This has been discussed before and it has nagged me a bit since I've entered competitive play. I partly blame the smurfing competitive player who commed for marines on refinery long, long ago. He commanded the team so well and did extremely well at calling out players and telling them their goals and objectives at any point and time. So him and me entering competitive has basically made me want to be a better commander, even in pubs. Because I'm sooooo fond of the active and "commanding" commander.
Some thoughts I've had in improving have been simple and have been stated before, although not as easy in execution. I'm starting to use waypoints on marines and calling out specific goals for certain people. But what I want to talk about is trying to infuse the teamwork that one finds in a 6v6 and put it into a 10v10 or 12v12. I've seen it done before, and it was pretty cool seeing teamplay that one only normally see's in 6v6's .
Often times in the competitive scene on marines there is a "re-capper" a single player who rebuilds structures while the rest of the team distracts further ahead as cover. Incorporating this into a pub is usually done by simply asking for someone to rebuild it whenever they respawn or are nearby. But I'm of the mind to try organizing squads but without the hotkeys atm.
i.e. "Sean, Garran, Hades, move together through Observation and into Elevator, stay on the right side of the map. Twopaws will follow behind you and build the rt's I drop and you three will advance and cover him. If any of you die you are to continue to travel on the right side of the map when you respawn, and unless otherwise called Twopaws will be the only one building on the right side of the map." <-- and imagine similar orders being given for 4 more players to do this on the left side and the next 4 to go up through south tunnels. I've done this as a field commander but not from the chair itself. Perhaps this is a easy thing to accomplish as a commander but it is something I want to work on so that I can improve and possibly help those who need to be given orders or who are indecisive or unsure on what to do on a changing battlefield.
Before anyone asks I haven't as of yet tried it in pugs or scrims. Way I see it, If I can pull this off in Pubs, where total strangers play and skill levels are so diverse, then I can pull this off on pugs or scrims where the player skill and teamwork is higher. Overall I'm not sure why I made this thread but I suppose I wanted your opinions on the subject and other ideas as to improving commanding in both public and higher level games. Especially with these recent influxes of new players who are always telling me they have no idea what to do or what they are doing.
Some thoughts I've had in improving have been simple and have been stated before, although not as easy in execution. I'm starting to use waypoints on marines and calling out specific goals for certain people. But what I want to talk about is trying to infuse the teamwork that one finds in a 6v6 and put it into a 10v10 or 12v12. I've seen it done before, and it was pretty cool seeing teamplay that one only normally see's in 6v6's .
Often times in the competitive scene on marines there is a "re-capper" a single player who rebuilds structures while the rest of the team distracts further ahead as cover. Incorporating this into a pub is usually done by simply asking for someone to rebuild it whenever they respawn or are nearby. But I'm of the mind to try organizing squads but without the hotkeys atm.
i.e. "Sean, Garran, Hades, move together through Observation and into Elevator, stay on the right side of the map. Twopaws will follow behind you and build the rt's I drop and you three will advance and cover him. If any of you die you are to continue to travel on the right side of the map when you respawn, and unless otherwise called Twopaws will be the only one building on the right side of the map." <-- and imagine similar orders being given for 4 more players to do this on the left side and the next 4 to go up through south tunnels. I've done this as a field commander but not from the chair itself. Perhaps this is a easy thing to accomplish as a commander but it is something I want to work on so that I can improve and possibly help those who need to be given orders or who are indecisive or unsure on what to do on a changing battlefield.
Before anyone asks I haven't as of yet tried it in pugs or scrims. Way I see it, If I can pull this off in Pubs, where total strangers play and skill levels are so diverse, then I can pull this off on pugs or scrims where the player skill and teamwork is higher. Overall I'm not sure why I made this thread but I suppose I wanted your opinions on the subject and other ideas as to improving commanding in both public and higher level games. Especially with these recent influxes of new players who are always telling me they have no idea what to do or what they are doing.