Commander | Roles on the battlefield Battlefield 2142 Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Soldier applying for the Commander function has to remember that he shouldn't participate in regular fights on the battlefield. His task is to support his teammates with spying the movements of the enemy, organizing supply drops and various attacks at opponents' positions and other targets. Moreover, he sends orders to squads, which are composed of other players.

Clicking the [Caps Lock] button activates the Commander's screen.

The chart marked with the blue color, placed in the top left corner of the screen, presents squads, kind of order the soldiers try to perform and members' kits. Place of order (for example a flag, which must be attacked by a particular squad) and distance from that location to the Squad Leader are marked on the map.

Green section marks the progress bars of all things that Commander can (and sometimes even should) perform. All of these functions need some time to reload after using them. Their descriptions are presented below, from the left-hand side:

1. Supplies. Using this function means sending a plane, which airdrops a box filled ammunition medicines and repair tools at the chosen location. Soldiers nearby that package will automatically resupply and heal and vehicles will be repaired.

2. EMP strike. Leads to an attack with an electromagnetic impulse, can be placed at any position. Turns of enemy vehicles for a short period of time, infantry hit with that weapon see the world a bit deformed. For information about EMP, check the EMP weapons chapter.

3. Sat-track. Searches the battlefield for opponents. Enemy units are marked with red dots on the map of the battlefield. These locations are available only for the Commander. Scanning looks like in the picture below.

4. UAV. Using this function means sending a little drone, which scans the nearby territory and seeks enemy units. In contrary to sat-track, every soldier in the whole team can check information about enemies' locations. Moreover, UAV gives data about the type of enemy units by placing proper symbols.

5. Orbital Strike. This is nothing else but an artillery attack, which can be placed by the Commander at any position. Range of such strike is quite long, however the barrage does not make much damage. Orbital strike is a great weapon against vehicles, especially when it is used after an EMP strike. Orbital strike is presented in the picture below:

6. Move Titan. This option is available only in Titan mode, instead of the orbital strike. This function allows the Commander to change his airship's position.

Issuing orders and marking places, which for example, must be attacked by the orbital strike or scanned by the UAV drone, can be done by using the context menu activated by clicking the right mouse button.

Advices

• Often check enemy forces' location and transmit these data to your teammates by sending the UAV drone or clicking the right mouse button at the enemy and choosing the "spotted" option. Tracking enemy movements is one of the most important task that the Commander has to perform;
• Try to issue orders, which are possible to perform by your squads. Players, in most cases, does not have any chances to assault a control point which is located at the other side of the battlefield, so sending such command does not have sense. Moreover, orders should be adjusted to Squad Members' kits - Engineer will not have problems with destroying enemy heavy machinery, in contrary to Recon units with sniper specialization equipment, which are good at killing single soldiers. Furthermore, check if a particular squad has tanks or battlewalkers. Remember that Squad Leaders may reject your orders;
• After every difficult struggle, send supplies at your teammates' position. They will use it for sure;
• Titan, in most cases, should stay near its main base, this makes boarding Titan by enemy soldiers more difficult;
• Orbital and EMP strikes should be used only when you see an opportunity to kill (or turn off) a lot of enemies. Both functions need ages to reloads, so they should be used very wisely.
• Remember that Commander's installation, which allow sending UAV, using sat-track and attacking with the use of both strikes can be destroyed be enemy Recon soldiers. If such situation occurs, installations should be repaired.