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Take this post with a grain of salt, but I reckon IPX has great potential, so i’ll impart some wisdom I learnt while in MaD.

Golden Rules of ETQW Scrims:

#1: Never lemming attack
This is defined as running into a situation that is unwinnable.
Examples:
a) Frontal assualts on heavy weapons (other than rocket) with no cover to protect yourself.
b) Letting the front line dissolve into reinforcement waves of 1 or 2 soldiers.
c) Attacking more than one enemy soldier without a wingman.
Solution: In these cases, if practical, respawn, and regroup. Never rush an enemy unless in a coordinated group. Use flanking and cover. Retreat if necessary, but only if firing back at the enemy. Work as a team. Report threats when practical, i.e. “Hyper Left flank bridge” when you spot the enemy not while the team is engaged shooting them. Maintain operational seperation. Maintain your formation!

#2: Never lemming objective
This is similar to the above, but refers to blindly attacking an objective.
Examples:
a) Engineer’s trying to build a bridge that are not shooting at the enemy on the way.
b) Covert’s trying to hack a generator that do not use their weapons on the way.
c) Soldiers that don’t clear the area before attempting a plant.
Solution: As above with one major difference, do NOT, repeat, do NOT get carried away with your role as an engie, covert, or soldier. The Objective is not to complete the objective, but TO GAIN AREA DOMINANCE OF THE OBJECTIVE. Once the area is dominated, you can build, hack, or destroy it easily. Never give up on the opportunity to shoot at an enemy. If you die without ammo you have done your job. Shoot at the enemy if you can get them in your crosshairs. Change your tactics if they arn’t working. Exploit the enemies weaknesses.

#3: Never lemming defence
This is defined as not working as a unit, blinded to situational awareness, launching an attack from your defensive position without a wingman. Blindly following a strategy that isnt working.
Examples:
a) Heavy weapons forced into a rambo role.
b) Medics forced into a rambo role.
c) Fighting two or more attackers at the same time by yourself.
d) Not utilising your weapons when within range.
Solution: Although a kamakazi attack is sometimes called for while on defence to allow your unit to regroup and fight off the enemy, try to never allow the enemy to seperate your force. Keep those guns firing. You see an enemy, shoot them, you see a chance to kill two with a nade, take it. The goal here is to prevent the enemy from gaining area dominance. Ultimate objective is to demoralise and pick off individual enemies. Never leave the safety of the group; Work as a group. Make sure that if you are shooting at someone, that someone else is watching your back and shooting with you. Never revive teammates until the enemy is dead. A respawn will get you back into position with full ammo and health, and the medic will have more time to react to threats and maintain area dominance.

#4: Maintain your formations
Defined as remaining a cohesive unit.
Examples:
a) Attacking without a planned formation
b) Defending without planned positions
Solution:
A lot of people here are hockey players. You all know more or less what an attack line is, or a reactive defensive style play. Practice your formations!
Think of it like this:

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Attackers
X
X X X
X
(Equal Offense and Defence

X
X X X
X
^
|
Defenders

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Winners

X X X X
X

(Effective Offense or Defence)

X
X X X
X
^
|
Dead People

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I’m sure you all understand what i’m saying here. I’ve seen some spectacular formations pulled off by the Etherial clan, the best in the business of formation based tactics, and thats what we need to work on. IPX has the teamwork, the growing skill, the dedicated members, the communication, we just need to work on our tactics. And we need to practice as a team a lot more often. The more we learn about working as a unit the better. And we need to practice this for whatever approach we take on a map.

One thing i’ve learned about you guys since I got here, is that you are all fantastic team players. We need to put our collective skills together and further improve upon what makes IPX great. Our teamwork and team spirit.