Knan Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 So. I'm having a try at saving Arulco from the New! Shiny! bastards of the Night Ops mod. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/nightops.jpg In order to give myself a shot at succeeding, I start out with a somewhat competent team. The enemies are definitely not pushovers, tries with two- and three-man teams have ended with me shot to pieces in Omerta. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/the-team.jpg From left to right - my sneaky IMP, Dr.Q, Wolf, Raven and Grunty. Can't afford to lose anyone, and grabbing a mine in time is going to be hairy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Who will you be rounding out with? Shadow? Reaper? Magic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Undecided. Rather depends on me not getting shot completely to pieces for quite a while, and I'm a bit rusty at this. Len, perhaps. Can't see me getting rich enough to hire Magic, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 ...What is your IMP's name? Bastard of Death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 If you're serious about making a sneaky bushwhacker team then Shadow is the natural fit. Permanent camo AND a total bad ass on the battlefield...c'mon. Magic ain't no punk either. I usually get him in the course of forming my A-Team (not the show, but my primary fighting team) as a the guy that fixes everything. His mechanical skill is at 91. Reaper...eh, if I ever do get him, he usually ends up on the B-Team. He just seems very average to me for being considered a super merc. My A-Team usually looks like this, IMP merc with no mech or explosives, almost everything else maxed, stealth/night, Shadow, Magic, Trevor, Scully or Len, Conrand Gillit. Notice I don't have a medic really...that's because my B or C-Team usually has one, probably Dr. Danny. I think his merc's name could be translated as "Deadly Bastard." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted August 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 ...What is your IMP's name? Bastard of Death? Something of the sort, in probably broken spanish. Seemed like a good idea at the time The show is on the road. Cleared Omerta with minor wounds only, wandering through the bush towards Drassen. Grabbed Ira as cannon fodder for the time being. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/random-shootout.jpg Grabbed some loot in a random shootout and ran. Some nightvision goggles can't hurt. The body armour does what it's supposed to. Doubt Raven would still be up and walking - somewhat painfully - after 15 hits taken and no rest, otherwise... Natural bullet sponge. Darkness can't come soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted August 30, 2009 Report Share Posted August 30, 2009 Ah, remembered my Spanish...bastardino isn't even a word. You'd probably use cabron or hibrido. Depends on which Spanish you're talking about. BTW, what exactly is these Night Ops mod? I have never heard of it before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Ah, remembered my Spanish...bastardino isn't even a word. You'd probably use cabron or hibrido. Depends on which Spanish you're talking about.It would surprise me if it were BTW, what exactly is these Night Ops mod? I have never heard of it before. Quite new mod, translated from Russian to English this spring and summer. Climb into the Bear's Pit and ye shall find:https://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/board/ubbth...st&Board=50 The mod feels good so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Oh...I see. It's more like a realistic insurgent mod. Fighting in day against a military is suicide. But fight against that same poorly trained and equip military at night is the bee's knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Night falls, and great is the enthusiasm of the squad. Drassen awaits, once several ounces of lead have been plucked out of Raven. Sneaking into the mine district, the foreman is woken up by a flash-bang stunning the somewhat too wakeful sniper on his roof. That taken care of, a sniping duel ensues with the neighbouring roofs, and some confused soldiers are caught in the open. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/gruntytool.jpg Good thing they were caught by surprise, because one of them would've enjoyed using this, I believe. As will Grunty. Only Ira and Bastardino were wounded this time. Quite an improvement on our daytime performance. Raven mostly hung back after that, but grabbed this one from a counterpart - should come in handy when we're caught in daylight again. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/beretta.jpg One down, two to go. Better try to grab all three sectors before daybreak. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/ira-drassen.jpg Ira is a useful distraction. And tear gas and Ingram at close range is quite effective for non-marksmen. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/drq-drassen.jpg Dr.Q is rather slowed by the bullet wound, thus hangs back and patches the others up. Good hit percentage with his Stechkin, but not much effect. