# Psa **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997 "2014-10-30T04:17:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Runswithkitten](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Runswithkitten](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/Runswithkitten)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997/1 "2014-10-30T04:17:02Z")
Follow the commanders orders so they can support/ help you and then follow your squad leaders orders too. To many people just run around with no idea of the big picture!!! ---
**Author:** ![contentBat](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@contentBat](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/contentBat)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997/2 "2014-10-30T04:43:55Z")
I play commander a lot and that never works. I get unanimous support all the time. Here is the best way to play commander. - For the first few minutes treat everyone as doing their own thing. Focus on the larger clusters of your team for ECM / scans. - Next cycle through the squads. Look at the team placement. The ones where the squads are working together are the best to focus on. - You are not there to replace the squad leader, but to augment them. So your orders should reflect the actions of the squad. For example: If the squad is heading to objective A, then mark them to go there. - If someone cannot comply with your order don’t keep reissuing it to them. It just pisses them off. Likewise resending the same order over and over just annoys. - If the squad follows your order, OR the squad is displaying movements that are helping to win, then promote them. Don’t use promotions as bribes for them following your orders. - If someone wants to recon/sniper, just let them. They are either helping indirectly, or are not going to follow any orders to move. If you know the map layout and what they might be scoping, then issue a defend Objective X so they get points for killing/spotting people there. - Do not drop supplies/vehicles on your team! Some commanders do this as punishment for people not moving (who may be defending/sniping/spotting). You cost the team tickets, you piss off a team member and liable to get banned, blacklisted by others. (Squishing enemy players is fine though) - Likewise don’t drop supplies where it blocks a team members field of view. Also do not drop them close to where they are if it paints a huge “look over here” target on them. DO drop supplies where someone who is camped out can get to it without being a target, and is not visible to the enemy. - Don’t just use stuff when it becomes available. Newbie commanders do this. You want to use stuff when you know that it will help the team. This can mean hanging onto a scan until the other commander drops their ECM and it resets. - Don’t issue evac orders to people who won’t move. It’s a waste and doesn’t help your team. It should be for possible Cruise drop locations, or if you see a large force heading to an area where your men are. Drop it where you believe the force is going. - A good gunship placement/team can win the game. That said, you should not be focusing all your team on controlling the gunship objective at the detriment for others. TL;DR. As a commander you are there to augment your team, not to boss them around. You should focus on keeping them alive and issuing orders you can see they are working towards. Once they feel you are helping them, they are more inclined to follow harder orders. … As for squad leaders. If your squad won’t follow orders, leave the squad. Likewise if your squad leader is an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![CruJonesBeRad](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@CruJonesBeRad](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/CruJonesBeRad)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997/3 "2014-10-30T14:51:00Z")
Welcome to Battlefield. ---
**Author:** ![BLAZE\_AXIA](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@BLAZE\_AXIA](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/BLAZE_AXIA)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2014, 8:59am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997/4 "2014-11-01T08:59:19Z")
I agree.I try to follow the commander as much as possible.But sometime I dont because I can tell when they dont know what the f\*ck they are doing.When every 15 seconds you get a new order and resupply crates being dropped at the remotest corner of the map,you know he’s stupid. ---
**Author:** ![AdjustedJunk](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8e8cbc/32.png) [@AdjustedJunk](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/AdjustedJunk)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 1:32pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997/5 "2014-11-05T13:32:06Z")
And too many commanders just spam retarded orders just to get points which is EXTREMELY annoying for Squad Leaders. Granted, those points allow them to help drop supply crates and stuff, but most of the time those same supply crates end up on top of an MCOM/Objective while it’s armed, completely screwing over the team. ---
**Author:** ![fredman555](https://battlefieldforum.co/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@fredman555](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/fredman555)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/psa/111997/6 "2014-11-05T15:46:07Z")
bad experience with commanders. When they win, its because of the great commanding, when they lose its because no one listened. I ignore commanders out of spite now.