I miss the DC arty.

[Cytrode]

DC artillery was great, it was a player skill, not a click a place and fire there thing. And best of all, it required a fair amount of skill to utilize. I never saw an unskilled player jump into the arty pieces and try to attack distances(Note: Arty pieces were owned by tanks in close up combat) The only time you would get people competing for artillery would be at the east flag of "73 easting".

It also encouraged teamwork(something that BF2 is all about) Only a sniper, assault, or spec ops could call for artillery, giving the Person controlling the artillery a camera of the area for 60 seconds, or until the person giving the camera died. If a sniper gave the arty controllers a good view of a flag, they could effectively pummel the flag, making it easier to cap(none of that BF2 "Click, spray n' pray"

But those are just my dreams, I doubt mobile artillery will ever make its way to BF2, just like mobile stinger kits won't ever be in.

[SilverHawk]

Re: I miss the DC arty.

Yeah, just what we need, more pixel hunters. 73 Easting was the worst with the SCUD. Just a complete nightmare for the USA side.

[Cytrode]

Re: I miss the DC arty.

Yea, it did kind of suck that the sky was just an image, making it possible to find a single pixel in the sky from the spawn point of the tank letting you hit just about any flag(depending on the pixel) If in the next BF game the sky is more than just an image(as in, the clouds move and whatnot) it would be more viable option.

[SilverHawk]

Re: I miss the DC arty.

What I would actually like is for artillery bar to charge up multiple levels, each higher level has a better sort of weapon used. Like 2nd level could be MRLS and the 3rd Level could be a TALCM. (Tomahawk Air Launched Cruise Missile.) Of course each level would take longer to charge then the last and after using artillery once it uses all bars, reguardless what artillery you use (So no 3 barrages of standard 155mm M777.)

Perhaps Airstrikes as well, and battleship support for those near ocean maps. (Yes I know the US does not have any comissioned Battleships right now.)