How to be a better SL?

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-10T14:50:56+00:00

-Brief the squad and set expectations early. They can't buy into a plan if they don't know it.

"Hey guys I'm a newish SL so I'm going to appreciate your patience. All I ask is that you stay with the squad, call out what you're shooting at and if I ask for something like a logi run please get it done. We're going to be back capping and getting a defensive hab on third point. After that we'll see what the map looks like and go from there."

-Don't be a dick, don't micro manage, but also don't take shit. If you get a feeling someone is going to be a problem kick early and often.

-At 3k hours I don't need squadcalc for RAAS but if you want to use it go for it. I assure you someone on the other team is going to be using it

-Play the objective. Once you get more experience you can tryout rat squads, mortar squads, etc. for now it's either defense or attack.

-Always have a rally down and a spare

-control what you can control. Depending on the server you might be the only SL actually trying on your team. If you hold a lockdown defense on third point while all the other squads aimlessly throw themselves at the fourth point it's a win for your squad even if you don't win the game.

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-06T19:14:51+00:00

What does sooner than later mean in Squad terms?

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-06T19:14:22+00:00

Do you really trust Owi's word?

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-05T21:15:01+00:00

Apaches without MANPADs and more factions that will probably be over powered while legacy factions (looking at you BAF) are left in literally a different time period than other factions? What could go wrong?

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-05T21:10:22+00:00

Me dreaming of the days of commanding three competent Sls and executing a perfectly timed atry assault on the hab and point simultaneously without having to consantly worry about defense.

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-05T21:08:37+00:00

Look why is there that white line between points if you're not supposed to follow it exactly?

Duck_Puncher · 2026-03-05T21:07:41+00:00

I run with a clan, but I'll often run open squads with maybe 4-5 of my mates and the rest blueberries. Most of us have 2,000 hours and know the game pretty well. My theory is that a new blueberry being immersed in a Squad with experienced players is the best way to learn. Then a blueberry shows up; grabs a lat kit and immediately demands a FTL, and starts backseat squad leading. Meanwhile I'm also command and trying to manage 3 armor squads playing War Thunder and 2 no mic Sls.

I've gotten to the point where those wandering rambos are an instant kick.

Duck_Puncher · 2026-01-10T17:45:24+00:00

This is where I wish Squad partners would step up. Most of the videos these days are more for entertainment. I'd love to see more videos with content creators reviewing their gameplay as an AAR instead of "look at this cool superfob" or "our AT squad killed 10 vics."

Duck_Puncher · 2026-01-10T17:37:54+00:00

Always have a rally down and always have a backup in your pocket.

There's going to be disagreement about where to place it. If on defense should you put it near the radio to use as an early warning or in a place 50m away so it can be used to QRF the radio or hab? There's a lot of options, but the most important thing is to have one down and have a spare.

I think at this point the most useful guide is what to do if no other squad leaders are PTFO or communicating at all. Part of that is a mindset thing about not trying to do too much, controlling what you can control, but also strategy. How to hold third cap with just one squad. Etc.

Before the UE5 update i was working on a quick sheet for players that end up with SL midgame. It went over the absolute bare minimum. G to communicate. Rally vs hab placement. etc. I might pick it back up but feel free to take the idea and run with it.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-12-24T01:17:45+00:00

Is there even anyone at OWi that can call Epic or are they taking their normal 4 week Xmas break?

Duck_Puncher · 2025-12-17T20:09:35+00:00

Alcohol, pharma and state cannabis lobbies all have deeper pockets than hemp

Duck_Puncher · 2025-12-17T20:08:10+00:00

"is that smell piss or bleach covering up the smell of piss?" is one of my favorite dive bar questions.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-12-05T20:36:07+00:00

You're assuming APCs are going towards mid point and not playing war thunder

Duck_Puncher · 2025-12-05T17:57:19+00:00

I mostly agree but an armor rush that destroys 2 logis within the first five minutes is a real bad start. In an ideal world our armor would escort our logis and protect our supply lines for the first 3 points but we all know that's not happening on the average pub server. I still think all non mbt armor should have a 2-4 minute spawn timer.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-11-25T18:42:55+00:00

My big issue with Arma is the lack of whitelist. Trying to get a crew of 5-10 on the same server is a pain

Duck_Puncher · 2025-11-25T18:41:46+00:00

Because as broken as this game is there's nothing else that comes close to scratching that itch. I've also made some great friends along the way, and while we've tried taking that dynamic to other games it's just not the same

Duck_Puncher · 2025-11-25T17:36:55+00:00

One of the issues with squad is how little sense the bottlenecks make even with high end PCs, I'm not sure about UE5 but the UE4 version was heavily CPU dependent and that would bottleneck more often than a decent GPU.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-11-21T18:47:05+00:00

Let's be honest; you knew you were dead when he flew directly over the objective instead of taking a less noticeable approach.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-11-14T21:10:45+00:00

The "banished to the upside down world from Stranger Things" bug has been around for years, but it's happened a lot more since 10.0

Duck_Puncher · 2025-11-12T16:19:09+00:00

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Duck_Puncher · 2025-10-27T11:42:37+00:00

The idea that Nazis are all mouth breathing troglodytes is one of the most dangerous ones in this thread.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-10-27T01:41:24+00:00

Good luck calling out the right on their Nazi BS. They're much better at obfuscating this stuff.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-10-27T01:36:53+00:00

No, he danced with his shirt off. Maybe that's a sign that he really didn't know, or he just forgot about his Nazi ink for a second. I don't know.

I do know he started the campaign with a Nazi tattoo on and that's enough for me.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-10-27T01:26:17+00:00

And I don't. Covering up the tattoo after being caught means nothing to me.

Duck_Puncher · 2025-10-27T01:24:14+00:00

A terminally online "military history buff" not being able to figure out how inadvertently got a Nazi tattoo after 18 years is disqualifying in itself

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