Wake up people

[{sr}MajorMishap]

OK when a commander is about to rain artie down on you, get out of there. Man I was playing commander yesturday and I see a spot that needs a barrage. I set it off, the ICON appears on everyones map and I then see my own team vehicles and troops running in. blam I kill everyone. Happens all the time! If people would pay attention to their mini maps more then you would see your running into artie. Wake up

[imported_madness]

Re: Wake up people

Yeah..we need a BIG popup that tells everyone an artillery is coming near you

[BeerStein]

Re: Wake up people

You just need to learn timing...or not even use arty at all. On packed servers, most times you are better off not to use arty at all. Too many TK's and not enough enemy kills to make it worth while.

At least in the new patch you will not get punished for those TK's - but your team will still lose tickets and they will all get registered deaths.

[Felix]

Re: Wake up people

Yeah..we need a BIG popup that tells everyone an artillery is coming near you

There is... its the lovely HUGE red throbbing icon that takes up 1/3 of your minimap and the voice that rips through your coms saying "Artillery, your area"..

[shaktiserpent]

Re: Wake up people

Yeah..we need a BIG popup that tells everyone an artillery is coming near you

And an even bigger one to tell your teammates "OMG LE CLAYMORE IS HERE!"
plz ;/

[GOPATS]

Re: Wake up people

1.03 will take care of that!!

I'm sick of geting punished because someone is to stupid to see a giant flashing rei icon....

[imported_madness]

Re: Wake up people

There is... its the lovely HUGE red throbbing icon that takes up 1/3 of your minimap and the voice that rips through your coms saying "Artillery, your area"..

Apparently that is not enough..

[Felix]

Re: Wake up people

Apparently that is not enough..

I dont think that anything would be enough. Luckly EA realized that there are a lot of idiots playing this game and to cut some slack for the commanders.

My prediction is that people will start looking for landmines or c4 to get tked with to make up for their addiction to view the arty strike from the middle of it..

[USAR_Uriel]

Re: Wake up people

I think that stupid commanders should just stop dropping arti all the damn time.. I play karkand like.. 95% of the time.. and all the commanders I see drop arti every chance they get.. always tk'ing people.. and ruining chances to take a flag more often than not. My team wins 4/5 times when I'm commander.. regardless of side played.. and why is that? NO arti is used or its very well placed at crucial times.. and at no times near any friendlies! People need to learn to COMMAND and not think of artillery as a weapon.. so to speak.. its a defensive tool.

[Talus]

Re: Wake up people

Yes, I believe arty should ONLY be dropped when:

a) the commander knows the enemy is about to convert a flag and no defenders are present

or

b) when a squad leader requests it

Thank god Spec Ops will get points for destroying arty in v1.03 so maybe that'll mean less arty instead of the CONSTANT barrage we get now.

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Wake up people

I don't think anything needs changing except the people running into friendly artillery, every time I can hear the "artillery your area" message and every time I hear that I look at the minimap and then move to s safe perimeter distance.
I don't see why the game needs to be changed because of the ignorance of stupid people. There are enough changes for them already.

[Talus]

Re: Wake up people

Because 'majority rules'

and the majority of players are ignorant

[USAR_Uriel]

Re: Wake up people

I don't see why the game needs to be changed because of the ignorance of stupid people. There are enough changes for them already.

The stupid people are the ignorant commanders! Arti has no place near friendlies! Deal with it! YOU'RE WRONG.. NOT the soldiers! Stop blaming your tk's on OTHER people.. as COMMANDER its YOUR responsibility to pay attention and THINK about what you're doing..and watch how battles are going.. NOT to drop artillery on a big group of red dots when you so see fit... Every person here that complains about arti tk's.. are just bad commanders.. thats it.. end of story. Get over it and STFU!

[DrunkenPirate]

Re: Wake up people

You need to tone down that attitude of yours and absorb some facts before you go off on a rant, click on my stats and see how much time I have spent as commander... that's right, 0. Meaning I have no tk's with artillery.

[imported_Psycho]

Re: Wake up people

To be fair some times you don't see it, but thats only like once in 3-4 rounds and sometime the person can't move due to the fact theres a tank that you are shelling next to them, but if you drive into it then your retarded.

If you plant a claymore or mine obstructing a place where other members of your team may want to go you derserve to be punished