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Favourite starting team...[message #46515]

Sun, 12 March 2000 12:49

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

Hi all.This forum has been dead for too long, but now it's time to put some hot stuff in here..

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So,my JA1 fellow commanders...what is you're favourite starting team?

Mine is:
1.Ivan(I have always hired him in day one,he's the best)
2.Bud(Great back up)
3.Fidel(explosives expert)
4.Beth(good medic and fast learner)

So what's yours?Come on,let's shake things up here a bit...otherwise i'm in deep...****...

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Olga is breathing in my neck already...

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46516]

Sun, 12 March 2000 13:12

NviperO is currently offline

Messages:31
Registered:January 2000
Location: Espoo, Finland

I've always liked to use all-female team in DG. Scope, Buzz, Vicki, Fox... It's nice to watch their work...

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Also Static and Ivan are top-notches...

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46517]

Mon, 13 March 2000 05:59

Uzi is currently offline

Messages:69
Registered:March 2000
Location: Helsinki, Finland

Mine!
1.Ivan
2.Fidel
3.Speck (mech)
4.Fox (medic)
5.Ice

I also usually acquire the services of Skiz and Tex as well, and would even hire the crappy Reuban if not for the hate towards Ivan.

BTW, they should have incorporated that "Cop-a-feel" thing to JA2... It woulda been fun seeing some of the psychos go berserk when somebody tried to fondle them

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Uzi

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46518]

Mon, 13 March 2000 13:43

Bearpit is currently offline

Messages:1068
Registered:August 2001
Location: Sydney Australia.

Ivan---Shooter
Fidel---Shooter & Explosives
Speck---Repair & Locks
Beth---Field Nurse
Bud---Shooter
Jimmy Upton---Locks
Thats usually the first day or two. Then I try for Magic & Lynx later when I can afford them.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46519]

Tue, 14 March 2000 00:28

Shanga is currently offline

Messages:3480
Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

Definitely Ivan is the best merc that a newbie can hire in JA1. I gave him a modified .45 and he is my sniper!

Speck - mechanics, lockpick (but I hate him)
Wolf - next best shooter
Fox - great deadly girl
Ice - also good

I do not have a qualified nurse, but I'm a newbie at JA1,so don't be too hard on me. I'm just starting to learn it, the hard way (getting kicked in the but).

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46520]

Sun, 19 March 2000 10:20

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

Hmmmm...I wonder why all the newbies began to like Ivan after few days of play?

When i first time saw Ivan i was quite impressed of that grenade!

Ivan is the best...

''Shitbag''

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46521]

Tue, 21 March 2000 11:36

Lockers is currently offline

Messages:1
Registered:March 2000

Nah, the team you need is
1. Grunty - point man
2. Ivan - gunner
3. Vinny - mechanic

Day three
1. Ice - gunner
2. Fidel - gunner/explos.
3. Doc - point man/med
Grunty handles field medic and point duties.
Three gunners allows easy rotation (two on, one healing resting) and if you look up the formulas, Vinny is a better lockpicker than Jimmy, and is a far better shot.

The key is to think long term, as not a lot of firing can be done.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46522]

Wed, 22 March 2000 12:55

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

Hi Lockers and welcome!

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It's nice to get more Ja1 veterans here!There are so few of us that are willing to talk about Ja1!

Well,it was nice to hear your starting teams!

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46523]

Wed, 22 March 2000 21:57

Shanga is currently offline

Messages:3480
Registered:January 2000
Location: Danubia

Quote:

Originally posted by Lockers:
The key is to think long term, as not a lot of firing can be done.

First, welcome...

Excellent point here! Used to DG and JA2 when I first rushed to play JA1 (I only got the game this year) I started out with lots of guns and few boxes of ammo. Soon I was fighting enemies with knives, because by guns had run dry!

