Western Sahara Singleplayer: how to not die??

[fredlllll]

so i got this dlc gifted and im mostly into singleplayer stuff. so i start up the scenario, get assigned my first random mission (defend checkpoint), buy an additional crewmate, and head on out. on my way to the checkpoint i pass an APC or whatever. already i think "well thats it", but it doesnt shoot, i probably zoomed past it too fast. i arrive at my destination, dismount, and crouch my way closer to the checkpoint, where upon me and my crew get fired on from a lot of enemies. usually when you are outnumbered you try to retreat, but oh boy i do hear the familiar hum of a big engine behind me. they called in the APC, which subsequently obliterated my team, while i escape to the middle of the checkpoint, where i finally find a rocketlauncher. i land one hit and am killed.

second try. i restart the mission. no new crewmate, but i get a rocketlauncher from the arsenal and head out with my boys. same task again, defend checkpoint. once i get there, the enemies are already in the middle of the checkpoint and kill me and my dudes on arrival

thrid try. same task AGAIN, rocket launcher from arsenal again. not driving so close this time. sneak sneak sneak. soon i hear the familiar hum of deathmachine again. my crew dies, i restart game

fourth try. finally a different task "destroy weapons cache". i can do that. gear up again, and drive there. on my way i get the warning there might be a patrol in this area. and indeed 2 dudes run over the street further up, i dismount with my crew and we take them out. i check for intel, and find one piece.... humming in the distance... ♥♥♥♥ lets go back to the car and outta here. i go cross country to the target area in the hopes of throwing the APC of my scent. i arrive and successfully engage the tangos there till... you guessed it. humming in the distance. again my crew and me get obliterated and i close the game


TLDR: anyone know a strategy that doesnt involve getting killed by this APC??? this is my first task, how the hell am i supposed to do anything when i get hunted down by an APC when i so much as show my face somewhere

[CalicoJack]

idk man,

this SCENARIO is just not suited very well for SP gameplay. sadly.......
and i really wish these sort of problems will get looked at by the devs ASAP.
you cant just give the player "random tasks" just for the sake of more variety without even testing your missions and this very much seems to be the case here.

money and equipment management is very cumbersome and not suited well for SP play.
also, there are like small companies of enemies to fight in some missions but all we get is max 5 soldiers to accomplish them.....not to forget how often there are enemy vehicles by surprise but appropriate weapons to fight them off are scarce or just randomised to find.

also either give us the approriate number of friendlies and weapons/equipment or reduce the number of enemies and their firepower!


and how about some chapters instead of only ONE main gamefile, in case something gets unhandy. you know, like bugs or so ruining the whole gamefile?
thanks....

[Jack The Ripper]

Originally posted by Moonfredlllll:

so i got this dlc gifted and im mostly into singleplayer stuff. so i start up the scenario, get assigned my first random mission (defend checkpoint), buy an additional crewmate, and head on out. on my way to the checkpoint i pass an APC or whatever. already i think "well thats it", but it doesnt shoot, i probably zoomed past it too fast. i arrive at my destination, dismount, and crouch my way closer to the checkpoint, where upon me and my crew get fired on from a lot of enemies. usually when you are outnumbered you try to retreat, but oh boy i do hear the familiar hum of a big engine behind me. they called in the APC, which subsequently obliterated my team, while i escape to the middle of the checkpoint, where i finally find a rocketlauncher. i land one hit and am killed.

second try. i restart the mission. no new crewmate, but i get a rocketlauncher from the arsenal and head out with my boys. same task again, defend checkpoint. once i get there, the enemies are already in the middle of the checkpoint and kill me and my dudes on arrival

thrid try. same task AGAIN, rocket launcher from arsenal again. not driving so close this time. sneak sneak sneak. soon i hear the familiar hum of deathmachine again. my crew dies, i restart game

fourth try. finally a different task "destroy weapons cache". i can do that. gear up again, and drive there. on my way i get the warning there might be a patrol in this area. and indeed 2 dudes run over the street further up, i dismount with my crew and we take them out. i check for intel, and find one piece.... humming in the distance... ♥♥♥♥ lets go back to the car and outta here. i go cross country to the target area in the hopes of throwing the APC of my scent. i arrive and successfully engage the tangos there till... you guessed it. humming in the distance. again my crew and me get obliterated and i close the game


