Getting the most out of Arma

[Ateryu82 0]

Guys, I was just watching some spectacular Arma vids on youtube and all of a sudden it dawned on me that all I've been doing since Arma was released is play Evolution Coop over and over and over again.

I was wondering what you guys can recommend in order to get the most out of Arma. (Game modes, (custom) maps, mods)

I suppose a clan might be in order to maximize teamplay too.

[l mandrake 9]

Armaeffects mod + either FDF or AACF sound mods are mandatory.

[Arrowhead 0]

Play on a Sahrani Life server. Whole new ballgame in there.

[Ateryu82 0]

Yeah, I think I know most popular mods already. Well most that popular on this forum. I'm interested in game modes, (custom) maps and such...

[Ateryu82 0]

Play on a Sahrani Life server. Whole new ballgame in there.  

Could you elaborate please?

[Yoma 0]

Play on #1 [Fun] www.germany-fun.de server.

87.106.129.210

Use my tool to get the addons you can find the settings on my webpage http://www.yomatools.be

Nice people to play with, lots of coop maps with various addons.

[PuFu 4600]

Common, get serious about Sahrani Life...It's fun maybe for a few days. The evo is so damn boring, at least for me.

If you want to get as much as possible out of Arma, i suggest you get Arma Effects and FDF or FROMZ sound mods at least. I would say get 6th Sense tracers (-pack1) as well

Then try to join a clan for coops, or join one of the tourneys out there for a large scale(100+) PvP match. I can redirect you to this one www.ic-arma.com

[Arrowhead 0]

Play on a Sahrani Life server. Whole new ballgame in there.  

Could you elaborate please?

Sure thing, check out this thread. I think it sums it up fairly well.

http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showpos....count=1

Just try joining a Sahrani Life server sometime. The mission will load automatically. Be prepared to take some time to learn the ropes, but once you figure things out, it truly becomes a most satisfying experience. I'm actually surprised you haven't tried it yet.

[Arrowhead 0]

Common, get serious about Sahrani Life...It's fun maybe for a few days.

I disagree. I've been playing it religiously lately, and it seems to have a pretty dedicated following. http://www.sahrani-life.com/

It's very addicting if you have the personality for it. Loading on some addon effects doesn't hurt to enhance the experience either.  

[Major Blood 0]

I agree Mandrake

I may also suggest to you the DM Smoke Effect. This add-on really adds to the realism and enviornment. One of my favorites.

Good luck, and happy hunting

MajorBlood

[mosh 0]

Quote[/b] ]Armaeffects mod + either FDF or AACF sound mods are mandatory

agreed, i use FDF, haven't tried AACF yet

I'll be different and recommend you try some C&H, CTF, and DM. While the AI is great, playing against real people is sometimes more challenging (note I said sometimes).

Have fun, it's a great game no matter what type of map you play.

Mosh

[Ateryu82 0]

Ok, I know all the mods suggested already but thank you for your input. I'll be sure to check these maps out and I guess it's time to start looking for a nice squad... Any more suggestions are welcome, I'm ashamed to say I don't even know the gamemodes besides coop and I've only played half of the campaign.

[code-red 0]

I prefer the capture the island (mode) the most and i can sure recommend it.

MFCTI CRTI etc.

RTS is great to.

[GAU-8 0]

E.C.S. by francios.

the best.

[Daniel 0]

Join a squad, any squad. I recommend a co-op squad cause I find you can apply real world tactics more often, and can still do joint ops and versus games. That's just me though.

Combined Arms Joint Ops FTW!

[Yoshama 0]

what you should do if you want to keep the game stock and get the most gameplay (not saying mods are better or worse) is make your own map and start in a small town with a few squads and leave it compleetly open to new tactics and styles of gameplay.

slowly over time add in more units and in bigger citys and force yourself to use helicopters and lots of infantry and tanks and stuff. make it harder and harder from you and lots of support against a few squads to you and a few other men and alot of enimys. just keep buildingup and up in the size of the game. (i personaly style it after the last mission in the campain of arma)

[walker 0]

Hi Ateryu82

Various real world scenarios around. Played by the bigger clans private servers each have their own variants of these. Many of these require certain mods and may be part of beta testing. Some are available now others require being part of the/a MOD beta test team. There are other game forms coming out too but I will wait until their official beta forms come out before talking about them.

