K, before I get into this idea, I wanna make a couple quick notes;
I expect this to be unpopular for some folks. I'm not suggesting that it should be implemented. It's only an idea that I'm tossing out there for people to chew over, not to freak out about. It ain't gonna bite ya, so feel free to disagree/point out flaws, but save the flames (unless they're really entertaining and witty ones. Those are always amusing).
So here's the thought:
Vehicles would be initially grouped into 3 catagories. General Use, Authorized Only, and Squad Assigned. The commander could move any class of vehicle to any other.
General Use: Any player can hop in and use it. No change from the current system.
Authorised Only: Attempting to get in the vehicle automaticly sends an authorisation request to the commander. If he accepts, they can use it, if not... well, they can't.
Squad assigned: Commander chooses a particular squad to have free access to the the vehicle. Others attempting to get in have to get authorisation as above.
The reason for the idea: To cut down on vehicle camping and TKing for 'em. Since it's out of the players hands as to who get's 'em, they have no reason to shoot eachother over 'em. This also would help promote things like dedicated Plane squads since the commander could assign all aircraft to a particular squad and just let 'em do their thing.
If there's no commander on the team, everything reverts to general OR could be left in it's default state and thus give some extra insentive for teams to have commanders.
That's it.
What kind of impact do you think something like this would have on gameplay? Would it help out or just become another pain in the arse?
Edit: A better (I think) thought came up.
Maybe an optional system would be to simply hard-code squads and authorisation. There'd be several dedicated squads pre-set for different vehicle types. You can only get into the vehicles if you are a memeber of that squad. Fix the number of slots in each squad to the number of slots avalible in the vehicles.
So basicly you'd get a plane squad, armour squad, and chopper squad. If you wanna use those vehicles, join those squads.
I expect this to be unpopular for some folks. I'm not suggesting that it should be implemented. It's only an idea that I'm tossing out there for people to chew over, not to freak out about. It ain't gonna bite ya, so feel free to disagree/point out flaws, but save the flames (unless they're really entertaining and witty ones. Those are always amusing).
So here's the thought:
Vehicles would be initially grouped into 3 catagories. General Use, Authorized Only, and Squad Assigned. The commander could move any class of vehicle to any other.
General Use: Any player can hop in and use it. No change from the current system.
Authorised Only: Attempting to get in the vehicle automaticly sends an authorisation request to the commander. If he accepts, they can use it, if not... well, they can't.
Squad assigned: Commander chooses a particular squad to have free access to the the vehicle. Others attempting to get in have to get authorisation as above.
The reason for the idea: To cut down on vehicle camping and TKing for 'em. Since it's out of the players hands as to who get's 'em, they have no reason to shoot eachother over 'em. This also would help promote things like dedicated Plane squads since the commander could assign all aircraft to a particular squad and just let 'em do their thing.
If there's no commander on the team, everything reverts to general OR could be left in it's default state and thus give some extra insentive for teams to have commanders.
That's it.
What kind of impact do you think something like this would have on gameplay? Would it help out or just become another pain in the arse?
Edit: A better (I think) thought came up.
Maybe an optional system would be to simply hard-code squads and authorisation. There'd be several dedicated squads pre-set for different vehicle types. You can only get into the vehicles if you are a memeber of that squad. Fix the number of slots in each squad to the number of slots avalible in the vehicles.
So basicly you'd get a plane squad, armour squad, and chopper squad. If you wanna use those vehicles, join those squads.
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