I admittedly just picked up this game on Friday and have basically played non stop since. I’ve played a fair amount of ARMA in milsim companies before and after a few games of getting the basics down I noticed how inconsistent Squad Leaders can be so I jumped into the role and did my best but I almost immediately noticed a huge issue.

Squad Leads don’t shut the fuck up.

This weekend I won around 5 games; in every single one of those wins the Commanders were active and helpful while Squad Leads actually had radio discipline which allowed the Commanders to drop supplies and artillery usefully and gave me the chance to effectively communicate and lead my squad.

Every other game I played was a fucking mess, commanders picking and choosing who to listen to, SLs having casual conversation and bantering about sports over the Command Radio so I can’t hear my own squad or any game audio, no one putting priority for garrisons and absolutely zero squad control, and yet when we start losing everyone gets pissed off and starts throwing blame around instead of shutting the fuck up and actually using their brains to effectively lead.

Was this just a bad series of games, or is that the average for a pub lobby? Cause if so I’m joining a company fucking asap, that shit is toxic as hell and will destroy my interest in this game.

Edit; the general consensus from the comments so far and in game conversations it seems that’s just the Hell Let Loose experience so I’m definitely gunna be joining a company; until then I’ve come to a staged solution.

First I dropped the Command Radio volume to half my squad/prox volumes to reduce passive ear rape.

Second I politely ask Leads to shut the fuck up by telling them that winning teams use Command Radio to only communicate necessary information like tank and troop locations or to make requests from Commander not discuss the latest hockey game.

Third, I’ll mute Leads that don’t shut up, if its one/two outliers, coordinate a vote kick and if its the whole team, just quit.

Fourth if necessary coordinate a Vote Kick against shitty commanders thats cherry pick who to listen to or drop bad strikes/supply drops.

So far I’ve only actually had to mute a handful of SL’s.