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That makes me say that JA1 had a far more hard and balanced gameplay. It was hard to get a good team in the beginning and some decent weapons, so they joy of firing a modified Colt 45 was immense. Although unrealistic a bit, the ultimate weapons, the mod M16, was indeed priceless and worth sniping, cause a shot with it was definitely deadlier than one with the gun.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46524]

Sat, 29 April 2000 11:31

Albonzo is currently offline

Messages:1
Registered:April 2000
Location: Sweden

This is my favourite starting team in JA1:

1. Grunty
2. Snake
3. Jimmy
4. Elroy

Sometimes Ice or Ivan instead of Grunty.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46525]

Sun, 30 April 2000 07:47

Ricky Ricardo is currently offline

Messages:11
Registered:April 2000
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I agree with Viper about using the female mercs first....they are quite impressive to watch while they improve diligently.

I believe that Ivan is a good starting merc...he may not speak too much English, but he is a great shot....when I first played the game, I was annoyed of Ivan...but now I look back, and I find that Ivan is worth every penny, and worth as a good starting merc.

My two cents in......i hope that was sensible....

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46526]

Thu, 18 May 2000 17:40

bcr19374 is currently offline

Messages:1
Registered:April 2000
Location: Orlando FL USA

I just noticed this thread...

My initial team is actuall all on one line in the AIM listing. It is:

Hitman (Good shoot who is also cheap)
Cliff (Great marksmanship for a Doc)
Leech (Excellent marksmanship but
bloodthirty)
Ice (My favorite merc)
Speck (Train him on med for two days and
then start repairing. He's a great
mechanic and a decent doctor.)

After those guys I sometimes get someone else such as Ivan or Mouse.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46527]

Sat, 20 May 2000 06:03

Braddoc is currently offline

Messages:1
Registered:May 2000
Location: Laval,Qu

I've started the main canpaing in JADG and I've got a decent team under 5000$
Leech (Cheap shooter, but got to kill to stay).
Hitman (Good attitude, good shooter for his price)
Beth (Cheap doc, and not-that bad shot)
Malice (Great attitude, good shooter, but it's like Leech, got to kill to stay)
Postie (Love his paranoia, except that, he a lower-meduim merc)
Cliff (another decent shot, and good doctor)

Some times I hire Speck for repairs.

The only problem in the team in that Leech, Malice and Postie don't quit shooting at a traget until it dies, so there's always a square taken for a knife.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46528]

Sat, 24 June 2000 06:11

The_Sabre is currently offline

Messages:19
Registered:February 2000
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina...

How much money do you start with in JA1?

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"Just a leg."
"Thats terrible!"
"Not with mustard."
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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46529]

Sat, 24 June 2000 21:20

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

The Sabre> The money system is different in each difficulty level...

Easy:

Starting funds: 20.000$
Helicopter fee: 600$
Funeral fee: 600(not sure, though)

Normal:

Starting funds: 15.000 $
Helicopter fee: 800$
Funeral fee: 800$(Not sure again!

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Hard:

Starting funds: 10.000$
Helicopter fee: 1.000$
Funeral fee: 1.000$(NOT SURE!

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It's been almost a month since i last time played JA1, so, i can't remember any more details...

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46530]

Sat, 24 June 2000 22:19

The_Sabre is currently offline

Messages:19
Registered:February 2000
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina...

What is the 'helicopter fee'?
I didn't know there was a chopper in Metavira.

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"You ate someone?"
"Just a leg."
"Thats terrible!"
"Not with mustard."
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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46531]

Sun, 25 June 2000 00:37

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

The Sabre> Well, there really isn't a helicopter in Metavira, but, everytime you hire merc's from A.I.M... You'll have to pay to the pilot so he can get you're new guys to Metavira... It is like a travel expenses...

That's the only way you can use chopper in JA1

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46532]

Sun, 25 June 2000 04:55

The_Sabre is currently offline

Messages:19
Registered:February 2000
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina...

I figured it would be some sort of travel arrangement, but do you pay the pilot for each merc or for each group? Like if you hired three mercs at once on easy difficulty, would you pay 1800 or 600?

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"You ate someone?"
"Just a leg."
"Thats terrible!"
"Not with mustard."
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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46533]

Sun, 25 June 2000 20:22

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

The Sabre> It's 600/one group... SO it's quite cheap...

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It's good to have some discussion in this forum for a while...

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46534]

Mon, 26 June 2000 00:03

Bearpit is currently offline

Messages:1068
Registered:August 2001
Location: Sydney Australia.

