This is Exactly what Squad Needs More of...

[@hsngm33]

what makes tactical shooters actually great is having a good squad leader, in pr, squad, arma, the most fun games are the ones with good squad leaders

[@indi8990]

100% Some sessions on this game are a hit and miss, never really consistent with having good SL even in those ''good'' servers. Sometimes nobody talks and its super boring you kinda do your own thing and Alt-F4 mid game cos you CBF. Other times you have good SL that isn't micro-adjusting your every move but good enough to actually form and execute a coherent plant.

[@shaggnar2014]

The game lives and dies on good SLs. Unfortunately this also leads to good SLs getting burnt out because it feels like they have to SL every round. Sometimes you just want to be a grunt and whenever you do you get someone that barely SLs at all

[@smurfmianz4527]

Being a good a squad leader or even commander is HARD sometimes. You have to direct your squad, coordinate with other SL’s , maintain moral and make decisive decisions while a lot of the time being under fire. A good squad leader is a tough job and commend those who have learned the role.

[@silentsnake820]

thats what i dont get. even in strict rule servers where you need a mic nobody talks and nobody gets punished. seems like you need luck to find a good match@@indi8990

[@yann9915]

This is why a commander shouldn't have to watch over 8 dudes. Make it standalone so you only have to manage other squads, and so you're the only one with access to both putting down any type of building whilst also having a shovel.

[@MaunoKoivistoOfficial]

You should try to get this guy featured on the channel again. He made this round very immersive to watch.

[@RVPissBoys]

HOLY shit. I played with this guy yesterday and what’s hilarious is my squad mates were commenting on his voice after he had DC’d out of the game.

[@leviryder1948]

Slorgs met one good squad leader and immediately folded 🤭 Squad leader ❎️ Squad daddy ✅️

[@xbinbyer1055]

This is often used when in the real world as well lmao

[@taxi666666]

💅

[@AAzraelontop]

What I've learned about Squad is that there are a lot of actual Veterans that play it, this being known the older men being squad leaders and commanders is the best/easiest way to win.

[@SuicidalChocolateSK]

im a veteran and it does funny enough help a lot, but its also painful when 80% of people dont listen

[@AAzraelontop]

yea well people just want to kill people instead of win which is problematic @@SuicidalChocolateSK

[@TUROCK320]

Acutal veteran too (since 2017).. but each 2 month the new player base grows and you have to teach to the 40 player of your camp how to play.. When i start SQUAD, there was "no guide" "no tutorial or trainning mode". Most of the time people think the SL have to do everything ! Nope ! Fortunetly i play on "national" french server. It's not like a EU server with too many foreigner who doesn't care to communicate. Oh and the game was better on alpha 9.12

[@twentytwo138]

I haven't played Squad, but i played Ghost Recon Wildlands with actual veterans, former police offers etc.. From my experience they weren't the best players, and definitely not capable of being a leader. I've never held a gun in my life but i had so much better tactics and awareness than them. This may be because they were older and i was younger, i am more 'game experienced'. But they didn't even think like a soldier, they were really clueless sometimes.

[@AAzraelontop]

Squad is Player vs Player while Ghost Recon is Player vs AI, meaning in Squad actual tactics would work due to its hardcore setting and the fact that players have brains while AI are programmed, Ghost Recon takes more game sense to play due to it being against AI. @@twentytwo138​

[@LoftyAssertions]

Respect to the real Squad Leaders out there, you improve the game for everyone and now that I'm a few years experience into joining that role and commander, I'm forever thankful to those who show their respect to such a cognitively overwhelming task. Also, hallmark of an excellent strategist and leader at 3:22, he adapts to circumstance by voiding his current plan and getting everyone to disengage and do something more critical, games are won so often due to this skill.

[@thispandaispurple]

I'm a pretty experienced SL and I recognize your SL in this, he is definitely one of the good ones.

[@JannyBesmircher]

People like Rektikel are the heart and soul of Squad aha

[@TUROCK320]

heart can break wuth the time and deception when we watch Slorg or the massive wave of blueberries

[@EvilAnomaly]

"I feel like, rounds like this...I could recommend Squad to anyone!" Man you're not lying...as a former hardcore player watching this vid almost makes me want to fire it back up again. Use to play daily for hours but recently fell out of love with the game (even prior to the ICO update) but man does this vid demonstrate peak Squad!

[@redfiveg]

Wether people "like" it or not ICO is forcing the player base into teamwork style meta tactics. Best squad ive played 2000 hrs.

[@arthurcorreia7204]

Can you give me any advice on the game when it comes to knowing who's an enemy or teamate? I'm having a tough time with that...

