Massive Warden D-Day at Thunderbolt (Operation: Sea Jack) - Foxhole

[@ISawABear]

This is by far the biggest landing i've been a part of. Hopefully the video shows some of the amazing teamwork but also some of the difficulties with naval landings... (difficulties i think can be alieved with some of my ideas: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6mtYoKLarOUhpo)

[@johnpenn8444]

I blew you up at 1:03:34. #SnubsWasHere

[@zombiesoldier7348]

where was this landing and when ?

[@ISawABear]

@@zombiesoldier7348 about 2 weeks ago on able.

[@Pudsy]

"I'll see you all in Teichotima" bro we didn't even make it past Terminus 💀💀💀

[@33mavboy]

You needed me there with the officers, Im coach on Dota haha, ah well I missed out :(

[@andrei394]

Yeah I was with the 27th it was tragic

[@NobBossHashTaggforezerosixsix]

bulshit we took all of terminus it was the north wardens that did not show up

[@jubisvaldo5450]

As a SWARM officer i want to thank everyone who participated in this amazing operation, our friends from FELB, BRAZA and the 27th as well Bear for making this great video and the personnel from the PRESS corp

[@Nationalistic_Swede]

You are welcome

[@jiribohacek2798]

As a SWARM tanker, i would like to thank all the logimen and scrappers who participated in this extensive scroop operation.

[@RiftVaulter]

Being the invading force is way more difficult than I’d initially imagined

[@natelav534]

As a logistics player doing something like this is almost impossible. The minor achievements they made in this video would take atleast a week with 30-40 people making it happen.

[@generalsmite7167]

This game is such a cool game. The amount of coordination and creativity you can do is amazing.

[@Materialist39]

I just stumbled on this game recently and love the niche it fills, I plan to try it out once my schedule allows later this month. It turns out, war is hard! this was a great video showing how difficult it is to coordinate complicated operations across units, how important real discipline, training and division of labor are, and how essential sharing of information via clear communication is. And amphibious, multi-stage multi-unit operations are literally the most difficult in all of warfare. It’s very easy to be critical of those who participated for any number of reasons, but it goes to show you why militaries train the way they do. This was a treat to watch.

[@askplays]

I was part of the QRF for this, pain in the ass to defend against such well coordinated infantry squads, never felt so oppressed in this game. With even more squads of cutlers teams to boot. Infantry? yeah cutler that, tank? yeah cutler that, AI? yeah cutler that. Thankfully you didn't get AI on the town base. ggs though, sick moves.

[@RadarLeon]

The battle for the yatch club was legendary, however, this naval invasion forced the defenders of terminus to leave, if they would have went onto allods attacked simo's run, and fought down to camp omnicron, and legions ranch the defending forces of terminus could have pressed the collies from both sides.

[@askplays]

@@RadarLeon yeah good plan but only like 30% of the forces in the hex left terminus lol. And it only really helped logi get through the queue lmao.

[@RadarLeon]

@@askplays Still rule of cool, so it gets a pass. If we had 5 more hours in that war we'd have been rolling in 45 silverhands into terminus

[@derpderpy5247]

@@askplays cope

[@RadarLeon]

@@derpderpy5247 what do you mean cope? Please expand on your thought as its currently doesn't qualify as one.

[@Happyfsscist33]

This is amazing. The planning stage was great. Well done.

[@derpderpy5247]

Muh funny map Intel best Intel

[@annamajchrzak5357]

It looks like those epic landing operations never really go well for the attacker. Very nice landing tho. I always loved when you just hear someone screaming that he just made contact with the enemy and stuff like this. It really feels like Company of brothers or Saving private Ryan.

[@jeremyaustin7235]

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[@jeremyaustin7235]

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[@Max_Griswald]

We landed in Terminus in W2 on Charlie, it went fairly well, I mean, we did eventually lose the beachhead, but we held our spot for several hours and caused a bunch of problems.

[@yak3868]

I would have absolutely LOVED to join in on this raid, it looks like it wouldve been an amazing experience

[@Happyfsscist33]

Felt you should have been ready for their counter attack. After first part of battle I would have consolidated tank force to respond to counter attack. Used infantry to to flush their tanks out to a kill zone.

[@Happyfsscist33]

Just amazing overall!!!