TLDR: anyone know a strategy that doesnt involve getting killed by this APC??? this is my first task, how the hell am i supposed to do anything when i get hunted down by an APC when i so much as show my face somewhere

I don't mind rolling up onto a mission and scouting an area to then fight an APC I can either hear or see but I stopped playing this DLC when me and a friend loaded into Pegasus to just get a quick insert to then getting shot down by an APC situated literally over the hill from the little PMC Base. From that point we tried to complete our mission and were met with funny ARMA AI that kill you as soon as you poke your head out because they are hyper intelligent.

[CalicoJack]

Originally posted by Jack The Ripper:

. From that point we tried to complete our mission and were met with funny ARMA AI that kill you as soon as you poke your head out because they are hyper intelligent.

i think its not the "ARMA" AI in general being the problem.
in this gamemode the AI difficulty seems to be fixated on some very hard difficulty by the mission creator.

[SubaruKayak]

My strat:

Leave team mates at base. Tailor gear for long range sniping. Sit off in the dunes baking in the heat and taking pop shots as I circle the AO. When they're thinned out enough I ease in and find some high ground to finish the stragglers and wait for the back-up. So far it's been working. Friendly AI are inept. Enemy AI were coded by Morpheus and Neo.

Currently stuck on the 'Clear the Mines' mission. A mine is in some rubble and I can see it on the detector, but I can't mark it. Good times. C4 charge isn't enough and I don't have a satchel.

Good times.

[darknight]

Funny how you got same results with enemy in the checkpoint. After the first time I got here quick with my team! I was first so left one guy in the HMG on the 4wd at one end! Then the 3 of us took shelter near the tower! Me in it. I got an apc on my side, but they got that quick with a dog, didn't lose a man on that one, so so hard I forgot to save and lost it in an ambush on way back to base!!!!!!!

[darknight]

Dog? Rpg, dam auto correct

[Floydie]

I have played it also only SP, what I did is captured APC with MG in the first mission and finished all consequent missions with it. You can refuel on 2 reachable gas stations and if you run out of ammunition just capture another one. Only drawback is that you fit just 3 team members inside, but that was not a problem as I have lost 4th dude at the very beginning. Therefore I also didnt spent single penny in armory :-)

[fredlllll]

thanks everyone for the answers, guess ill just try again and again

[DazaKiwi]

Considering the scenario has such open terrain, what I did was equipping the team for long range engagements and with that I have always been very succesful. My team was composed of six people including me at its maximum, with one corpsman with the default SAW, two Navid, one PCML with the support variant of the new assault rifle and two spare missiles, a marksman with the modernized M14 and I equipped a M14 myself with a thermal scope. Before getting the PCML mate I carried a compact Titan myself but that's way overkill and will be problematic for closer targets in addition to being very heavy.

Have your team dropped 700-800 meters from the objective at an elevated vantage point, kill enemies at range, wait for reinforcements, order antitank mate to destroy any armed technical, move in and sweep the objective for any remaining enemies.
If you get an APC or capture an armored technical you can do the town sweep mission with it yourself and a gunner or driver but it might be risky if you can't deal with the reinforcement technicals in time.

Remember you have a drone armed with a SAW. You can disarm it and reload the gun manually once it has run out of ammo and you can also refuel it. I recommend leaving it autonomous for best targeting results, just set a sensible path.

You are talking about playing this in SP? How did you get extra men? it seemed like you could only have 3 Ai Squad mates. Although perhaps you can unlock a few more later on? i havent gotten far due to be wiped out all the time to APCs etc.

[Shenji]

There's a laptop in your base tent, you can recruit new guys for $500 a head.
Also I noticed there are vehicle ammo boxes and fuel barrels around helipad, never had a chance to refill there, but I just liberated a CSAT IFV in the minefield. Will try it later.

[Shenji]

The vehicle ammo boxes and fuel barrels on heilpad are all functional.
I also found a repair HEMTT truck in UN base.
Need anything else?

[Shenji]

Just moved the empty cargo net box from helipad to arms shop, now everything feels good.