[@RopheAish]

​@arthurcorreia7204 Learn the uniforms brother.

[@Nestor.555]

This is why I have advocated for a squad leader rating system (which can't be easily abused obviously) for quite some time. The quality of the squad leader has a huge impact on how enjoyable these types of games are and I think there hasn't been done enough to reward the squad leader role.

[@FoolioBeardy]

i dunno, SLs get backseated enough that salty bois could discourage new SLs from ever trying the role again

[@dovaiS]

New SLs get backseated for not knowing how to play and I will say nearly 90% of the player base does not know how to play the game correctly nor has the patience to. The new updates 300M -> 400M exclusion zone did not help either. The likeliness of a squad leader in a pub game knowing what to do or being able to coordinate with SLs are very rare from server to server unless you know specific ones that contain them. Squad leading also sucks mainly because no one has the patience to deploy rallies or even work on building habs. 80% of squad leading is trying to round up sheep to play the objective or take the time to setup the next objective or to go wait on defense. You are literally actively fighting your squads attention span which is already very short.

[@tonyweaver2353]

Battlebit has a cool system that helps with this problem

[@barbdwyer22]

@@tonyweaver2353 What system is that?

[@Stove-627]

@@dovaiS Hit the nail on the head. I usually squad lead, but I also need to be in the right mood because I know the next 30 minutes to hour and a half are going to be exhausting shepherding my guys

[@Prox64]

A good squad leader A+ a good squad that listens A+++. Having a communicative and team orientated squad is all a SL can ask for.

[@Hexapon1]

one thing to have an SL that can lead whole different level when that squad listens

[@wesleykim1758]

@@Hexapon1 Agreed, most fun match I've had was when I was in a squad of people who tended to be SLs. Watching our SL get to focus on the Macro-plays while the rest of the squad focused on handling the micro-plays since we knew what to do and how to coordinate made for the most satisfying and fun gameplay I have had in a long time

[@mazack00]

90% of games people be juggling squad leader like it's a hot potato

[@chinoleone]

"I'm doing a big bend myself." is my 2024 quote. -thank you slorgs

[@spraypaintedhamster7773]

I had a lovely commander that was like him, we did mechanised INF with a bradley, he micro-managed 2 squads on invasion and it was glorious. our bradley squad and a tank squad. the tank gave us BigDickSupport from a distance before we moved up, bradley suppressed the point then rolled with us into point with the coaxial. everyone loved it. then his bradley blew up around the end of the game thanks to a poorly made decision, you heard him slam his fist into his table and he mumbled "for fucks sake" and then disconnected. was a very good SL but as soon as something didnt go his way, he rage quit like a baby

[@ryerye3147]

Lately I’ve had pretty mixed experiences with the game, so much so that I’m starting squad leading, from being primarily a medic player, I find that it’s a different kind of satisfaction knowing I helped my guys/gals have fun. But it sucks too sometimes lol

[@crispy9175]

The biggest thing keeping me from Squad leading more is all the communications. 3 comms channels at once is too much for me. I don't know what the solution is, maybe being able to toggle mute on/off for the command and squad channels, idk

[@princehector3888]

@@crispy9175you can adjust so that command channel is in right ear and squad in left etc.

[@princehector3888]

I agree. You really get burned out after a couple of games. Even after a super fun and good game I contemplate if I have enough in me for another

[@rjhick1]

@@crispy9175 You get used to it. Just tune out the channels.

[@rjhick1]

Honestly its hard for me to play the game without being SL, its too boring for me.

[@crispy9175]

Slorgs: good thing I'm using my ears. Slorgs 5 min later: ooh a loud vehicle snuck up on me. Id be happy to have you on my squad ANYTIME Slorgs.

[@laze_chips7762]

I just found your channel from this video. It does shoe how amazing a game can be with a good SL, and even a good squad in general. Communication is the most important part of this game. I also will say you are one of the squad KZbinrs that actually seem knowledgeable of squad and its idiosyncrasies :)

[@BigGrizzlyAL]

Honestly just started playing this game, and I’m hooked. The community has been nothing but brilliant, top game and top community! Will be sweating this daily !

[@arsletirott]

lol, I know exactly what you refer to when you're talking about "big play test vibes". That was the most fun I ever had with squad. There was almost always a try hard sweaty dark voiced SL who took us all under his wings

[@nickburnley5041]

I've been playing on and off since the game released. The early days were absolutely amazing, and I had tons of hours....Now, I come back and play from time to time. I can SL after 3 or 4 days back in it, but I can't SL for more than a game or two. Cause the other SL and the commanders on the field end up not talking, or cooperating. Just playing for themselves. I usually just revert back to Medic, maybe MG if medic is full. Play for another 4 or 5 days, and then stop until I see a youtube video like this one.

