People don’t just know your guys, they now cower in fear, but there’s this other team that shows up every weekend you go out with your guys. They’re getting the edge over you when your teams meet on the field, but you’ve realized, well, it’s almost like they’ve studied you. They know your calls and even worse sometimes, they know you.
Every team eventually reaches the point where others know about them, and the tactics that they use. If not recognized in a team sense, then at least a certain group of players that act together. Here is where the bulk of analysis comes in. not so much in learning other teams styles, but recognizing certain favorite tactics and who’s involved.
Command players are bound to creating, implementing and modifying a plan for their team, and they are also required to do the opposite, seeing, analyzing and countering, for the opposing team. This is done through the recognition of tactics.
The three base schools of tactics are Strongside, Lazy D, and Flanking, each specializing in a certain type of situation and offensive style.
Strongsides are the use of one large offensive down one side of the field, with a smaller defense on the other. However, this school of tactics can be implemented in a variety of ways. It may be a small squad that suddenly makes a charge, an Ambush making headway with a Broadsword on the other side. Any of these can be considered Strongsides.
Lazy D’s involve awaiting an incoming tactic and slamming a gate down on the opponent so they are enclosed and knocked out because of superior angles. Ambushes are generally thought of for this tactic. Anytime you get the “Drop” off on an opposing force, you tend to have done a Lazy D.
Finally, the Flanking school uses sudden changes and additions of angles by large forces to hit opponents. Swinging around the side of an opposing force to gain additional angles, or add height or firepower to your attack is a flank. You must also come at the opponent from their Side-Door angle in order to use a flanking maneuver. Also, Flanking generally ends lame 50-50 firefights.
No, you don’t have to declare some kind of allegiance to a certain grouping of tactics, but you probably will prefer a certain type of tactic to others. It’s human nature. Knowing what you do in which school isn’t important, knowing but when it comes at you that is.
Knowing that every Command and team has a certain preference, you can watch for these. Notice how people are equipped, who they stay with, how much paint they use and what they say off the field is just as important as what they’re shooting at.
Seeing flashy colors, guns with super fast hoppers and short to medium size barrels tends to indicate the Strongside tactics. Also, grand and repeated pushes for the same location on the field are major indicators of Stronside tactics. Also, a large amount of pods in a belt (Full, not empty) tend to signal players that prefer this kind of tactic. SpecOps Brigade members that identify with the Dagger position tend to use these tactics, and note how this is mainly tournament players that fall here.
Slightly less obvious are the Lazy D players; these are your regular guys that pull out into the field looking for a good time. Waiting for action, they tend to hold their fire even when commanded to do so, but when pushed, they will slam anything that comes near them. Rentals, Tippmann markers and lower-end gear and equipment tend to also signal these players. Sabers, Javelin and Broadsword players derive many of their attacks from this school.
Then we have Flanking players, who swear by their BDU’s, swing around Mil-Sim and modded markers and a flair for sudden charges. Their gung-ho attitudes show off the field the most, often exchanging exciting, though not necessarily ego-boosting, stories of their exploits on the field. Ambush, Hammer and Saber players tend to stem from this school of tactics.
Watching the tactics, you can get a handle on what’s going on in the field; find out things about the players, and what the players can do. By identifying the tactics that happen, you can then identify which players are the biggest on the team, giving you an advantage and a few targets to take out early on in the game. Usually, players of the different schools will act according to that school’s base tactics and make it noticeable. Understand that you won’t see every single player on the field. It’s just not possible, so talk with your teammates to find these players and hear all of the tactics on the field. After a game or two, you should have a good idea of the valuable players, and who to take out early, and what kind of attack to look for.
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