Dalian Plant Strategy

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I played Dalian Plant last night. Decided to go eng and drop my mines in virtually the only spot where some DIMWIT teammate would not run over them.....the exit point in the road leading from the Chinese base out to the actual battlefield.

I laid my mines and waited. 2 tanks and 2 APC's later, they finally got across the mines. :laugh: I kept their APC's and Tanks off the battlefield for at least 4 to 6 minutes, one eng. We won the game going away, 113-0.

This leads me to believe that a american squad consisting of 3 engs, a medic, and 2 support guys could basically win that map every single time just by mining up the road. Theres no problem in ever getting there, even on foot, as long as you have the 2 right flags on the map capped.

Just load up the blackhawk, drop the mines on the road, and the deed is done in about 45 seconds. Or just run up there from the top right flag. Takes about a minute sprinting on and off.

This map SHOULD be a easy kill for the US side every time. :hmm:

[DLWebmaestro96]

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So long as they don't fly their troops out to the cap-points behind your lines.

[Possums]

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I've never had any real good luck with Dalian. It's either the US rapes Chinese, or the other way around. My highest round score is 39 on it, though granted I've only played it for 2 hours. Damn map never seems to be a fair fight, or maybe I've just gotten in some bad games. =p

[Fullforce]

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Obviously your technique could work the other way round, a china engy could easily mine up the USMC base.

[DLWebmaestro96]

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Obviously your technique could work the other way round, a china engy could easily mine up the USMC base.

You're missing the point. The Chinese uncappable has only one access point which is a narrow valley.

[Kukov]

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I think the real deal-breaker here is "will the Chinese choppers cap any flags fast?".
Usually, the answer is yes, and nobody will revisit the base enough to make your efforts worthwhile. If the answer is no, then yeah, you've got yourself a good time there.

[Jesse]

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Air power can make a large difference on this map as well (and I don't mean Blackhawks, they're so vulnerable in that map anyway). JSF's and helicopters can move about rather freely, the AA is dealt with rather easily in this map in my experiences as long as you know where they are.

Of course, the other tactic me and my squad used there last night was car bombs, but I don't think people liked us much after that. A few of the people that were on the other team I've seen around the forums here, so no hard feelings guys, you probably hate me right about now. :p

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MY expereince is that the chopper pilots always go for the attack chopper and totally ignore the transports.

I am going to try to put together a squad and test this in game. Maybe they will adopt to using the choppers but I bet they wont.

[The_Misfit]

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agreed - big air power map... I usually get in the chinese attack helo, cap the back mid flag for the 2nd helo, and then take the right side of the map..we can have a couple flags capped b4 the first BH is on its way in, and by then we have 2 attack helos in the air to the US's 1. If we get the outer middle spawn, we can keep them from a 2nd helo as well.

That, coupled with 2 good J10 pilots usually amounts to air superiority for the chinese.

As far as mining the road, thats great, but the mid base provides a tank, the whse and one other base spawn an APC....

[{USI}_DirTyDeeDs]

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hey..with either side, I have success taking a flag ( 2 or 3 I especially like) AND HOLDING IT !!

sometimes my flag is the only one left, but you better believe that if by chance I get overrun, I TAKE IT RIGHT BACK.

points? eh, not as important as a WIN. IMO

same goes for most maps...


FYI I have 2-5 guys playing with me in a squad, Im not doing it alone.

[BigBadBob]

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You're missing the point. The Chinese uncappable has only one access point which is a narrow valley.

not true. There are 3 ways to come out of that base in a vehicle. Theres one in the valley, 1 going over the hill to the right and another on the left.

[vbl]

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Your strategy only worked because their Commander was a fool. A UAV or Sat Scan would have revealed you - artillery or a flanking tank/squad would have fixed things.

[Fullforce]

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You're missing the point. The Chinese uncappable has only one access point which is a narrow valley.

ok, but what if a big team of engys did it?



yeah, theres many times ive been to the chinese base in the middle of the battle, and theres no one there. Nada.

(thats when i nick the tank or chopper

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Like I said, most folks dont even know or care about anything except rushing right down that road with a tank or a APC.

I'll try it out in game and post the results. My bet is that the fools would simply keep running right into the mines. Thats what they did last night - same 2 guys in the APC that got blown up the first time came back and got blown up again!!!!!!

[DLWebmaestro96]

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not true. There are 3 ways to come out of that base in a vehicle. Theres one in the valley, 1 going over the hill to the right and another on the left.

But those are all a part of the same valley...