Ask the [DEV]s a (?) - Part 2

LiamNL · Post by **LiamNL** » 2015-10-18 08:12

Great update, still no german Fennek

Jacksonez__ · Post by **Jacksonez__** » 2015-10-18 08:44

solidfire93 wrote:hey guys wazzup !

now my question this time is about Recon/Sniper/Scout squad

i order to get the sniper and spotter kit you need 3 player in the squad !

why is that ? i mean IRL snipers usually work as pairs or sometimes solo as i heard or seen it on TV !

i like to scout and give info to my team in some maps thats why i like the role of the spotter !

when i make a Recon squad i usually have a Friend with me on TS if im playing alone i'll join infy or other squad so i can be more usefull to the team and enjoy the game !

so is there a chance that to request the sniper kit be 2 squad members !?

since the update is near to be released i would love to this change added !

Regards.

Used to be like that (2 man needed for sniper/hat/engineer kits) but devs changed it to 3. Probably to make kit stealing harder or stuff. No need to change it back imho.

Jutsch · Post by **Jutsch** » 2015-10-18 08:46

solidfire93 wrote:hey guys wazzup !

now my question this time is about Recon/Sniper/Scout squad

i order to get the sniper and spotter kit you need 3 player in the squad !

why is that ? i mean IRL snipers usually work as pairs or sometimes solo as i heard or seen it on TV !

i like to scout and give info to my team in some maps thats why i like the role of the spotter !

when i make a Recon squad i usually have a Friend with me on TS if im playing alone i'll join infy or other squad so i can be more usefull to the team and enjoy the game !

so is there a chance that to request the sniper kit be 2 squad members !?

since the update is near to be released i would love to this change added !

Regards.

"Recon squads" using TS instead of ingame Mumble are just a total waste of squad-slots. 1.:The fact that you don't use the squad radio means that anyone in your squad who is not "a friend of yours" won't be able to communicate properly with you and will start dicking around with Rifleman kits and waste tickets.
2.:The Squadleader of a normal infantry squad has just the same potential to spot and laze targets as a Spotter. And the 8 pairs of eyes of a full Inf-Sq always see more than the two or three of a "Sniper" or "Recon" squad.
3.:Vehicles and Helos will always see more than you do. While you are still trying to figure out what you are looking at, the APC with double zoom and thermals has already zeroed in on the target. This is especially true for INS maps.
4.:You will waste transport vehicles that are desperately needed by more important Infantry squads elsewhere. And no, Trans won't risk getting shot down just because you want to move to a different location every two minutes.
5.:It's just not worth to make a specialised sniper squad. They don't capture flags, they don't blow up caches, they can't defend locations without the help of another squad. But they block one of nine precious slots.
6.: Spotter kits should be reserved for the CAS squads, and used by people who know what they are doing.
7.: You aren't as effective as you think, you aren't as stealthy as you think, you won't make as many kills as you think.

solidfire93 · Post by **solidfire93** » 2015-10-18 09:29

Jutsch wrote:"Recon squads" using TS instead of ingame Mumble are just a total waste of squad-slots. 1.:The fact that you don't use the squad radio means that anyone in your squad who is not "a friend of yours" won't be able to communicate properly with you and will start dicking around with Rifleman kits and waste tickets.
2.:The Squadleader of a normal infantry squad has just the same potential to spot and laze targets as a Spotter. And the 8 pairs of eyes of a full Inf-Sq always see more than the two or three of a "Sniper" or "Recon" squad.
3.:Vehicles and Helos will always see more than you do. While you are still trying to figure out what you are looking at, the APC with double zoom and thermals has already zeroed in on the target. This is especially true for INS maps.
4.:You will waste transport vehicles that are desperately needed by more important Infantry squads elsewhere. And no, Trans won't risk getting shot down just because you want to move to a different location every two minutes.
5.:It's just not worth to make a specialised sniper squad. They don't capture flags, they don't blow up caches, they can't defend locations without the help of another squad. But they block one of nine precious slots.
6.: Spotter kits should be reserved for the CAS squads, and used by people who know what they are doing.
7.: You aren't as effective as you think, you aren't as stealthy as you think, you won't make as many kills as you think.

i knew someone going to say that and get it all wrong !

i use both in game mumble and TS since i like to talk with my cosuin while we play online together !

also i dont do sniper squad that much and its just a question !
when i died we went back to pick up the kits again
i know the limits for kits !