[@derpderpy5247]

Sadly I wasn't there. They told me to sit this one out

[@IlSunnYlI]

Always get people saying how they should’ve done it better, especially the people invested in the game like some, it’s their way or no way, this is good content regardless, and I don’t really think they could’ve done it differently, it would’ve had the same outcome.

[@kaju-san5086]

Fun fact: Me and couple randoms killed this and the other landing ship down south that landed later on with cutlers and a push250 that was from the thunderbolt landing site

[@infinitekarma4949]

As someone who has way too many hours on this game, I gotta say, the skill issues hurt to watch (on both sides; noticed that one of the colonial tanks was unlocked). But as long as everyone had fun, that’s all that matters. Also, I know this was a heated operation. But they need to calm down with their comms lol. I don’t play during ops too often (I only play colonial on able shard) but I’ve almost never heard people get that heated before. They may get frustrated at best but it never gets that heated. That’s just from my experience though. Anyways, great video, Bear! It’s nice to see Foxhole in a cinematic perspective from time to time.

[@Pudsy]

I had pulled an all nighter and the adrenaline and pressure were really getting to me. But that's not an excuse and I managed to apologise to my regiment afterwards.

[@jesiscrust]

@@Pudsyanyone who enjoys rust (Zerg raids in particular) know the feeling all too well

[@infinitekarma4949]

@@Pudsy Yean, no worries man. Just caught me a little by surprise since the beginning of the Op seemed very laid back and fun. As long as everyone had fun in the end, and no problems occurred amongst the clans, that's all that matters.

[@tacvoodoo]

Always entertaining to hear officers screaming at each other when the chaos kicks into fifth gear lol

[@comentnine1574]

2:15 A company is all the warden’s could spare jezz. For real though I wish there was a feature that allows players to act like Generals commanding whole Army groups because from what I’ve seen so far all the players either act on their own or operate in clans and not work together all the time, not saying people don’t cooperate but there should be a system where a few random players are selected to be the leaders of their faction’s war effort and they make plans for operations and stuff for the lower echelons to carry out.

[@soldierbr8726]

Well a company in foxhole us pretty big comparatively

[@nathanielhartsuff2336]

I'm only gonna want vetted players to be selected. Tbh if there was more planning features(maps that people can edit and other players can look at) it would benefit the game a lot.

[@Skillz_4_Thrillz]

isnt that what Sigil does?

[@ryanphillips4123]

Naw, dedicated commender players would make the game less fun imo. Some people have big egos. Can't trust the leadership of just anyone

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

Me watching this game for the first time and hearing how invested all of these people are.. u must be crazy, guys.. you know there’s a real world outside this game, right?

[@ISawABear]

@@thegoodthebadandtheugly579 work in ecology, get to enjoy it everytime I go to work

[@thedarkcowboy6273]

People need to check their audio in this game. I feel like half of the people are using their OG Xbox 360 headsets.

[@soldierbr8726]

This was an amazing OP honestly but I feel like it was a lost opportunity to win the war

[@QualeQualeson]

90% of the coms is not just superfluous, but sometimes even detrimental. It doesn't do anything except saturate the channel with verbal garbage and get some of the more excitable players killed. Generally you can't force things to happen by spurring people on. This isn't Braveheart. Foxhole is a question of method, not spirit.

[@Ratkill]

Yeah even virtually, amphibious operations require absolute discipline. I guess that's too much to expect out of rando casual gamers, though everyone should really understand the amount of resources and effort it takes to organize an operation of that scale and respect that if they're going to take part. It would honestly have been better to leave with fewer numbers but with dedicated players, the landing was absolute chaos and the organizers sounded pretty resigned 10 mins in. The vast majority of player action was running in circles.

[@golirasmonk]

as much as it pains me to see my fellow colonials die, i cant resist watching a good beach landing video.

[@MrGreenotwo]

I mean, good execution on this entire OP it appears. Keep up the good work :D

[@Tiananmen1989FreeTibetHK]

