Banzai -- force respawn

[Raymond Saint]

What is the essence of the banzai charge?

It's all about to die proudly while you can't win.
So.
I suggest.
If the Japaneese side have 0 reinforcements, they should have 1 last resort, the last attempt.

How this will look like?
Full Jap team spawns in with no ammo, only with rifles and bayonets (officer have a sword). Players have nothing to do but to roleplay banzai-charge.

Discuss.

 

[RojaNNation]

What is the essence of the banzai charge?

It's all about to die proudly while you can't win.
So.
I suggest.
If the Japaneese side have 0 reinforcements, they should have 1 last resort, the last attempt.

How this will look like?
Full Jap team spawns in with no ammo, only with rifles and bayonets (officer have a sword). Players have nothing to do but to roleplay banzai-charge.

Discuss.

I want to commit seppuku. Discuss. Or that suicide pact scene with the grenades in letters from Iwo Jima.

 

[SchabeOink]

1st RS related post yay!

Full Jap team spawns in with no ammo, only with rifles and bayonets (officer have a sword). Players have nothing to do but to roleplay banzai-charge.

Discuss.

I like the idea that the Japanese get a final stand off once all their tickets are used up - but I wouldn't really give 'em empty weapons, rather one full load plus maybe one extra clip/magazine. That's not enough ammo for a firefight but enough to pick off the odd target of opportunity while still forcing you to advance and close in with the enemy.

 

[Nylle]

I personally like the idea but if I am to be realistic i think banzai charges should be a choice not somthing ocurring in the end of each round, even if its just on a single map.
Surley I would love thease banzai attacks... well, untill the axis team wins because of one

 

[andeve3]

I love this idea! spawning the entire jap team with rifles/bayonets without ammo, and a few katanas (for the classes who dont have bayonets), once the reinforcements are depleted (when they are left with the option of either humiliating defeat and capture, or defiant death), seems like the best way of ensuring large scale banzai charges on a fairly regular basis. If implemented the banzai charges will be more of a bonus for a defeated jap team. Furthermore it would make sense within the context of the game, historically banzai charges were mostly the result of imminent defeat, as described here.
I have a great deal of respect for the devs, and realize they probably have more important things to work on, not at least testing this however, would i my humble opinion be a missed opportunity.

 

[[SM]Fluttershy]

Promising idea, OP. Would definitely feel rather immersive considering the nature of the war in the Pacific and could prove to make some very memorable moments. Only cause for concern is if an Allied MG'er sets up in just the right area and hoses half of the Japanese troops before they begin their charge.

 

[barakas]

I like the idea.

Makes an interesting gameplay change, and adds a little culture and historical perspective to the game, rather than it just being asian soldiers versus white soldiers in the jungle.

 

[OnbekendeSoldaat]

this idea is very good ! i like it, but they should stick together in the charge. i can already imagine me playing as an american, sitting in a captured bunker and hear the japanese screaming banzai and other japanese stuff. hearing shots in the distance from my allies. i'm sorry, i can't explain in english. all i can say if that idea is implemented, my pants will be wet.

 

[Nestor Makhno]

That is the idea

 

[andeve3]

this idea is very good ! i like it, but they should stick together in the charge. i can already imagine me playing as an american, sitting in a captured bunker and hear the japanese screaming banzai and other japanese stuff. hearing shots in the distance from my allies. i'm sorry, i can't explain in english. all i can say if that idea is implemented, my pants will be wet.

Yeah, just imagine being a lone US rifleman, seeing a group of japs sprinting, bayonets lowered, katanas raised, screaming there war-cries.

 

[OnbekendeSoldaat]

That is the idea

omg are u serious? thanks man!! keep up the good work
i want to help the mod but i dont have any modding skills

 

[Rabid Penguin]

Locking down all capzones too might be a good idea.

 

[heeteepee]

I really like this idea! On the note if an MGer is setting up and then mows down half the team... well that's war, happened a lot in WW2. Plus, MGs may get a bit worried if he see's up to 64 players charging at him from different angles.

 

[NikolaiLev]

Only concern would be to implement something to prevent the Japanese soldiers to camp it out. _Force_ them to charge. Perhaps an auto-slay for idling more than 10 seconds if you're behind a certain point. Once you pass a certain point this function is disabled so firefights can commence.

 

[andeve3]

Only concern would be to implement something to prevent the Japanese soldiers to camp it out. _Force_ them to charge. Perhaps an auto-slay for idling more than 10 seconds if you're behind a certain point. Once you pass a certain point this function is disabled so firefights can commence.

If a banzai charge respawn were to be implemented, it would probably be easier to start a 60 sec timer counting down to the end of the round. If the proud soldiers of the glorious empire of japan wish to spend there sixty seconds hiding in bushes etcetera, then they should gain nothing from it. If they decide to charge there foes in melee they should be rewarded, not only for kills but also for dying. Thus there will be incentive to actually perform the banzai attack. Furthermore, if the japanese are given ammunition there will be no banzai charge, only another firefight. Therefore they should only be given rifles with bayonets and katanas (for clases without bayonets), and an unlimited amount of stamina for the one minute the banzai charge lasts.

 

[Lavalampdrinker]

Thts one great idea. Totally EPIC.

 

[Landrik]

This sounds great on paper, yet I wonder if it'll work well in-game.

 

[Bolshevik]

That is an interesting idea, but I have my doubts that they will ever incorporate it. Good thinking though, maybe you should make your own mod of the game! I'd definitely try it out!

 

[Nikita]

What is the essence of the banzai charge?

It's all about to die proudly while you can't win.
So.
I suggest.
If the Japaneese side have 0 reinforcements, they should have 1 last resort, the last attempt.

How this will look like?
Full Jap team spawns in with no ammo, only with rifles and bayonets (officer have a sword). Players have nothing to do but to roleplay banzai-charge.

Discuss.

Ah, come on... they can have SOME ammunition! Give riflemen loaded weapons, with one extra clip along with a grenade. All other classes (MG, sniper, SLs, Commander, engineer, AT trooper, Hero, and Other) should only get loaded weapons, one grenade/satchel charge.

They'll have to get close to use the grenade, and ten rifle rounds isn't enough to camp with for long. It's not as if the Japanese charged the enemy with empty weapons...