I had a couple of blue-sky ideas for helping improving teamwork in BF2.
1. Commander Assigns Smurfs
Give the Commander power to assign Smurfs (blue dots) to squads.
Can never happen - freedom of choice/civil liberties/cry babies/whatever.
(The term "smurf" was taken from (http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=25065) Nastie_Butler's Guide To Smurf Herding.)
2. Commander VOIP Groups
Give the Commander the ability to send VOIP to function-specific groups.
For example - click a button and VOIP to all jet pilots. Or tank drivers. Or Spec Ops. Or Engineers. Regardless of whether they are Smurfs or Squaddies. This could also be coupled with an additional Commander/Squad Leader function of calling for an airstrike (similar to Arty requests) that gets picked-up by Pilots (possibly pending approval by the Commander.
3. Bonus Points For Squaddies
Give squadded-up players a winners bonus, similar to the commanders bonus.
Well right here someone suggested giving no points for a loss: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=36777 and it didn't go down too badly. I mean, I think the guy is still alive. What I'm thinking is that if a Commander gets a x2 bonus for winning, then perhaps giving Squaddies (Leaders AND Members) a x1.25 or x1.5 bonus for winning would encourage more people to squad-up.
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Edited; added link to "smurf" origin.
1. Commander Assigns Smurfs
Give the Commander power to assign Smurfs (blue dots) to squads.
Can never happen - freedom of choice/civil liberties/cry babies/whatever.
(The term "smurf" was taken from (http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=25065) Nastie_Butler's Guide To Smurf Herding.)
2. Commander VOIP Groups
Give the Commander the ability to send VOIP to function-specific groups.
For example - click a button and VOIP to all jet pilots. Or tank drivers. Or Spec Ops. Or Engineers. Regardless of whether they are Smurfs or Squaddies. This could also be coupled with an additional Commander/Squad Leader function of calling for an airstrike (similar to Arty requests) that gets picked-up by Pilots (possibly pending approval by the Commander.
3. Bonus Points For Squaddies
Give squadded-up players a winners bonus, similar to the commanders bonus.
Well right here someone suggested giving no points for a loss: http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=36777 and it didn't go down too badly. I mean, I think the guy is still alive. What I'm thinking is that if a Commander gets a x2 bonus for winning, then perhaps giving Squaddies (Leaders AND Members) a x1.25 or x1.5 bonus for winning would encourage more people to squad-up.
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Edited; added link to "smurf" origin.
Last edited by Windrider_Melb (2006-08-08 20:44:05)