Posted: 30 Jul 2010, 11:31
I'm trying to look at this from a few different angles;
- Previous Berget games have had a NATO/NON-NATO split; I've seen myself during these games plenty of people making accusations that the other side is wearing incorrect patterns, and we all know that getting a game master to pay attention to that can be difficult. So this years split worked well in that respect I guess, If you decided to break the rule you would stand out easily and not be simple for a game master to miss.
- Observability; Well, I think it most cases it made little difference, I would say that the desert DPM seemed to stand out a bit, however in most cases I saw no impact;
- I (and my platoon) was at least twice successfully ambushed by NAF forces, the pattern they used had zero impact when they used good tactics.
- In another instance we patrolled down the west road and we were easily held off in some cases by players we were unable to observe easily.
- I was twice around blackwolfs base, and NAF forces were able to perform flanking maneuvers without their pattern being an issue.
Personally I wore ACU to B5,6 and 7, and at least in 5 & 6 where I was actually in the field, I don't feel it made me more or less observable then other patterns I own.
So I like the pattern split, I would also enjoy a split that said "DPM one side, woodland on the other" but I suspect that would raise even more opinions about lack of choice then the split tried this year.
Summary; In general, I think the experiment worked, however I think some members of NAF could have made a better choice on which desert uniform they chose.
- Previous Berget games have had a NATO/NON-NATO split; I've seen myself during these games plenty of people making accusations that the other side is wearing incorrect patterns, and we all know that getting a game master to pay attention to that can be difficult. So this years split worked well in that respect I guess, If you decided to break the rule you would stand out easily and not be simple for a game master to miss.
- Observability; Well, I think it most cases it made little difference, I would say that the desert DPM seemed to stand out a bit, however in most cases I saw no impact;
- I (and my platoon) was at least twice successfully ambushed by NAF forces, the pattern they used had zero impact when they used good tactics.
- In another instance we patrolled down the west road and we were easily held off in some cases by players we were unable to observe easily.
- I was twice around blackwolfs base, and NAF forces were able to perform flanking maneuvers without their pattern being an issue.
Personally I wore ACU to B5,6 and 7, and at least in 5 & 6 where I was actually in the field, I don't feel it made me more or less observable then other patterns I own.
So I like the pattern split, I would also enjoy a split that said "DPM one side, woodland on the other" but I suspect that would raise even more opinions about lack of choice then the split tried this year.
Summary; In general, I think the experiment worked, however I think some members of NAF could have made a better choice on which desert uniform they chose.