I know it's old stuff.but I loved it!


PARADOX TACTIC

TACTICAL BRIEFING:

The PARADOX TACTIC ( discovered by Col. Paradox during the Infograme's messageboard tactical meetings )

Point 1 You want to win campaigns.

Problem: In TAW you do not have much control on the tactical side...

Tactic control over flights in TAW:

Start a campaign, let's say...Thin line.

Edit a strike/ WW / BAI flight in your mission roster, put Raptors on Escort and Strike role as much as you can ( I usually put just 2 f22 on strike and 4 on escort ) fit them with full payload
Initiate the mission, strap your seatbelts, close the canopy, go to EMCON 5 and ask the tower for your Takeoff time. Wait until the speech line goes away and the press SHIFT + Q then E.

Your mission is failed, you will have no point for that mission, ( Keep reading, here comes the surprise...)

Repeat the method for every F22 Strike/ BAI / WW flight in your roster, ( Actually on my mahine after 7 flights " launched" I will expect a crash, so reamain around 5 strike/ww/bai and 2 CAP's

After 10 minutes of this work you relax, put your eadphones , grab the joystik and then you jump on that AWACS waiting on the TARMAC.
( shh !!keep reading )

After a while you will see that ALL the flights you've edited are taking off !! ( you can write down their takeoff times )

Now you have an AWACS that can control up to 8 F22 flights !! So give them enough cover, and jump into the planes when tey are 2 minutes away from their targets,
Tis is VERY effective ! This way you miss the boring side of a mission and you can actually control the skies !!!
Hope this will add some fun to your battles !!

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I'm with you Dot. I think the P.Tactic gives an added dimension to the Campaigns. I simply love flying into enemy territory leading a force of some 20-30 F22's that simply will not take "NO" for an answer. When the routes and waypoints are coordinated and vectored properly it gives one the feeling of Total Air Superiority.

The Paradox is one of the things that I've been wanting to try but never actually experimented with.

I was afraid i would never win Highland without using it, but last week I made it! Simply went after every barracks in every town -- they're easy to spot -- and obliterated them with Mavs or rockets. The result was that I hit 60% Army targets well before the end of the campaign... I think with about 20 hours to spare. The Sudanese airbases had been thoroughly bombed and their C4 network completely erased so they did not put up much of a fight. So no Paradox and an easy win (it won't be so easy later on, will it).

TAW fliers:

This is a tactic that was pioneered by an old friend of mine, one Nick "Paradox" Parker, back in 1998. All TAW fliers should know about it, because it's an easy way to win campaigns, tho I don't use it

Hence, my first Sticky!

Miao, Cat

Interesting.. but Im not sure how to use it?? I'm still playing the old, fun & long method.... hehe..

What a flashback!

I was one of the 1st respondees, and converts back in the day.
Nick and I emailed back and forth a bit to get it ironed
out, but it really does work!

Getting all the fails put me off, but the ability to jump from
one jet to another and just blitzkrieg in with a half dozen
flights and supporting aircraft is just an awesome offset!

Just watch out for the flying saucers...

WOW! I can't believe this board is still here and that all the helpful people are still on it. Nice to see Cat(Even though she shot me down once) and Spectre's name as well.

If anyone is still reading this let it be known that it is people like the two I mentioned that make these sims grow beyond their initial existance. A sim/game is truly only as good as her community. Thanks to everyone that supports the simulation genre. Whether it be on Land, Sea, Air, or Space. You all make a differnece.

God bless and amen,


Nick "Paradox" Parker

Good to hear from you Paradox.

The 'Paradox' posts were a joy to read on the Infogrames TAW forum back in 1998, especially since on that forum a lot of people were going on about how rubbish TAW was compared to Falcon 4.0, which wasn't even released at the time.

I'm glad to find a forum full of guys interested in my favorite sim, TAW.
Keep up your good work & investigation into TAW.

I don't post here anymore.

OMIGAWD!

Nick "Paradox" Parker!!! The guy who hung my moniker on me! D00d! Sup?!

