[CI] Vehicle Engagement Dashboard (V.E.D.)

Hello new and experienced Squad players!

The Corrupted Infantry[mee6.xyz] community is releasing a new vehicle tool to help players know their way around vehicles in Squad.

The tool is called the CI Vehicle Engagement Dashboard[docs.google.com], and it's meant to simplify vehicle combat so that anyone can hop in a seat and be a valuable asset to their team.

V.E.D. takes the complex relationships between vehicles and puts them into 4 categories:

⚠️Vehicles you can damage.
✅Vehicles you will destroy. Engage.
⚠️Vehicles that can damage you. Careful.
🛑Vehicles that will destroy you. Avoid.

Instead of trying to memorize an overwhelming amount of information about these vehicle relationships, the player can now hop in a game and know what to engage and what not to. The best way to understand it is to try it out![docs.google.com]

When you hit the voting screen while playing Squad, input the results into VED.
In the example above, we have selected USA - Armored VS PMC - Air Assault.

Now we simply select the vehicle we want to play and we are good to go.
In the example, we have selected the M7A3 BFIST

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• ⚠️ Vehicles you can damage.
  Vehicles in this list can be destroyed by your weapon but it will take more than just a few shots.

• ✅ Vehicles you will destroy. Engage.
  This list shows all the vehicles that you will destroy quickly.

• ⚠️Vehicles that can damage you. Careful.
  Vehicles in this list can destroy you, but it you should have a decent chance at avoiding death, as it will require more than a few shots.

• 🛑 Vehicles that will destroy you. Avoid.
  Here you can see vehicles that are able to destroy you in a few seconds. Do not get in their crosshair.

After selecting your vehicle, some information is shown on your vehicle like its type and what weapons it has. It also shows a useful note to give you tips on how to play that specific vehicle.

You can also click the ☑ next to an enemy vehicle to see an image of the vehicle and a note with tips on how to engage that enemy vehicle

V.E.D. is a functional tool now, but some features are still being worked on.

Most of the vehicle tips/notes have not been written yet. We would love to be able to show players useful notes on how to play their selected vehicle and how to engage different targets. If you have experience with any specific vehicles, please use the in-tool "Submit Feedback" feature or DM me on Steam or Discord. Discord name is .scones

We have categorized every vehicle into defense and attack ratings. The comparison between your ratings and your enemy's ratings is what we use to categorize them like so:

• Your ATK < target DEF: You can do almost no damage. Don't bother.
  
• Your ATK = target DEF: You can destroy but takes time.
  
• Your ATK >1 of target DEF: You Destroy them quickly.
  
• Your ATK >2 of target DEF: You destroy them in seconds.

This is definitely true. Although, this is a great step for players wanting to try out vehicles in Squad. Knowing which vehicles to engage and which to avoid is a big difference that could help players climb the learning curve faster.

V.E.D. is a google sheets workbook and requires you to have a google account.

V.E.D. can and will not access any of your personal data. If google prompts for you to authorize, know that this will give us no access to anything, as you will have made your own copy of the sheet, essentially giving yourself access to your own google sheets. Regardless, authorizing V.E.D. is not required to use V.E.D. but does enable some extra useful features.

V.E.D. is not accurate on small and medium layers. This would require the player to input the layer size they are playing. This may become a feature in a future update.

For Invasion layers, V.E.D. is 99% accurate. In some scenarios, there is a difference for one or two vehicles depending if you are attacking or defending. This would also require the player to input layer information, which again may be a feature in a future update.