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Originally posted by legion
One of the tactics I use in speedball is that when I know I can't hit someone, but I need to keep them from firing (could be several reasons for this), I will hit the back of their bunker with rapid fire to keep them from poking out.
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Even in woodsball, we use "covering fire" when moving from location to location if we are in a close-fire situation. Kind of a standard tactic (the guys that made up our team were all ex-military).
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Originally posted by legion
I prefer speedball over woodsball. I like 5 on 5 or less. Why? Because I can keep track of every player on the field and their movement. I'm an aggressive "front" player, so in woodsball I am likely to get ambushed or flanked. [/B]
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The reasons you like speedball are exactly the reasons we like woodsball. We play in large wooded areas with teams that are big enough to break down into 2 or 3 man squads. It forces you to be more of a strategist than an agressor. Some people don't like that it makes for long games, but you end up with great opportunities to orchestrate big war games. Set up a squad as flag defenders, send out flanking squads, send out a hunter/killer squad, send an agressor squad up the middle, set up diversionary fire, set up sniper nests, etc.
I prefer NOT knowing where every enemy is. It heightens the adrenaline of the game when you have to consider every downed log as possible enemy cover and you have to consider every sound you hear as somebody getting ready to send bursts of stinging death your way.