What a Commander with 1500 Command Hours Can do on Offensive: Hell Let Loose

[@commandercrane1945]

The algorithm has chosen this video as its champion. This video represents what I post on my channel regularly. I invite you to check out my other (newer) videos, similar to this one. I'd say this is far from my best video.

[@freakyguru777]

That was a almost a one man show damn.

[@davidma6616]

You got a sub brotha.

[@AGC479]

watching you put down all those garrisons really makes me wonder what the hell the commanders in all my games are doing with their time.

[@klcoronel]

Probably telling officers to build garrys

[@cesarecasini6265]

a good defensive team, defends with breadth and depth. this would not allow you to move freely in the red zone, in particular, a supply truck would be blown up in zero time, as well as supply drops and airheads. For this the commander, not having the outposts, must rely on the SLs (especially the recons). In this match the opponents were tactically poor, getting outflanked from any point. In fact, in warfare mode, doing this is even more difficult, as both teams try to get around, making the effective front wider than in an offensive match (between not very tactical teams).

[@AGC479]

@@cesarecasini6265 after playing a little longer and learning from different matches this is an accurate assessment. For example I was defending on Purple Heart lane yesterday and my team defended pill box for half an hour straight just pouncing on any enemy advancement. After multiple attempts through airheads we held back a contestant onslaught, this is what makes me agree with you. A competent defending team will give the enemy no room to establish a foothold.

[@The_SmorgMan]

Getting shot by recon while pushing a jeep with a supply truck. (That was my most recent commander kill)

[@CrizzyEyes]

I was playing SL once in a match where the commander did nothing but drop supplies as far behind enemy lines as possible, we lost all of our built garis within 5 minutes. And that's if the supplies didn't get destroyed first. Somehow we still won that one, amazingly enough, although with less than 8 minutes. It was a really long and tedious stalemate because of that

[@Southpark124]

“Must be very confusing for people named Gary playing this game” “Yeah… and people named outpost” Shit had me dying for some reason

[@Sidkain]

It should, joke was gold and underappreciated in the Leadership chat xD

[@robertswitzer990]

I about pissed myself at the line

[@jonathanbaarts]

Your comment makes me feel less alone with my thoughts.

[@PRODBYSMH]

@@jonathanbaarts just started yesterday and i was wondering, "who is Arty?"

[@Wisdomwizard111]

@@PRODBYSMH would someone Tell me who Otto Otto ist?

[@SharpHunterz]

This video should be mandatory to watch before anyone tries their hand at commander. 10/10 brother !

[@rileymiler2067]

I wish command was a locked role and you gotta be like lvl 80 plus or something to even try your hand at it

[@demukazz]

@@rileymiler2067 no way! I've tried it 1st when I was around lvl 15. Won that one and several more in a row.

[@Gallipoli1929]

It should be mandatory to watch before ever playing period. As a noob I've learnt more from this video then 20 hours playing

[@monsterofvalhalla3397]

@@Gallipoli1929 Was just thinking the same thing..

[@tilda140]

@@rileymiler2067 absolutely. having a commander below like level 80 is basically griefing lol and if the other team has a competent level 200 commander vs. your level 23 commander it's not hard to figure out how the match is going to end.

[@peterCheater]

I witnessed this yesterday... commander placed impeccable garrisons. Supplies were always ready for the next flag. Seamless point to point captures. I was awestruck...

[@commandercrane1945]

That’s how it’s done.

[@bump911]

And then he was random kick voted out of the match by some rando.

[@FilthyCasualVR]

This game is such a breath of fresh air. Such a great take on large scale pvp. so underappreciated

[@daniel_john3167]

Personally I think this is trash to it's predecessors like squad or post scriptum

[@voyager14]

@@daniel_john3167why are you here then

[@slaayerr1]

I know right? I love squinting 1 foot away from my monitor looking for pixels of enemies laying down staring out at open fields

[@FilthyCasualVR]

@CamW-yh1ig Sounds like you need a new computer.