[@rikard4511]

Squad with a good squadleader and teammates is like heaven, doesent matter if you win or lose

[@hippycracktalksmack]

All about the vibes

[@Morxur]

2:12 "u should not be happy, im a detriment to ur squad" *starts looking down the rifle barrel*

[@baldgorbachov8272]

Im also the biggest fan of that m27. Its the best weapon in the game imo. If you put it in semi you can actually use it like a marksmen with less damage and a smaller scope but it is still incredibly accurate and useful for sniping single targets at mid to long ranges

[@dartawnasailo4449]

Dudes glazing on the squad leader 😂

[@screaminghorse8818]

"ooh he called me a good boy imean he said good job"

[@hengry2]

you never had anyone tell you good job so you mad?

[@irrelevanttroll3312]

dude's jealous of a guy being complimented GAY!

[@christielangton6527]

Thanks for the video Slorgs and SL Rektikel.

[@fytgaming1322]

man watching squad videos from different countries makes me feel good aussie squad servers are always like this and people get pissy if you dont sl like this guy does its how its meant to be played communication and coordination is the key to winning

[@floodster]

the thing that makes squad the most fun is 1. Having a good squad leader 2. Having a squad that listens to the squad leader

[@Pork_Rolllin]

As a SL, games are always a hell of a good time when you have even 2 or 3 squads with competent SLs working together. You said it perfectly - you are a tool at your SLs disposal. SLs are playing both an FPS and RTS simultaneously, except the characters in the RTS are controlled by real people. SLs with an ability to influence their squaddie's decisions is a huge game changer.

[@AmazingLetsGo]

here is the story of my first Squad experiance: Joined a server, every squad was full - so i decieded to open my own squad. (i love tactic shooters. i play Post Scriptum(squad44) an thought that experience would help a bit) i spawned in the main base and took a logi truck, the game just startet and there were no spawnpoints available yet. i did not rly know where to go because i could not see any objectives on the map. so i just placed a move marker and headed towards it. while on my way there.... our team captured the point in that area so i planned a new route. THEN i noticed that we have to capture point after point to "reveal" the objectives... still didnt knew where to go. so i just drove along other trucks, hoping to go in the right direction. then the commander asked me wtf i was doing. i've told him that i have no clue and that im new. he told me that this is no excuse for being brain dead.... after i've asked what he was on about, everyone else yelled at me for being rude to the serveradmin. then i was kicked from the server.... i swear to god i just wanted to know why he was so mad. lesson learned.... didnt touch the game for a year

[@ilasq]

i had this scottish guy at my squad a week or so ago, most fun ive ever had in squad. he even got mad when i used comms randomly, saying "i dont wanna chit chat at whats your favourite ice cream lad". fuckin incredible. wish i had friended him

[@chxmpgnex]

Being someone who plays tons of different games and shooters. NOTHING has touched the dopamine of being a good squad leader or commander/ having the squad or other SLs listen and winning by ~10-100 tickets

[@TheusKhan]

The first contact I had with Squad was a free weekend and I was lucky enough to fall in with a very friendly and organized squad leader. At the end of the match I added him as a friend and the following week I bought the game. Since then I've been addicted to the game and I agree that the peak of this game is when the squad leader is a true leader.

[@sappermanz2474]

Makes me proud to see other SL’s putting in the work!

[@ThatNNFG4mma]

I wouldn't mind ICO that much if all SQLs were like this one. Absolute legend.

[@Hexapon1]

cant forget the squadies for actually playing around the rest of the squad too S+ Squads Lead and S++ Squadmates

[@i.ak.1684]

I'm not in the military (yet, but I won't get into that). I'm a volunteer firefighter in a relatively big volunteer fd. What I can say is that many here are impressed by the SL for "micromanaging". While I agree, bad ass dude, what he's doing is not called micromanaging. Micromanaging is by definition telling your guys more than they need to hear and it sucks and people don't enjoy that kind of leadership. Micromanaging is making decisions for your guys and giving orders that they know to do themselves and don't need you to tell them to do it. I'd call this effective comprehensive coordination of assets. It's not micromanaging because the orders add to the success of the squad and not things the squad members would do by themselves.

[@criticalthinker7822]

When I was squad leader in GRW, we had warning orders and SOPs. We would tear that map up for hours. We were all vets playing, we had a few civs who were awesome too. Good times

[@jackmetz4565]

As an amazing SL myself, you have to be willing to lay down in a building in the middle of your squad and simply play chess with your pieces. Rarely do I get in firefights. I'm laying down coordinating way more than I'm shooting. It's all about organizing logistics, placing your team in the correct area, laying down and moving your pieces so that you adjust with the new flanks of the enemy.

