What type of mission do you want made?

[BoweryBaker 0]

People want missions but, lets ask the people.  In your words, what type of scenario do you want made?  

[General Barron 0]

I don't like how most missions involve just you and your squad vs like a company of poorly placed enemies, without any kind of support. My favorite missions are ones where there is a feeling of actually having... I dunno, like an army or something that you are a part of, instead of just 12 rambos vs the world.

I love missions where you have lots of support, such as other AI squads, tanks, or being able to call for artillery and airstrikes. Combined arms style missions especially are great (and the best kind of MP missions). When you have infantry supported by tanks supported by artillery supported by aircraft, then you have a mission that is truly using OFP to its full potential.

It's also nice to have missions where the AI is placed intelligently and realistically (not just standing in a wedge in the middle of their base). Basically, missions shouldn't require a gagillion enemies in order to be hard. One well placed and covered soldier can do the work of a squad of idiots running around randomly on a S&D waypoint. Also, giving the enemies artillery support can help level the playing field.

I could write more, but I gotta go now.

[sanctuary 19]

For the missions i like to play, they are usually the one that involve a story even a very simple one,

I feel playing OFP more immersive (and so more interesting) when there is a story around the objectives, not just blow up this, kill them all.

That is why i really like playing campaigns as an example, but there are good standalones missions , cutscene help a lot to give them a background (and so a story).

But cutscenes are not exactly the easiest thing to do in the mission editor.

[BoweryBaker 0]

I'd like to add that the missions I like playing have characters.  Not necessarily on the good team, but involved in the story such as Guba and Angelina for instance.  I like mentioning a character in my briefings for that story feel.  When its balanced out just right to where the support still doesn't ruin the challenge, its a good mission.  I saw this one guy on a U.S. Army Ranger website and thought man that guy looks awesome, why not put him in the briefing and make a character out of him.    You can just look at this guy and envision him in some camp like, "You got it sir, we'll be in and out of there before they can say....blah blah blah".  He's been on a combat mission before behind enemy lines and I think you don't have to ask to know that.  I could be wrong though, he could have lost it in some kind of french fry toss at McDonalds or something, I don't know.  You can read about him here if you want to. You can even email him. His name is Steve Maguire.

[Placebo 28]

As suggested by a member and agreed upon by the author I'm moving this to user missions as it's a question aimed more at people who play the missions rather than those that create them