Infantry Line's?

[Tamas]

I hope some try this - they will think they are so badass right before I roadkill them all with a Lightning.

[Sledgecrushr]

Originally Posted by Tamas

I hope some try this - they will think they are so badass right before I roadkill them all with a Lightning.

Your lightning wouldnt last a second to the combined firepower of a dozen maxes. But yeah we would invite anyone to suicide drive into a wall of max units.

[Blackwolf]

Originally Posted by Senyu

What do you think of infantry lines like in the SOE videos of 10+ guys standing next to each other slowly advancing or defending a spot with firepower. I know it will be alot more common to run around as an individual but for the few squads/outfits that do it will be pretty awesome. Besides being a big target it would have some psychological effect to the enemies and of course feeling like a badass.

How many outfits plan to make use of this tactic and how often? Or how many times are you going to try to organize it

And doesn't just apply to infantry, say what you will do with vehicles as well. But I see it being naturally more popular with aircraft using this tactic than tanks or infantry.

There is a very good reason why the British stopped using line formations during the American revolutionary war. It got them killed.

It's not a viable tactic unless you were dealing with heavily armored platforms that can withstand that kind of onslaught for extended periods of time. BFRs might have done it had they ever formed up in large enough quantities and organized themselves. MBTs might have done it before BFRs became the top vehicle. As it stands MBTs will likely be picked apart too easily by loose infantry formations to effectively perform a line formation in
PS2, not to mention aircraft. And the only way a line formation would succeed is through numbers which I believe we ignorantly term "zerging".

As for aircraft doing it, that's inviting every flak based AA weapon within a kilometer for a feast.

[Ratstomper]

Originally Posted by Blackwolf

There is a very good reason why the British stopped using line formations during the American revolutionary war. It got them killed.

As for aircraft doing it, that's inviting every flak based AA weapon within a kilometer for a feast.

Exactly. The British used line formations because they were used to fighting in the open fields of Europe where two armies would have to march toward each other firing volleys. Fighting in the more rugged North American continent proved to be ill suited for that kind of warfare (and their nice, bright red unifroms didn't help either).

That said, I could see armor rolling in lines like this in open areas where planes could be shot down more easily and there isn't a lot of cover for infantry. As for infantry, people lining up like that are just asking to be mowed down.

[Darkace]

Actual us army still uses the line formation. However, for infantry it is used more for the final clearing of the objective