What is a Milsim

[Baz JJ]

One of the other main differences that occurs to me, between skirmish games and milsim games is the regen rules.

The milsim tries to instal some real fear of losing your game "life", so that players are more mindful when engaging the enemy and its therefore more realistic. Ive played in skirmishes where players just throw themselves at the enemy, die in a hail of BBs, run back 50m, touch a tree and they are back in the game. Life is cheap

In milsims, there are normally medic rules, so if you get shot, you need another of your team to apply a bandage or something similar, to allow you to rejoin the game. If they don't get to you, then you bleed out and are considered Killed In Action or KIA.

Some games take it further and the games Im involved in, use a morphine autojet to give you another chance at staying in the game.

You can regen in milsims but it normally takes longer and you are often kept out of the game long enough so you cant rush back and leap straight back into the fight to help the mates you just died alongside.

Some games also make you change ID/callsign when you die and regen.

 

[NickM]

Their night games are on the filmsim spectrum or maybe soft milsim,

medic rules apply ( bleed out times are quite strict, if hit you remain in your position calling for a medic for a set length of time, normally bleed out 5 or 10 mins, then you return to your base and wait for a 4 man squad to form before returning to the game),

there are ammo limits,

a vague back story,

teams denoted by colour typically green vs tan (with DPM and DDPM so cheap in surplus shops and colour of rigs are irrelevant so its pretty much open to anyone)

rolling objectives although occasionally they have short breaks so it ends up being a series of play pause play etc.

The risk of loosing your life and the penalty that is likely to incur tends to make people play smart rather than super aggressive.

I find there is far less aggression and cheating. You are probably paying more money to play the game, you have probably prepared for it for a significant amount of time perfecting kit choices and fettling with kit so you are showing much more commitment to the whole concept. You will be in a smaller group than your average skirmish and everyone pretty much is in the same boat so cheating is not tolerated at all.

 

[Baz JJ]

Just starting to develop the plot now as props need to be made and bought for the Okto Eight game, even though its three months away.

Everybody wants to be SOF of course, but the rebels are well funded from overseas interests who want to see the government topple.

Its not just going to be Airsoft fighting. Got some actors playing certain roles to inject some realism and some very interesting mission challenges and "toys" to play with. Does that make it filmsim ?

 

[CaptainSwoop]

Only if it's based on a film

 

[Baz JJ]

In that case, I guess its not Filmsim.

Probably not pure milsim either though.

Lots of flavours...