I am the commander of the squadron =GGer=. I have been seeing people playing squadron battles to win unique tag borders and decals, but I couldn’t find a clear guide to this mode. How does squadron battle work? Is it easy to find a match or do I need to contact other squadrons for organizing a battle? Will squadron battles count for grinding? What does the timetable for squadron battle look like? So many questions, hope get more info about this mode. Thanks!
Here is the official video on the mode:
As for you questions i can’t directly answer most of them as i do not play that mode, but this one:
I’m not sure for regular RP and tree progression but i do know that it doesn’t progress the event score, there is however a suggestion up for that if you want to support it:
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Thank you! It helps alot!
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It has a matchmaker. You hit to battle as a squad leader (not a squadron leader. squadron leader doesn’t have to be in the party to start a squadron battle) and the matchmaker will find you a squadron to fight against. This is ranked so you will be matched against squadrons of similar rating.
Yes, you do get RP and SL but it’s going to be limited a lot since there are no respawns so at max 8 kills your team can get.
Can’t tell you exactly since I haven’t played in so long but there is two slots. One for US region and one for EU (I mean you can play in either but the “US” one is in the middle of the night for Europe for example). “European” one starts at around 1300 UTC and lasts 8 hours I believe. Don’t quote me on this since it’s kinda finicky with daylight saving and I can’t remember if they adjust for that.
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Thank you! I found the post where they update every two months for squadron battle schedule. But they didn’t mention at what time they start squadron battles on a daily basis. Do you have more info about the time they start the squadron battles every day? Is the squadron battle only available on weekdays or weekends?
The post:
There is slot open right now and it ends in 4 hours exactly. Not sure when it started. Can’t help much there.
Every day
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Thank you!
The exact way it works is this:
There are 2 available time slots. First slot starts at 1600 UTC and goes until 9 UTC. The other slot goes from 0100 UTC until 0700 UTC.
You have to create a squadron of 8 players from your squadron. You can change the squadron size at the bottom of your screen by clicking the Icon next to your squad.
It is a single life event with up to 8 ground being able to spawn or up to 4 ground and 4 air. Once your 4th air has spawned, it will lock out anyone else from spawning.
There is a loose ranking system where once you hit a certain level of Squadron Points, you can start to fight pretty much anyone but if you haven’t climbed much on the leaderboard, you may find it hard to find matches later into the season as the skill gap is too great.
It operates off of ground RB rules but with a slight twist. Aircraft spawn on the runway with their engine off, similar to SIM battles, and the name tags for other aircraft and ground will only show within 1km or so. The same goes for ground in reference to air craft. You will not see friendly aircraft names until they’re within 1km. Ground can still see other ground player names though at pretty much all ranges like standard RB.
If you have any more questions, you can always hmu in game and I can answer any more questions!
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Thank you very much! It is much clearer for me now. Just want to confirm the first time slot you mentioned: is it 1600 UTC to 0900 UTC next day, lasting 16 hours in total while the other one lasts only 6 hours?
Sorry my times were a bit off in translation. Its 1400 UTC - 2100 UTC (7 hours) and 0100 - 0700 UTC (6 hours)
We use CST and its 9 am - 4 pm and 8 pm - 2 am
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Thank you! Really appreciate your help! Hope this post will also help future players who would be interested in squadron battle:)
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