I think on your next operations, you should lock coms on important commanders for each group only, and not with all of the nearest soldiers. All the chaotic screaming can sometimes induce paranoia, panic or even confusion that could lead to contradicting progression from your plans. Like we do on Eve Online or Albion Online, when we do raids/invading, I usually command and could only communicate with my 10-15 assigned vice commanders but I would not be able to communicate with the soldiers under them except through chat if needed, then those vice commanders could only communicate with me or with other vice commanders which they couldn't chat with the soldiers/players under other vice commanders except through chat if needed. That's how we eliminate the chaotic screaming and confusing orders amidst battles and clashes. Then on each plans, we have contingency measures like of Group D lost and failed in holding out, there will be a reserved group that will handle the hole in the formation. Then on every surprise attack, you should also consider another seperate group who will take position that will handle the incoming counter attack (this group should be built with everything that could help them hold their position long enough until reinforcements come). This way, other groups will be able to focus on their tasks without worrying for any stragglers or being pincered by a counter attack. And we would also have a unanimous rule that no one talks shit or nonsense during an operation like a "haha, that is funny!" If it's a nonsense, keep it to yourself, don't flood the coms with irrelevant reports. As I watched your video, I always get headaches whenever I hear someone making mocks, jokes, or even inaudible screeches or warcries that just made the coms confusing and very bad for my ears. I usually play solo on this game, but maybe I'll invite my groups again from Albion and Eve to this game.

[@ISawABear]

Well Foxhole's in game comms arent sophisticated enough to do that for one, and for another this wasnt my op. But your ideas arent wromg it would greatly help.

[@crashdashdee]

Im on a bike lmao! This is so epic! Lmao *types in local chat* "I am the press now" ggwp! Really cool to see coordination at this level

[@luketaylor6224]

Lol he said "stick to the plan".. I instantly thought of Lerrrrrooooyyyyy Jennkkkkinnnns

[@TheREPPIX]

This is the perfect example of the phrase "plans never survive contact with the enemy ".

[@guyfriends1843]

I was there, I noticed the group along with many others at 32 mins into the video as warlords got killed

[@KillerOrca]

I would accept nothing less than the Turning Tides soundtrack.

[@kettch777]

Just imagine the invasions possible with the new Naval Warfare update coming out.....All the beaches are going to need fortifications. That, or naval patrols to keep the seas clear.

[@patrickazzarella6729]

This was so cool to watch. Hope to see lots more with the new update!

[@ernstschlokkenburg9929]

11:04 "To your boats now great heroes. ...... Seriously go to you boats now" lmao

[@sanssherif8452]

the swarm can only grow comrades, foxholes greatest faction am I right?

[@Skillz_4_Thrillz]

Collie Anarchy shall prevail

[@peaceanquiet4528]

Think of the D-Day that can happen with the new update

[@Recker1125]

Thr battlefield theme makes anything better

[@inexister7371]

10:00 the speech

[@Apriltheprotogen]

this just hardens my theory that both Warden and those damned collies are multi ethnic empires who have conquered much of the globe and are now duking it out over a continent.

[@mrdylanhannah]

New to this game and it looks so fun. Errrrrrmmm quick suggestion Is to edit in map overview commenting showing the progress and which teams are where. All the best

[@mygamekips171]

Greatest movie of Fox hole we need another one.

[@ISawABear]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6fcpJyGlrSihas

[@ataarono]

49:57 thats some Death Stranding kind of stuff right there

[@speedyingles5991]

play more of this i like watching your videos

[@donttread5414]

love the suspenseful music you use

[@infinitekarma4949]

1:10:00 you ran over the press guy again lmao

[@infinitekarma4949]

Feel bad for the press members. Kept getting killed again and again

[@danyoutube7491]

Lol you're right, it was the same guy, Draccos.

[@obi-wankenobi6124]

Video starts at 25:25

[@bumpierfall2493]

Thank you 🙏

[@goglinasgolosinas64]

1:02:18 Totally not suspicious, nothing wrong here

[@Bober_Kvrva]

I got a few clips of an MPT in that area around that time, we were told by colonial officers that this was a strat by veteran gunners to look at their map and shoot pings because of the IST providing intel on infantry, but I hardly believe it since it targeted infantry with Cutlers first… so yeah, suspicious is an good word to use

[@mericfleuret9380]

@@Bober_Kvrva in one world "HACKING"

[@goglinasgolosinas64]

@@Bober_Kvrva I'm aware of the existence of this tactic as I have tried it myself, to no apparent success. I think it's definitely possible, with enough practice, to kill infantry using radio, if they are not moving and are close to some reference locations, like a tree or a foxhole or shell crater. However, there's no way these tanks can kill infantry on the move like we see in the videos, as the radio only updates every 5 seconds, which is not enough to track enemies movement, especially if they are changing the direction that they move.

