I'll never forget the commander that encouraged me to drive a supply truck for the first time. He hopped into the passenger seat and tutored me on how to build nodes and where the best place would be to drop supplies. I think we lost the match because he was busy showing me something but prioritized my knowledge over the match. This game is a breath of fresh air, and I find it really cool how such an unforgiving game has such a helpful, wholesome, and often times hilarious community

100% agree with how friendly the community is. My first match someone asked me to be an engineer and I told him I didn’t know how that class works and he told me a ton

I started playing on friday. Joined as level one and one level 200 dude immidiatly wrote: "You, new dude, come in my squad, we gonna explain you stuff if you like". I love it.

7th game last night, decided to take on the commander role since no-one else would. Over the course of another 30 minutes, a player called Yuri guided me on how to make the best usage of the Commander abilities. Most welcoming community ever

Just adding on a few things: 1) Bushes are your friend (and foe): Bushes, good for hiding, and ambushing people. Always try to be near one, it might save you. (In short.) 2) TRUCKS: I swear to god, please return the trucks if you can once dropping off soldiers. It’s good to place them next to either Garrisons, or back at the HQ. We really don’t need a transport truck taking a tank shell just cause someone left it sitting in the capture point.

I just started this game and took a tanker crewman roll in my third game. I debated telling my crewmates that I've never operated a tank before and decided against it. I made a couple minor mistakes and they quickly realized I'm a newbie. They proceeded to teach me and I had one of the coolest gaming experiences ever as we took down 8 tanks and probably around 60 foot soldiers in the first tank.

Man, I played my first game of squad leader when I was a level 3. I fell in love with the role because of the squad I was with. They were all relatively seasoned players, who helped me and taught me the ins and outs of the game. Truly the best game community I've ever played in. Those guys from my first SL game are still regulars in my squad and it makes the game so enjoyable.

This should be an unskippable intro video every time a new player opens the game. Until at least level 50.

As a veteran, we LOVE when noobs ask questions and actually want to learn

Thanks for adding evidence of people being chill to new players. It's a nice touch for anxious newbies.

Just got the game and didn't really know what I was doing besides running around as a medic wherever the combat was happening, but I managed to get the Desmond Doss achievement and got a lot of "Thanks a lot doc." or "Medic, I can't feel my legs." I don't know if I was completely useful or not, but I felt a sense of fulfillment and pride being 1 of our 2 medics for the entire team.

As a squad lead with over 200 hours in that role I say this is all solid advice. The biggest advice here though is in fact talk, communicate, even if it’s basic like “hey I see guys at heading 230”. Play your role, learn it, find one that fits and learn how to play it.

Just played my first 3 matches on your server this morning. Won all 3 matches and was shoved into commander role in the last match. We were down 2-3 in territories on warfare and my squad leaders coached me to where we ended up winning. Needless to say I am instantly hooked to this game.

The most important thing for new players you have said is "This game has no Team Deathmatch". If you want kills go play BF or CoD or else. Nobody will be mean to you when you're new or when you can't talk, but never ever just go for kills, it's the only thing we're allergic to. It's a team game, Teamwork makes the dream work. :)

As a new player, I was surprised at how nice the community was and willingness to explain the role. We had a commander playing his second or third game in that role and a few other squad leaders were giving him point. I prefer medic or engineer but one of my pet peeves is when the squad leader abdicates the role and nobody steps up. One of the things that I do as squad lead is tell my squad is on Warfare, to maintain defense on our objective and let other units attack and then move up once the next objective is taken. I'll also make sure to talk to other squad leads and the commander about getting Garrys up on fall back locations as well as an OP for my squad outside of the Garry. My rule of thumb is to at least have 2-3 sides of cover with garrys and OP's to prevent us getting killed off spawn. On Offensive, I always set up the fall back garry and have an OP near the current objective.

Another great video. As you say, new players shouldn't be shy about asking for help. I would only add that if they find themselves in a squad in which the other players aren't talking, or one in which they're not being helpful, move to another squad.

I'm a HLL Vetran and I loved the don't create a Squad and abandon the SL position. I'm maxed out in Commander and Squad Leader but not in any of the Squad positions I am constantly getting into match and the SL will abandon early or mud game and nobody wants to step up which leaves me and then half of time nobody wants to listen. "Hey CO said our Squad has defend the last point" and then I got one dude with me waiting at the point and then 4-5 dudes still attacking while getting overran. Idk what's up with new players but the just wanna do their own thing 90% of the time and I contemplate leaving HLL and Squad all together. Great video though

I’ve only played a few matches so far and I gotta say, this community is amazing. I’ve had a ton of laughs and even had a squad commander show me some of the ropes on how to be more effective. I’m excited for more for sure!

