The new UAV's will no longer be player controlled but instead will be called in by the commander and orbit autonomously around the point it was requested. The commander will be able to enter it at the main at which point he will have a powerful eye over that area of the battle.
For the Conventional factions the UAV will have a TV Camera feed for weapon slot one and an IR Feed with a Laser Designator for weapon two. Both of these weapons will have powerful zooming capabilities. For the Milita factions the UAV will only have one black and white camera feed with limited zooming capabilities.
Please bear in mind this is a work in progress, things may look different and no usage rules have been defined yet.
As always a video is worth a thousand words so here is a video of the new system recorded by db:
Because I know two questions will get asked in this thread I will answer them now:
1. No it will not be able to fire hellfires.
2. You will not be able to lock onto it, shoot it down or see it.
2. You will not be able to lock onto it, shoot it down or see it.
As always those two things are subject to possible change in the future but don't expect either automatically.
Enjoy; and keep it classy PR Community.
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