Support. Once the game was released, the reports were encouraging. The first try, players would burn all their Action Points and end up hanging out in the clear, unable to even drop prone. By the third scenario, players were creeping along, using cover, and holding back a reserve of AP to react if the enemy did anything in their field of view.
Which is entirely as it should be.
So I'm really happy that this new edition dials back the super arcade shooter in favor of awarding sound tactical thinking and planning. Yeah, I need to pick this up and I guess I'll be forming a team. Of infantry vets. Kick some ass, take souvenirs, who cares about the names?