[@Bober_Kvrva]

@@goglinasgolosinas64 that’s what I thought, although many told us we had a skill issue because we were running in ‘straight lines’ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKvceZyliKehndE

[@Ratkill]

Dear god its like herding kittens lol

[@friendlywendigo1323]

Glory to the SWARM!

[@J3_W3L]

I was one of the collies there, specifically the one at 26:31

[@danyoutube7491]

Cool! Did you have any warning that an attack was coming, or were you just there by chance? I presume you didn't expect to see a bunch of tanks and infantry running up the hill!

[@jmangaming3813]

Did this invasion end up turning the tides of the war?

[@jmangaming3813]

nvm finished vid sorry

[@Shimmiy]

should of had the second landing ship ready to go

[@truereaper4572]

Most succesful 27th operation

[@yakivpopavich]

Not to shabby

[@sirdeakia]

BORA BRAZA! Cobras fumantes eterna a sua vitória!

[@chrisshergie1030]

why wouldn’t the strat have been to occupy that 1st beach to set up shop and control that coast to freely bring in reinforcements, and then move forward once everyone was reorganized? i just dont see how anything that was done here was effective. i really want to enjoy this games content

[@ISawABear]

Given the enemy's reaction time and the fact that they had artillery guns pre positioned nearby, push inland and getting distance from the beaches probably helped us last longer and digging our own graves at the beaches

[@chrisshergie1030]

@@ISawABear i will definitely take your word for it…this game seems like a wonderful concept, one that not only tackles certain problems other multiplayer games face, but also introduces something very original…but it still seems like there is something missing…idk what tho…

[@_Molecule]

this game looks sick

[@kevinjobson7115]

Does Megatron play foxhole?

[@ISawABear]

Totally

[@yodabuthigh289]

Enemies on the other team: where tf is everybody? 😭🤣

[@BBBe36]

Wich number war was this?

[@ISawABear]

98

[@shacklock01]

Looks pretty small but cool

[@baptister.8638]

Im new at Foxhole, thanks to your videos :) Is it possible to join your squad ? Because solo i have troubles to achieve something or understand the whole game. Or if anyone is looking for new players to go to the front line to die ?^^

[@ISawABear]

I dont run with any squads in particular, just find me at the front

[@Kalendich]

Who doing landing on Thunderbolt in last day of War? It was funny)

[@Astrosk1er]

Hey bear just gotta say this video was amazing and I love your foxhole content but perhaps next war could you do an episode on beta and Charlie shards they have a completely different feel and I think it would be really entertaining

[@Astrosk1er]

For those wondering I’m a charlie player

[@notsaying7838]

Is that map cursor a mod? Whenever I open the map I see the boring old windows arrow cursor and I'm not sure why.

[@ISawABear]

Thats actually just my pc cursor (skyrim themed) so it seems to just use whatever cursor you're using. Least for me

[@notsaying7838]

@@ISawABear I see. That's a bit weird, having both the system cursor and the in-game dot cursor active at the same time.

[@KetxGaming]

i heard that didnt go very well

[@ISawABear]

The initial landings went pretty good but ultimately vouldnt turn the tide

[@askplays]

@@ISawABear I think you helped the colonials more than anything by popping the queue sadly lol. We had no logi until you entered region. Also only like 30% went north rest stayed in terminus.

[@derpderpy5247]

@@askplays cope

[@askplays]

@@derpderpy5247 skill issue

[@atayturan7097]

how do you lower the camera like that 1:52

[@ISawABear]

Cntrl + mouse wheel

[@erjikzon]

Able ? Previous war ?

[@Demicleas]

Yeah previous war.

[@AkiWataru]

25:25 poor guy xD

[@derpcade]

I was a barge driver during this op, but I got queue bugged during the travel to Terminus. I uninstalled the game not soon after.

[@RadarLeon]

We fought for terminus for days we just couldn't defeat the time zones

[@NobBossHashTaggforezerosixsix]

nah we did good it was the north that lost us the war

[@RadarLeon]

@@NobBossHashTaggforezerosixsix no arguement there we noticed as soon as the northern front fell there was no defensive lines built up behind shorf of directly on the back line

[@derpderpy5247]

@@RadarLeon yeah it was weird it's like there's no wardens

[@YourManifoldWorld]

I spent the entire war holding Drowned Vale (The Bath). I heard this OP in chat but we were fighting for our lives up there. If wardens had equal pop to collies, I think this OP would have succeeded.