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/grunty-drassen.jpg Grunty is solid, showing Ira the ropes of Ingram use. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/wolf-drassen.jpg Wolf is probably the best allrounder in the team, and it shows. Not a scratch, fair hit percentage, showing off by doing mp5 bursts to the head of a rooftop sniper looking for him. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/raven-drassen.jpg Raven is deadly, even in the advanced stages of lead poisoning. No new wounds in this battle, thankfully. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/bastardino-drassen.jpg And the Head Sneak does better than expected, mainly shooting people in the head through windows at very close range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullAuto Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 That RG-6 is a sexy piece of kit. And LOL at Raven's battle/wound ratio. Top stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 That RG-6 is a sexy piece of kit. Just found out that half my ammo for it is... illumination rounds. That explains the severe lack of boom. The HE rounds work just fine, though. Mwahaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 What? Can't catch some trees or bushes on fire with some white phosphorous? Perhaps burn down a small village of collaborators? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Middle bit of Drassen isn't much to write home about. Though the 40mm flares show their use. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/humble-wolf.jpg Wolf gets a bit humbled. Door-to-door housecleaning, he gets ambushed and shot five-six times in the chest. Not horribly hurt, but knocked down and about to be. Ira, of all people, peeks in the window and fells the assailant with a shot to the head. Doc gets his priorities right. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/doc-priorities.jpg Onwards! Airport assault! Lead poisoning accumulates, but everyone is up and about. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/airport-defenses.jpg Toughest defenses I've assaulted yet. Light weapons only - sandbags and good armour, though. Grunty leads the way - smoke, stun and ingram autofire knocks the paired snipers out. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/epic-grunty.jpg Finally, Drassen is mine. For a few hours, at least. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/drassenismine.jpg Defending the place is out of the question. Everyone wounded. Raven now is a paragon of health compared to the others. After a ridiculously bloody night, the leader of the killcount scoreboard is ... Grunty! https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/gruntythegrunt.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Drassen Airport is probably the toughest sector I had to attack so far. Your men can only go within a small stripe of land to start and that makes it hard to formulate a decent strategy. Looks like you did ok though. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 In retrospect, three sectors in a single night probably is madness. I'll be laid up for ages recuperating. Half the team is below 25% health. Ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Has anyone told you that you are crazy? Well, I am. If Ira is in good health (and you have the funds) are you going to train up some militia? With your mercs in tough shape for a while, that may help. - Zombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted September 4, 2009 Report Share Posted September 4, 2009 Yeah, getting shot all to hell does have one advantage. Boredom. So you got to fill it some way, usually with training militia, training fellow mercs in stuff, repair down down gear like weapons and body armor, or if you have a mine or two just sit back and watch the money roll into and start thinking about how to spend it. Oh, and get nasty emails from that useless ass, Enrico Uselessdouche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2009 Back in the saddle. I get left alone for a few days, and spend them getting less bloodstained. Then the expected counterattack materializes. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/counterattack.jpg Only ten? They don't take me seriously yet. Thankfully. Wolf enjoys himself. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/wolfenjoy.jpg Dr.Q makes a hypnotic gesture, and the opposition explodes. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/drq-magic.jpg This all goes very well. I then get a message that Omerta has been shot all to hell. Again. And I really ought to talk to those rebels again. We quickly fit out an expedition, leaving Grunty and the Doctor behind, them being all tired from all the patching up of men and metal. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/expedition-omerta.jpg On the way, we get in trouble. Big trouble. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/holycrap.jpg 4 vs 21? This could be bad... it's dark, though, let's have a look. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/wargoingon.jpg There's a war going on. Raven grabs some target practice.https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/ravenpractice.jpg The leader of the attack goes splat. Whoops. Turns out there was a mortar around.https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/leadersplat.jpg But we win the day, and send Ira back with some spoils - she being the only one shot all to hell in the process. