Supply Crates

[RavenRealms]

I don't know how all you anti-tankers feel out there, but i sure don't like the idea of the supply crate being able to "magically" repair a vehicle.

It's tough enough trying to kill a tank while it is being repaired by the crate. You hit the tank, and by the time you reload, it will have almost full health again.

Stop the crates from being able to repair vehicles. We have engineers in the game for a reason. Make the anti-tank class useful.

I am in favour of infantry only mode, because i'm a groundpounder. BUT, if we had this happen instead...IO mode wouldn't be needed.

Just my oppinion, so chill out tank drivers :)

[Freedom_Fighter_117]

Re: Supply Crates

It is annoying. I personally don't like them to be honest, I prefer having a buddy to repair you then waiting for a drop which lands on your tank sometimes and ends up blowing up the tank.

[Chris_Redfield]

Re: Supply Crates

I don't know how all you anti-tankers feel out there, but i sure don't like the idea of the supply crate being able to "magically" repair a vehicle.

It's tough enough trying to kill a tank while it is being repaired by the crate. You hit the tank, and by the time you reload, it will have almost full health again.

Stop the crates from being able to repair vehicles. We have engineers in the game for a reason. Make the anti-tank class useful.

I am in favour of infantry only mode, because i'm a groundpounder. BUT, if we had this happen instead...IO mode wouldn't be needed.

Just my oppinion, so chill out tank drivers :)

Theres a lot of "magic" in BF2, so people tend to forget that its just a game.

What should be done however, is decrease the repair speed of supply crates. Thats probably the only thing that should and could be done.

[ActiveMatx]

Re: Supply Crates

This is the reason why I dont play anti-tank. The only time I see anti-tank as useful is when you have a squad of three of them. When you have a squad of 1 medic and three anti-tanks in Karkand 64 players.... wow, tanks are gone in 2 seconds!

I also think that if a anti-tank hits a tank with a eryx it should give him 1 point. Seriously it sucks, having to hit it 3 times, only to have someone else come and take your kill.

I dont play anti-tank, but think they shoudl be used more often. THey dont even have grenades!

Theres a lot of "magic" in BF2, so people tend to forget that its just a game.

What should be done however, is decrease the repair speed of supply crates. Thats probably the only thing that should and could be done.

Yeah, good one. And speed up the engineers repair speed. And make it so that when a engineer is reparing a tank, no one can steal his tank! (if he is the last person who drove it).

how many times do I repair my tank only to have someone on my own team come and steal my tank.... so not cool.

That pisses me off more than getting M95 out of a helicopter by a teammate.

[Freedom_Fighter_117]

Re: Supply Crates

I also think supply drops in the middle of the nowwhere are useless as well as having the supplies dropped for the enemy.

[WarGimp]

Re: Supply Crates

See it as a challenge.

If you're AT, kill the crates first.
If you're not AT and you stumble across vehicles, kill the crates. One 'nade should do it. It's a good use for the assault's grenade launcher too.

Same goes for engies.
Shoot 'em.
Dead mechanics repair no tanks.

[Revoluti0n]

Re: Supply Crates

This whole thing was discussed really in depth a few months ago. It seems like the most common sense and logical thing to destroy the crate FIRST. However, this is not the case. I always wipe out the crate first, the tank is easy after that.

I sometimes find myself wondering what in the world people are thinking.

[DarQu3]

Re: Supply Crates

i dont mind it(crates), i usually stick with the C4 if i want to blow up a tank (at short range capping a flag/dricing along a path so much easier) otherwise if there hanging back getting kills ill just either ignore and sneek past or try for AT.

[RavenRealms]

Re: Supply Crates

Thanks for the replies so far guys.

@ Revoluti0n - Sorry man, i didn't know that there was a thread. I tried searching last night for one. Yeah, i do destroy the crate first, but then it still has an impact on your combat against the tank.

Destroying the crate will make the tank be aware of me around it, so it'll smoke and some dude will possibly come from behind and kill me. Waste of a shot in my oppinion.

As mentioned above, i've also been thinking that the Anti-tank class should get more points for the job they do. 3 points for a tank kill or something?

But so far i'm happy that i'm not the only one who feels this way about the crates. I'll just have to live with it like everyone else, but it's good to talk about things :)

[x_knight_x]

Re: Supply Crates

Theres a lot of "magic" in BF2, so people tend to forget that its just a game.

What should be done however, is decrease the repair speed of supply crates. Thats probably the only thing that should and could be done.

Yes, that is all they should do, just slow down the repairs speed so that it gives the anti-tank guyz a better chance to take down the tanks. :)

[GbeTech]

Re: Supply Crates

You all kinda right, the combination of the weak AT and suplly crates makes a tank even harder to kill.

But hey, SC don't repair so fast.
You cal still hit the tank with 10/9 damage, and by that time, you hit him again and it's on fire. That's the case with supply crates. W/out them, you just intantly kill him / get him on more critical situation (less time to run, and BAAM the driver is dead).

http://www.secretsofbattlefield.com/hitpoints.php

Here I made a printeable version of all vehicles. Just click PRINT in the highest quality and you are good to go.



/EDIT
Hey people how do I keep the att here, but sets it not to be in other posts? I don't want the "bf2 vhcls wkpnts" all the time. lol.

[John Edmo]

Re: Supply Crates

I throw a mine on the enemy tanks. I throw mines everywhere. I also get punished a lot by the blind babies that play. Repair speed for engineer is bloody slow. Hard to get those repair points.

[hightow]

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This is when teamwork comes in handy. 2 AT guys should have no problem taking out a tank quickly.

[Turnip]

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Unless your against a competent team that is, most tank drivers dont just rush in and get wasted. I agree the only thing that should repair vehicles is an engineer who is out of a vehicle, it prevents alot of crappy invinciblity abuse that can rape entire crowds of people. And would aid the people not wanting "infantry only" as much due to crappy things such as this.

[jameslcross]

Re: Supply Crates

The only time I see anti-tank as useful is when you have a squad of three of them. When you have a squad of 1 medic and three anti-tanks in Karkand 64 players.... wow, tanks are gone in 2 seconds!

Anti tank squad FTW!

Another thing, it would be nice if dice could make the anti tank missles have more of an impact