1st principal of Squad: no one wants to defend. Noobs don’t know how to and experienced players tend to rush to the next point. My best matches have all been grabbing the midpoint and defending it. Holding mid we can leap-frog objectives or until the enemy team burns through all their tickets attacking.
Once I play in the server with players all rush to the point and no single squad to defend point/ FOB, I talk to my SL to at least be a reserve stay in the middle while defending FOB, no answers and worst there's no communication or whatsoever...... The result is devastating, major defeat by enemy team because losing numerous radio and sandwiched
Do not sit near the hab, it will just get locked down. When defending don't sit on cap, spread out so you have time to respawn if you die and now you know where the enemy is coming from. Look at your map a lot. Don't ignore habs, often taking out the enemy hab opens the flag, ignoring the hab means that even if you cap the flag your instantly defending.
Good guide for newer players. These days I'm jaded so my advice for a good time is to avoid RAAS and European servers altogether. I'm not saying you can't have a good time going that route but it's like 1 of every 10 games was worth the time investment. Invasion forces teams to play the objective so it's almost always a better experience with more action and coordination. Squad leading is like herding blind, deaf cats so RAAS is just a broken game mode in my eyes. It gives people a reason to just do whatever while they get back capped. The wins aren't satisfying because it feels like stealing candy from a baby and the losses are infuriating because your team will just do whatever and then blame the armor for not carrying the match. 3800 hours later and I won't play it unless it says 24/7 invasion, though territory control is a lot of fun too. Still waiting for that insurgency rework years later.
The amount of time I have stated maulding on an invasion layer because 2 attacking squads go elsewhere like it's RAAS has probably taken about 10 years off of my life expectancy
@@A_Honcho I definitely feel your pain. I hate seeing back to back 20 minute games because nobody will push the first point as a team. I just feel it works out more often than not for invasion. But there is also the weekend regulars vs the weekday player problem too. Squad has always been hit or miss but that's probably any game.
This to me is where I think transport/logistics squads are so underutilized, if you're and infantry squad leader it's important to be maintaining your own vehicles, usually a logi, and coordinating with the other vehicles, Armor/Helo squads, because they can get you around much faster than walking and allows your squad to stay together. Also certain individuals will only run logis all game, while these guys usually don't talk much if they do, coordinate with them, just because they own the logi doesn't mean you can't use them to get from place to place. I see vehicle based squads being so underutilized in an era of squad when vehicle transport allows for such fast movement on increasingly larger maps.
Maybe the best strategy guide I’ve seen for Squad in years. Grab the midpoint and get two squads on infantry defense. Simple and it’s works. Haven’t seen anyone break it down as well as since Captain made videos before 1.0 was released.
Join server > look at map > conclude leadership is incompetent in seconds > switch side > check again > switch server > find a good one > you can now enjoy the game till eventually the players change > rinse and repeat.
It is amazing how many people do not know these basics, and when you politely explain this to SLs, who clearly get all there squad experience from watching black hawk down, ignores you because they know best.
I hate that these videos explaining tactics,"flow", and analyzing actual game play aren't getting more likes. Another 6-10 of these and I'd feel ready to start my second game! Very well done sir. -FNG
To add to this, a general video updated for 4.3/4.4 regarding radios and how to set up successful spawns would be dope. Some topics could be: - Coordinating radio placement w/ the team to build a web of useful radios vs of a line of radios on point. - Coordinating logistics (including leapfrogging supplies between radios) - When to keep or dig down a radio - Radio/HAB placement - Pros/Cons of placing HABs in buildings w/ a roof (😀) & limited exits (😥) - Setting up useful defenses
depending on the situation, if you are SL you don't need your whole squad to make an attacking FOB, leave your men defending previous point, and grab just 1-2 people with you, then ask the rest to come to you once they die.
I have lost all my hope in this community. The game is complex, but 90% of the player base is always made up of new players that just want to join a squad and shoot shit. This game needs a community that keeps playing this game and knows the mechanics, otherwise all games end up being a mess with no fobs to spawn on. If people playing squad buy the game and leave after 50 hours, this game can never grow, as the games will be bad due to bad strategies made by new players. And this will cause new players to refund and stop playing squad. Every game, there's people who are new. I don't understand how in every game I play, the 90% of players can all be noobs. This doesn't make any sense. Am I the only one who has been playing for years ? The community is incapable of checking their maps, going to the objectives, making a fob on back objectives, moving out of the hab building, doing logi runs if they notice there's no ammo and many other problems.