Never fear about not knowing. Feel free to ask your squad mates they'll always be happy to help! Also, no matter how much time you have into the game you still always learn things. I have 400 hours into the game and I just found out you can use Q or E to rotate barbwire to fit into tighter spots where you otherwise couldn't place. (works on most things). And I still blow mind of players even with 1000 hours that you can HOLD Space to vault over objects with greater success vs slapping space trying to get over walls. It works a LOT better if you get into the habit of holding space.

I just started playing a few weeks ago. I am former 8404 Navy Hospital Corpsman and playing medic is def my vibe. Thank you for this video. Helped me a ton.

Started playing this game on console yesterday, so far the players I’ve played with have been extremely welcoming and helpful. Such a fun game and I can’t wait to learn more.

One of the few problems with the Hell Let Loose game selection is joining a game where every squad is either full or locked. This happens quite a bit. That's why some people create an infantry squad and then change roles. They might not feel comfortable as the company commander; so, they relieve themselves of that role.

When defensive garrisons are not getting built, I go solo SL with a locked squad and then I'll just play the match solo and check the map for supply drops and help the commander build garrisons.

Yesterday I played for the first time as a tank crewman. I joined two guys and told them I'm new. It was my best game so far. Both were super nice and taught me how to drive thse heavy thing, shoot etc.

I love how cinematic and immersive it is. By its fundamentals, you actually have to move and communicate as an actual soldier in WW2. Not like COD that’s fast paced, or BF where you can just do whatever you want. The best is when your under heavy fire defending on point with your team on local chat. Hearing everyone talk In militaristic terms while bullets are flying past your head, hearing armor chug across the road spitting out smoke and everyone is freaking out. It’s crazy how there’s so many people communicating with each other when they aren’t even in the same squads, but we all have the same objective. Literally feels like your in a movie. Also you genuinely have to try so hard for so long to win. So when you do, it’s so satisfying. You have to earn it.

On my second game I created a squad thinking that I can give the officer role to someone else after. I apologized to my squad and they told me "you got this" and guided me thru and we had an amazing game where I popped off and got lots of commendations. Friendliest community of any game I've played.

Voice chat on hll is an awesome experience. The banter, the laughs, the strategizing and teamwork, the calls for medic. Its half the reason this game is so awesome.

What i am doing recently as a new player is imitate what the others do. If they run while croaching i will do the same, if they charge i will charge. Great tactic.

I never intended to be squad leader, but I had to start to take it for two reasons: 1. nobody else wanted it; 2. the one who took never said a word. In my experience, a properly communicating team has a great advantage over a team that is not communicating, or not coordinating. Get a mic, and don't be shy to use it. I found the players really helpful if you tell them that you're new. I usually ask the squad to commend low levels; the better loadout the team has, the better chance we stand. Never act like a dork who just came from CSGO and brags about knowing everything. I'm over 40 and my reflexes aren't the best anymore, but I found absolutely great in this game that you can be useful and gain a ton of XP in some roles even without firing a single shot.

As a casual gamer this game really does a have a steep learning curve but its well worth the grind to learn the more you know the more fun it is.

I’ve just picked up HLL and man this game is definitely worth it and the community is actually welcoming. I usually always play medic and I don’t think I’ve ever heard so many “thank you” and “i appreciate you” in a single match. I had a guy guide me to take down 2 enemies as I didn’t have visuals on them but were 2 arms lengths away behind a small hill after I managed to take them out without taking any hits I got a “good job, great shots” then he got gunned down. Great vid btw!

I was so surprised when I figured out that the community was so friendly and willing to help out new players. Love this community.

I'm pretty new to the game and most of the time playing as medic or a rifleman. Yesterday I had the best match so far. Two squads were really working together perfectly which was insanely effective. Good cooperation, everyone taking his role seriously and effective communication were the key to our success as far as I can tell. The enemy fought fierce and at times we were vastly outnumbered, but due to the fantastic teamplay we were an unstoppable force. The gaming experience was so good, I had butterflies in my stomach hours later. HLL is a fantastic game if you play with the right people.

I've played alot of BF1. BF2 and COD WW2. been away from gaming for a while and just now picked up Hell let loose. I'm very excited to hop on and very motivatd now after your video. Thanks!