Dont forget the body bags.

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$600 to send the remains back to mom & dad. If you dont some mercs will quit saying your a poor leader.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46535]

Mon, 26 June 2000 00:11

Vesku is currently offline

Messages:40
Registered:January 2000
Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally posted by Vesku:

Funeral fee: 600

I didn't forget the "bodybags"...

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46536]

Mon, 26 June 2000 22:35

Phobia is currently offline

Messages:2
Registered:June 2000
Location: Sweden

Bodybag is the outfit of choice for all enemies in this sector!.

Guess who =).

I usually hire Wolf,Jimmy and Fidel plus the others i hire are just random(Depending on what mood im in) Its fun because i have the Disk version =)

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46537]

Mon, 26 June 2000 23:24

Uzi is currently offline

Messages:69
Registered:March 2000
Location: Helsinki, Finland

I had an, umm... "abandonware"

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version of JA1, which I believe was the original disk version, but luckily found the CD in a compilation. The disk version just isn't the same, since it has almost no speech besides the usual grunts and OKs.

Uzi

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46538]

Fri, 14 July 2000 00:37

ocer is currently offline

Messages:2
Registered:July 2000
Location: Finland

I had JA1 and DG as CD-versions, but I sold them Sad

Sad

Now I'm looking for them again. Great games both.

Oh, my starting team was
Ivan(killer)
Ice(killer)
Fidel(explosives)
Eli(doctor)
Speck(mechnical)

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Another question, how many of you actually hired Mike? $ 10000 per day was too much even at the end of the game.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46539]

Fri, 14 July 2000 03:51

Tox is currently offline

Messages:249
Registered:February 2000
Location: www.webcodesign.de

Ocer:
Check EBAY and such and / or online shops... sometimes you can find both of these games there.

Toxic

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46540]

Wed, 03 October 2001 23:55

El_slapper is currently offline

Messages:31
Registered:March 2001
Location: Taverny, France

MIKE??? Hired him once for the final assault. Just to waste some money.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46541]

Thu, 04 October 2001 00:05

Col Leo Kelly is currently offline

Messages:39
Registered:August 2001
Location: Wherever AIM sends me

Yeah, Mike is good for that final attack but at $10,000 the price is just silly. You can get lots of mercs for $3,000 - $4,000 that are almost as good. I would rather have two good mercs (say, Lynx & Kelly) than one perfect merc (Mike). Even Mike comes with a limited supply of action points so two 95% shooters outperform one 99% shooter every time.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46542]

Tue, 16 October 2001 18:10

jarnoid is currently offline

Messages:23
Registered:July 2001
Location: Finland

i actually have the abandonware JA1 but i think i'm missing a lot without the speech files. JADG i had, but sold it away (the mission editor rocked).

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46543]

Tue, 30 April 2002 20:05

CyberKill is currently offline

Messages:21
Registered:April 2002
Location: Alings

Ice-Sniper
Snake-Stealth
Cliff-Sniper and medic
Static-Sniper and mechanic

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46544]

Tue, 01 October 2002 01:50

JURAJURA is currently offline

Messages:64
Registered:March 2002
Location: GODING - MORAVIA - Heart ...

I belive that Razor is geneticaly manipulated an mixed Ivan and Fidel.. so both of them ;]] Very Happy

Very Happy

Very Happy

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46545]

Tue, 19 November 2002 05:48

Firestorm is currently offline

Messages:1
Registered:November 2002
Location: Metavira

Hey there!
I have a German version from PCGames Dezember '96. More precicely it was a friend who had that and gave it to me. Well in those days I played not so much but just the last weekend I found this game and thought it is time to proceed further than the first mission.
My actual team which isn't bad:
-Ivan(Does he talk Russian in the English version too?)
-Ice(next to Ivan the best killer machine although only 81 points or so)
-Eli(Doc for little accidents)
-Wolf(what a crap!!)
-Vinny(good shooter cheap and can open most doors)
-Kabumm(saw his IQ after hiring him ~lol~)
greetz

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46546]

Tue, 19 November 2002 07:03

CyberKill is currently offline

Messages:21
Registered:April 2002
Location: Alings

to citate Dedrianna - Kaboom you iiidddeeeooottt...