[@lucid5183]

The enjoyment of Squad for me is 90% in the hands of the squad leader. The other 10% are the amazing and funny ass interactions with the other players especially when there is proximity chat with the other team on the server.

[@vmpere2637]

I’d really love to see you join a clan that runs more serious games. I recently joined 1stRB and literally within an hour of finishing their intro interview thing I was in a squad session that lasted 4 games and had some of the BEST teamwork I’ve ever experienced in Squad

[@Sandy_994]

Wait until you see the competitive side of the game.

[@crispy9175]

@@Sandy_994 where does one find this competitive side of squad?

[@ronikuoksa9497]

non existend, due to ico comp died.@@crispy9175

[@Daimond-Dogs]

man, this is like an artform haha, being able to manage the squad like that is 1 in a 100...props to your squads comms and teamwork

[@scienz0220]

shoutout to all the leads dropping rallys on the hill, and to the campers in the forests, scoping out their kills. for all the logi drivers who didn't say a thing, and to all the hab raiders we lost in the game (rest in peace)

[@Phantom1188_]

I never watch these style gameplay videos I’m usually looking at guides and meta gaming style stuff for squad but when you actually have a good SL it makes normal gameplay vids worth watching.

[@crispy9175]

Best advice is to find a server that's dedicated to the team/squad play and stick with that server as much as possible. I usually load into a seed server while in long queues for the good teamwork oriented servers.

[@zoningouterspace]

I like the way you do your video. I like your commentary, you're really funny. And I like that you show condensed interesting squad gameplay :)

[@AslanW]

I recognize at least half of the players in this video lol. You got some good ones on your team.

[@kzmir_]

once on HLL i got a squad leader like rektikel, that match was the most closest ive been to an actual war

[@filibustero7809]

The best thing about a tactical shooter is also the worst thing about it, you can't enjoy it without good teammates and you don't always get good teammates, but when you do it sure is a blast (talking from PR experience)

[@zachhall3299]

squad is such a great game when you have a good round.... but the amount of time it takes to get that is czy

[@elcapodeicapi80]

I love these kind of rounds. I recommend (if youre in Europe) to join the 44th servers. There the almost 70% of the time the squad leads are like that.

[@Destide]

Rektikel reminds me of my old Arma groups leader never rude, never angry just got stuff done and added so much immersion

[@Shinbusan]

Most sad experience of Squad is that good sqiad leaders are so rare. And most of the times I get back to the game I get to te squad where nonone is communicating. It is so bad then...

[@FishMonger849]

SLs who don’t pollute with too much talk. Fuck yeah that guy is amazing

[@cqmndSLEDGEHAMMER]

Love the commentary, good round!

[@Xtariz]

I've played with this squad lead... that match was insane

[@PUBGEEZY]

I giggled more times than id like to admit watching this :'D

[@GLOCKsh00ter24]

For sure if you get a decent SL and a squad where at least 50% of the guys try to play together it is always a fun round to play.

[@apolakigamingandmore6376]

12:15 THIS IS THE MOST FUNNIEST PART OF THE MATCH. HAHAHA, THEY'RE LIKE THOSE MAGNETS!

[@thundermonkey1966]

Serious games with with a organised squad make for the best games! Couldn’t be more fun

[@connabeervds]

your commentary is actully so good with his total seriousness😂😂

[@RustyBear]

3:40 the weapon icon there doesn’t show up for me. Do I have to buy or download anything? Pls help

[@XxHiiaMaFrOGxX]

No it's a free emote you just have to equip it

[@KBKriechbaum]

What could also help this game among other things would be to change this "super exiting" 12 o clock sunny (not existing) weather in most maps. The maps just feel dead. There is no weather, there is no real wind or anything. There are no sounds that would indicate wind exists. The eternal 12 o clock sunny day takes away what was cool even in Operation Flashpoint back in the day. I know there are also maps with different lighting, but mostly, its this. They could add fog, rain, wind gusts. Overall its a quite sterile experience the way it is.

[@duhduh14]

Legit. An awesome SL is what makes this game SQUAD. Without one, it's just a running simulator.

[@Redofreko]

Rektikel is literally him

[@TheNicestPig]

i gradually turned gay for SL as the match progressed

[@Alex-vz2jz]

Bro was letting one out before entering the battlefield 😂 Which reminds me of a video of a dude who was out in the frontlines letting one out then gets a nade dropped on him by a drone.