[@Twitch-33457]

@CamW-yh1igbro no one else has that issue

[@modest123]

Commander on offensive is one of the comfiest game types in HLL. It's like the perfect scenario in warfare where you don't have to worry about defense.

[@austinlancaster7982]

unless you are the defending commander...

[@modest123]

@@austinlancaster7982 then all you gotta worry is making garries in advance so people dont spawn on just the strongpoints

[@dova238]

@@modest123what’s garries

[@o-mangaming5042]

@@dova238 Garrisons. Team spawning points.

[@braytonc6574]

​@modest123 my favorite strategy is sending some of the team to a few points back building that place and up and saying let's go

[@SJ23982398]

nice to see content not just about harvesting a lot of kills, but actual team play

[@commandercrane1945]

This was part of my inspiration to make this content. What makes HLL good and different from other (AAA) games is the strategy.

[@PolitePolice563]

Yes thank you for this comment. I can't stand seeing video with high kills but their team still loses. The only reason to play this game is to win

[@gabriellamm2776]

Getting kills is the objective basically but doing it with coordination and tactics/ strategy is what really makes it fun. Holding down a trench line with your squad is always fun

[@caleblayne6329]

as someone who has like 400 out of the 600 hours I have played as commander these videos are very educational as to what a good commander should be doing. Glad I found this channel.

[@FranklinPiens]

Appreciate a commander who actually watches these videos.

[@john_clevername]

The "take your mama out for supper" was honestly the highlight, and the fact you just said nothing had me literally dead

[@commandercrane1945]

I was in The Zone. XD

[@explorespacelive]

@@commandercrane1945 I was floop in that game XD

[@commandercrane1945]

@@explorespacelive Lmao, surprise. You're on youtube. XD

[@Sidkain]

@@explorespacelive I laughed very hard at the moment, and laughed even harder when I looked and saw the name of the man saying it.

[@explorespacelive]

@commander Crane Sent you an inv lets play again and make some content!

[@claytroia2098]

I've definitely had you as a commander before. The best leadership always wins, its nice to have a commander who knows what they're doing.

[@PolitePolice563]

Not necessarily true. You can have the best leadership in the game, but if the grunts don't do what the leaders tell them to, you'll still lose

[@spZHacK]

I would never wanna play as a commander but that was Impressive gameplay of you, I hope there will be more Commanders of your type :D

[@skulls2802]

Well This was priceless as a new starter. Played on the free weekend and bought the bundle as it was so much fun. Watching Crane Command taught me more in 11mins than others. I am still finding my feet and seem to be Squad leader as nobody wants that role, or dont talk on the Mic. Thanks again and see you out there.

[@marincusman9303]

I'm only level 20 but started picking up SL because yeah! no one seems to want to. I actually think it's a lot of fun coordinating! and not asking SL for a new outpost every 2 minutes lol

[@Sidkain]

Just started playing Hell Let Loose. Appreciate you being such a great leader. I only played Officer In Charge on MAG a few times back in the day, but I was always down to squad lead and occasionally platoon lead. I'm excited to finally have a game that fills the hole that MAG left so long ago, and I look forward to learning more and eventually taking up leadership positions myself in HLL.

[@commandercrane1945]

Great. First I'd focus on learning how the other roles work and understanding how the game works, after that start to do the leadership roles. It's important for a commander to know how everything works, so you can give advice to everyone.

[@Casualherogaming]

"and people named Outpost too" 💀💀💀

[@whatupmyg]

That was fucking gold

[@kevinspacey5325]

Brutal. We need more strategy guys like you.

[@doghearmeout2283]

Any game with commanders like this damn near guarantees victory even with a team of regards

[@METALIKBRAT]

You have 49 more players in team. How one masterplay if rest of the tteam sucks can bring victory?