See Ya

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46547]

Tue, 19 November 2002 17:06

wolven_jade is currently offline

Messages:20
Registered:October 2001
Location: Romania in the summer, Ph...

gosh, it's been a while :rolleyes:

Ivan, Ice = snipers
Fidel = sniper and explosives
Sparky = on field day 1 (just for picking up stuff Cool

Cool

), after that mech.
Wolf = because i'm crazy about wolves in general and i like his broad specialization; he makes a good explosives and medic. his marksmanship usually picks up.
Grunty over Bud - better price, improves faster.

No locksmith until day 3 (by which time i haver 14 sectors), and then i hire magic. costs a lot & forces me to take a lot of sectors fast (which i like).

Mid-late: Lynx.

endgame: Scully (though he always disappoints me), Mike (because money's not an issue anymore).

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46548]

Tue, 19 November 2002 19:35

Gallagher is currently offline

Messages:85
Registered:October 2002
Location: CANADA

Current starting team:

Beth: the doctor
Turtle: the brains, if there is a shortcut he'll find it (cause he doesn't like to take the long way).
Skitz: natural born killer
Carp: sharpshooter, Turtle's right-hand man
Wally: mechanic with superior marksmanship, secondary medic, some explosives training
Weasel: generally offers constructive criticism while Wally works on explosives.
Rueban: gives an air of professionalism to the whole mission

and Elio (native guide)

Santino better watch his step... TEAM SLOTH (or Snow White and the Seven Dorks) are coming.
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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46549]

Sun, 01 August 2004 11:38

Freakin' is currently offline

Messages:28
Registered:July 2004
Location: Holland

JADG

1.Buzz*I can't wait to make daddy proud!*
2.Sparky*For sure!*
3.Ivan(Still not sure what he says in russian hehe)

Those 3 i always start with,spots 4-7 on the roster are undecided until needed.Spot 8 is for good ol'Guss Tarballs in the last mission.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46550]

Sun, 01 August 2004 12:02

Doc Croc is currently offline

Messages:91
Registered:September 2003
Location: VT

I'd always go with Beth (medic, fast learner), Gary (my all-time favorite merc), Snake (point), Hector (spanish speaking, not as lame as the natives), Vinny (early mechanic until he runs away with my money), Grunty, and Ivan (shooter).

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46551]

Fri, 10 September 2004 15:21

CCKeane is currently offline

Messages:98
Registered:September 2004
Location: Hoboken/Long Island

Ivan
Wolf
Vinny
Ice
Fidel
Usually Elio, or whatever his name was.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46552]

Tue, 02 November 2004 23:54

NAYHAN is currently offline

Messages:1
Registered:November 2004
Location: ISTANBUL

Actually Ivan is my favarote also .. But i like to recriut Raven at day first also, sometimes at night you can finish the whole campaign with raven...

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46553]

Tue, 16 November 2004 00:45

GreyViper is currently offline

Messages:8
Registered:July 2004
Location: Estonia

At start
Ivan
Snake
Jimmy
Ice
Wolf
Elio for guided tour

Later
Kelly/Scully
Boss/Magic
Fox
Lynx

Hehehe Ivan with silenced mod berreta *twup* *twup* Bye bye.

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Re: Favourite starting team...[message #46554]

Tue, 16 November 2004 06:17

Forsaken is currently offline

Messages:47
Registered:August 2002
Location: Germany

Well, a very cheap and though - in my opinion - efficient one here.

Hector (for the fightin')
Grunty (see above)
Beth (field medic, also able to work as a doctor in the camp when dealing with less serious wounds)
Sparky (mechanic, in my opinion better than Speck, because
- cheaper
- more room to improve because she's got more dexterity/less mechanical skill than Speck (and I hate him) and she'll catch up quickly when gaining points in the machanic section; three points or so more and she's better than spec)

Later on/next day:
- Doc (good shot and good medic, necessary when Beth's skills won't be enough; more Mercs seriously wounded)

And when I can afford them

Magic (locks)
Lynx (sniper)
Spike (my favourite, though - I know and admit it- his stats could be better, mainly agility)

- Forsaken

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