Arma 2 Retreat Tactics

[Yett71 10]

Hello guys :) I was thinking of any good retreating tactics you know? Ive been looking around on youtube and found a few videos, this one seemed to be the best :

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Other than that, i cant seem to find any good videos on Youtube which actually give a detailed retreating guide...

So you guys know of any videos of retreating guides or tactics? :D

Thanks in advance :)

[Tonci87 163]

Well especially in the dense forests of Chernarus the most effective retreating Tactic is

RUUUUN RUUUUUUUN FOR GODS SAKE RUUUUUN

[Yett71 10]

Well especially in the dense forests of Chernarus the most effective retreating Tactic is

RUUUUN RUUUUUUUN FOR GODS SAKE RUUUUUN

Hah! :D Nice tactic! Running a lot of the time works, unless your in open ground and they have a marksman.. also even throwing smoke at them, they just run up to the smoke and use it to there advantage lol...

[mrcash2009 0]

Drop smoke, run (zig zag and use any cover) drop smoke ... then move running crouched zig zag/cover and move as unpredictable as allowed from where the AI last saw you and flank.

The tactics guide will help:

http://ttp2.dslyecxi.com/tactics.html

Main home page:

http://ttp2.dslyecxi.com/

[Sirex1 10]

Yes that works, even thou the ai is a bit slow in the video. All that needs to happen much faster. Another good retreat tactic is to retreat to the side.

Here is a video showing this.

Otherwise you could try a corridor backwards. Shown at 0:25.

Don't mind the soldiers performance, they are only part-time national-defence units.

But the best way is to have a combat vehicle with you, kill all the enemy that is shooting at you, mount up and withdraw.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Pop smoke, set AI to crouched, formation to file and run.

Alternatively, give them a move command 500m in the direct you wish to flee. That gets them there without fail (since they override the danger FSM that way).

[ghostnineone 10]

leapfrogging (similar to bounding over watch), i forgot specifically what its called when you are falling back instead of advancing, i think its tactical fallback

edit: doesnt work well with ai though

[hungrytoheal 10]

I find that the main problem is, when in combat mode the AI won't actually follow you and retreat. You can't change their combat mode either.

[walker 0]

Hi all

Break Contact Procedure on the BIS Community Wiki.

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Break_Contact

May I suggest you do it with some humans as well and then link the videos in the BIS wiki pages.

Kind Regards walker

[DaveP 66]

Here's an example of one

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It's basically fire&maneuver in reverse with shorter bounds

Put some smoke down, put down some heavy fire to get the enemy as surpressed as possible, then short fast 20m'ish bounds by fire team to get back to a position which you can defend better and put in a base of fire to stop the enemy counter-attacking

Of course, running for dear life has its moments too :V

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Edited July 22, 2011 by DaveP

[Militant1006 11]

Yett are you talking about multiplayer or singleplayer?

I find that withdrawal from a force that can be held back for a short amount of time usually calls for reverse bounding (Our clan calls it breaking contact) where fire is always being poured on the enemy.

For situations such as multiple tanks moving towards you when you have no AT or something like that usually the best advice is to RUN AWAY, RUN FAR AWAY.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

I find that the main problem is, when in combat mode the AI won't actually follow you and retreat. You can't change their combat mode either.

Utilise the move command. As above, it overrides their danger FSM.

[Laqueesha 474]

My retreating tactic is to stand up, run in the opposite direction and hope I don't get shot in the back. Usually, this ends with me getting shot in the back and landing flat on my face.

I don't know why, but I love the death animation that plays when you are running and get shot.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

I don't know why, but I love the death animation that plays when you are running and get shot.

Yeah, although it's not as good as the old OFP "clothesline" anim, that always made me smile.

...you'd be running along, then *twhack* you see your feet shoot out in front of you, and it's all over.

[hungrytoheal 10]

Utilise the move command. As above, it overrides their danger FSM.

They still take their sweet time moving to the position in which you have ordered them.

[JojoTheSlayer 35]

Attack from a position you have a good retreat rout from and if needed, use it. I would guess thats the only one that really works both ingame and in the real world.

The bound and fire thing is a mixed bag online against fearless PvPers that game the system, so to speak. Try suppressing with a MG in a online game. First thing that happens is you get sniped lol.

[viper[cww] 14]

Run Serpentine!!! :D

[Sirex1 10]

Attack from a position you have a good retreat rout from and if needed, use it. I would guess thats the only one that really works both ingame and in the real world.

The bound and fire thing is a mixed bag online against fearless PvPers that game the system, so to speak. Try suppressing with a MG in a online game. First thing that happens is you get sniped lol.

Well if you try to kill the enemy with the machniguns instead of "suppressing" i think you will find that you don't get sniped as often :p.

Edited July 24, 2011 by Sirex1

[Petar 10]

Order disengage and order them to move to retreat position.

[Devil Dogs SF 13]

;1988653']Run Serpentine!!! :D

I waiting for someone to post that lmao :D