Gallipoli Expedition Support Objective: Worth Taking and What It Gives

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Core problem: Attackers run out of Momentum and spawn too far back. Defenders keep a cheap spawn plus mortars and field gun next to the Headquarters and farm you while you walk. The Support Objective is the usual answer to both problems. It is optional, but it is the thing that makes HQ takeable.

1What the Support Objective Actually Gives

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Forward spawn for whoever holds it, usually a better jump-off than the default line.

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Buildable support weapons once you own it: Toffee Apple trench mortar and a field gun aimed at the Headquarters fight.

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Momentum for attackers on first capture. One of the ways to get Momentum back when you are low.

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Cannot be locked. Either team can recapture it for the rest of the sector.

HQ is the only thing that advances the map. Support is the thing that makes HQ takeable. It is not required to unlock the next sector.

2Decision: Take It First or Go Straight at HQ?

Which of the two points is HQ vs Support is random each sector. Look at the map before you commit the first wave.

Take Support first (default)

When Momentum is mid/low or HQ is a meatgrinder

Cap it, spawn on it, build the mortar and gun, then hit HQ from a flank with fire support. Several players say they struggle to crack HQ without that fire support. After you cap Support, immediately push parallel to it and wipe defender beacons and caches so they cannot spawn behind you.

Skip or delay Support

Only when Momentum is high and HQ is already collapsing

If you already have bodies on HQ and the secure task (build 3 structures or plant and detonate) is underway, do not peel half the team off. Finish the lock. Support can be grabbed after.

As defender

Recap Support even if you are not using the guns

Denying the attacker spawn and mortar is the point. Contest it the moment they leave it thinly held.

3Concrete Attacker Sequence

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Officer pushes and whistles
so squadmates can spawn on him.
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Anyone builds squad beacons as far forward as they will stay.
One beacon per squad. A worse one overwrites a better one. Attacking is "creep your spawns toward the enemy," not hero-rushing from the rear.
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Cap Support, then build the mortar and gun.
Multiple Sappers on the same piece finish it faster.
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Use arty dust clouds to move.
There is no Isonzo-style creeping smoke.
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Cap HQ, then complete the secure task.
Build three pieces or blow the charge. Capping alone does nothing.
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If Momentum is dying, Support is the fastest legal way to get some back
besides the 50-defender kill threshold.

4Common Mistakes

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Treating Support like a second HQ you must "finish." You cannot lock it. Leaving two guys on it while the rest sit on HQ is how you lose both.
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Building a second squad beacon next to an existing good one. It deletes the first.
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Capping HQ and standing around instead of building or planting.
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Ignoring defender beacons that sit on the same line as Support after you take it. They farm your back.
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Sending the whole team to Support when HQ is already 80% secured.

If Momentum is already gone and HQ is untouched, Support is usually the only thing that still lets you stay in the fight. If HQ is one build away from locked, finish HQ first.

1What the Support Objective Actually Gives

2Decision: Take It First or Go Straight at HQ?

3Concrete Attacker Sequence

4Common Mistakes

5Videos: Support Then HQ Loop and Attacker Beacons

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