Standard Qualification 1: Difference between revisions

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Members are expected to play within the spirit of their role. This means only using equipment your role should have. As an example, binoculars are restricted to specific roles to avoid players having binoculars out rather than their ''gun''. So, in situations where you have the potential of get equipment (e.g an arsenal, looting bodies), only take items your role would have.

* Do not discuss when or how an operation will end. For concerns of an operation going on too long, contact a Zeus privately, or as a last resort covertly speak to your immediate "superior" (e.g fireteam leader, squad leader, etc).

EDC makes use of the mod '''[https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=463939057 ACE]'''. ACE does many things, including a custom interaction system. This is accessed by holding the left {{Key press|Win}} key. Moving your mouse will move the cursor, slightly move the camera, yet interaction options will stay still. Once close to an interactable object, options will appear as circles. Hovering over a circle will expand it out into further options (if applicable). To select an option, hover over it, and then release {{Key press|Win}}.

All weapons have a safety which will cause it to not fire when you {{Key press|Left Click}}. This is useful when you tab in and out to avoid accidentally firing your gun. The default key bind for this is {{Key press|LCtrl|` (Tilde)}}. Use the bind again, or change the fire mode with {{Key press|F}}, to disable it.

In Arma, a weapon may either be ''braced'' or ''rested''. A weapon is ''braced'' when "mounted" to cover or the ground. This increases stability and decreases spray intensity. This is done by pressing {{Key press|C}}. A weapon is ''rested'' when you hold your gun over cover. This is detected by Arma automatically. This give the same benefits as bracing but to a lesser degree. Whether a weapon is ''braced'' or ''rested'' is shown visibly at the top-right of your {{Abbr|HUD|Heads Up Display}}.

By default, a grenade can be thrown by pressing {{Key press|G}}, and switching between your grenades is done by pressing {{Key press|LCtrl|G}}. Certification '''requires''' that you go into your settings and ''unbind'' grenade throwing from {{Key press|G}}, or set it to something harder to do, like {{Key press|G}} x2. Only needing to press {{Key press|G}} once to throw a grenade is too easy to do accidentally.  

Another mod that EDC uses is '''[https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=751965892 ACRE2]''' (colloquially called "ACRE"). It is an mod that hooks into TeamSpeak 3 and creates a proximity chat environment. It also realistically simulates radios; some radios have longer ranges, terrain will impact signal quality and reach, etc. [[File:GQI1-radio-earth.jpg|thumb|So long as the man on the bottom remains lying down he will not hear the man above him. There is no line of sight for the radio, and the radio cannot travel through multiple meters of Earth.]]

Sometimes people have difficulty hearing others despite utilizing the obvious options, like adjusting the radio's volume knob or adjusting global volume. Note that ACRE2 allows you to adjust the volume of people in your proximity (Pre-Mix) or over the radio (Post-Mix) in it's settings.

Individuals with Zeus enter it with {{Key press|Y}}. Anyone else who presses {{Key press|Y}} "pings" the Zeus. The Zeus will see your name in a box on their screen and hear a sound alert. This is used for getting help from the Zeus when the game glitches out and/or causes results which are immersion breaking. For example, a Zeus would teleport a player killed from a glitch back to their squad so they do not need to reinsert.

The terms ''spacing'' and ''interval'' are the same, and refer to the distance soldiers maintain between each other. Soldiers should always maintain at least 5-10 meters of spacing. This limits the effectiveness of grenades, artillery, etc.

Sometimes the desired spacing is impossible. This is most common in urban environments. With so many possible attack vectors, it's better for a squad to use the cover they have, rather than maintain spacing but be in the open.[[File:GQI1-high-low-nono.png|thumb|354x354px|A visual showcase of a ''high-low'' utilized by the men on the left.]]

A tactic most people know intuitively is to have one riflemen stand while another crouches in-front of them, then, they both shoot in the same direction. This theoretically allows double the firepower to be aimed at a direction while requiring only the space of 1 person. EDC discourages this tactic due to the high-potential for friendly fire.

* '''Orient''' {{Emdash}} Give a direction and range of the contact. If close, give an indication danger is imminent.  

** Prioritize giving a cardinal direction, then a clock bearing where the element's direction of travel is 12 o'clock, and then a relative bearing of "''Right!''", "''Left!''", etc.

You are doing fine as a riflemen if you consistently give an alert, orientation, and description.

A common tactic to advance on a position and maintain security is ''bounding overwatch''. There are 2 variations: successive and alternating. Each variation can be done at the platoon, squad, and fireteam level.

Successive bounding is when 2 elements approach a position by having ''Element 1'' sit still and maintain security, then ''Element 2'' moves up (i.e bounds up) to a position ahead. Then, ''Element 2'' takes over security at the new position while ''Element 1'' bounds up to ''Element 2.'' The elements won't be ever be at the same location, but instead be parallel to one another, similar to the [[Standard Qualification 1#Line|line formation]]. The cycle repeats until the final destination is reached.

ACE medical can be interacted with in 1 of 2 ways. You can use ACE self-interact, or, you can open the medical menu by pressing {{Key press|H}}. On the top left, right under "EXAMINE & TREATMENT", there are a row of icons. From left to right, these icons are:

# Examine Patient {{Emdash}}Check pulse or blood pressure on the selected limb.

When you are wounded, the medical menu will show your body parts as being different colors. In order of severity, the colors are: grey (healthy), blue (all wounds have been bandaged/stitched), yellow (untreated wounds exist), followed by orange and then red, which indicate a heavy concentration of wounds and/or bleeding.

When bandaging, use basics until only small or partial wounds remain, then switch to click clots. For SQ-1, simply know that quick clots cover less of a wound than basics, and ACE always applies bandages to the largest wound on a limb regardless of bandage type. If you ''only have'' quick clots, then use them, but alert someone your medical supplies are low.

'''Autoinjectors''' are medications that are inserted via needle. There are 4 types: morphine, epinephrine, adenosine, and atropine. You only need to care about 2: morphine and epinephrine. For SQ-1, simply know that morphine reduces pain temporarily, and that you can only take 1 morphine every 10 minutes safely. For epinephrine, understand it's used on a stable unconscious patient to increase their chances of waking up.

A standard load of medical supplies for a riflemen is ''roughly'' 10 basics, 6 quick clots, 1 morphine, 1 splint, 5 sutures, and 1 or 2 tourniquets. Having less than this is cause for concern unless leadership states it's intentional.

* If you have wounds on your head or chest, your bleeding is minimal, and they are just yellow, remain in the fight and address later.

If you do need to address yourself, or a safe time has come to where you can, you should ''always'' treat yourself in the following order:

{{Note|Checking for pulse while CPR is on-going will cause a false positive. Checking for pulse on a tourniqueted limb will cause a false negative.|type=reminder}}

If an ally is unconscious, alert your element, and tourniquet the amount of wounded limbs you can, then check pulse. If there is none, yell this with urgency and call for a medic. If in a firefight, after that, return to the fight. If not in a fight, begin CPR immediately, and when the medic arrives, await instructions.   

Regardless if you are in a firefight or not, if a medic asks for your aid, render it as best you can.  

{{Note|This system does not work in vehicles.|type=error}}

A medic is better ''mechanically'' at healing and reviving. A riflemen ''cannot'' bring themselves or another person to a fully healed state. Riflemen ''can'' revive, but not to full health, and it's slower.