You still get that every now and then. I played maybe 30 rounds since release and i'd say about 20% of those were uncoordinated people with no real plan. But to me some of those were more fun than being yelled at because I wasnt magically doing exactly what some random self appointed military genius thought was the only right thing to do.

Right!...Boot camp is over!

One of the reasons I try to play insurgents is that all the people who really care about winning and are obnoxious about it tend to go US for acogs or russian. Insurgent is now my favorite side even though we lose 90% of the time.

I think that will probably end up being the case with the new Red Orchestra Vietnam as well.

I'm sure it's still all good depending on the server.

My experience was some random sessions on whatever server I could get on. Back in the early days, you only had 5-6 servers around capacity and everything was really tactical. Now it's more hit or miss. The servers where it's more strictly policed (and there's an admin watching) are a better experience IMO.

Phew, it's on sale again... Not a very encouraging read here. I kind of feared as much, but I guess I'll install it again and see for myself. I don't need super-tactical, but the total anarchy I encountered last time put me off.

It is also a free weekend and they added a server queue which is a huge bonus.

http://joinsquad.com/readArticle?articleId=155

You get a good match about as often as you get a bad match. You know about 5 min in if it will be a #%&*$# show or not but by then all the good squads are filled up and you are stuck with the idiots.

Was indeed a bit of a chaos with the free weekend - mucho gun & run. Play style is usually much more well-planned.
My humble rule of thumb with Squad : if upon joining in I do not hear the Squad Leader doing a simple com check on all members or barking orders, I simply bail out and try another squad.
Sometimes a tad irritating in the first 2 mins but generally works like a charm.

Squad can be brilliant, and it is most of the time, particularly once you know which servers gather the right crowd !

Cheers,
Slug

Good idea Sluggish, I play a few games this weekend and 2 yesterday. Got into a game yesterday and no one talked at all, everyone pretty much followed the SL and played well but no orders, coordination etc. I thought it was a sound bug until the match ended and everyone started talking. Next game lots of talking but all in French :O One game was great, at launch the SL actual told everyone what vehicle to get in and told the drivers where to go.
I havent looked yet but hope there is a way to save favorite servers.

With the new queue, I just go to a server I know is good and wait to get on. Usually tactical gamer.

ALPHA 9.4 is Out, and getting sexier !

https://joinsquad.com/readArticle?articleId=162




The mortars are a great addition. Super FOBs are not so super anymore

Cheers,
Slug

the IEDs are fun as well. You can actually stick them on people and have them run up and blow up vehicles. That will probably be patched out but it is still funny.

Really, this will be patched out? Thought it had been introduced on purpose for Insurgents !
I've been too slow and on the wrong end a couple of times.

IEDs can apparently also be mounted on vehicles. Drive full speed into a compound and get a mate to dial in at the opportune moment... I have not seen it myself.

Cheers,
Slug

the vehicle thing probably was intentional but you can place an IED on top of a player who is ducked down and when they stand up the IED kind of gets tuck inside their body and they act as a mobile remote mine. I really dont think the devs did that intentional lol.

If they dont patch it out though that will be a nice addition. In the PR version of the game there was a civilian role that the other side lost points for shooting unless they had an ied or weapon in hand. It was always nice to see the civs just standing on top of a building giving intel to teammates and noone could shoot them without losing points lol.