There was SP campaign for good ol' OFP that did that. Virtually unlimited missions, with every mission having randomly generated objectives and enemy force, while equipement and soldiers brought back to base would be avaliable for next mission. Loses also were permanent. I only can imagine how awesome it would be with new tools and features in ArmA 3
This very much reminds me of Operation Flashpoint: Resistance. I still think it has the best plot in the entire ARMA series, even better than Cold War Crisis. The Survive and Adapt chapters of ARMA 3 provided a similar atmosphere, but the Win chapter completely blows it off with the typical "'Murica saves the day again" scenario. The plot of ARMA 3 has lots of potential to further develop on. I kind of hope BIS release an expansion campaign based on the point of view of FIA; not as a separated NATO soldier who cooperates with the guerilla only to find his way back, but as a part of the local population who tries to find a way out amidst the clashes of overwhelming powers.
It'd be awesome if SaOk added the whole "blend in with civilian" tactic in his scenario "Whole Lotta Altis", but he's a got a lot on his plate at the moment so that'll just have to wait (I was discussing this with him the other day (I do the voice overs for the civilians)).
I wished more people would use guerrilla tactics in Planetside 2. The game works great for it, but mostly people stays on the tank crowded sectors, trying to spawn kill the enemy. Nice video Dslyecxi, though the same stuff was said a couple of times.
While interesting, under what conditions would this advice come in handy for Arma 3? I imagine a lot of games don't take long enough for "scavenging" to be worth anything more than taking AT when you find it. And wouldn't most missions be made with a specific target in mind regardless?
Maybe for a clan that wants to undertake a series of engagements under the storyline of 'freedom fighters' or somesuch? If the mission maker takes stock of all equipment at the debrief then it really will matter what is scavenged during play.
Some Mission designers do large scale Missions where things like this come into play. The most prominent in the Arma community is quite possibly the abandoned armies mission, where you subdue an entire Island within the scope of a single mission from occupation by two conventional forces. It's also important for pvp missions where one side actually possesses advanced equipment like Thermal vision devices.
Some Arma groups also do Coop-Events against an enemy force, but with a small group of people who are playing as civilians to make it even more interesting.
Well, a conventional force doesn't win by default if it doesn't lose. For example: the Korean War. The UN was fighting a conventional military (the Chinese Army) and neither side won. We still view the Korean war as a loss for the United States military.
I think that the arma games (and the true and only ofp :P) are better suited for the guerrilla warfare style rather than the combined arms thing that BI advertises, sure, it's ok if your are playing in a big community like ST or the likes, but for the rest of us, managing a whole mechanized platoon of AI's is a pain. Smaller teams make the game more enjoyable. And I don't even need to mention the performance issues we all know that show up when you have more than 30 AI's in the map. I really liked the adapt chapter, almost as good as OFP:Resistance campaign. It would have been perfect if they would let you keep the loot :(
I still cannot understand who really uses those guides in their advantage. I've found only about 2 to 3 warfare servers on Arma 2 OA with around 20-50 people online, all the rest being filled into DayZ. And my friend who plays Arma 3 says that he hasn't found any serious server yet. Plus there's no-realism everywhere, I couldn't even find a single server in any arma with disabled crosshairs and no map-tracking... So does anyone know any good server for Arma 2/OA/Arma3? Please let me know
Yeah private groups. Sometimes you get lucky with a public server but even in best case it's not quite like a private group, that's why i joined one. If you want the proper arma experience i highly recommend you find a group that suits your needs.
***** Additivetulip Thanks for the recommendations! Are there also any good private groups for Arma 2? I've found only one but it's apparently Russian, and I'm not sure how well would I play on there with my slow 2mb/s internet connection. I never tried Wasteland or Island Life, gotta see if it's also in A2
Have a look for TAW servers. They are really fun and reliable. Just filter TAW on arma 3 (they might still have a a2OA server but im not entirely sure.)
I love your videos, it makes me want to join your community, but I have 2 jobs and school on my days off, so how much time per week would I need to be a valuable member?
