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Post by partycommissar on Oct 11, 2015 16:29:31 GMT
Real life issues have somewhat sapped me so posting the IC thread will be delayed for a while. Until then, it would be nice for everyone to discuss what our army should consist of in the long term (tank heavy, mechanized infantry, aerial, etc etc). I am incredibly sorry for the delay. Edit: Also, since we are committed to this and so far no opposition has been raised, I am locking the poll No problem, real life comes first. Aerial isn't that useful in my experience, too delicate. I tend to have one around for scouting and harassing at times, fly in a tiny bit and zip out, but Sentinels are much better at that. I'd say start out mechanized Infantry backed by tanks moving into a tank heavy army. Mobility is going to be key to winning this war. Also we need some sweet sweet sexy Artillery. At the very least keep 2 units and a mortar, the mortar can support units that get attacked when they are adjacent to the attacked unit, you don't really need more then 4 in the entire campaign. You can better use slots for other units, Basilisks are my favorites with their long range.
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Post by Ahriman999 on Oct 14, 2015 2:45:14 GMT
Ok, so PartyCommissar is going to have the company command squad (shocking right) and Fireflyboy a mechanized infantry focused force. Anyone else with any personal requests? If so, consult PartyCommissar and he'll have to take into consideration who is getting what and why, I have no control over that as he is in charge. Also, difficulty, I was figuring one of the upper levels however I feel the need to give everyone an option (easy, normal, challenging, hard, and very hard).
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Post by fireflyboy on Oct 15, 2015 14:44:42 GMT
Mechanized Infantry it is. I think we should mount all our infantry on Chimeras as soon as they are avaliable. I have a couple of qestions, but I'm not sure who should be answering them , partycommissar or Ahriman999, so I'll just post them here: - Am I in charge of infantry support weapons as well - like mortars, or heavy bolters? - How many Officers do we have? Do we have a separate Recon Officer? If we do, will he or I be in charge of Ratlings, should we choose to deploy them? - Have we chosen a Tank Officer? An Artillery one? - If partycommissar controls a command squad, what happens if it is wiped out? Is one of us getting promoted? I mean, command squad is the only melee unit in the first Act at least, and its morale bonus implies it should be constantly close to the frontline, so everything is possible... As for difficulty - I'd go for something around "challenging". I played on normal, I'm not that good ) P.s. I'm a Russian, and an Infantry commander - so expect heavy losses!
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Post by Ahriman999 on Oct 15, 2015 16:37:05 GMT
Mechanized Infantry it is. I think we should mount all our infantry on Chimeras as soon as they are avaliable. I have a couple of qestions, but I'm not sure who should be answering them , partycommissar or Ahriman999, so I'll just post them here: - Am I in charge of infantry support weapons as well - like mortars, or heavy bolters? - How many Officers do we have? Do we have a separate Recon Officer? If we do, will he or I be in charge of Ratlings, should we choose to deploy them? - Have we chosen a Tank Officer? An Artillery one? - If partycommissar controls a command squad, what happens if it is wiped out? Is one of us getting promoted? I mean, command squad is the only melee unit in the first Act at least, and its morale bonus implies it should be constantly close to the frontline, so everything is possible... As for difficulty - I'd go for something around "challenging". I played on normal, I'm not that good ) P.s. I'm a Russian, and an Infantry commander - so expect heavy losses! Currently we have four officers, Hypsicratea and Levodicus have yet to decide what units they wish for if they have a preference. If the command squad gets wiped I'm trying to decide between insta-death with all units unable to give orders until the next round (trying to fix the now decapitated command structure) or just having a "lives" system. Either way, keeping the command squad at the front line is beneficial but I rarely find it a necessity unless that front is outnumbered. Other than that, PartyCommissar decides pretty much everything regarding the logistics, units, anything pertaining to the company on the strategic level (whereas you and the other officers are in charge of the tactical level). Edit: Also, heavy infantry losses? This is the imperial guard... That is an inevitability
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 17:33:57 GMT
I'd like to take artillery (Basilisks primarily, but Medusas and Bombars also work) along with assault vehicles (Hellhounds). Later on if and when enemy aircraft become a problem, I could take some Hydra Flak Tanks.
As far as difficulty, either Normal or Challenging.