[@derpderpy5247]

@@YourManifoldWorld yeah from DV down to the very south did great the northern three regions absolutely atrocious

[@Jhunbugz_650]

I would shit myself if I saw this. What shard was this on?

[@ISawABear]

Able

[@basickarl]

Is this on Able?

[@ISawABear]

Was, yes

[@BeerHuntor]

how'd you zoom out so far? mod?

[@ISawABear]

Nope default camera, long rifle

[@laneweatherbee2232]

that fucking cough at 10:50 was so abrupt and hilarious, I almost pissed myself.

[@tempduke6792]

That was a cough???

[@merjirou]

that was fun

[@LegendaryCollektor]

what shard was this?

[@ISawABear]

Able last week

[@LegendaryCollektor]

@@ISawABear you gotta visit Charlie sometime man. We have been having a blast

[@epicwarding]

Wardens are killing foxhole by not playing on Able

[@askplays]

real and true

[@jubisvaldo5450]

The devs are killing Foxhole by not addressing the issues that made the mojority of a faction migrate to other games

[@derpcade]

@@jubisvaldo5450 Yeah I actually uninstalled the game after this operation ended because I got hit by three seperate bugs that prevented me from even participating.

[@ashh2748]

If I join able shard should I join wardens or colonials?

[@ant2715]

Wardens 100%. Lower pop, so no queues

[@ashh2748]

@@ant2715 thankyou, you think it’ll go on the winter steam sale, and would the game run fine on barely over the minimum requirements, I just have a laptop☹️

[@triams]

40:40 Sorry i shot you bro

[@tabletopgeneral7255]

nice

[@aznfattass]

Just like real war, random bug to make a tank sink in the water 🤣

[@cactusjack9504]

BFONE music lol

[@danyoutube7491]

@1:02:25 Bear 'accidentally' commits a war crime. His defence? Presumably he thought he was actually shooting an unarmed enemy in the back while they were urinating. Hardly much better than killing a journalist! :)

[@rexamillion8446]

Poor Press corp

[@huntingyourbonez952]

they did this again war 102 xd

[@ISawABear]

oh believe me i know, i was there ;)

[@cyanideinmycereal1077]

ClEaR CoMmS will always be the cringiest shit to unironically say in a Discord call lmao

[@Kieranha13]

Who gave ‘Pudsy’ command?! Lost his nerve immediately, advanced too quick and chaotically, not listening to his officers… let you all down damn

[@ISawABear]

You lead an op this big then

[@Kieranha13]

@@ISawABear nah man I couldn’t! Not saying I’d do it better. I definitely wouldn’t be shouting “fuck you” at officers pointing out clear tactical flaws though!

[@Kieranha13]

Like first mention of colonial tanks he responds with an exasperated “you’re joking” and ignores it. Then the beach gets overrun. He’s like a dog with a bone trying to get that 2nd white whale landed even though everyone is telling him it’s a bad idea. No one agrees with the suicide charge, he has a tantrum and goes quiet for the rest of the video. You think that’s good command? Everyone else was communicating excellently, great to see unit cohesion and cooperation on this scale. Looks like an awesome game with a good community. Enjoyed the video!

[@alaskanmoose8522]

“I love how it was the Filipino who drowned” that hurts my soul😂

[@doriandundee9906]

Looks like a fun game but the voicechat clusterf*ck is an instant turn-off. No thanks

[@PavlikoSan]

uwu

[@CJ-oj8om]

Isn’t colonial army a joke. Always lose?. “Colonial don’t build on there gains.” Where is the fun in knowing you always win

[@scarecrow559fresno]

get me unbanned

[@efeersoy9992]

Pudsy sounds so toxic lmao

[@ISawABear]

Pudsy is amazing dont you dare: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rH69coOcbNuphpI You try herdung 30+ people.

[@appropinquo3236]

Him screaming at everyone is kinda annoying, but I don't blame him, getting a ton of people to work as a single unit is hard.

[@DaleC0oper]

what a waste

[@Demicleas]

Well the wardens were on the verge of defeat so we kinda expected the wardens to do a desperate last offensive and try to turn the war into a counter war.

[@AppealToHeaven76]

We covowing the weft swide

[@tito3640]

I always feel so bad for dudes who talk like that

[@johnpenn8444]

I blew you up at 1:03:34

[@DeridderEvelien]

this game looks death

[@ISawABear]

no u