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Originally posted by Hypersniper@Mar 30 2006, 11:21 AM
I,m not sure if there is a safe position. [...] What I do is also move my HWP(s) out first (actually I've got no choice) [...]
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Of course, no position is really safe, but I'm sure you also try to expose your soldiers as little as possible. For instance, if I'm going to cross a street but my soldier doesn't have enough TUs that turn to get to the next corner, the I wait until the next turn. I'm not going to leave a soldier in the middle of the street.
I also position HWPs in the vanguard, I already mentioned it, and this is favoured by the fact that they have plenty of TUs. (It's true that at the beginning you've got no choice, because they're always at the entrance of the transport ship, but I'm sure that the game is designed that way on purpose, for convenience.) And when I need a unit at a very exposed position, especially in the countryside, then I use HWPs; they're sturdier than soldiers, and a new one costs money, but you don't loose skills trained throughout years.
I think both our strategies are somewhat similar, we both move our units as we "see fit" without using a specific formation, but there are some differences. I'm not so cautious, although that's because I'm not so patient. Besides, I like to comb the area as I've explained. This way I know that there's a secured area from where I'm not going to be shot, and so my soldiers are looking the other way and can detect the enemy and get opportunity shots with better lkelihood and in greater amount. If there are no objects providing cover where I need it, so that there's a position in my amorphous curtain which is exposed to more than 180 degrees of non-secured territory, I like to use HWPs there.
But of course, strategies are very personal, and you seem quite seasoned at playing this...
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