***** I work in ski resort town in colorado, weekends and holidays are my busiest times, wed-school, looks like only thursdays. Damn, it was worth a try. :(
There are other groups that are similar to Shacktac if you're interested. Some don't even have requirements to join (other than the game and some mods)! Here's a link to a list of communities that you can choose from: docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgXM6wqQBdygdGEtcXRNdjVJZWRWWGdUWElFYmpkQWc#gid=0
With well made missions this could work really good! It worked with BF2 Project Reality too. When can we expect this guerilla warefare? or is it already in?
Maybe he is not playing on max settings and with limited view distance. With my i5 4670K and 560 Ti i can reach 60+ fps at 1080p no problem. I have most settings on low and standard, some on high, FXAA 2x and view distance 2800m. Also i set up start up parameters for Arma 3 and i disabled CPU core parking, that helped me gain some more fps. At the end with this settings Arma 3 does not look bad but certainly it does look better with all on Ultra.
Yeah i don't know, First i recommend that you set Arma 3 startup parameters and disable CPU core parking(if you don't know how just ask me), you will gain some fps with this, still better than nothing. I do had fps drops on some bad servers, also i played on some Arma 3 braking point servers with 20 fps. For Wasteland i highly reccomend Sa-Matra servers, on that servers i never had any lag or fps problems. Now mostly i play on good host with 15-20 players, good custom missions with dedicated mods and it runs fine with hardly any fps drops.
Okay, here's what I don't get: The rifle that the guerrillas use is the IWI Tavor. This rifle is arguably the finest bullpup rifle on the market and costs about $1750 per rifle. I want to know how it is a rag-tag group of guerrillas get their hands on enough to issue them to every soldier. Given that Greek gun laws prevent someone from going to the store and just picking up one, it doesn't seem very realistic they could have so many at their disposal. Guerrillas should have AK platform rifles or something similar as their standard issue weapon, not one of the finest rifles in the world.
The scenario set in ArmA 3 is several decades from now. By then the Tavor may be distributed all over the world. Who knows - in several decades the AK may be gone for good. Russia is already turning away from Soviet-era weaponry.
watching these videos, it always looks like what I WISH Arma was like to play. Either I'm missing something big, or these are all just wishful thinking.
andariel125 "rebels, but terrorists" Same thing. We call them terrorists but actually they fight for their freedom. They are nothing different than Taliban or Minutemen...get out with your propagandistic bullshit.
There are only very few Arma3 servers for free standard gameplay (not for clan members, that you can join and play a bit whenever you want) and they have disabled the text chat, you can chat only with a headset and all time ugly voices torture gamers' ears. It's horrible, Looks like almost all people have bought Arma3 to play Altis Life and Wasteland. Arma is getting worse every passing day.
While I enjoyed the video, calling it an "ArmA guide" is laughable as most of the principles and realities mentioned by Dslyecxi aren't at all simulated in the game.
Redassassin53 Blending with populace, targeting officers -- none of those are going to achive the same effect in-game versus RL. Also many scenarios are virtually mission-specific, which means they have to be set up with that goal in mind by the mission designer and therefore are not in the player's control (or hardly so). For example: choice of time/location, reinforcements routes, temporary hidden caches, camouflaged camps and so on. All the above can surely be achived with modding or visionary mission making, but the former is not relevant and the latter is not quite there yet AFAIK
Ophir Barr There actually are missions where certain people are designated as traitors upon loading. It makes for some interesting (and grief inducing) games.
In vanilla without every human being a player? That actually works? If so, that's great. However, I checked and AI still consider FIA hostile if they have only civilian clothes on (not to even mention they can't put them on, being BLUFOR.)
This is totally irrelevant for your average ArmA 3 player. Between the horrible PvE or Wasteland/Life infested multiplayer and terrible AI, this experience is impossible to get if you're not a part of these large "elite" groups.
Man a persistent guerilla vs conventional forces game mode would rock.
Like insurgency but persistent.
Good idea. Currently there is not a lot of variety in popular missions. Perhaps this would be a good addition.
There was SP campaign for good ol' OFP that did that. Virtually unlimited missions, with every mission having randomly generated objectives and enemy force, while equipement and soldiers brought back to base would be avaliable for next mission. Loses also were permanent. I only can imagine how awesome it would be with new tools and features in ArmA 3
Antistasi
Soo... Antistasi?