@@A_Honcho Prefferably one that doesn't have admins with egos more than Stalin's. They chose a layer on invasion, the 2nd point is 300m close to enemy's main. I played before and got killed close to main going there with a logi, but I kill an admin ,thinking he can driver logi to 2nd point while we're defending the 1st. I get perma'd for killing him. I get killed twice for kicking someone from my squad because he's not helping us super fob and he's mean, he kills me twice, makes a squad, spends all our construction and his friend ied's our superfob radio. I took bolt action sniper in mee mod today and got kicked 9 times because sl wants to give that kit to his bf. This game is so toxic.
Dude, you probably play on servers that are "new player friendly". Which are pretty much the most of them i think but thered still plenty that are serious. Just join them?
This strategy is something I feel will take a long time for me to understand. It’s why I’m avoiding squad leading for a long while until I know how the game flows
A Real "Random" mechanism in rAss would be interesting. But many players need to change their playstyle and focus on objectives. Many players plays like Dust2 Rush-B blyatman 😂
Thanks for the great vid! Not having this info was the only thing holding me back from attempting squad leading. Consider me and my team on the objectives.
and remember when it comes to playing on the defensive. Ground control around a cap point is the most important factor in taking or defending a point. Barricading yourself inside typically does nothing but create a fish in a barrel situation. Even a super FOB is only effective if you have secondary habs and plenty of troops outside to harass the enemy while they try to breach. Habs on cap reduce your defensive mobility. Enemy will be pushing your spawn simply by virtue of attacking the objective. Once they have you penned in it's game over. Habs OFF cap give you the ability to maneuver around the defensive point and create envelopments to sweep up enemy attack habs, and effectively cover more enemy attack vectors until they have both found and made the conscious choice to attack that hab.
I just built my first PC ever. Honestly haven’t even jumped into a single match of squad yet. This game is intimidating, especially on top of trying to learn keyboard and mouse lmaoo
Ive been playing squad for two years now and its my favourite game. It makes me feel like bf4 did. Even tho theyre different games, but still. Just follow the squad leads commands and pick a useful kit like medic or rifleman. I know the thought of marksman is tempting but marksman is useless unless they actually follow the squad and give fire support. Get the game and start enjoying some nice semi milsim shooter game
I hate how everyone always rushes mid Like,the enemy team doesn’t get any tickets for caping empty objective,so why bother rush mid when you can defend your point one by one This is especially true in aas which has objectives fully visible to both side And also every time when there’s only 3 persons in a jltv backcapping they get destroyed by the enemy and then we get steam rolled Also also,I can’t remember how many time I shouted in cmd chat “Why is no one defending the point except for me?”
@@A_HonchoI think it is because people don't know how to defend. They just sit on rooftops and get destroyed by suppression & indirect fire losing the point. Active defence is really fun where you spread outwards from the point upto 150-200 meters and hunt down enemy attack fobs.
Honestly I was a introvert just whole life but few years ago I changed that now I find it very fun being able to just talk shit with anyone online or in person
@@A_Honcho sound, ill jump on it today, getting abit burnt out with hell let loose, i usually play either royal battalion or bloodbound, but usually have to queue for ages, also is the game still running like arse on certain maps? randomly starts running at 20fps or less for me.
I feel like this happens every game, but its not the players fault. I dont like how RAAS is not actually random. Having to go to a website to figure out the optimal way to place your radios and habs is not good gameplay
Don't know what servers you play on, but on the EU servers NO squad EVER goes back to defend. That amount of times i'm alone on defense point while getting attacked by 20+ people is too much to count. The game really has gotten absolutely pathetic in terms of strategy. Braindead players unwilling to think or attempt to win.
is it bad that i just mess around and end up randomly getting the best kills for the team all the time and i have no idea what im doing but hunting people in forests😂
With the risk of sounding blasphemously aracdy, I think that automatic HABs at captured points should be introduced, without eliminating the possibility of building new ones wherever the SLs bring supplies. That way, you eliminate the main problem, e.g. lack of spawnpoints, but you cna build onto it with skills and positioning. There's something else too - I've been in clans, and they always hate and blame each other - armor on the infantry, infnatry on the armor, everyone on the commander. After all, this isn't the real military, but there should be some sort of a discipline tool.
2:17" IED at the kids", .... Eeeeeem, u okay?
😂
Wait till you see my next one!
