The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

[DeathFromAbove]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

Medics and AT.

[vbl]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

It's SO situational.

Sometimes I can't find a medic to (litterally) save my life. There never seems to be an AT around when ya need 'em. And when you're in a half blasted tank, engineers always seem to be in short supply.

Generally, I pick my starting kit based on what's already in the squad and I'll stick with it unless there's a great deman for something else.

Beyond that, the kit you really need is always the one that isn't there.

So you've never been helped by a teammate when you need it? Surely there have been times where you've needed something and BOOM, teammate there. No? Nothing?

[WarGimp]

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Oh yeah... I've had me arse saved plenty o times.

It's just perseptual. When you are in a real pinch and there's no-one there ta bail ya out with the right kit, it sticks in your mind. Ya know?

Actually, I had a great round (playing on SF maps) the other night where I was AT and SL, I had a support guy with me and a sniper. We held up in the middle of the map (up high, of cource). The combonation of out kits allowed us to cause hell for the other team for a really long period of time.

Side note: I love RPGs! Those things are just hella fun ta play with!

[vbl]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

Oh yeah... I've had me arse saved plenty o times.

It's just perseptual. When you are in a real pinch and there's no-one there ta bail ya out with the right kit, it sticks in your mind. Ya know?

Actually, I had a great round (playing on SF maps) the other night where I was AT and SL, I had a support guy with me and a sniper. We held up in the middle of the map (up high, of cource). The combonation of out kits allowed us to cause hell for the other team for a really long period of time.

Side note: I love RPGs! Those things are just hella fun ta play with!

Of course. There are plenty of times where you find yourself saying ah, I wish I had a Medic next to me.

The question was more aimed at the team level - what kits do you find your team consistently lacking? Someone mentioned Medics being rare in SF, so that's one example. I never see many AT guys on my own team - armor is dispatched by helicopter or C4 almost 95% of the time.

[PBAsydney]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

Support, when im done laying my 5 mines, it can always be good to have one spare, even though your first mine will disappear, its worth the toss on top of a tank :)

[WarGimp]

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As I said, I couldn't really say. Some times it seems like everyone and their dog is a medic, other times it's like those firstaid bags contain some comunicable desease.

AT does tend to be a little on the light side in SF... unless you happen to be playing on a team that uses RPGs. This is to be expected since SF is much less vehicle focused overall.

So I guess what I'm saying is I don't really have any useful observations to contribute.
:p

[longgone]

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sniper's, there just aren't enough snipers......okay not really.

anything that plays a support function, but specifically engineers, I can't ever seem to find one when I need them.

[vbl]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

As I said, I couldn't really say. Some times it seems like everyone and their dog is a medic, other times it's like those firstaid bags contain some comunicable desease.

AT does tend to be a little on the light side in SF... unless you happen to be playing on a team that uses RPGs. This is to be expected since SF is much less vehicle focused overall.

So I guess what I'm saying is I don't really have any useful observations to contribute.
:p

*highfive*

What if the team had limits on # of each kit that scaled with map size? Build in some variety, albeit forced variety.

Too restrictive? Perhaps the limits could be pretty liberal - enough that most people who want to play a kit could, but also prevent homogenization when EVERYONE seems to be playing Medic or Spec Ops.

But that'd also require kit balance, and the reality is that BF2 is a 4-kit game.

Okay nevermind.

[CtrlAltDe1337]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

in VBF2, AT and engis, in SF, medics and engis

[vbl]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

in VBF2, AT and engis, in SF, medics and engis

Know what's sad? In BF1942 I played Engineer 100% of the time. In BFV I played Engineer 90% of the time.

In BF2 the kit is pretty much useless, save for the pump shotguns, which aren't even available to every faction in the game.

I'm going to make another thread on the issue - gather some ideas.

[spyderfenix2006]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

I think that the teams need more medics

[sknight]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

*highfive*

What if the team had limits on # of each kit that scaled with map size? Build in some variety, albeit forced variety.

Too restrictive? Perhaps the limits could be pretty liberal - enough that most people who want to play a kit could, but also prevent homogenization when EVERYONE seems to be playing Medic or Spec Ops.

But that'd also require kit balance, and the reality is that BF2 is a 4-kit game.

Okay nevermind.

I remember this from Team Fortress Classic. I loved to snipe, but there would be a maximum amount of snipers already playing. That makes me very frustrated, especially if they weren't doing anything. This would make people who get into maps first have first choice of kit, vehicles, and even get to flags. That's extra sucky.

[Bob_the_Insane]

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You can't have enough medics as long as they fight... If half your team is ambalance chasing with the defibs out you are not going to do well.

But a squad can be very self sustaining if there are a lot of medics. Of course you need a support guy (ammo) and an AT guy (OMG tank!!) too (at least the very least), but those together can be very effective...

[ICPO]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

Medics! When ever I need one the only one on the entire map is armor whoring two feet away and won't get out cause someone will steal 'his' armor.

[Devil_Dog-9]

Re: The one kit you wish your team always had more of...

Medics...too many times in city maps do you have only 1 or 2 medics on a 64 man server...