@@Kyoptic antistasi was released in 2015 you wally
Currently in Arma 3 you can play the 'Antistasi' mission where you play as FIA guerrillas against AAF forces to capture Altis. Check it out on Steam!
thank you for this video, now I think I am ready to go to Syria now.
This very much reminds me of Operation Flashpoint: Resistance. I still think it has the best plot in the entire ARMA series, even better than Cold War Crisis.
The Survive and Adapt chapters of ARMA 3 provided a similar atmosphere, but the Win chapter completely blows it off with the typical "'Murica saves the day again" scenario.
The plot of ARMA 3 has lots of potential to further develop on. I kind of hope BIS release an expansion campaign based on the point of view of FIA; not as a separated NATO soldier who cooperates with the guerilla only to find his way back, but as a part of the local population who tries to find a way out amidst the clashes of overwhelming powers.
It'd be awesome if SaOk added the whole "blend in with civilian" tactic in his scenario "Whole Lotta Altis", but he's a got a lot on his plate at the moment so that'll just have to wait (I was discussing this with him the other day (I do the voice overs for the civilians)).
This video could be renamed to "How to Jihad in 8 minutes".
I lol'd internally. Thank you.
Jihad and Guerrilla Warfare are two very different things.
How to Guerrilla Warfare in Crimea!
Yes, please use this information to start a war with a major military force... it would be nice to have fewer idiots in the world.
Troublechutor and some kind of fools doing GTA V in real life.
I wished more people would use guerrilla tactics in Planetside 2. The game works great for it, but mostly people stays on the tank crowded sectors, trying to spawn kill the enemy.
Nice video Dslyecxi, though the same stuff was said a couple of times.
While interesting, under what conditions would this advice come in handy for Arma 3? I imagine a lot of games don't take long enough for "scavenging" to be worth anything more than taking AT when you find it.
And wouldn't most missions be made with a specific target in mind regardless?
Maybe for a clan that wants to undertake a series of engagements under the storyline of 'freedom fighters' or somesuch? If the mission maker takes stock of all equipment at the debrief then it really will matter what is scavenged during play.
Some Mission designers do large scale Missions where things like this come into play. The most prominent in the Arma community is quite possibly the abandoned armies mission, where you subdue an entire Island within the scope of a single mission from occupation by two conventional forces.
It's also important for pvp missions where one side actually possesses advanced equipment like Thermal vision devices.
Have a look into Altis Resistance its a BIG MP game based on guerrilla warfare.
A good example is the escape missions where you start out with basically nothing
Some Arma groups also do Coop-Events against an enemy force, but with a small group of people who are playing as civilians to make it even more interesting.
"The conventional army loses if it does not win.
The guerrilla army wins if he does not lose."
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*YOU DON'T SAY*
Well, a conventional force doesn't win by default if it doesn't lose. For example: the Korean War. The UN was fighting a conventional military (the Chinese Army) and neither side won. We still view the Korean war as a loss for the United States military.
Captain Wealthy Penis I find it hard to take your comment serious, with that name of yours. But point taken :)
chow860 dat poetry tho
The floor is made out of floor
Love the series, keep up the good work!!
Problem as a guerrilla: IR-Scopes and Visors
guerilla warfare is my favorite video from you
Yet another beautifully presented video : )
WOAH WOAH WOAH WOAH THEY ADDED THE F-16?
I rather enjoyed this video, hopefully it can inspire some creative scenarios from the community.
Really interesting and helpful video. Thanks
Just when I was reading the guerrilla section in your Guide.
But when am I going to use these tactics? What gamemode?
1:52 Background musik from X3-Series?
Thank you for the video. I've being thinking about making a group/clan that is based around Guerrilla Warfare. Now I just need to think of a name.
Guerrilla Knights. G Knights. GK. That's what came to my mind when i thought the same thing xD
This looks so cool
I think that the arma games (and the true and only ofp :P) are better suited for the guerrilla warfare style rather than the combined arms thing that BI advertises, sure, it's ok if your are playing in a big community like ST or the likes, but for the rest of us, managing a whole mechanized platoon of AI's is a pain. Smaller teams make the game more enjoyable. And I don't even need to mention the performance issues we all know that show up when you have more than 30 AI's in the map. I really liked the adapt chapter, almost as good as OFP:Resistance campaign. It would have been perfect if they would let you keep the loot :(
Indeed, keep the loot. In arma 3 campaign looting is a waste of time.