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/ira-spoils.jpg Onwards, to Omerta. Hopefully. A three-merc expedition is rather vulnerable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Meanwhile, back in Drassen, Dr.Q stumbles over a shady old friend on his morning stroll. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/recruit-sergey.jpg He offers to help - and we need all the help we can get. Heavy weapons ability will definitely come in useful. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/handy-sergey.jpg And who can resist a man that brings his own explosives? https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/sergeyrpg.jpg While waiting for darkness, the forces of Evil are hard at work. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/waitfordark.jpg Sergey is quickly dispatched to send word and reinforce the expeditionary squad. Not to mention pick up some loot on the way. Just after dark, a patrol is ambushed. Wolf shows how, with his hand-me-down steyr aug para from Raven. Very handy gun, that. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/revengeishad.jpg Sergey shoots the next enemy in the other eye with his trusty russian pistol. I sense a bit of rivalry developing, there. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/sergeyjoins.jpg Dimitri brings his own cannon, but not too much lead. I have a ton of throwing knives stashed, however. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/dimitri-cannon.jpg What's this? Poor Vicki. You should've asked around before taking this contract. The rebels had funds, too. https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/poorvicki.jpg Omerta and the road cleaned, back to Drassen and prepare to re-evict the queen's squatters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Wait, what? Vicki? You're fighting against other AIM mercs too? I'm seriously confused by this mod. I've checked the site for it and it really doesn't mention what it's about. All I understand is that it's Russian and it's based on the 1.13 mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Wait, what? Vicki? You're fighting against other AIM mercs too? Yup. Deidrianna hires AIM mercs to reinforce/train her forces, too. I dread the day she hires Magic against me. Shame about Vicki. I'm seriously confused by this mod. I've checked the site for it and it really doesn't mention what it's about. Does it need to be about anything? It's an alternate version of the normal JA2 story, with tons upon tons of changes integrated to a new (more difficult? check. more realistic? I'd say, check. ) whole. At least two different versions of all the maps, randomized, so you don't get the same situations every game. Not a pick-and-choose-your-own-ja2, like 1.13. Nice seeing enemies exposed by a break light running like hell to get out of the light and into cover. All I understand is that it's Russian and it's based on the 1.13 mod. Fixed that for you. It's not 1.13-based as such, it's their own set of modifications to the released source code of the engine, some of which may be the same as in 1.13. Not too many. The english translation is pretty good. Weapon selection is naturally slanted towards russian weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Oh, okay. I thought it was a mod of mod, I guess. Makes sense that there's a heavy slant towards Russian weapons. I'm sure the modders did it for nation pride reasons, but in reality Russia pretty much threw weapons at anyone that asked for them. So in a situation like this, you're going to run into tons of AKs (mostly rusting IRL) and RPG-7s for EVERYONE! So some person's weird pride dovetails nicely into real life. Though, what are the stats of these Warsaw Pact weapons? Realistic or also slanted? BTW, if I was playing and Deidrianna hired Shadow from AIM, I'd probably cry a lot and give up the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knan Posted September 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Not unreasonable to my eyes. (The Steyr is a 9mm variant, btw - more of a sharpshooter's MP5) https://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/aks-74u.jpghttps://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/mac10.jpghttps://anduin.net/~knan/ja2/steyrpara.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulBrotherKab Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Oh I know all about the Steyr AUGs. Held one at a gun show once and vowed never to do it again. Probably the most awkward weapon I've ever seen. Same goes with all bullpups. Weirdly, I ditch them even when playing video games, even if they're stats are technically better. I do that in Jagged Alliace, Rainbow Six Vegas, Battlefield: Bad Company, etc. I know they call the AKS a SMG, but in reality it's more of a carbine. Like the M4, G36C, or Sig 552...though the AKS-74U is seriously outclassed in range and accuracy by those weapons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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