Allowing for heroism........

[snakedude24]

Well, I was playing on Lyeskrovy today with a new KAS guy (still in training), and by accident he showed me something that would be awesome if implemented.

We were capping the Comm Bunker, and DukNCover saw a grenade tossed in, and he - in a moment of insanity - flung himself to prone on the grenade, presumably to save me. It didn't work, of course, and he apologized sheepishly over VoIP a couple seconds later.

But he got me thinking - what if our men could toss themelves on grenades in order to save a room full of teammates?

It would encourage teamplay, and also give you an immersive sense of being there and actually putting a value on your teammates' lives - essentially, encouraging the mode of thinking that says "That guy behind me - I can save him," instead of the current system, which is basically "OMG, lol, we're dead!!!!?!!!one!!!!"

I know that I, for one, would often sacrifice myself for the good of the team, and I bet a lot of other people would have too. After all, DukNCover did, didn't he?

I don't know how hard this would be to implement, but I personally enjoy the idea that our team would be bonded when one guy, in a selfless act, saves 4 of his teammates.

After all, at the heart of it, isn't Red Orchestra a team based game?

 

[piller]

I heard about someone in Iraq doing the same thing.

It would be nice if grenades actually had shrap that went out and did damage. Atleast for russian grenades

 

[snakedude24]

Problem with individual shrapnel is that it adds to the server load.

What I am proposing here is basically the grenade asks itself - is a Player on top of me?

If yes, kill him, but no one else.

If no, proceed as normal.

That shouldn't add much server load..... I think. It would be great to get a dev in here and comment on whether or not it is possible.

 

[Colt .45 killer]

i heard some storries of canadian soldiers doing that in the pacific theatre to save the lives of their comerades in arms, i know that was possible to do in mohaa, i did it a few times there to save some buddies. i would however, REALLY LIKE to see it in ro. i know i would jump on the nade if it was a roomfulla guys on the line...

 

[xtcalec]

I would like that, i would do it aswell.

 

[Silky_Slim]

Americas Army has this included; i have also done this and want it ingame.

 

[PermenentMarker]

Dont give points for it... then you might have everyone on the team JUMP on the grenade LOL



I can sooooo picture it....

 

[snakedude24]

Oh no, definitely don't give points. Respect from your teammates should suffice...

 

[CrazyThumbs]

Why not go a step further and allow you to pick up/kick the grenade back at the enemy, granted that you have enough time.

 

[Denwad]

make it kinda automatic though, like in Blood ( that old game... ) when you walked into a zombie head you kicked it around like a soccer ball

also, if a team-mate is between you and the nade, and you both die, i think that's a little wierd

 

[Isaak Johnson]

This reminds me of somthing similar that was in Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.

In ET you could go prone on an airstrike smoke grenade marker to block the smoke. If you jumped on it quick enough the airstrike wouldn't land.

Some stuff like this would be interesting, and I would love to see it, but I believe we may need to think a little more about how to implement it, cause I can see ten people in the room diving at the same grenade too, lol.

 

[MrT785479]

This is a lot like the throw/kick nades back argument. It sounds good, and would be fun sometimes, but a lot of people would just do it for the hell of it and then get themselves killed. Whether or not you give points for it, entire rooms full of people would dive for the nade beacuse, its just a game, so theres really no reason not to.

 

[RoclorD]

I think it would be great to implement this. Also possibility of kicking/rethrowing nades. Would be realistic.

 

[Kipper]

I'd like to see the ability to throw team mates onto grenades to save yourself.

 

[Velcro Warrior]

On several occasions, I have tried to toss a grenade through or over an object, only to have it bounce back down at me, and to the dismay of my teammates, kill them, along with me...

 

[Zbojnik]

Why not go a step further and allow you to pick up/kick the grenade back at the enemy, granted that you have enough time.

This and the said idea would rule. A little off topic but this man's story is amazing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacklyn_H._Lucas

 

[Gunrun247]

I like the idea of the op, because it couldn't really be used to your own advantage, unlike chucking back grenades. Would be really useful in clan matches and such.

 

[Ricky(SCO)]

I'd like to see the ability to throw team mates onto grenades to save yourself.

PMSL - I like the way you think!

 

[Reznor]

Heh... in Enemy territory you could stop an airstrike by covering the marking smoke-grenade with your body, so the planes couldn't see were they were supposed to bomb
But if you just did a tiny bit wrong, you got blown to pieces...

 

[Mike_Nomad]

"Remember that no bastard ever won a war
by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb
bastard die for his country."

- G. S. Patton
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