The community is so awesome tbh. Never played a shooter with this much support

Awesome little vid to help out ways of getting things done, albeit my first 3 hours of game time were entirely spent as a squad leader, but that time alone, having asked questions that a commander and fellow squad leaders were happy to answer, and prior experience with similar games as squad lead, was enough to get so much satisfaction. Dying a lot less than expected, getting a lot more crucial kills to defend areas and garrisons, learning how to use allied garrisons and OPs to figure out where enemies are located, and then placing garrisons and your own OPs in locations to help push the enemy from multiple directions all come out so well in a game like this

Great stuff Soul! This should be required viewing for all new players. AND for players that didn't get it the first time around. Or the second. Or third...

Honestly, despite this game being sort of a dying simulator for me, it is definitely good, the folks communicate and are generally nice, well, most of the time. But i do gotta shoutout that guy who taught me how to drive the tank in this game, he was really patient with me, and later on in that same match, we rolled for a 50 killstreak in a Panzer IV, honestly the most fun match i've had on this game as a new player

As someone who constantly has to deal with folks going solo locked tanks. THANK YOU. It gets beyond annoying when solo players constantly grab Medium or Heavy Tanks. Using up fuel and resources; crippling their own team. Then leaving when we run out of supplies.

This is probably one of the only game I'd consider myself a vet in. And I am always happy to help new players learn the ropes

Honestly one of the best things in this game is being in a well communicated armor crew in a recon tank with a well communicated commander and officers.

“Chill and welcoming community” definitely not in my experience. I just get yelled at 90% of the time by teenagers or rotc nerds. My friend and I grabbed recon and went behind enemy lines. We together racked up around 40 kills. And the entire time we had a commander on the verge of tears in game chat because of it. I assume because we weren’t playing objective or doing more with the recon than others might have. At the end of the day it’s a game and is for for fun, and we had fun. People take it a little too seriously in my experience.

I wish I had watched this video a few days ago before my first game, I joined quickly and assumed I wouldn't cause any trouble and could stay out of the way by making my own infantry squad. Instant regret, didn't even have my headset on, tied directly to command channels, being asked to do things way beyond my experience level and not making anyone aware I was brandy new. I've actually met a handful of really cool people so far and I'm having fun. I just really have to hone in on finding targets and winning gunfights. Thank you for the videos!

As a player in WOR I’ve considered getting this game. Looks kinda similar in some ways being a more realistic combat experience than your more arcade type shooters.

Great video souls! I think I should give this a game another chance. I was so lost but at least I know what not to do now and should watch a class guide!

Been playing Medic which i'm told is a bit low priority compared to support, good tank crew, officers, ect But gotta say, almost every rev i do, i'm almost always met with a "Cheers mate, you're a legend" or a simple "Thank you medic" Wholesome stuff 💙

That’s 100% true man the community for this game is so refreshing, had some guys take a whole game to teach me how to play in the tank, we ended up tearing the enemy team up by the end of it

only started the game today, gonna check out the engineer video after this, met some really cool guys that i formed up tank crews with and we did pretty well, i was really proud of myself cuz i spotted a T-34 for my team and we actually managed to kill it lol, loving the game so far thanks for the tips!

It was like that. Until they put it on game pass. I'm a game pass player. But I'm a Hell Let Lose kinda guy. Game pass players typically run around like morons, attacking the objective with 40 guys. While the rest are actually trying to play strategically. Personally, I asked a lot of questions and listened to a lot of videos because I realized pretty quickly. I wasn't playing some battlefield game.

Today is my 1st day playing, had a few games as rifle men then became squad leader unintentionally but my squad and commander was so nice and talked me through it all

I don’t know what player base yall play with. I got kicked from a squad because the officer didn’t think I was running to objective fast enough. There’s a fixed sprint speed 😂

It’s a game dawg 💀

When I started the game I knew I probably shouldn't take squad leader but there was no squad left to join so I became the squad leader, thankfully there was a guy helping me how and what to do and I was able to somehow manage it through

I`ve squad-baited a few times when I first started.😳 I would usually only do it if I waited for a minute or two and there were still no unlocked squads. I mostly did it because I was new and was aware that Squad Leaders are usually best for more experienced players and didn`t want to get yelled at for playing a SL at level 1-10. Luckily, I learned the game fast and have even volunteered to be SL a few times after our initial one left.

You're a lot easier to spot when moving around. I find sticking close to a wall and laying on the ground is a good position. Lay next to a wall that runs perpendicular to the wall the enemy is hiding behind. Don't run or crouch move to the position, you crawl on the ground and through any available vegetation. You can get close enough that when they pop their heads up to shoot, you can pop them at close range and get a lot of them before they figure you out.

