SP Gumrak

[how2skate_com]

I'm playing on the 2nd most easy difficulty, all the previous missions were a cakewalk, but this one always goes wrong.

I don't really have a clue what to do, no matter where I put my team, they keep dieing like flies. After a while, the Russians are everywhere and I'm the only one left, going rambo all around the house, killing lots but not enough.

One time the timer went down to 00:00 and 10 seconds later "Mission failed"... wait what?

Even if I don't die, mission ends, shouldn't be able to fall back to the other location?

And what's with reinforcements? There's no explanation to be found anywhere, sometimes I get some reinforcements, sometimes I don't get any at all.

I tried and failed 50 times, please put me in the right direction...

 

[Frostedfire]

gumrak's the tank map. from the sounds of it you're playing on commissars, which was an absolute ***** of a map, on hero you have an mg in the water area and the main building, so you can't go within sight of ANY of the windows, and are left in one tiny room waiting for the russians to sit in the capzone

as for winning it, that mostly came down to hax reflexes and nadespam at the doorways when they tried to force their way inside


if you actually mean gumrak and your panzer 4's are dying like flies, remember to put the tank on a little bit of an angle, and shoot low on the sides of the tank, much more probable to hit something important

 

[how2skate_com]

Oh yeah sorry then it's not the tank map.

So what about team placement? If you say stay clear of the windows, then where can I deploy them?

The mission briefing says to put the snipers somewhere upstairs, but they really die fast there.

So I guess I'll keep trying, thanks.

 

[how2skate_com]

I tried again, the first time went really well but after the 3 minutes countdown nothing happened again... how long are you supposed to defend? They just keep coming and eventually all your guys will die...

 

[DesiQ]

For Commisar's House, charge charge charge. Clear a building, then start sprinting for the next before the AI can take up defensive positions. I recommend assaulting the final building from the left side.

 

[possemannen]

This mission is the one defending Commisars house, not assaulting it.

I have the same problem too.

If I manage to endure until the timer counts to zero and disappears, nothing happens?

Finally a new wave of enemies will spawn and mow me down?

PS: I have the latest update.

 

[Hostile]

I've finished the whole campaign on Hero.

The worst mission that will rip your nerves is the last one, Fallen Heroes in Russian Campaign.

So, about defending comissary house, just get up on the 2nd floor of that house you start near. Now, I'm not totally sure, but I tried all possible weapons that my teammates uses (Yes, I tked them for them - they are mostly useless anyway).

The starting weapon actually works the most nicely (remember to switch from scope to ironsights from time to time).
Stand in the window that faces north, on the left side of it to barely see the enemy spawn zone. Keep picking enemies off, especially those who run for the trenches on north side.
At least that's how I did it.

I tried it with MG, but... it was just pointless waste of time and "respawns".

 

[how2skate_com]

I wish I could change the topic title.

Anyhow, for the people who finished this mission: when does it end? And why is there a timer when the game doesn't end at the end of the timer?

 

[possemannen]

So, about defending comissary house, just get up on the 2nd floor...

Okay, that doesn't work at all for me since it's enough for them to enter the zone with two guys if most of my teammates are gone. That's really annoying.
Anyway, what works best for me is to camp at the northwest wall just on the edge of the 'zone'. Most enemies just runs right past and you can just but a bullet in their spine.

That doesn't matter however since nothing happens when the timer finishes..

 

[how2skate_com]

I guess it's a bug, but I found a way to continue the campaign.

Don't click "continue campaign", but click "axis campaign" and then you can select the next level.

That mission selection menu says I finished that mission, so I guess something must be wrong but at least I can continue.

 

[possemannen]

Hurray, that worked!

I noticed that when I clicked on continue campaign, the mission highlighted was gumrak, but apparently the mission played was the one before... Anyway, thanks mate!

 

[Pierre le Gay]

On every attack mission just set your soldiers to attack, find some cover and go prone and afk for 10 min, come back keep ordering them and advance to the next objective when its clear. Complete until the maps over.

Due to defence missions having enemy spawn 30 seconds away and the ai not know wtf cover is its usually quite a lost cause unless you yourself manage to nail some of the advancing enemies. Don't bother positioning your men, ever. Just use simple defence/attack commands. ONLY specific command i use is to place the lmg, otherwise he runs around with it on his back while shooting a pistol.

Btw, I beat the entire german/russian campaign like this, paying attention and helping in the first few maps then realizing the ai was retarded and 12 guys at a time is lame... but I wanted achievements! >>

edit: also, in the gumrak map my tanks raped the russians when set on defence, afterwards there was a bug and they all turned into floating bodies that the russians couldn't shoot, so i set them to move to the enemy and capture everything until we won. Lol XD