Immposible to Command

[Bowman]

Every server I go to and be commander, if I get one teamkill, I get kicked. I just stopped playing commander all together. I got kicked from four servers today.

[unlimitedmp]

That's why I only artillery: snipers or a place farrr faarrr away from my troops.
Too many chances to tk = not worth it.

[NoSoup4You]

Using an artillary launch on a sniper is the most useless thing ever.

[Stalingraduate]

If someone gets TK'd from an artillery strike, that means they were either just too stupid to acknowledge the warning symbol on the map (which gives plenty of warning time), or they are attempting to get TK'd.

Don't give up on playing commander. It's a thankless job, but somebody's gotta do it. Besides, if you're good, you're a real asset to your team.

[C11.Nemisis]

if ppl get killed by arty they ALWAYS punish even when its their own fault

[rombaft]

I play as a commander sometimes and when TK with art , I do not get kicked.

BUT : it doesn't happen much that I TK with art, artilery is not something you need to use all the time, I do not use it a lot and this way it is always ready when you realy need it, gets you much more kills with it

[qazxcv]

Sometimes I get TKs from artillery, but they dont punish because I say it in advance and only do it when theres no allies. But sometimes ppl dont notice and just enter the zone, thats why I can get TK. But I lose points even if they dont punish, which sucks

[Wreck0]

The life of a commander is hard but omniscient.

Sounds like you've been playing on some very harsh servers though. I get the odd TK from artillery (some people just don't look at the map, or look at the chat), but only been kicked once.

[porter]

Our server has punish off for this reason. I have been commander before and told people 10/15 seconds away that i am hitting x position and to look at their MAP, and the silly asses still rung straight to Ground Zero and wait..and wonder then why nobod else is with them...then they try to punish...Thus on our ranked server Punish is off and this voting crap..

[Jaxx]

Ya i've never been kicked for just 1 tk... usually takes many. But ya art sux when you tell them ima art here even put icon to where u are art and still there the come right into it. Screaming tk tk tk!

[HicRic]

I think it must say in the "unofficial newbie guide to BF2" the following:

"Ye, thou must run with all thine might toward the red pulsing marker on the minimap, for verily, the commander shall rain down mighty goodness upon thee, and thou shalt be blessed above all other warriors.

However, should thee find thyself crushed terribly after he smiteth ye, verily, thou shalt punish him instantly, without hesitation."

[BigBadBob]

Using an artillary launch on a sniper is the most useless thing ever.

it's better than killing 3 teammates that just ran into a flag as your arty hits.

[Gorilla(AWG)]

I lov eplaing as commande. It is very hard to not TK w/ arty. I manage. But yeah, people who run right in should have paid mroe attention.

[Wranger4400]

Never art. any place where your guys are at. Simple.

[kornkob]

Never art. any place where your guys are at. Simple.

Er--- have you been paying attention? This has already been covered. The problem isn't commanders throwing arty at their own team (although I've seen that happen and even managed to do it myself when trying top bring the arty in tight and poorly estimated the radius).

The problem is people rushing into the arty after it's been on their minimap for 15 seconds and parking on the target area. Coruse, if EA would just put up an additional visual queue like they do with mines, etc then there'd be less of this.


On the flip side, I was on Wisconsin Death Trip serer about an hour ago and I had one instance where the opposite occurred: I threw arty at a base and a whole convoy of armor formed and started rolling up on the target. Jsut as I was thinking "I'm screwed" they all peeled off and halted just outside the inner ring of the arty area and waited for the rounds to fall.

And when you cruise into a base with a tank, 2 apcs and anti-air right after a barrage, there's not much that gonna keep you from taking that flag.

So there's instances of people paying attention too.