For now I Mostly deal with the PvP Coop and A&D forms.

Generally these require XML OFF. Realism:NO third person. NO Cross-hairs so iron sights a must.

1) Road Patrol. One side patrols a bunch of towns. The other side attempts to ambush.

2) Checkpoint Charlie. One Side runs various checkpoints on a town, other side hides among the AI and attempts to sneak weapons in to conduct a spectacular.

3) Weapons Cache. A variant of the above with more players who attempt to find and move weapons caches

4) Protect the principle static. General or Politician making a speech one side protects other tries to assassinate him.

5) Protect the principle mobile. General or Politician moving between various locations. One side protects other tries to assassinate him.

7) Rescue the principle. Principle is held hostage. One side tries rescue him. Other wants keep him alive but captive. But will kill him if escape imminent.

8) Protect the principle in his mansion. General or Politician at his home one side protects other tries to assassinate him.

9) Battle group and platoon level battles A&D. Large scale usually over geographical or urban feature but sometimes over an asset.

I am not saying any mission names there are many and usually many variants with each Clan. The thing with ArmA is to join one of the bigger clans. They are usually running Private servers with 20 to 60 players sometimes 100. I am sure that various Clans are looking for players others may be full. Names that come to mind Shacktactical, The Rifles, Sixth sense, Royal Air Assault, Zeus, GOL, Kellys, CIA, 22SAS, VOLCBAT...  too many others to mention but here is a good place to start looking.

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....t=60255

There is also the parent forum section of that link with other clans listed.

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....65;st=0

Most require proper comms and a serious play style. Some require that you join formerly and move through a rank system others are more relaxed. Zeus for instance has a habit of making everyone take a turn at being general, this makes people understand the need for discipline and planning.

Kind Regards walker

[bazooka_boy 0]

If you want large scale organised PvP battles without having to join a clan, join our tournament at Arma Theatre of war

http://www.arma-tow.com

[platoon_spare 0]

Try joining a squad in which is part of a league like ecl for example . Ive been part of a clan playing ofp & now arma for 8 years many country have there own clans speaking your language using also teamspeak which enhances the playing aspect of the game.

heres the clan im part of .....english speaking / european based squads... german server .

http://www.fusion-squad.eu/

And play in this league which has many maps to keep you interested from skirmish 4v4 to larger 8v8 ctf & combo maps after which you will never play evo again..........

http://www.european-combat-league.com/

obviously you will need the addon pack(s) and anti cheat software battleye.... from bis

and join a clan to train with them .. we play 3 times a week tuesdays thursday and sundays....

If you need anyhelp ...post on the forums and you will be directed to the addons required..

David

[sabre4809 0]

Definatley consider COC CEX.  Play the missions that come with it then learn how to set it up and then make huge missions with mechanized, amphibious infantry, tanks, spec forces, air etc.  I did this and in my first LARGE mission (124 groups of SLA) it started at 19:30 game time and i have been to busy to finish it due to University (only got rid of 6 pesky shilkas and some beach defences) and prob wont as I have currently been learning DAC and am implementing it into it and at the moment have activating and deactivating zones of ~200 SLA squads but need to set it up better otherwise fps drop below 5   .  Online is great too and I am thinking of trying to start a CEX type Clan once my RL gets sorted.  Other addons that i can mention are most of what others have said and Durgs veg and DM's smoke grenade too.  And units: def try RHS RF units cus they are stronger than SLA(5 med skill vs the same ends with 3 RF alive at end except in urban(close range) environment.

STS

[Ateryu82 0]

Thanks a lot for the replies guys, I'll be busy for a while exploring Arma it seems