If you've ever found yourself sitting in a blackhawk as it hovered 20 feet or so off the ground above a flag and wanted to jump down to secure the ground, you've probably hesitated to do so due to the fact that once you jump you don't have sufficient distance to pull your parachute. It is therefore that you remain sitting inside the fuselage of the aircraft and become easy pickings for any nearby at soldier or anyone with access to a heavy machine gun.
I propose that passengers in blackhawks get drop ropes that they can activate (using any suitable key) to descend from a blackhawk onto a target area by sliding down a rope (similar to using shift on ladders as you descend). In this way, the blackhawks would take on more of a troop transport role rather than a gunship airsupport role. One might make the argument that the helo could just land in the desired LZ and drop off the troops, however to do such a thing in a potentially hot LZ would be quite dangerous for the pilot and the crew.
Just think how cool it would look to see a blackhawk hovering over a building in a hostile area as 4 ropes drop to the roof and a squad slides down to secure the rooftop and then on to the street.
Anyway, just thought it might make the game a bit more interesting. Perhaps in a mod?
I propose that passengers in blackhawks get drop ropes that they can activate (using any suitable key) to descend from a blackhawk onto a target area by sliding down a rope (similar to using shift on ladders as you descend). In this way, the blackhawks would take on more of a troop transport role rather than a gunship airsupport role. One might make the argument that the helo could just land in the desired LZ and drop off the troops, however to do such a thing in a potentially hot LZ would be quite dangerous for the pilot and the crew.
Just think how cool it would look to see a blackhawk hovering over a building in a hostile area as 4 ropes drop to the roof and a squad slides down to secure the rooftop and then on to the street.
Anyway, just thought it might make the game a bit more interesting. Perhaps in a mod?
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