Also the full name was "IED At A Kids Birthday Party"
@@A_Honcho Even better 🤣🤣🤣🤣
1st principal of Squad: no one wants to defend. Noobs don’t know how to and experienced players tend to rush to the next point. My best matches have all been grabbing the midpoint and defending it. Holding mid we can leap-frog objectives or until the enemy team burns through all their tickets attacking.
Once I play in the server with players all rush to the point and no single squad to defend point/ FOB, I talk to my SL to at least be a reserve stay in the middle while defending FOB, no answers and worst there's no communication or whatsoever......
The result is devastating, major defeat by enemy team because losing numerous radio and sandwiched
Do not sit near the hab, it will just get locked down. When defending don't sit on cap, spread out so you have time to respawn if you die and now you know where the enemy is coming from.
Look at your map a lot.
Don't ignore habs, often taking out the enemy hab opens the flag, ignoring the hab means that even if you cap the flag your instantly defending.
Solid advice!
Wth is a hab 😂
@@mikhailvershinin2292 habitat where you spawn
@@orc_gunslingerHasco Assisted Bunker
I always called them FOBs@@orc_gunslinger
Good guide for newer players. These days I'm jaded so my advice for a good time is to avoid RAAS and European servers altogether. I'm not saying you can't have a good time going that route but it's like 1 of every 10 games was worth the time investment. Invasion forces teams to play the objective so it's almost always a better experience with more action and coordination. Squad leading is like herding blind, deaf cats so RAAS is just a broken game mode in my eyes. It gives people a reason to just do whatever while they get back capped. The wins aren't satisfying because it feels like stealing candy from a baby and the losses are infuriating because your team will just do whatever and then blame the armor for not carrying the match. 3800 hours later and I won't play it unless it says 24/7 invasion, though territory control is a lot of fun too. Still waiting for that insurgency rework years later.
The amount of time I have stated maulding on an invasion layer because 2 attacking squads go elsewhere like it's RAAS has probably taken about 10 years off of my life expectancy
@@A_Honcho I definitely feel your pain. I hate seeing back to back 20 minute games because nobody will push the first point as a team. I just feel it works out more often than not for invasion. But there is also the weekend regulars vs the weekday player problem too. Squad has always been hit or miss but that's probably any game.
This to me is where I think transport/logistics squads are so underutilized, if you're and infantry squad leader it's important to be maintaining your own vehicles, usually a logi, and coordinating with the other vehicles, Armor/Helo squads, because they can get you around much faster than walking and allows your squad to stay together. Also certain individuals will only run logis all game, while these guys usually don't talk much if they do, coordinate with them, just because they own the logi doesn't mean you can't use them to get from place to place. I see vehicle based squads being so underutilized in an era of squad when vehicle transport allows for such fast movement on increasingly larger maps.
Mech inf that actually transports infantry is so underutilised
Maybe the best strategy guide I’ve seen for Squad in years. Grab the midpoint and get two squads on infantry defense. Simple and it’s works.
Haven’t seen anyone break it down as well as since Captain made videos before 1.0 was released.
The BIGGEST MISTAKE everyone makes in SQUAD:
they don't clear their user cache after every update.
100%
How do you do it?
Unironically, thank you for this tip. I haven't ben doing this...
don't ask me how many times I've validated Squad after an update....
What happen if im not clear my cache every update ?
@@avay8726 for me it seems to increase the risk / incidence of crashes/bugs/weirdness.
Join server > look at map > conclude leadership is incompetent in seconds > switch side > check again > switch server > find a good one > you can now enjoy the game till eventually the players change > rinse and repeat.
This 110%
It is amazing how many people do not know these basics, and when you politely explain this to SLs, who clearly get all there squad experience from watching black hawk down, ignores you because they know best.
I’ve spent around 60 hours in the game yet I somehow still feel like an absolute newbie. These videos are MUCH appreciated! Thank you Honcho.
Glad to help!
Good vid, would love to see the planning and reaction time of infantry improve, more videos like this would be great.
I'll do my best!
I hate that these videos explaining tactics,"flow", and analyzing actual game play aren't getting more likes. Another 6-10 of these and I'd feel ready to start my second game!
Very well done sir. -FNG
You may like my most recent video then 👀
Can you do a video on the importance of digging down friendly radios, lot of headaches recently 😅
Oh man, my blood pressure always skyrockets when people go somewhere pointless and then leave the radio behind!
To add to this, a general video updated for 4.3/4.4 regarding radios and how to set up successful spawns would be dope. Some topics could be:
- Coordinating radio placement w/ the team to build a web of useful radios vs of a line of radios on point.
