This was my 2nd session with the FA group. The previous time I did not have all the settings right in my VON and TS and I did not have StHud installed. This time things went much better on the technical side. Now, on the gameplay side...
Lifting The Siege (COOP) - Alpha 1 AAR
I landed with Alpha and immediately saw people falling around me. I went prone and tried to find the enemy and find wounded guys I could pull away into cover. As soon as I tried to crouch to run east, I was killed. My total time alive on the beach must have lasted a minute or so.
I realised later that I should have deployed smoke, maybe next time I'll do better.
Elsafi Defence (ADV) - OPFOR Alpha 1 AAR
I climbed the hill like a champ and got into town with no problems. I tried to keep close to my Squad's AR so I could feed him bullets, but we ran into a spot where we were both hit. I was healed twice (cheers, Satire!) but was hit again before I could even come into cover again.
A Friend In Need (ADV) - OPFOR Alpha 2 AR
Tired of dying trying to support my AR, I decided to take the AR role myself and let someone else run after me instead. We had been assigned what seemed like a very exposed position, in a bunch of trees in the middle of a field to the east of the crash site. We unloaded from the truck and immediately ran to our positions. It was unfortunate because we did never get there. The enemy took positions right as we were crossing in front of them in a completely exposed field. I died horribly for the third time in a row. This was the first time I actually saw who was shooting at me.
Morning Sortie (COOP) - Alpha 2 AAR
I was very happy to play my first five minutes of Arma 3 in a FA session. I did not have StHud installed or anything so I had to keep track of my squad the old fashioned way. I died trying to reach cover when a technical fired upon us.
Church of Kerry (ADV) - OPFOR Alpha 2 R
We carefully setup a very sneaky position east of town. We tried to turn on the lights of a truck in order to increase our visibility but it did not work and command did not approve of our awesome idea of blowing it up. So we waited prone in the ground under the rain, completely drenched and waiting for lightning flashes to try to see anything.
The enemy, being even more sneaky than expected, decided to attack from the North. When our holy priest had finished his ceremony, we were ordered back into town. We went back and arrived just in time to secure the courtyard around the church. I heard an enemy squad chatting on the other side of the wall and immediately grenades started falling in our courtyard. As we tried to flank them, they tried to flank us and in the resulting firefight I died. But the true religion prevailed, so it was worth it.
Crash Site (ADV) - BLUFOR Alpha 2 AAR
We saw the enemy helicopter landing just as we approached the hill. I started running to the hill and we were able to get there first. My squad was positioned to the south, so it was the closest to the enemy, very close from them. After a brief firefight we won the mission.
Green Dawn (ADV) - INDFOR Alpha 2 AR
Our CO put our squad a little to the northwest of the HQ and we took positions. Although we were careful not to expose ourselves, we were spotted and the enemy proceeded to grenade our position. After surviving that attack, I went out of the house and turned left to move around the house without realising that on my right there was an enemy. he proceeded to shoot me in the back and kill me.
All in all, I can clearly see that I need a lot more experience. I lack situational awareness and in general fail to see enemies until it's too late. I guess I need to play more.