Really good video very good tips
Gorrila training? Sign me up!
I still cannot understand who really uses those guides in their advantage. I've found only about 2 to 3 warfare servers on Arma 2 OA with around 20-50 people online, all the rest being filled into DayZ. And my friend who plays Arma 3 says that he hasn't found any serious server yet. Plus there's no-realism everywhere, I couldn't even find a single server in any arma with disabled crosshairs and no map-tracking...
So does anyone know any good server for Arma 2/OA/Arma3? Please let me know
Have a look online for private arma groups. Public servers generally aren't very good.
Yeah private groups. Sometimes you get lucky with a public server but even in best case it's not quite like a private group, that's why i joined one. If you want the proper arma experience i highly recommend you find a group that suits your needs.
*****
Additivetulip
Thanks for the recommendations! Are there also any good private groups for Arma 2? I've found only one but it's apparently Russian, and I'm not sure how well would I play on there with my slow 2mb/s internet connection.
I never tried Wasteland or Island Life, gotta see if it's also in A2
Have a look for TAW servers. They are really fun and reliable. Just filter TAW on arma 3 (they might still have a a2OA server but im not entirely sure.)
***** Thank you a lot, I didn't even know those things exist in Arma! Handy info
Grandtourer16 Okay thanks, wish me luck
thanks for subtitles
anyone knows a server like that with a community i can join?
Check out www.reddit.com/r/findaunit
This isn't just an Arma tutorial, most of the tactics shown here can be used IRL.
It'll be useful in Iran
Ahhhh….I think you might be on a list now! 🤣
anyone know the music used in this?
How to deploy goddamn bipods?!
not possible in vanilla arma. Have to download a mod called TMR. Or VTS weapon resting.
you need both tubes and bipods.
The question on every players lips
Marksman dlc...
I love your videos, it makes me want to join your community, but I have 2 jobs and school on my days off, so how much time per week would I need to be a valuable member?
*****
I work in ski resort town in colorado, weekends and holidays are my busiest times, wed-school, looks like only thursdays.
Damn, it was worth a try. :(
There are other groups that are similar to Shacktac if you're interested. Some don't even have requirements to join (other than the game and some mods)! Here's a link to a list of communities that you can choose from: docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgXM6wqQBdygdGEtcXRNdjVJZWRWWGdUWElFYmpkQWc#gid=0
ghos2277
Thank You.
*****
I sent you a PM.
With well made missions this could work really good! It worked with BF2 Project Reality too. When can we expect this guerilla warefare? or is it already in?
El Dakutarezzz vs Altis Police ;d
Wat
convert to human language!
Firstly which gpu do I need for these graphics, secondary fuck consoles
gtx 660 Ti or better
i have a GTX 770 and i dont get those graphics. Dslyecxi must have a 780+
Maybe he is not playing on max settings and with limited view distance. With my i5 4670K and 560 Ti i can reach 60+ fps at 1080p no problem. I have most settings on low and standard, some on high, FXAA 2x and view distance 2800m. Also i set up start up parameters for Arma 3 and i disabled CPU core parking, that helped me gain some more fps. At the end with this settings Arma 3 does not look bad but certainly it does look better with all on Ultra.
i73770k + GTX 770 i get around 30 fps on high but only 15 on wasteland. Either way this vid looks awesome this must by on ultra with all AA turned on.
Yeah i don't know, First i recommend that you set Arma 3 startup parameters and disable CPU core parking(if you don't know how just ask me), you will gain some fps with this, still better than nothing. I do had fps drops on some bad servers, also i played on some Arma 3 braking point servers with 20 fps. For Wasteland i highly reccomend Sa-Matra servers, on that servers i never had any lag or fps problems.
Now mostly i play on good host with 15-20 players, good custom missions with dedicated mods and it runs fine with hardly any fps drops.
Okay, here's what I don't get:
The rifle that the guerrillas use is the IWI Tavor. This rifle is arguably the finest bullpup rifle on the market and costs about $1750 per rifle. I want to know how it is a rag-tag group of guerrillas get their hands on enough to issue them to every soldier. Given that Greek gun laws prevent someone from going to the store and just picking up one, it doesn't seem very realistic they could have so many at their disposal. Guerrillas should have AK platform rifles or something similar as their standard issue weapon, not one of the finest rifles in the world.
