What's to be done about random artillery? I say get rid of it!
Edit: I tried to post a poll, but apparently I wasn't fast enough, sorry.
Edit: I tried to post a poll, but apparently I wasn't fast enough, sorry.
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Random Artillery
- Thread starter Bennanteno
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Isn't there random artillery on BaksanValley?
To be honest I don't care much. The chances to actually get hit are pretty small and I think it's worth it to make them actually feel dangerous and scary as opposed to random flak-fire in a background night sky in CoD which is nice too but not the same.
I realise it can mess up a game that is played to win though, as anything random would but it affects both sides equally and it's not that big of a deal so I figure most people should be able to live with it.
To be honest I don't care much. The chances to actually get hit are pretty small and I think it's worth it to make them actually feel dangerous and scary as opposed to random flak-fire in a background night sky in CoD which is nice too but not the same.
I realise it can mess up a game that is played to win though, as anything random would but it affects both sides equally and it's not that big of a deal so I figure most people should be able to live with it.
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Open Baksan on SDK, it is not random at all. Well the placing of it isn't anyway, but with some fiddling you can make it fall anywhere on the map that there is a trigger and make it appear random.
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There actually is a discussion about random arty on roladder atm for the exact reason you stated....
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I would say that if atmosphere is needed, the random artillery could be set to fall just outside of map boundaries, but still close enough that you feel endangered and are also suppressed. I think this is the way it is on Leningrad, sometimes random artillery falls on top of buildings, but it never seems to kill anyone.
Also sometimes random artillery can be downright hilarious in the way it kills people. I was playing a game on Stalingradkessel the other day, and I climbed on top of the assembly hall just in time to see the 3 guys camping there obliterated by an artillery shell. I suppourt random artillery when it uproots campers, not when it bullseyes me as I leave the spawn.
Also sometimes random artillery can be downright hilarious in the way it kills people. I was playing a game on Stalingradkessel the other day, and I climbed on top of the assembly hall just in time to see the 3 guys camping there obliterated by an artillery shell. I suppourt random artillery when it uproots campers, not when it bullseyes me as I leave the spawn.
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You're correct about Leningrad. I also made the random artillery move up after each objective is captured so that it never falls near the Germans, unless they've pushed up really far or past the objective. I like random artillery as a concept but in game it has too many flaws IMO. It counts as a suicide, so you get -1 score if it hits you, and often you cannot even hear it coming before it hits you.
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"random" arty my arse. Don't you know that Fox News in collaboration with Major League Baseball controls when and where the arty falls.
Don't be so naive. They know.
Don't be so naive. They know.
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How is getting -1!!!!! point a problem ??? You can allways kill someone and get the point back...
/signed
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Best solution for all.
I disagree about being suppressed by it: it's a huge disadvantage for bolt rifles.
So keep it for atmosphere, but don't interfere with the actual gameplay.
Monk.
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How is getting -1!!!!! point a problem ??? You can allways kill someone and get the point back...
It's about counting it as suicide punished with point loss (I don't really care if it's just one point or a bazillion) for beeing hit by random arty.
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