Raven Shield

by **Cpl. Bingham** » Thu May 22, 2003 3:29 pm

I'm in the EXACT same boat as High, playing bF as much as possible but Vice City has got quite a lot of my attention right now. Those damn vigilante missions are giving me fits!!!

Anyways, I just got Raven last night, so I haven't even really played it yet. Sooner or later though, I'll be in there with you guys taking down some tangos.

by **Sannop** » Thu May 22, 2003 3:57 pm

Originally posted by hightimber
I really want to do some single-player before I expose my royal noob-ness to you up-and-coming experts.

You obviously haven't seen us play!:help:

I played half of Vice City on PS2. I made the mistake of doing it immedialtey after finishing GTAIII.
It was too much, I stopped and sold it. Maybe this summer I will give it another chance on the PC.

by **Freedom** » Thu May 22, 2003 4:20 pm

Originally posted by hightimber
you up-and-coming experts.

Good one!

More like up-and-still-noobs........

But I have to admit, we probably die better than the rest. That's about the only thing we've mastered.

by **Sannop** » Fri May 23, 2003 12:17 am

here is cynical doing his David Blane impersonation...

by **Freedom** » Fri May 23, 2003 1:23 am

Here's a lazy terrorist watching the tube....

by **Freedom** » Fri May 23, 2003 1:24 am

Good overhaed shot of the enemy's helipad

by **Sannop** » Fri May 23, 2003 8:19 am

Originally posted by Freedom
Here's a lazy terrorist watching the tube....

No Freedom, I have never seen that before. That is a great find :lol:

by **hightimber** » Fri May 23, 2003 8:50 am

I looked for you guys last night on the Raven Shield TeamSpeak channel but found no one. I ended up playing bf1942 until 2:30 a.m. my time. Was great fun and "ran into" Freedom.

by **Sannop** » Fri May 23, 2003 10:31 am

Great High... I usually am off around 11 PM central time, and I am traveling this weekend.

But after next week summer comes and it is great being a teacher... I will probably be on late many nights.

by **hightimber** » Fri May 23, 2003 10:38 am

I played a little single-player last night. The novice level is NOT easy. Do you guys go so far as creating plans, waypoints, go-codes, etc?

by **Freedom** » Fri May 23, 2003 12:04 pm

Originally posted by hightimber
I looked for you guys last night on the Raven Shield TeamSpeak channel but found no one. I ended up playing bf1942 until 2:30 a.m. my time. Was great fun and "ran into" Freedom.

........... and thanks for fixing up my tank last night too. I regret staying up so late the night before my first day at a new job.

For the most part the Raven Shield group plays a little earlier than the main Battlefield group plays. 6PM to 11PM is probably the main time on Raven Shield.

P.S. - The terrorists on Novice are NOT easy. They are still great shots. But as to your other questions, we do establish strategies, etc. but it is in-game as we play. There are no "way points" or "go codes" in multiplayer. We are still learning strategies and are getting better - but we have a lot of growing room for sure.

About the only planning I do with my AI counterparts (in single and multiplayer) is to tell them to "hold position" in key choke points, thereby reducing the chance of terrorists circling around from behind.

by **BeCynical** » Fri May 23, 2003 12:19 pm

Hey HighTimber,

check this diagram out:
http://www.nme.de/cgi-shl/nme/swat_T_Ebbc.cfm

We would like to try and master this tactic some day; but we need to work on our timing and hand/eye cordination.

Oh yeah patience and teamwork is a key when playing this game. Once everyone knows what their role is and what strategy or tactics to use when approaching certain situations, gameplay will be most gratifying.

by **hightimber** » Fri May 23, 2003 12:33 pm

That is so cool. I'd love to see us get that organized so each of us would know who's R1, R2, B1, B2, etc...

Organized warfare.....what a concept! I get so frustrated in bf1942 when we rarely ever attack an enemy flag in force. It's usually one guy at a time with no definite plan.

by **Rule of Wrist** » Fri May 23, 2003 12:43 pm

Originally posted by Cpl. Bingham
...but Vice City has got quite a lot of my attention right now. Those damn vigilante missions are giving me fits!...

I played VC all the way through on PS2, the easiest way to get the vigilante missions is to get all 100 pkgs and use the Hunter/Apache.

Flying the thing takes some practice, and blowing yourself up with the rockets is easy at first, but once you get the hang of it, it's a lot of fun.

Anyway, on the Vigilante missions you eventually end up facing about 3 carloads of bad guys, in a vehicle like the cop car, you get blown up by their automatic weapons. The tank isn't fast enough to keep up. The hunter? Just blow up the car with a missile... no one's left! Lather, rinse, repeat. Also the chin gun is VERY effective and won't kill you either.

by **Cpl. Bingham** » Fri May 23, 2003 12:54 pm

I actually just got through the vigilante missions last night. I spent some time and collected up 40 RPG's. When I then did the vigilante missions, instead of chasing down the baddies, I would get a ahead of them and wait around a corner. As soon as they pass, and RPG for each car ends each level pretty quickly, The quick kills meant I could also manage my wanted levels fairly well so I never wet above one or two stars.

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