[@captin-crane3324]

A good commander in my book. Supports his team, and doesn’t waste the terrible wrath he has command over for petty or selfish gain. But he can also lead and control his troops mod mentality. He’s willing to use what he has to buy time and hold back the horde that is his opponents, so he can plot a course to victory. And what I saw was a great commander my friend.

[@grooviegroves4683]

Have definitely played before with you as a commander, nice video! Wish every commander would attempt to play this way

[@commandercrane1945]

Me too. Or at least make garrisons. And thank you

[@SladeRenegade]

As a relatively new player (70 hours) this is mind boggling. Subscribed.

[@commandercrane1945]

Thank you

[@LowCountryMack]

Haven't played HLL as of yet. Doing my homework on it in advance. This was one great operation guys. Well done!👍

[@amasing115]

Don't go in as commander in the beginning, get used to being infantry, armor and recon and then commander. You can make mistakes as those three and it won't cost you the match. You make a mistake as a commander and it might. The game is rigorous, but the experience is rewarding. I hope to see you there!

[@christiangiannantonio3090]

"Must be confusing for people named Garry" "Must be confusing for people named Outpost too" 🤣

[@hjelsethak]

can confirm. have played several games with this guy. he's a good commander.

[@FranklinPiens]

What server???

[@blackknight4623]

The driving is really satisfying to watch for some reason. Damn good driving.

[@danfrith924]

i know not the main focus of your role that game but laying down 43 kills ontop of everything else u were doing, what a great watch bro!

[@A_Goat]

I just started this game and its so fun! I've been doing just alright most the time but I finally had a good performance just now. I just cut the enemy off and stood in a bush. Was taking out their spawns and they couldn't figure out where I was for the longest time. Kept running out of ammo during each life. Wish I had started sooner!

[@elitegoat]

amazing dude, learning a lot and I appreciate the effort you put into your videos

[@Tommatto]

The commander we all need, but don't deserve.

[@NatoRadeX]

This basically shows why this game should have been a more open ended expansive map system with the meta.. Prevents people who played for a long time from dominating every match. Adds some spice and challenge to each match not knowing where fronts would be or where attacks would come from. RIP: Post Scriptum

[@quarreneverett4767]

World war 2 online in steam has that

[@juneydapps8042]

Thanks for the space bar trick - always getting my supply trucks stuck when watching the map too much as commander xD

[@michaelroche4960]

just getting into this game but man this was awesome. wish I had you commanding all of my games.

[@JoeyJohnDoe688]

at 1:40 you show a way to get a truck unstuck, but sometimes you'll get stuck on an obstacle and you need to reverse, in that case you just need to tap throttle, because you actually get a little bit more torque when you start up the throttle than when you're just holding it down.

[@PurpurealRose]

omg this spacebar gear 5 trick was sick advice

[@StillSNEAKERfreaker]

I’ve been on the receiving end of a player like this so many times :’)

[@Rizzbulla]

Absolute madlad, I'll follow you into battle anyday.

[@alexandre4466]

true commitment at 5:32 to mark the recon before escaping

[@commandercrane1945]

I had to wait for the truck to back up anyway lol. Takes forever.

[@smallberries]

Nicely done. Learned a ton

[@commandercrane1945]

Glad it was helpful!

[@SgtGarand123]

just played with you yesterday and you were great! thanks!

[@commandercrane1945]

Interesting. I played one game yesterday and I'm about to post a short about it lol.

[@DylanRedux]

My man. Had no clue you had a KZbin channel. Good shit!

[@bronacho5085]

your garrison game is on point bro. i'm trying to get like you

[@canadaboy8917]

Nice information with the supply truck at the beginning

[@AiR1DaN]

8:18 gotta love these "i just looked away for half a sec" moments

[@HPmcDoogle]

4:02 This exact moment perfectly encapsulates how instant this game punishes you.

