Mission 7: Battle of Dak To

[braaaur]

November 1967, Kon Tum Province, Operation MacArthur

A well-informed sergeant from NVA’s 6th Regiment defected to the South. According to his intel, a large number of NVA soldiers is gathering near the city of Đắk Tô in the Kon Tum Province. We suspect that something big is coming. This intel must not be ignored.

That’s why Echo platoon was sent on a long-range reconnaissance patrol. In case of any problems, Alpha and Bravo platoons are there to help.

[MK Gunner]

Whats the purpose of this mission? cant seem to find an end point!

[braaaur]

Originally posted by MK Gunner:

Whats the purpose of this mission? cant seem to find an end point!

Yeah, this mission is quite different. If you follow the objectives and listen to what CC is telling, you should be able to finish it.

Scout > Take the hill > Hold the hill > Evacuate Echo or Bravo from the designated LZ >
Accept the losses

[crazycarrson3]

Originally posted by braaaur:

Originally posted by MK Gunner:

Whats the purpose of this mission? cant seem to find an end point!

Yeah, this mission is quite different. If you follow the objectives and listen to what CC is telling, you should be able to finish it.

Scout > Take the hill > Hold the hill > Evacuate Echo or Bravo from the designated LZ >
Accept the losses

i'm having some trouble with this mission, i'm pretty sure i'm doing what cc is saying but at the end where it says get echo to LZ it will always say alpha is unable to move in this state, i think it's because they're pinned down by three snipers(usally south of the hill) but when i send echo or bravo back to take care of them it never works (literally standing on the exact coordinated) helicopters or sabres seem to have no effect, help?

[James]

I'm having a hard time here as well. Failed a couple of times and now trying 3rd strategy, lol. Love it though.

[James]

Any more hints on how to complete this mission?

It is now midnight (have been operating according to the instructions all day).
I took and held the Hill with Echo, Bravo was back at LZ, Alpha scouted all around and is now back near the Village. A few combats have been fought (lost 4 men and had 6 wounded). All have been transported back to base using Green One. What do I do next?

It seems I have not yet found a crucial trigger?
Where to evacuate the units, the Base or the Village? I have dropped all of them off at the base but mission will not end.

I tried evacuating both Echo and Bravo from LZ to the Base but nothing happens. Now all units are sitting at the base and Green One is refueled and ready to go...

For how long must Echo hold the Hill? Thru the whole night and into the next day? Do we have to eliminate a certain enemy unit?

[James]

Finally completed this mission, lol.
It was a tough one, more of a figuring out how to follow the intended path, than actually keeping control of the area. In hindsight, it was a very good scenario, but very hard to go thru since there are so many pitfalls where the manuscript sets you off on a never ending story.

Thanks for this "special" one, took me all night to figure out :) It feels like now when I know what to do, I will enjoy the mission more a second time (not feeling so blind as in the first go).

[d9rat]

Originally posted by crazycarrson3:

Originally posted by braaaur:

Yeah, this mission is quite different. If you follow the objectives and listen to what CC is telling, you should be able to finish it.

Scout > Take the hill > Hold the hill > Evacuate Echo or Bravo from the designated LZ >
Accept the losses

i'm having some trouble with this mission, i'm pretty sure i'm doing what cc is saying but at the end where it says get echo to LZ it will always say alpha is unable to move in this state, i think it's because they're pinned down by three snipers(usally south of the hill) but when i send echo or bravo back to take care of them it never works (literally standing on the exact coordinated) helicopters or sabres seem to have no effect, help?

I had a tough time figuring this one out as well.

When you have sent Echo to the LZ you have to:
Load Echo onto the choppers and send them to base. Once they unload at the base the mission continues with you being able to retrieve Alpha.

[mimar]

Seems ECHO must leave LZ for base BEFORE Bravo's chance.
Being LOW on AMMO, I had them STAY at LZ, as Kovacks said they'd be OK to go later.
I didn't want to send Bravo back, while being UNABLE to resupply from the evac helos.
AHHH!!! the RED button command! stay at LZ OR return to hill and Alpha.
There is so much importance to the SCRIPT.

[ENRL]

I just sent Alpha and Echo to to hill and they held out until it was quiet (guess I killed all the actual units but not the scripted ones hiding) then I tried to get Alpha and Echo to the LZ but Alpha was scripted to stay on that hill and wait for their death. Somehow Bravo was sitting at the first LZ the whole time but fast traveled to the new LZ. The first time I had Bravo and Echo at the LZ and the choppers took Bravo instead. There are dialogues for this but the game just bugged out, the objectives said evacuate Echo but the choppers said they were unable to pick them up so I reloaded and put Bravo in between the LZ and the hill and made sure Echo was out and unloaded back at base then I went back and evacuate Bravo. Finally sent the choppers back to the hill to collect Alpha's bodies.

[ω====⊃彡]

Just want to come here to say that this is such a ♥♥♥♥ mission, developed by an amateur. The problem with this mission, as with the game as a whole, is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ communication clarity. For example, the game forcefully locks up Alpha with no initial reasoning and I thought I was dealing with a bug and kept resetting the mission and googling WTF was happening thinking it was a bug.

For me, Alpha was reporting being tired from walking up the hill then eventually started reporting that they "can't move in this state." The message was so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ unclear as to why they couldn't suddenly move. Took me a few attempts to assume this was scripted cause I thought they were too tired and needed to rest or something so I could move them off the hill eventually.
Of course, this happens BEFORE the mission dialogue about how Alpha can stay behind so you have literally no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idea why this happens to your squad at first, and it ♥♥♥♥♥ your entire planning for the rest of the mission.

[Baraz]

The bugs I had to fight to finish this mission 7 was not fun.
From my experience, it is not caused by loading a save, though there are some oddities when I do so.

Here are two bugs (one can be bypassed, the other is critical) :

1) The LZ waypoint on a hill (near the end) is a spot where the helo cannot land, sigh.
That was bloody annoying and I thought my play for this mission was screwed, but by moving Echo and Green (helo) a tiny bit north (sort of middle of the big arrow), the helo could land. Easy bug to fix.

2) Somehow, After loading Echo on the helo, and ordering Bravo do evacuate also, a critical bug occured where all units no longer responded and I could pass time forever without effect. I think the helo somehow picked up both Echo and Bravo, which is technically not possible.

I did Quit and then Continue and instead asked Bravo to move to try and reach Alpha. I evacuated Echo normally.

nb: there are other minor bugs with the game, but I will ignore them here.