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HalfLifeExpert -> RE: What is your "flow"? (7/29/2016 5:07:31 AM)
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All of this depends on the scenario in question. Some have a slow start like Trapped Under Ice or Battle of the First Salvo. Some require action almost immediately, like USS Midway Vs Cuba.
Generally the briefings give a good sense of whether or not you will need to start doing things immediately or whether you can afford to pace yourself. (Remember, the freedom to pause whenever you like always allows you to pace yourself). Another good indicator is how much time the scenario gives you before it automatically ends. Most scenarios I have played range from 6 hours to 2 days in game time. At or less than 24 hours and you will probably need to do stuff quickly, more than that and you will probably be able to spend some time letting the game run while you figure stuff out.
JPFisher's advice may work for a number of scenarios, but it may not for others. When I first played Old Grudges Never Died, I waited a little bit before launching my first pair of F-16s, as I knew that I only had 8 ready for combat at the outset, and that it would take over two hours to get the next bunch ready, so I didn't want to scramble them too early if I didn't have to, knowing that I was going to have limited resources at the outset of the scenario.
Since aircraft take a realistic amount of time to get ready for another mission after landing, you should try to avoid being too hasty when scrambling too many of your planes, you may find yourself in a bind where the enemy is bearing down on you and your available number of aircraft is suddenly very small.
I made some critical errors in my first play through of USS Midway vs Cuba, where the main Cuban strike force was bearing down on me, and I only had a handful of F-18s in the air to take them on, and most of my escort ships had used up their SAMs early on against Air-to-Air fighters. It really came down to sheer luck that the Midway survived, despite a couple AShM hits, as their very survival depended on the maintenance crews getting the next few F-18s ready to take off. It got to the point where my eyes were glued to the screen, and I was really sweating nervously as those Mig 23s and 29s were bearing down on my largely defenseless battlegroup. Ideally you should never get in that situation.
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