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Is it possible to win the Demo playing as the Russians on defense, in the mission "Gauntlets Crossed"?
Elite difficulty. One player Turn Based.
Elite difficulty. One player Turn Based.
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macjim
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Has no one tried this demo on defense and managed to pull off a win?
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I have only played it once (way back - the first game I played) but that was against a human opponent and I lost big time as the Russians. Honestly I don't remember the scenario very well since it was a while ago now. Since I cannot be of much help I did not respond sooner. Sorry you have received no suggestions.
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I also played this scenario H2H as the Russians, and had the same result as The Cat. It was awhile ago, but I do remember that I exposed my guys way too early. U.S. player took up positions in outer buildings, and was able to suppress my guys before making the run across open ground. Seems to me that you have to keep U.S. from breaching the walls, thus forcing them to come to the inside where you can catch them in cross fires.
Ahh, I thought you were referring to the last demo scenario.
I too played this as Russians versus AI US, and got a decent Russian victory. As @JTimo indicates, I recall focusing on keeping the US at arms length (i.e. outside the walls), and ensuring I was selective in exposing my troops positions through keyholing, so they could interdict US troops in the open, without being exposed to too much US support weapon/team overwatch.
Also, split your squads, all of them. Munitions are super-lethal in this modern era, and will easily destroy an entire team if they are caught clumped together. And the opposite is also true: your infantry firepower is so much more powerful than that of WW2, so no need to rely on a whole squad to suppress the enemy: a 3 man team is is quite potent. Spread those teams out over different floors/buildings to get overall overlapping coverage, but with each team individually having limited LOS angles/exposure to the enemy.
However, the BIG differentiator between playing against the AI versus against a human will be the AI's inability to use arty and area fire. A human BLUFOR player will suppress the hell out of all likely Russky locations, and pound the more likely exposed ones with arty. AI can't do any of that: the AI arty observer (I think there is one) is useless.
I too played this as Russians versus AI US, and got a decent Russian victory. As @JTimo indicates, I recall focusing on keeping the US at arms length (i.e. outside the walls), and ensuring I was selective in exposing my troops positions through keyholing, so they could interdict US troops in the open, without being exposed to too much US support weapon/team overwatch.
Also, split your squads, all of them. Munitions are super-lethal in this modern era, and will easily destroy an entire team if they are caught clumped together. And the opposite is also true: your infantry firepower is so much more powerful than that of WW2, so no need to rely on a whole squad to suppress the enemy: a 3 man team is is quite potent. Spread those teams out over different floors/buildings to get overall overlapping coverage, but with each team individually having limited LOS angles/exposure to the enemy.
However, the BIG differentiator between playing against the AI versus against a human will be the AI's inability to use arty and area fire. A human BLUFOR player will suppress the hell out of all likely Russky locations, and pound the more likely exposed ones with arty. AI can't do any of that: the AI arty observer (I think there is one) is useless.
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