Prone rolling?

wahoo4 · Jan 30, 2011

I've seen someone else bring this up rolling, but I thought it would be cool if TWI could change the lean buttons to rolling when you are prone. I see in RO1 that you are very vulnerable to the bayonet when prone. If you could hit the lean button once to roll on your back, to avoid the bayonet strike or shoot the enemy it would be a nice feature. Then you would have to roll again to get up. Not sure how it would work with all your gear on but it seems possible. Any thoughts?

cucamonster · Jan 30, 2011

this was on BF2 and was really annoyng.
I dont think we will need such thing here.

Frostedfire · Jan 30, 2011

do a barrel roll :IS2:

LemoN · Jan 30, 2011

I'd love to see this implemented.

NoxNoctum · Jan 30, 2011

You can do it IRL, why not in game.

Merin Redplate · Jan 30, 2011

NoxNoctum said:
You can do it IRL, why not in game.

There're a lot of things that you can do IRL that aren't in games.

=GG= Mr Moe · Jan 30, 2011

If possible, I would like to see it done. However, I probably wouldn't use it too much myself.

LemoN · Jan 30, 2011

=GG= Mr Moe said:
If possible, I would like to see it done. However, I probably wouldn't use it too much myself.

It's incredibly useful in ArmA, so I definitely see uses for RO as well.

The_Emperor · Jan 30, 2011

I used it quite much in Black Hawk Down, it was a quick way to get back into cover when prone. In RO you might eventually "outroll" a rifleman shooting at you.

bluey · Jan 30, 2011

The_Emperor said:
In RO you might eventually "outroll" a rifleman shooting at you.

This gave me the stupidest mental image of someone rolling in a circle around a rifleman trying to work the bolt and shoot

In most of the games that I have played with rolling it has annoyed me, mostly because I just want to peek around a corner to check if its clear and I end up in the middle of a road with an enemy mg looking at me

Xendance · Jan 30, 2011

I want to see you people roll in combat vests, especially with the german harness that has the gas mask canister.

I tried it when I was in the FDF (but with modern finnish combat vest) and it wasn't possible at all.

LemoN · Jan 30, 2011

Xendance said:
I want to see you people roll in combat vests, especially with the german harness that has the gas mask canister.

It certainly is possible, it just isn't very comfortable.

Xendance · Jan 30, 2011

LemoN said:
It certainly is possible, it just isn't very comfortable.

I updated my previous post with some experiences of mine.
It's a lot faster to just make a quick dash while lying on your belly than to roll. Trust me.

Panzerklein · Jan 30, 2011

Americas army has such function , but i have never seend someone used it in multiplayer...

LemoN · Jan 30, 2011

Xendance said:
I updated my previous post with some experiences of mine.
It's a lot faster to just make a quick dash while lying on your belly than to roll. Trust me.

Thing is, modern soldiers (especially when not only using combat gear) carry way more stuff than your typical WW2 German soldier.

Look at photos of German soldiers (in combat), you'll notice that in most cases they're not carrying a lot of stuff.

Xendance · Jan 30, 2011

LemoN said:
Thing is, modern soldiers (especially when not only using combat gear) carry way more stuff than your typical WW2 German soldier.

Look at photos of German soldiers (in combat), you'll notice that in most cases they're not carrying a lot of stuff.

I'm looking at the rohos pics of german soldiers, and most of them have stuff on their back. Even the smallest piece of equipment there slows down rolling immensely.

RiccardoTheBeAst · Jan 30, 2011

I think that it's faster to move with A or D than rolling. Or maybe they can modify the roll speed according to the equipment carried (this is already in game for speed/movement conditioning)

cucamonster · Jan 30, 2011

As i sayd before, i dont think we will need such thing in Ro.

Extension7 · Jan 30, 2011

Eh.

If I was in a prone position I would probably be far enough away to see anyone trying to bayo me...

S/Sgt. Raider · Jan 30, 2011

Frostedfire said:
do a barrel roll :IS2:

into the IS2 tracks.
I do like this idea, mostly just as something to do for fun rather to tactical combat. I might just use this as a way of getting around! Thanks for the suggestion!

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