[@Luis-bo2uj]

00:06:34 lol

[@Blaaggarding]

I've been playing he'll let loose for a year now ..I got into a great server the other night best gaming experience I've ever had the game was played how is meant i to be everybody was on coms every role was filled and people were doing what they were supposed to be doing we pushed on for as as a complete unit. it was unreal cool .. the next 10 games were dog shit .but that sums the game up u have to put in the hours to find that surprise match.

[@jannismayer2821]

or you could join a clan and play events almost every other day with 100% comms and fun. If you like you could even play competitive matches and get to know the more strategic side of hll

[@whatupmyg]

Yeah I have similar experiences. Great game followed by a couple of shit ones. I use the shit ones to try and practice things I don't know

[@perhaps1094]

@@jannismayer2821 Do you recommend any clans? i work a lot so i cant join any that seem to have requirements for me on to be on at specific times

[@jannismayer2821]

@@perhaps1094 im german and member of the 106. Panzerbrigade

[@SamOperchuck]

"and people named outpost" was a criminally underrated joke

[@StormyKilldozer]

Any tips for avoiding enemy infantry while trying to do this? Or is it just an eventuality that you will run into infantry and get shot out

[@commandercrane1945]

For me, I take very long wide, and not obvious routes. Stay close to hedges, bushes, cover... Don't drive in open fields if you can avoid it. Get good at driving, as in, know how to drive through tricky areas and not get stuck (driving diagonally into tricky areas usually works). If you get shot at, correctly determine where it is from and turn away and drive away from it. At one point I heard a rocket on my right, I started to turn left and narrowly dodged it. Then I proceeded to drive zig-zag to prevent being shot again. The biggest thing is to simply know where the bullets are coming from. hope they miss the first shot, and drive away from them. Take a different route.

[@ExiLeZH]

@@commandercrane1945 Yea nice truck driving skills, it's so hard to drive a truck in this game, like there's so much inertia, it's legit much harder than in real life lol.

[@dogchaser520]

Real basic tip for SL and command for those starting: rebind your map key. ~/` works well for me. Gonna be checking it a lot.

[@sulliban8660]

I have mine on my mouse. I've had to rebind due to it starting to stick because of wear

[@TwoIdiotsGamingYT]

Awesome vid, confident commanders win games!

[@TonyC2328]

Phenomenal job bro! Hope to see you out there someday, love this type of gameplay!

[@commandercrane1945]

Thank you. The servers I typically join will get updated in the description of new videos. Seldom will change.

[@cousinslim]

I play on the tl server now nice to see this in my recommends

[@bannonbluefrank]

I've played several matches with you, glad to see you've got some views!

[@mikehicks2283]

I like how they die in 1 shot from the M1 Garand. I remember playing BF 5 and hated it. Took like 3 with the M1 Garand on that junk game.

[@Glenn1440-p1p]

My favorite part: *Mumbles* “right, be there in like, a minute or two.” *dies*

[@joejones1991]

This is amazing. Id love to see your tactics on the other game mode.

[@nickbellomo3362]

Great awareness and communication. ❤. Was like watching a game a chess. He was one move a head everytime was on point not knowing where it was.

[@Tkay_One]

yoooo that first clip was insaaane 2 kills? your nuts man!!

[@TreCayUltimateLife]

That "ooOOoo I hit it!" at 6:05 has me breaking up harder than Chris Rocks cheek muscles

[@commandercrane1945]

Haha, that was probably his first rocket hit.

[@bhop1871]

Fearless leader 🫡

[@T.K.9]

once in a blue moon, a game starts without a commander and everyone steps up driving around supply trucks to drop supplies for garry's

[@youriroels9497]

very enjoyable to watch. i just bought it because of your videa :p i see you in the field!

[@commandercrane1945]

Good luck! Start with rifleman and medic, expect to be clueless. That's normal. Soulsniper makes good tutorials.

[@CrizzyEyes]

I think rifleman is actually a totally pointless class. Squads are only 6 members so you will virtually never have a use for a rifleman. Support is the same thing as rifleman but better because you also get a supply crate. Just wait until your SL asks you to drop supplies and do it. They will thank you.