we didn't waste anything and managed to spot and kill full squad with laze for CAS as you say spotter is good for CAS !

also there was a cool guy who took the medic with us and it was amazing as i was spotting for my shooter and also talking to the medic via in-game mumble !

sneaking into enemy lines and disrupt their plans !

also im not sniping in all maps so Burning sand was the best choise to sniper at the City !

that mean some maps need a sniper or spotter ! which can spot for infy who wanna push up or CAS who want laze !

everything you said is right ! but it seem's that your mad and hate Recon squads !

a good Spotter and Sniper are terrifying (psychological warfare) m8

btw tip#7 is totall rage from you and it was the opposite what you said with the experience that i had with Recons

we know what we are doing and every one is free to do what ever they want in PR but still play by the rules i say !

but i'll take your comment as an advice !

Post by **Mineral** » 2015-10-18 10:13

This is no discussion/suggestion thread

but to answer, no we arent changing Squad requirements for those kits.

solidfire93 · Post by **solidfire93** » 2015-10-18 10:28

[R-DEV]Mineral wrote:This is no discussion/suggestion thread but to answer, no we arent changing Squad requirements for those kits.

honestly i didn't expect this rage comment when i talked about sniper squads and thanks for the answer !

can't wait for the new update GG guys

baddude1337 · Post by **baddude1337** » 2015-10-19 21:29

Just saw the 1.35 announcement. Can't wait!

My only question for it, is do the new maps have co-op layers and bot support? And on a similar note, have any maps gotten updated/new coop layers?

SIDEKILL3R · Post by **SIDEKILL3R** » 2015-10-20 00:24

In what year did this mod launch for BF2? In 2007 i first started playing this mod but not all often as i do now but back in 2007 do you DEVs recall what version/verisons was current back then?

mat552 · Post by **mat552** » 2015-10-20 00:26

0.1 of the minimod was released on 07-08-2005

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f380-p ... 0-1-a.html

Rabbit · Post by **Rabbit** » 2015-10-20 00:34

SIDEKILL3R wrote:In what year did this mod launch for BF2? In 2007 i first started playing this mod but not all often as i do now but back in 2007 do you DEVs recall what version/verisons was current back then?

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f10-pr ... ality.html

fatalsushi83 · Post by **fatalsushi83** » 2015-10-20 03:16

Rabbit, will you still be contributing to PR?

Rabbit · Post by **Rabbit** » 2015-10-20 11:27

nope, only un-official.

Zeno · Post by **Zeno** » 2015-10-21 16:39

What changes in GPO has been done to the new Kashan remake?

sgtsev3n · Post by **sgtsev3n** » 2015-10-21 19:25

hello devs,

do you know the map sizes of the vanilla bf2 maps ? not the 16,32,64 layers, but the overall mapsize in km or meters

Zeno · Post by **Zeno** » 2015-10-21 20:26

sgtsev3n wrote:hello devs,

do you know the map sizes of the vanilla bf2 maps ? not the 16,32,64 layers, but the overall mapsize in km or meters

I can answer this, most of them are 2x2 km maps, but the Combat zones are much smaller, there is no 4x4 km vanilla map. the ones without jets are 1x1km mostly or 512x512m (i think thats the SF expansion)

sgtsev3n · Post by **sgtsev3n** » 2015-10-21 21:14

Zeno wrote:I can answer this, most of them are 2x2 km maps, but the Combat zones are much smaller, there is no 4x4 km vanilla map. the ones without jets are 1x1km mostly or 512x512m (i think thats the SF expansion)

thank you

Raklodder · Post by **Raklodder** » 2015-10-23 16:09

Can we please return to crash free 64 player servers?

Post by **Mineral** » 2015-10-23 16:11

Feel free to start running a 64p server if you believe it will be more stable.

sgtsev3n · Post by **sgtsev3n** » 2015-10-23 17:04

hello devs,

there is a new mod on moddb for battlefield 2, called "nightfall: 2048".
they released a trailer (btw, they are the same devs from the medal of freedom mod, which can be found on moddb too)

here is the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFobbPXwfYQ

please watch this trailer til the end, i think you will recognize some of the content there

cheers

Raklodder · Post by **Raklodder** » 2015-10-23 19:30

[R-DEV]Mineral wrote:Feel free to start running a 64p server if you believe it will be more stable.

I would love to, but honestly, I would be a horrible server Admin.

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