Invisable arty repair

[fubars]

I was playing spec ops the other day & had just blown the enemy arty up & was waiting for a supply crate to be dropped or an engineer, then all of a sudden the arty fixed it self :hmm: no crate & no engineer the next day on a different server it happend again to me as anyone else seen this ?

[I Hate TKpunishers]

Re: Invisable arty repair

it has something to do with the way the repair works.... if there is a crate already on the arty, or whatever, then when you blow it, the repair continues for just a second... just enough to give the piece a SLIVER of hp so it repairs, but is badly damaged and smoking.

You know what I mean.. you have to be within 10m of a crate to get repairs from it when you are in a tank/jeep...etc... when you start to drive away, or if the crate is destroyed, have you noticed how it continues to repair for like 1 second after the crate is destroyed, or even if you are outside the 10m limit?? That is probably what happened...

There is a thread about this where if you plan for this.. plant your 2 C4... then resupply at the crate... blow the piece... then when it regens with the sliver of HP, toss a nade or put 1 c4 on it.. and BOOM... another point.

[imported_John-Paul]

Re: Invisible Arty Repair

Yes! I've seen this happen!

I remember it well. To the above poster, there were NO supply crates anywhere near the artillery at any stage of the round when it happened to me, and they magically self-repaired at least ten times in a row. All the while, I stood by and closely observed it happen. No engineers in sight, no vehicles with engineers driving, and not a single supply crate contributed to the repair process. Believe me, I checked every square inch of the area to make sure, even well-beyond the range at which the crates are effective.

The map was Dragon Valley and the only supply crate was the one my Commander had dropped for me, and that one landed well behind the big shed near to the USMC artillery. In other words, it was nowhere near the cannons themselves, and certainly well-beyond the range at which even the nearest could repair. Besides, they were self-repairing even before the Chinese Commander had responded to my request for supplies.

I implored other players to come and have a look but no-one did. Presumably they were preoccupied elsewhere. Anyhoo, I had started my assault on the enemy's Commander assets at the very beginning of the round and the artillery magically self-repaired for the entire round. Only once did the USMC Commander drop a supply crate to repair and even that one was unnecessary because the artillery had "auto-repaired" moments before the crate fell from the sky. Each time, they repaired themselves in full within about twenty seconds of being destroyed; it was the strangest thing.

I've not seen it happen before or since (and it happened just a few days after the release of 1.03), so ... it left me baffled.

On the plus side, I racked up plenty of points for destroying them time and time again.

[fubars]

Re: Invisable arty repair

Im glad Im not alone then but the same goes for me there were no crates any where to be seen.

[BigBadBob]

Re: Invisable arty repair

doesn't arty, uav, and all thar repair automatically after a few minutes or something.

I've fooled around alone and destroyed my own arty, a few minutes later it was back again. I was commander and didn't drop any boxes.

[ptegan]

Re: Invisable arty repair

EA have told us that it's normal for commander assets to repair themselves after 6-8 minutes. I can't explain why it does so after a few seconds though.