1:20 100% Agree. Everytime i don't know how to do something, even the most angry player starts explaining you very nicely what to do

You’re attitude towards new players sums up the community perfectly, dope game with dope players. I’m relatively new myself and get advice, tips, basic info and more almost every time I’m on. Love the content. Gonna watch your other stuff now

Top tier tip for rookies: never throw a grenade because it will always somehow land in front of a friendly

Man a few times I told my team I have no clue what to do with this... Then got overwhelmed with help. This is awesome!

The friendliness and general lack of toxicity really stunned me when I started playing. It feels like a fps for grownups.

Mighty bold of soul to assume the average squad is gonna listen to the SL and not just do their own thing or scream at the SL for not doing what they think they should be doing lol.

One of the funniest things I've seen in the game is a group of noob engineers trying to reinforce a point. I was running supplies back and forth for them. They had a massive stockpile of supplies and so many defenses built that were completely useless. The enemy overran their entire defensive structure in about 30 seconds. It was absolutely hilarious, but that's how you learn.

I was taught a lot when I was new and the second I knew something new I did not hesitate to give that knowledge on to the next new player. This continues throughout the whole game which makes the community one of the best.

I remember my first time trying the game I chose squad leader not really knowing what I was doing, I assumed I just made a new squad to start and play since the others were filled, when my squad slowly filled up I asked my squad mates what to so when stuff was going down and told them "just give me orders when need be, I'll figure it out" and slowly got into it and we did a good job, it felt cool having to switch between call channels and give orders to my squad and request supplies or artillery, it was really cool how supportive my teammates were too, I was expecting the typical call of duty comms.

“It’s the most chill player base” 99% agree, although I did accidentally leave one guy behind while driving the truck and was basically hunted down for the rest of the game for that, still pretty fun/funny so I didn’t mind

HLL community is the funniest out there, I love hearing people role-playing and say lines from famous movies

I agree with this being the chillest community. I've been so used to rainbow six and league so having help from nearby players was so amazing. I highly recommend this game, tons of gameplay options that all directly help the team. Surprised I haven't seen more hacking in HLL as well, I think after 200 hours, only seen 1 blatant cheater.

If someone makes a squad, then wait for someone to join to only get out and change the role, I join the squad straight away, take the squad leader position and kick that person out. Of course, I'll be the squad leader for the rest of the match, but it's sooooo satisfying to do that! :D

The first supply truck is for the first 2 attack garrisons. You don't need supply trucks to build nodes. Ask your squad to leave support and engineer open. Go support off rip and drop your supplies at spawn (the one farthest away from the action). Redeploy as engineer and build a manpower (cuts supply box time in half). Set the other 2 blueprints before redeploying back to support. Your supplies should be back up. Now hammer both of the other 2 blue prints up to 95 percent. As soon as the are both up to 95% complete one of them. Your supplies should be back up now. Drop your third supply box swing your hammer twice and you are done. If you don't intend on building nodes go support off rip, drop supplies at spawn and redeploy.

I was playing medic early on and someone called me a hero for all the revives I accomplished it was really nice to hear starting out.

I was new to the game a few weeks ago and I had spawned in as a tank commander. A nice fellow joined me and helped me learn the basics. He was super friendly and helpful and it was a great experience.

Thanks for this. It will help ease the learning curve when the time comes. Your vids are definite info gold for us new recruits. Thanks

as a new player to all new players, No one will yell at you don't worry they will never TALK for any reason.

The truck tip gets me the most, its so frustrating watching somr blueberry ride off in a single man truck, its funny because people still do it

Ive played many shooter games, this is by far the friendliest, most communicative player base out there. As a newbie and still a newbie, every match I play, everyone is more than helpful with anything and very talkative. The Devs in HLL nailed the comms, where you can switch to talk to different players in different locations. I’ve been playing COD since the original mw2, and always being loyal to COD every year, this year I won’t be. HLL is an amazing game and I highly recommend it to anyone.