[@commandercrane1945]

@@CrizzyEyes the idea of newcomers using rifleman is that they will not take up classes they are clueless on how to use. Rifleman is helpful if you need a rifle and all other rifle classes are taken. For Germany, rifleman level 6 actually gives a G43 which is much better than the typical K98 in other classes. You also get an explosive ammo box, which is very helpful. The second unlock for American Rifleman gives a lot of smoke grenades, sometimes that is useful if you need a lot of smoke.

[@jesiscrust]

The dragon egg is hatching All the hard work is beginning to pay off

[@Gioachino_Orsini]

Commander: "Send one Engineer that hasn't made nodes to mid HQ and build them nodes." Ultrasmurf117: "ShOw Me UrE NuDeSz!" 😂😂😂😂

[@GuiLhermeHenrique-fm4od]

Wooow hll with communication? That is new to me xD good video!

[@syrusalder7795]

holy balls i wish my commanders were even half as competent as you are. it normally feels like we have to bully someone into doing commander since 9 games out of 10 it takes like 5 minutes for someone to go commander

[@trailingrails9953]

Damn, I'm totally new to the game, but this is already really educational on how the game flow should work.

[@tomaszzarnowski3944]

So cool, your team was so lucky to have you

[@gabe6625]

Wow like actually wow. I’m gonna try playing commander like this next time I get on

[@vonblunder]

As a new player I have found the quality of the game is greatly dependent on the quality of the commanders and usually they are not very good, or there is a massive imbalance between the 2 teams. So overall the quality of the games is not very good. Add a steep learning curve, and I quickly start looking for better ways to spend my spare time.

[@Dimitri.Schepens]

Never played as a commander and it scares me lol

[@icemanwastaken]

I think I've played with you before. Impressive stuff!

[@Savior20061]

Commander player? Sure why not. Subbed.

[@Skaatje]

You make it look so easy. Goog game man!

[@jabiantakarua9347]

Awesome work and grind boss, the flex

[@dogchaser520]

How the hell did I not know about the ping wheel? Been doing mostly squad lead and totally missed that one. The tip about dislodging vehicles (ebrake and then gear 5 and release) is great. Does it work with other vehicles too, or mostly just trucks? Also, high sensitivity bros ftw, especially in this game. Feels so good to spin and nail someone on the first shot. You get used to it quickly. Keeping most garries in blue on offense is a good call too. Had a team that put all garries behind lines and frequently every single one was locked, as soon as someone came within 100m. Everyone was wondering how we could have such great flanking placement but still not make headway...

[@commandercrane1945]

It works with all vehicles that are not tanks. Red zone garrisons need blue zone garrisons to be effective. You cannot only have red garrisons and expect to win. It is important to have a main front line doing a direct assault while a smaller group flanks. That flank can turn into the main assault, I will call all to spawn at that location when I believe it is time. Basically to get people to spawn somewhere, just say “spawn here if you die” that generally works in public matches because no one likes to redeploy. Also it is just faster and more effective anyway than redeploy to do it like that.

[@dogchaser520]

@@commandercrane1945 All very clear and useful. Much appreciated!

[@raytharude7670]

I would love a commander like you

[@Zero-fn6yg]

This guy probably amazing at xcom i can tell

[@cameronclark3752]

Im pretty sure you were our commander on a match I played the other day!

[@SwellHell]

Perhaps I would rage less if all commanders played like this...

[@commandercrane1945]

Yes, I'm all for losing sometimes, but losing due to complete incompetence by leadership is not fun. XD

[@fenriswolf9017]

IT is right they can make a huge difference IF and its a big IF the squads respond

[@jeenyus720]

I feel like this is real world useful training for ww3

[@MrNeCr01]

Actually good shooter, and commander. Rare combination. EDIT: in the next 10 seconds of the video I watched, he ran straight into 10 dudes on a garry he already saw; maybe not the greatest shooter, but still good command.