- Coordinating logistics (including leapfrogging supplies between radios)
- When to keep or dig down a radio
- Radio/HAB placement
- Pros/Cons of placing HABs in buildings w/ a roof (😀) & limited exits (😥)
- Setting up useful defenses
depending on the situation, if you are SL you don't need your whole squad to make an attacking FOB, leave your men defending previous point, and grab just 1-2 people with you, then ask the rest to come to you once they die.
I have lost all my hope in this community. The game is complex, but 90% of the player base is always made up of new players that just want to join a squad and shoot shit. This game needs a community that keeps playing this game and knows the mechanics, otherwise all games end up being a mess with no fobs to spawn on. If people playing squad buy the game and leave after 50 hours, this game can never grow, as the games will be bad due to bad strategies made by new players. And this will cause new players to refund and stop playing squad.
Every game, there's people who are new. I don't understand how in every game I play, the 90% of players can all be noobs. This doesn't make any sense. Am I the only one who has been playing for years ? The community is incapable of checking their maps, going to the objectives, making a fob on back objectives, moving out of the hab building, doing logi runs if they notice there's no ammo and many other problems.
Sounds like I need to make a server 👀
@@A_Honcho Prefferably one that doesn't have admins with egos more than Stalin's.
They chose a layer on invasion, the 2nd point is 300m close to enemy's main. I played before and got killed close to main going there with a logi, but I kill an admin ,thinking he can driver logi to 2nd point while we're defending the 1st. I get perma'd for killing him.
I get killed twice for kicking someone from my squad because he's not helping us super fob and he's mean, he kills me twice, makes a squad, spends all our construction and his friend ied's our superfob radio.
I took bolt action sniper in mee mod today and got kicked 9 times because sl wants to give that kit to his bf.
This game is so toxic.
People only get banned if they do sth to an admin, but I on the other hand can't even play the game normally.
Bro, join RB and play with clan members
Dude, you probably play on servers that are "new player friendly". Which are pretty much the most of them i think but thered still plenty that are serious. Just join them?
This strategy is something I feel will take a long time for me to understand. It’s why I’m avoiding squad leading for a long while until I know how the game flows
Try SL as a small squad in a light vehicle like tiger and drop rallies, very fun.
A Real "Random" mechanism in rAss would be interesting. But many players need to change their playstyle and focus on objectives.
Many players plays like Dust2 Rush-B blyatman 😂
I'd love to see a true "random" in RAAS. Maps like Goosebay, Yeho and Manicougan have so many really cool POI's that never get used
@@A_Honcho true, this would be a huge refresh to old maps.
Thanks for the great vid! Not having this info was the only thing holding me back from attempting squad leading. Consider me and my team on the objectives.
The staging phase is for SL's to plan the strategy? I thought this was the time for wiggle dances and simon sez
Squadlanes: what is this problem you speak of?
Squad lanes IS part of the problem. Because that's how people rush 2nd point for the enemy team and end up being useless 😂🤦♂️
More information does not equal Better decisions
I've unknowingly played in your squad a few times and just stumbled across all your vids, small world
and remember when it comes to playing on the defensive. Ground control around a cap point is the most important factor in taking or defending a point. Barricading yourself inside typically does nothing but create a fish in a barrel situation. Even a super FOB is only effective if you have secondary habs and plenty of troops outside to harass the enemy while they try to breach.
Habs on cap reduce your defensive mobility. Enemy will be pushing your spawn simply by virtue of attacking the objective. Once they have you penned in it's game over.
Habs OFF cap give you the ability to maneuver around the defensive point and create envelopments to sweep up enemy attack habs, and effectively cover more enemy attack vectors until they have both found and made the conscious choice to attack that hab.
I just built my first PC ever. Honestly haven’t even jumped into a single match of squad yet. This game is intimidating, especially on top of trying to learn keyboard and mouse lmaoo
Dude, just get stuck in! It'll be worth it!
Ive been playing squad for two years now and its my favourite game. It makes me feel like bf4 did. Even tho theyre different games, but still.
Just follow the squad leads commands and pick a useful kit like medic or rifleman. I know the thought of marksman is tempting but marksman is useless unless they actually follow the squad and give fire support.
Get the game and start enjoying some nice semi milsim shooter game
If you want to learn KB&M play something lighter single player first. I would recommend Half-Life, Bioshock & Metro series.