Miao, Cat

I finally tried this Technique it was AWESOME had F22's ALL over the place THNX!!!!

CAT!!! You ol' Wardagget you! How the hell have ya been? Doing well I'm sure. As for what's up with me not sure I should tell ya for fear you'd laugh yourself into convulsions. LOL!

Well I'm actually in Texas right now for 5 1/2 months for, get this, Intelligence Analyist Techschool!

HA HA HA HA HA! Yeah that's right. The USAF has gone and lost it's mine and took me in for a career change. You know in a way I have you and some of the other fliers in the community to blame for it. You guys are all just as guilty. LOL!

With every new sim we kept getting deeper and deeper in places we probably didn't belong. So now here I am, Day 4 of class and about to learn and do the same things we did in the sims only for real. Well minus the flying but it all goes hand and stick, as it were. LOL!

Who would have thought that the flight sim community would have helped bring me here. Hopefully I'll graduate. It's definately no walk in the park. There's alot of studying and memory work to do. But I'm going to try my best to get through it. I'll check in sometime to see how all of you are doing.

Take care and Check-Six!


Nick 'Paradox' Parker

Nick-

I went to-get this-law school after we lost touch!

Somehow I'm not surprised that you went into the world of Air Force intelligence. You always were into what made things work and why. You'll be good at it, *I* think.

You ought to look into flying Predators while you're messing around in Intel. The intel boys do a lot of work with drones and rumor has it that former simmers are really well thought of in that community.

We're glad to have you back, Nick-you've been missed. Check in anytime!

Miao, Cat

LAW SCHOOL! Wow you really have done well for yourself. That's like so awesome! So what type of law are you currently in practice of? I bet you kick ass at that field.

I know what you mean about the Predators. One of the guys I worked 'Katrina' with last year joined them doing Imagery Analysis. That Hammerhead got to go to Vegas for his training. But little does he know he apparently has to come here as well. Another one of my guys from my former job went into the same field only he had to come here since he wasnt in that program.

Not quite sure what I can bring to the table as a simmer but I think some of my younger classmates are enjoying the info i've been giving them lately. Like 10% of the class are SSgt up to MSgt, so I started making my airmen classmates go and find me information on various pieces of military equipment to get the familiar with it when we get into that area of study. They are really grate troops let me tell ya. Great hearts, minds, and a laugh a minute if you're not careful with them. LOL! They're already starting to feel like family.

Speaking of which any others come back to the nest recently? The site seems a bit quiet. Hey thanks for the kind words. I missed you guys too believe me. I keep getting flashbacks all the way far back as EF200 and Janes F-15. LOL! I promis I'll check in more. Besides I've got to stop in here to let ya know I graduated.

Well back to the studies. Catch ya laterz Cat, Ciao!


'Paradox'

Hi Guys! Well I'm still here in class and moving along. Class 060708 are doing pretty well and making strides. We're already past the halfway mark and we only have 2 months left of school.

It's getting more and more challenging let me tell ya. 15 Blocks and we're now at Block XI. Two more written test and then it's all hands on stuff starting at Block XIII.

The Analytical stuff started at Block VII. And the mini operation we had was just way fun. I wish it had gone for longer but oh well.

The stuff we have access to is nothing short of amazing at our current level but I promise you this. When we get to the final test/operation. Every target I pick I'm going to think of all of your guys and mental place your names on every bomb dropped. LOL!

Well check you guys later and hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Ciao!


"Paradox"

I like to stop by here avery couple of years to see what is going on!

8)

So, didja get through Crypto, Nick? I'm sure that you did!

I hope you are pushing the envelope and using your virtual skills as well and driving a UAV.
I have a new gig since the last time we chatted, as I've been writing a column for Flight Journal
called Virtual Pilot.

Same ol' Same old IT stuff during the day.

I wish they had UAV's back when I was in, but the Wright Brothers had just barely made their flight
when I was an NCO!

Hope things are well, and you doing the USAF tradition proud.

Great seeing you again as well, Cat, we infrequently cross paths a bit it seems...