[@robertmurry1442]

hah! i played with you the other day! thanks for the good comm intro

[@commandercrane1945]

No problem.

[@stuartreevephotography2587]

I'm new to this game, level 20. I hope to git this good at some point. Excellent command & Comms 👊

[@commandercrane1945]

Thank you. You will, in time. Takes a while to get used to this game. I was watching Hacksaw Ridge and a solider said “I cannot see any of them” then got shot in the head - and that basically sums up the start of this game.

[@Dave-z1p]

I was forced into the commander's slot once. Still gives me nightmares to think about it.

[@DISC0Z]

Wow a TL member who’s not a 12 year old troll! Helluva video Crane.

[@commandercrane1945]

Lol, idk what TL people you have been around, but hope future ones are better.

[@johnnymeringues987]

I'd like to see the optimal PS5 play with 10 out of 50 guys using a mic

[@Jukelikesgames]

I’m a piping hot noob at this game and I love to choose commander and then not do anything so everyone yells at me

[@Lunatikgixxer]

Didnt know about that truck stuck trick, ill try that next time

[@jacobmosovich]

I like the idea that commanders are single life only. If you die you lose that character slot and another leader has to take your place. It forces you to play and protect your commanders during the battle. Otherwise you quickly fall apart

[@yasha886]

That sounds awful honestly.

[@darkslayer1000000]

Thats a terrible idea keep it to yourself. Especially in HLL when a random bullet can take anyone out and that’s not including friendly fire.

[@squatgang9174]

This is good gameplay, do you think a team with a great commander and bad infantry always beat a bad commander but infantry that never miss?

[@commandercrane1945]

It depends, in general, a good commander generally decides the game. However there are games where no one makes nodes or makes garrisons and the commander cannot help much there. A good commander will tell people what needs to be done and bring awareness to important things, like losing a point, telling people to fallback. If they listen, great, if not, the commander can only do so much. XD

[@hehenoelo4858]

To be honest it shouldn't be role of commander to drop garrisons, he can only drop them with either supply truck or supply drop, both ways are inferior to squad leader ability OP -> garrison drop. Way faster to do it with SL and way harder to detect. Commander should be on artillery naturally i would say. Squad Leader can solo build any garrison on his own territory, just by putting OP down, redeploying, switching to support, spawning on OP, putting supplies down, redeploying, taking again role of SL and respawning on OP, all takes around 1 minute, doesnt cost any team resources and is almost impossible to detect by enemy. When there are 2 people in squad they can even place garrison on enemy territory and with 3 people you can build every structure, even upgraded 3rd tier bunker.

[@caboosej8749]

cant believe i never knew how to unstuck a truck... cheers

[@TaticalNinja115]

I remember playing hella games as a sl with you commanding, pak, always was a steamroll ggs

[@AnatolLaScarf]

I love seeing how console HLL is now big facebook clans with players that have over 400 levels against all the new players of HLL.

[@medui]

that kill at 10 minute mark ... yeah :)

[@mrogface]

I like the idea of an enemy "Garry"

[@kebman]

I hear we are surrounded. Those poor bastards. There was a whole gang of them. Two people. Asterix and Obelix! It's not you who have us surrounded. It's we who have you trapped in her with us. Or something like that....

[@brianhammer8968]

I have no idea what the hells going on as i've never played the game but I like it

[@hullster9970]

Im looking to play something new. Played DayZ for an age and this looks a great game. Is it still viable today or has it had its time? Hows it compare to playing squads? both look great.

[@commandercrane1945]

Still going strong, better than ever. It's better than squad in my perspective, but would take a while to explain why. In general, Hell Let Loose is more fast paced than squad.

[@HotQahwe]

learned alot from this thanks, and also thanks for showing how to unstuck the truck. Huuuuuge

[@commandercrane1945]

Happy it helps