The scenario set in ArmA 3 is several decades from now. By then the Tavor may be distributed all over the world. Who knows - in several decades the AK may be gone for good. Russia is already turning away from Soviet-era weaponry.
If you paid attention to the story you would know Israel backed the guerillas and equipped/trained them.
has anyone done a mission where you play as csat and take over nato bases and stuff? would be really funny i think
This could be useful in Altis Life
watching these videos, it always looks like what I WISH Arma was like to play. Either I'm missing something big, or these are all just wishful thinking.
sounds like this guide was inspired by chechen rebels a lot.
1.Guerilla warfare isnt used only in Chechnya, so you cant say it was inspired by that.
2.They are not rebels, but terrorists.
andariel125 "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter"
andariel125 Depends, In the eyes of an oppressor, freedom fighters might be labeled as terrorists.
andariel125 "rebels, but terrorists" Same thing. We call them terrorists but actually they fight for their freedom. They are nothing different than Taliban or Minutemen...get out with your propagandistic bullshit.
I want coop game in singlplayer missions. I think it would be cool
We need MOAR guns.
Mods my friend. Download NATO SF and Russian Spetsnaz Weapons by Massi as well as his unit addons. Makes the game a hell of a lot better.
Meanwhile in Arma 3 : kills 1000 enemy bots, dress as a civilian, still gets killed because they know its you.
nice vid, but all this talk about civilians, there are no civilians in arma3 since they removed the module after the alpha...
This video isn't of Arma 3. It's far too smooth.
Tree's speak in vieatnamese
Wanna become a guerrilla/LRRP guy? Wear a boonie hat. Simple as that.
ugh henry kissinger... the ultimate armchair general.
There are only very few Arma3 servers for free standard gameplay (not for clan members, that you can join and play a bit whenever you want) and they have disabled the text chat, you can chat only with a headset and all time ugly voices torture gamers' ears. It's horrible, Looks like almost all people have bought Arma3 to play Altis Life and Wasteland. Arma is getting worse every passing day.
Lol can't view the video because it's age restricted.... seriously I'm of age.
If you really want to learn about guerilla warfare, read Che Guevaras book by the same name.
While I enjoyed the video, calling it an "ArmA guide" is laughable as most of the principles and realities mentioned by Dslyecxi aren't at all simulated in the game.
The guide is actually very helpful for people like you with no imagination
So... Whats not in the game?
Redassassin53 I rest my case
Redassassin53 Blending with populace, targeting officers -- none of those are going to achive the same effect in-game versus RL. Also many scenarios are virtually mission-specific, which means they have to be set up with that goal in mind by the mission designer and therefore are not in the player's control (or hardly so). For example: choice of time/location, reinforcements routes, temporary hidden caches, camouflaged camps and so on.
All the above can surely be achived with modding or visionary mission making, but the former is not relevant and the latter is not quite there yet AFAIK
Ophir Barr
There actually are missions where certain people are designated as traitors upon loading. It makes for some interesting (and grief inducing) games.
Um, This only works in real life.
Pilot Max And also in Arma.
In vanilla without every human being a player? That actually works? If so, that's great. However, I checked and AI still consider FIA hostile if they have only civilian clothes on (not to even mention they can't put them on, being BLUFOR.)
and that's the way free syrian army followed to stand against bashar assad, khamenei and hezbollah
Did you steal a computer from NASA?
Shactac are good but tushino players better.
Will the author of this please send me a PM?
male' war
This is totally irrelevant for your average ArmA 3 player. Between the horrible PvE or Wasteland/Life infested multiplayer and terrible AI, this experience is impossible to get if you're not a part of these large "elite" groups.
2021 and still AI's can walk through walls and buildings.........BIA devs we are waiting when you will fixe this 🤨🤨
dead game
Depends, do you even play bro
A game with 500+ servers, newly released DLC and that is still in the top 20 selling games on Steam is a dead game? Interesting definition...
dead game
man you ARE a hater, don't bother guys theres no use reasoning with it
Fking hater
Shactac are good but tushino players better.