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Post by Ahriman999 on Oct 21, 2015 4:00:28 GMT
It is with regret I say that progress is going to be going incredibly slow. I recently began my freshman year as a college student in an accelerated schedule and the pile of shit I need to do is enormous. I feel like shit for doing this but what with this and other responsibilities the first IC post will probably happen some time in late November if today was any indicator of how buried I am. I am terribly sorry for this incident of short shortsightedness and I understand if anyone is pissed.
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Post by partycommissar on Oct 22, 2015 19:30:16 GMT
It is with regret I say that progress is going to be going incredibly slow. I recently began my freshman year as a college student in an accelerated schedule and the pile of shit I need to do is enormous. I feel like shit for doing this but what with this and other responsibilities the first IC post will probably happen some time in late November if today was any indicator of how buried I am. I am terribly sorry for this incident of short shortsightedness and I understand if anyone is pissed. No problem, real life comes first. Don't worry about it
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Post by Ahriman999 on Oct 29, 2015 5:47:55 GMT
The thread has been made. I apologize for the shitty writing, however this was made late and I am just too relieved that I finally got this rolling. Also, after discussion, Levodicus requests that he be placed into the armor for our company, since Hyps requested to be in the artillery and Fireflyboy requested to be in the Infantry. The choice is yours PartyCommissar, these are simply the wishes of the officers themselves. Either way, artillery and tanks (aside from sentinels, which don't count IMO) are not available now. Also, I apologize for the clutter in the post, but getting these images on there was a bitch and I have no idea how to make it better. Another thing, I was too impatient to ask for names of commanders if we wished for this to be akin to a "real" RP, I apologize for this. Feel free to type out your responses however you wish (they can be just basic orders or you can flesh them out and give them personality, along with your avatars here, so long as its in the realm of possibility.)
Edit: Are the image links broken? They seem to work on my comp however Levodicus says he can't see them and when I access the thread on my phone they don't appear either Fixed now. I hope.
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Post by levodicus on Oct 29, 2015 6:55:06 GMT
First plan: arty hits first group, sentinels rush back group, Infantry rushes first group.
I might take a couple losses, but its a fast strike plan.
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Post by fireflyboy on Oct 29, 2015 14:44:04 GMT
Ah yes, we are finally rolling! Good luck everyone!
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Post by partycommissar on Oct 29, 2015 16:41:49 GMT
our units are limited at first, but we'll be able to reassign our officers to their preferred units as they come up so we'll have some temporary. For now we can assign Lev the sentinels till we get some actual armored vehicles. The missile troop is almost vaguely kinda somewhat like artillery, so Hyps can have them for now. We should get real artillery in the next couple of missions. fireflyboy is easy enough I'll put orders in the IC thread, for now. Now to come up with a reasonably name, Can't be a commissar given how things are in the game. Time to find a 40k name generator To the Internet, away!
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Post by partycommissar on Oct 29, 2015 18:48:54 GMT
Wow you guys are quick or I'm just reeeeeeaaaallly slow, Probably the latter. When I started typing up my message nobody else had posted I'm trying to keep it vague enough to give us a strategy and have you all do most of the commanding of what happens as the fight goes on.
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Post by Ahriman999 on Oct 29, 2015 18:49:54 GMT
Ok, everyone has their plans ready and I'll be able to put them into action later today. This seems simple now but it will get way more complicated later on. Also, I am glad to see that everyone is enthusiastic, however I feel it would be best to wait for PartyCommissar to give out his strategy first and then people come up with tactics for said strategy. This way you won't make a plan and then have to scratch it when he tells you to do something different. You can still post IC if you want, but the tactics have to wait until the strategy is revealed.
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Post by Ahriman999 on Oct 29, 2015 20:25:33 GMT
Also, when you give me specific orders (Fire on That target) I will fire upon that unit regardless of anything that pops up. Your orders will be followed to the letter, remember this. If you tell me to fire at the bigger threat at the time then, your men will do so for example.
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Post by levodicus on Oct 29, 2015 20:33:44 GMT
Southern Sentinels attack the injured vehicles. Continue forward regardless if completely destroyed or not. Northern sentinels, target the northern enemy vehicles, pull back from enemy infantry fire-range.
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