@@godfatherezio I originally commented this a few months back but I’ve worked on it and I’m pretty comfortable with K&M these days now!
I hate how everyone always rushes mid
Like,the enemy team doesn’t get any tickets for caping empty objective,so why bother rush mid when you can defend your point one by one
This is especially true in aas which has objectives fully visible to both side
And also every time when there’s only 3 persons in a jltv backcapping they get destroyed by the enemy and then we get steam rolled
Also also,I can’t remember how many time I shouted in cmd chat “Why is no one defending the point except for me?”
I just don't get why people don't enjoy defending. I have more intense action in defence than I do offence
@@A_HonchoI think it is because people don't know how to defend. They just sit on rooftops and get destroyed by suppression & indirect fire losing the point. Active defence is really fun where you spread outwards from the point upto 150-200 meters and hunt down enemy attack fobs.
this would be the perfect game if i wasnt an introvert
Ahh, you can play Squad Solo Too! --> th-cam.com/video/aZif3z3s2EI/w-d-xo.html
I started playing Squad years ago and it really helped my interaction skills, try it.
Honestly I was a introvert just whole life but few years ago I changed that now I find it very fun being able to just talk shit with anyone online or in person
My biggest mistake is buying that rubish of a game...couldn't regret it more
I kind of gave up on trying g to get kills , I just focus on medic class and hang back for the squad or other mates
Raas only hinders new players until it is fixed and squadlanes becomes useless aas will always be better
Squad lanes needs to get in the bin
What server you playing on? Looking for some servers, wanting to get back into the game.
The Potato Fields. Might start my own in the future though
@@A_Honcho sound, ill jump on it today, getting abit burnt out with hell let loose, i usually play either royal battalion or bloodbound, but usually have to queue for ages, also is the game still running like arse on certain maps? randomly starts running at 20fps or less for me.
Oh boy, i sure love being ordered by my squad leader to rush the first objective in a BTR. Like true soviet tactics.
i actually enjoy the games when you are all over the place fighting everywhere in the chaos
That works when the enemy team is equally incompetent 😂
I feel like this happens every game, but its not the players fault. I dont like how RAAS is not actually random. Having to go to a website to figure out the optimal way to place your radios and habs is not good gameplay
How to mitigate everything: Use your mic
Don't know what servers you play on, but on the EU servers NO squad EVER goes back to defend. That amount of times i'm alone on defense point while getting attacked by 20+ people is too much to count. The game really has gotten absolutely pathetic in terms of strategy. Braindead players unwilling to think or attempt to win.
Dead on Dismount
The biggest mistake is building a super hab with 1/3 of the infantry at 2 cap points.
Or even worse
In the middle of nowhere
This is a fkn useful vid tbh. Wish I'd noticed this one earlier 😅
You're fairly getting hooked on Squad now eh
@@A_Honcho haha yeah it is good. Me and the boys were on again tonight.
This game is crazy
is there any good servers you can recommend where the teams don’t just play as individuals
Dead On Dismount - That's the server I own aswell
is it bad that i just mess around and end up randomly getting the best kills for the team all the time and i have no idea what im doing but hunting people in forests😂
Commenting fire content 🔥
Just spent 30 minutes loading into the potato field 3 just to get booted within 30 secs of loading in?????
this guys voice reminds me of frankieonpc
👀
to lazy to make a crappy sentance to lead up to me saying BEANZ
You ran out of BEANZ today lad?
@@A_Honcho nah I have a stockpile that can feed the country for years on end I have just ran out of ways to express my bean power
@@A_Honcho one day I will join your squad and BEANZ the hell out of you, you won’t know when you won’t know how I found you and you won’t know why
but as sl people ussually do not listen to the order defend the point
It’s alright but there was game specific jargon that made it hard to understand for a noob
like what?
You need to watch some guides.
Any Aussies on here looking for a new-ish player to play regularly with?
PTFO
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First :)
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With the risk of sounding blasphemously aracdy, I think that automatic HABs at captured points should be introduced, without eliminating the possibility of building new ones wherever the SLs bring supplies. That way, you eliminate the main problem, e.g. lack of spawnpoints, but you cna build onto it with skills and positioning. There's something else too - I've been in clans, and they always hate and blame each other - armor on the infantry, infnatry on the armor, everyone on the commander. After all, this isn't the real military, but there should be some sort of a discipline tool.
I am conpletely new and i have no idea what you guys are talking about . How do i know what to do?
Watch beginner guides.