[@minjagojkovic3122]

captain cookie is the man who will love u forever

[@bobbyfields9250]

the best moments is when you have that group of irl friends going on spec ops missions by yourselfs😂

[@connorluke131]

Amezing content mate keep making videos like this

[@wakwakog]

Defense is for chads, not losers

[@honkhonk8009]

I had a game where squad lead led this massive fucking push up to this FOB. Dude got us through so much. Then he left abruptly and the entire team just deteriorated into fuckups lol

[@greeksir1820]

Bro, I simply just love you

[@JayM1989]

I was on board with the ICO for the first month or two but lately I've just been getting so annoyed with it. Im pretty decent at the game, 1000 hours or so, and even when I am playing very well I still find myself getting very annoyed with the shooting mechanics. I was onboard for a change but the devs just said F it and took the dial up to 11 instead of 7. I dont know. It just really needs some tweaks still.

[@nicolasdigregorio7376]

i wish i could find more squads like this....

[@tool8204]

I think a great squad leader makes the game...the game sucks if you have a bad squad leader! but if you have a good one like this dude. it makes it just amazing!

[@Texshy]

Dude has probably been playing the game since it was first playable.

[@mallmallmall9580]

This was such a beautiful romance story slorgs!

[@Viejoviajero]

Yeah, a good SL makes a huge difference. But I can also even enjoy the "bad" ones, realizing the mistakes and trying to recover. It´s part of the magic of public games :)

[@mattbaxter688]

I feel like arma/squad/hell let loose enjoyment is directly in line with tour squad leader

[@K3ntucky123]

I just realized that most squad leaders are actually old people, which means it is a good sign that you're in the good squad

[@salvagedude625]

I don't even play squad but this is very entertaining

[@Rosaslav]

Yeah, in the world of automatic matchmakers, its rare that people form strong communities and thus good teammates (leaders in this case).

[@galihgalinggis5906]

hey man cool video. can i ask? coz where i come from the price of this game is translated to a slightly higher side of its pricing. so just wanna make sure, is this game a full battle royale like pubg ? coz thts wht im looking for. hate the fast paced stuff like warzone of apex. its pretty normal paced do you feel or not realy ? appriciate if you can answer my humble question. thx man

[@slorgs]

This is not a battle royal this is a squad based large scale tactical shooter, basically realistic battlefield

[@bornablagojevic5699]

this is why im saying ICO didnt change anything its all about squad leaders i would even say ICO made many experience ppl leave so now u need to be very lucky do get a good squad lead

[@verki8567]

Bro i just random join your video and i am in your squad AHAHAHAH good game

[@cholasimmons]

man this looks so good! I hope Bohemia roll out ARMA IV some time soon lol

[@gonzo5648]

Lol, imagine him at full power!

[@pettz96]

This makes we wanna play as squad lead but getting yelled at by a baby commander who rage quitted after his "perfect" plan gone horribly wrong is another story.

[@honkhonk8009]

If AI ever gets to a level, imagine having ChatGPT as command lol. It maintains communication with all squads, gets them organized into doing something, and then makes sure the squads execute that the way their doing it.

[@TimmyMac73]

So I haven’t played in over a year. Love this game with over 950 hours. I’m back and both games I got into were absolutely horrible. Squad leader not talking, no plan, everyone doing their own thing… two days two separate games… WTF. I am now trying to get into a server I remember being good and there’s always 20 people ahead of me so I move on. Got new PC and this was first game I couldn’t wait to play again. Disappointing

[@bung0o]

dude, how are you finding servers in squad? Its the only reason why i dont play. Nothing I do fixes the server browser :c

[@45atanner]

All that recoil 😂 what's the point of the bipod

[@45atanner]

11:59 so u can deploy on a rail but not a window 😂

[@michizockt]

What parts are installed in your PC? I'm afraid my PC won't be able to handle the game

[@louisscherer9661]

Got the same one day with an active german Soldier. He was in the Airborne Division from the Bundeswehr he was one man of a kind😂 you can defenitly tell if somebodys job is to be in the warzone👍😅

[@pekarr1]

props to the amazing SL

[@user-gd5bt9hn6t]

bro got squad leader rizzed

[@iWatchTooooMuchYoutube]

Like the video people, cmonnnn.. this is quality content.

[@Default-YT80]

What is the name of that weapon you're rocking?

[@slorgs]

The M27 IAR

[@NZobservatory]

“Gasp! You mean some people actually play to _win?”_ - Slorgs, casual gamer, 2024

[@jamestillman1041]

What gun are you using???

[@mycahboham4246]

how do you find a good server