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Old 15-11-2008, 01:05 AM   #259 (permalink)
Torc55
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The Red Dot system is not a good replacement for team chat. I'm guessing it's put in place to reduce bandwidth for the destructible environment, but the gameplay has borne out that it is too unfair to the targeted individual to have a red dot on his head. BF2:MC had it best - when you're boresighted in on an enemy, you get a red triangle, otherwise - nothing. Blue force tracking should stay the same - that's realistic and in use on today's battlefield.

Bring the A-10 to the Close-Air support role it was designed for. You can make it out of balsa wood if you have to, or bring back GTAMs. Keep the controls the same as the helicopters now.

Speaking of controls, is there a way to let the players map their console buttons and analog sticks in a custom manner? I can really only fly the choppers well in this particular game because the controls just happen to be the same as in real aircraft. Lucky serendipity there.

Let me eject/jump out of a damaged aircraft. I've successfully landed a severely damaged Apache several times and should've been able to walk away. But because some lucky noob got all his UMP rounds in, he gets credit for a kill? No way.

Team Chat - of course

Clan Support - Of course

Command Center, or an Arty like BF2:MC where you could be a commander with global SA as long as nobody got to you.

Vary the spawn times for vehicles. Don't make the choppers/tanks spawn at the exact same amount of time, each time. Guys are timing their attacks and having ordnance on the way based on expected spawns. A random number generator inserted into the code might work.

Bring back the coast-after-dismount the vehicles had in BF2:MC. This time, however, incur a health penalty for bailing out at high speed to even things out a little.

Ten mines per Demo, and they last for at least five minutes after the Demo dies.

Parachutes as a gadget, ie. give up a capability (mortar, laser, etc.) for the ability to use the nylon recovery.

Mute capability in a speed-dial fashion. I know I wanted team chat, but there will always be at least that 10% that will require muting. The faster we can get these children quiet, the better. When I bring up the scoreboard, select the offender, and mute away. Same for a team killer - vote to kick using quick look up.
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