Destroying artillery with a vodnik

[WinterNight]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

They go play CS.

[openheimer]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

I have been dropping them not as transport but as fixed MG points. the alley in the hotel on Karkand facing the US spawn. Great addition. :)

[stilla-killa]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

way to go EA now here comes the community update and a hot fix

[imported_Apostle]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

Tried it in singleplayer, it is very easy to do, it works with DPV's aswell. It's only a matter of time before everyone knows about it, everyone will be doing it.

Yeh, I think you have a good point DP, with only squad leaders requesting it, a lot of the mischief would be impossible.

[WolfAlmighty]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

Does this also destroy the UAV trailer and SatScan dish or does this only work for the arty cannons? And if it's powerful enough to insta-death an arty cannon wouldn't it be powerful enough to blow up a tank if it landed square on it? I haven't played 1.3 yet so I haven't been able to test this.

Edit: And yeah, even without having played it I'd agree with the sentiment that the SL-request-only feature would be a good idea. People had to have known that there would be exploits like this when they heard you could rain vehicles from the heavens at any point on the battlefield.

~Wolfgang

[Harmor]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

1. Vodiks are the easiest to do it with (9 pixels), while American Buggies are the hardest (1 pixel).
2. Dropping on UAV/Scanner will just slide it off or park it on top of the UAV and do a little damage, but not destroy it.

The 'fix' to cartillery would be:

1. Add a +/- 5 meter variance to the drop
2. Only allow them to be dropped where Elevation == 0 (no more roof tops or on carriers (greater than water level, or the top of artillery - the top is off the ground and thus Elevation > 0)

Those two changes fix 95% of the issues. Can you still drop them on runways, yes, but you'll drop them 5m off in a random direction from whereever you clicked.

Would you still be able to drop them on artillery? Yes, but you would only hit 1/360 instead of everytime.

I can take out the enemy artillery in 3-4 Cartillery rounds, faster than he can repair with supply crates.


DO NOT, I stress, DO NOT make it so vehicles MUST be requested by Squadleaders. I don't think it would be necessarily to make that restriction because of the +/- 5 meter variance in the drop location (no more taking out snipers on rooftops).

[=GzR=Damager]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

there is no need to include a variance in the drop .. it simply needs to ONLY dropped in certain points assigned to such .. something like a spawn point. This way a squad leader can call for the drop when the squad is reaching a "drop zone" .. then they proceed

[Harmor]

Re: Destroying artillery with a vodnik

there is no need to include a variance in the drop .. it simply needs to ONLY dropped in certain points assigned to such .. something like a spawn point. This way a squad leader can call for the drop when the squad is reaching a "drop zone" .. then they proceed

That would definiately be another solution. Just put an X or something on the map and make it 'clickable' like a spawn point I guess?