Really? I have completely missed that. I mostly play on the Jolly Roger servers, and as an officer I always find myself heading for radio locations.
How about Radio-Man soldiers ?
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Really? I have completely missed that. I mostly play on the Jolly Roger servers, and as an officer I always find myself heading for radio locations.
I really like the idea of a radio carrier, but on puplic servers it will hardly work.
If the carrier gets a HUD indicator of the location of the SL, and gets the same points for arty kills as the SL it might work.
An alternative would be the carrier is a (unarmed) bot who follows the SL.
He does not fight and his only purpose is to be in reach of the SL when he needs a radio.
If the bot is killed by enemy fire his body will lay on the ground and serve as a stationary radio - as long as the SL gets killed.
Then both respawn (SL and bot).
If the carrier gets a HUD indicator of the location of the SL, and gets the same points for arty kills as the SL it might work.
An alternative would be the carrier is a (unarmed) bot who follows the SL.
He does not fight and his only purpose is to be in reach of the SL when he needs a radio.
If the bot is killed by enemy fire his body will lay on the ground and serve as a stationary radio - as long as the SL gets killed.
Then both respawn (SL and bot).
That's because there was no teamwork, and teamwork is vital for a feature like that to work.
I loved the radio-man feature in DH. Especially since the radio could actually break if it was shot.
If they implement this in HoS, I hope they expand on the role like:
-radio can be damaged by bullets and grenades
-the radio can actually protect you (slightly) from shrapnel and small-caliber bullets
-stamina decreasing faster
-when the radio-man dies, his radio (if working) can still be used for a little while
If they implement this in HoS, I hope they expand on the role like:
-radio can be damaged by bullets and grenades
-the radio can actually protect you (slightly) from shrapnel and small-caliber bullets
-stamina decreasing faster
-when the radio-man dies, his radio (if working) can still be used for a little while
And commands like stay here or follow me should be usefull too.
When SL prone he prone too.
I agree, losing the radio because your radioman goes prone in front of the hole in the wall, really annoying.
The radioman being a riflemen with slight disadvantages is a good idea though, but I wonder how hard it is to model the protection of the radio against shrapnel and so on. Are the shovels everybody has on it's leg protecting against a leg shot? (rhetoric)
Why not? But there ARE already bots in mulitplayer game! The entire tank crew are bots if you have no human crew!!!
And the radio carrier would do the same like the tank driver, gunner or loader... he will follow your orders.
Why not? But there ARE already bots in mulitplayer game! The entire tank crew are bots if you have no human crew!!!
And the radio carrier would do the same like the tank driver, gunner or loader... he will follow your orders.
erm, I think the ai in the tank allow you to control the entire tank with delay, much like armed assault does. It's as if you are driving AND gunning at the same time.
You won't have that sort of control over infantry bots.
No AI radiomen. Either make it a player class or keep the radios static (maybe vehicle mounted when some groups mod in command variants). Stop worrying about idiots taking the class and dying, if it happens it happens. Keep the class loadout equal to riflemen, even take away the grenades, and then there'll be no reason to take the class except to provide genuine support to your Platoon Commander.
Sure there are a few nuts out there, but a lot of you seem to think everyone is a mud wallowing dumb****.
Sure there are a few nuts out there, but a lot of you seem to think everyone is a mud wallowing dumb****.
Technically all field radios were portable being used on the go is something else (both types were used by the Germans) for example the static radio in RO1 ( probable model that maybe used in Hos) appears to be a Torn. Fu.B1 which was a portable radio set typically carried by 2 men (although it was possible for 1 man to carry) and required to be set up before it could be operated.
As for Russian radios they were rare (priority was given to vehicles, and then any remaining sets to artillery), generally of poor quality, and to make matters worse most of their equipment lost to the German invasion in 1941 thus they had to rely on various different radio sets most from foreign nations through lend-lease which worsened their problems with lack of standardization of radio sets.
Btw I believe those excellent pics above are of the "Feld.Fu" series not the Tornister Fu. G.
As for Russian radios they were rare (priority was given to vehicles, and then any remaining sets to artillery), generally of poor quality, and to make matters worse most of their equipment lost to the German invasion in 1941 thus they had to rely on various different radio sets most from foreign nations through lend-lease which worsened their problems with lack of standardization of radio sets.
Btw I believe those excellent pics above are of the "Feld.Fu" series not the Tornister Fu. G.
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Let's not mention that the majority of radio units were used by Luftwaffe FO's during Operation Blue.
They hardly had the role that must people will be playing in HOS. (i.e. fierce fighting)
Would be interesting to see a specific radio squad of luftwaffe FO's though on specific maps. If only we had stuka dive bombs instead of mortars.
They hardly had the role that must people will be playing in HOS. (i.e. fierce fighting)
Would be interesting to see a specific radio squad of luftwaffe FO's though on specific maps. If only we had stuka dive bombs instead of mortars.
I'd love to see this in game. It adds more to the game then they same old radios in the predictable spots.
In Darkest hour currently the British, Canadians, and US army have use of the SCR-300, I believe the class is called "radio operator" in the info role.Unus Offa said:
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Note that the Germans don't have a radio man class. This is because it was only the western allies that heavily used man portable radios. They didn't see anywhere near as much use on the eastern front. The Germans much preferred to mount their radios on vehicles for increased mobility and range.
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Not really the Western allies simply had more radios, a typical late-war German battalion consisted of 4-5 Tornister radios while the western Allies ( the US) were outfitted with many short ranged SCR-536's (this really gave them the edge despite their lack of range: net) and 5 SCR-300's.
Also it is important to remember while on DH the Allies are all decked out with their shiny brand new SCR-300 sets other older sets such as the SCR-284 were still being used in large numbers (the SCR-284 like Torn Fu.b1 needed to be set up before being used).
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I love the portable radio feature in DH. Definitely a great feature for teamwork. Having them in RO2 would be nice, but only if they were actually used in substational enough numbers on the Eastern Front to warrant their inclusion.
after reading all posts I think the most easy and realistic way to implement it would be if the SL can call arty also from the HT.
So TW does not need to model a new soldier class.
maybe not the best solution to satisfy all, but the solution that most likely will find its way into the game...
So TW does not need to model a new soldier class.
maybe not the best solution to satisfy all, but the solution that most likely will find its way into the game...
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