Great video! One thing I'm not 100% on boat with - recommending newbies rifleman class. There are multiple classes that do the same thing + more. But I get that newbie locking AT or engi could be worrying at times. Best thing is to ask squad what they need. Support players are angels

I appreciate the video and effort in trying to help newcomers. I been watching several videos on this game and been on the fence on getting it since I don't have buddies that play it. But it's nice to see people are chill with new comers. I love games like this that take thinking and strategy unlike COD. Coming from battlefield and I think this will be a huge treat to own. I'll be getting it tonight. Super excited

Whenever i'm squad lead, I don't force my squad to talk, yeah it seems counter productive but i tell them as soon as the match starts "its ok if you're mute, you see something, ping it and i will be your voice till you're comfortable speaking up" because some people genuinely are anxious to speak up and i get that, even got someone to slowly open up near the end of the match and it was a match we won by moving with Charlie Squad to flank and my squad of mutes was right there with me

Even as a new player, as long as you’re trying to fulfill your role, you’ll be set

Yeah, a testament to how nice the play base is one game. There was literally like one guy with an entire squad of moves or something like that and it was pretty much coaching all of them

My first match my team taught me how to be a squad leader. How to place things, switch chats and how to callout for the game. It was a rough game but I learned a ton and now I have the chance to help out any new guy I come across

I actually picked up hell let loose a few days ago and it is a total breath of fresh air for someone who has bern playing COD for years at this point. Ive even played a few good games as an officer, even tho automatic riflemen is my best class.

Great info! I just started playing and wish I had watched this before my first game (as well as the Rifleman guide). Luckily I ended up with a SL who did a great job of explaining that the game is really all about access to the front, garries and OPs and... just generally the squad was supportive and cool. Thanks for all your guides, SS!

I wish this was showed more to people. With this new push of gamepass people I try so hard to spread these videos

I first played these types of Hardcore games on ( Red Orchestra ) 20 years ago. They're incredible because 90% aren't Sweaty players rushing around.

It’s true. I went from barely knowing what was going on to actually being a contributing member of squads by binging these videos. And the server is a cut above many others. Thank you!

Yesterday I told this squad leader I was new to the game, and he says "it's pretty simple. You shoot as many of them as you can and try not to die." There's much more to it than that of course but it really made it less intimidating. He also told me to be a medic if I want to grind XP.

never played any other class than medic, reviving everybody i see

A few days ago I decided to take the officer role in my squad for the first time after the first guy’s game crashed. My squad guided me through and the commander happily gave me orders to flank and hold the area where he was dropping supplies to build a garrison. The community is really a friendly and funny when in the proxy chat.

I had another streamer mention your server for hell let loose. not an easy one to get into, but still trying. he said it is a good one and he plays on it often. i just started back with it and am having to relearn everything. so this video helped. look forward to seeing you and everyone else out there.!!

Another important thing is to learn proper vehicle identification, I had a "Veteran" player blow up my supply truck because he thought I was in a transport and not waiting for everyone. In fact, just don't teamkill in general, even if you feel it would be justified.

Started playing this game from level 1 as a commander and haven’t lost a game yet. Already level 48 n killing it baby!

Yeah, after I started getting comfortable, we needed a garrison but the squad leaders were more concerned about K/D ratio or getting into the main action so I jumped in to help the commander. I was nervous but it ended up being a good learning experience. I have left the squad leader position to re spawn as a different class because we couldn’t get anybody to be engineers. There is a big difference in gameplay when one team has a commander and the other doesn’t. I’ve had matches where we needed a commander and somebody jumped in that had never done it before and saved our match. It is nervous and it is a learning curve and it is difficult at first but once you start learning how to play, it changes the experience.

To be honest, Im not sure if discouraging new players from taking Squad Leader role is good, because then we have perfectly fine players lvl 10 that think they know too little to be SL and it lowers the open squads number and still kinda urges weary vets to play SL or even makes squads play without SL. Any SL is probably still better than none, in perfect scenario fully communicative, in bare minimum at least placing OPs. If salty veteran sees room for improvement, he can teach or ask the newbie to step down from the role. So, I would say, New Players, please dont be afraid to play SL, because it has good equipment (for different situations short range or long range set + a bunch of grenades), but more importantly you can have a great influence on the pace of the game for your team and squad - just place garrys and outposts. Communicate with Commander, gather informations from your squadmates, listen to advices from high lvl players; and it will make everybody's experience better

As a new player who loves playing engineer and seeing how my defensive help my team whenever we’re pushed back, I hate anyone who takes the supply truck to front line and never go back to resupply

This is a very intense, immersive, and often times unintentionally hilarious game. I highly recommend it.

I've always loved playing medic, and even more in this game. People really get into character, and it's funny to hear people yelling out for a medic

When I was new I fell in love with their server. When nobody wanted to command I thought I'd try it. They didn't get mad but instead they helped me learn that day I lost 1 of 4 matches!

One thing I've learnt is any callout is the best callout, even if it's one guy, that one guy can mess up your teams day

I have over 1K hours in HLL. Any new player listen to this guide it’s solid