The Chieftain's Random Musings Thread

The_Chieftain: He's rather missed the woods for the trees. I'm not advocating trying to not get spotted. I'm advocating assuming that you're spotted, unless you have reason to believe you're not. That means anticipating when the shell is likely to impact. People who watch my streams may have noticed that I will occasionally comment upon impending artillery moments before it hits. After 20,000 games, one tends to get a feel for that sort of thing.   About a week ago, I was playing a game in my T92, and getting all the normal "Chief! Why you play sky cancer" comments that seem inevitable when I play artillery. By the end of the game, I, and all the other arties were dead, and the last four players were all within proximity-spotting distance of each other, around hard cover. We were then treated to about five minutes of...nothing, as no player seemed willing to take the risk of getting killed by moving. As I observed in all-chat "wouldn't an arty be kindof nice about now?"   Now, you can perhaps argue the mechanism for arty in the game. Small alpha/high ROF vs the current large alpha/low ROF, for example. But as it currently stands, if you've got something blocking the route which needs removing so that you can proceed on your merry way, the best tool for the job is artillery.