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2006-05-20 18:52:33
Redback00
Member
+51|7054
I as on a Wake server yesterday and had two scenarios which were extremely frustrating. In both instances we were attacking the US spawn island.

1. Squad leader (me) dies. Our squad member in the jet becomes squad leader and if you've ever flown a jet, you would rather not be cycling squad leaders. What made this worse was the the squad leader role was cycling just between the two of us (me = dead, other squad guy = flying plane) while the other four guys are trying to hold down the island. Additionally, in the current environment, being in a squad and flying don't work well together. I like having air support in the squad but if your pounding the ground it puts added pressure on the airborne guys to be focusing on cycling the squad leader.

2. You get a guy in your squad that isn't actually playing with the team, just joining for a spawn point. He cycles into squad leader and then doesn't give it up. End result, 4 guys on US island, squad leader at driving around in a jeep, and one guy (two, then three) trying to get back on the island to help support the team. Needless to say, the entire team ended up dying while our fearless leader was driving around, not rolling the squad leader and not talking to anyone either.

It would be easier if we could just choose which squad member we could spawn on. The squad leader would still retain all other privileges (call artillery, speak to commander...)
2006-05-20 18:54:23
l41e
Member
+677|7128

Agree, but I think a better idea would be to have a Squad Leader vote.

1/2 or more of the squad votes for a new SL, that person becomes SL. Leader cannot vote for obvious reasons.
2006-05-20 19:15:42
DSRTurtle
Member
+56|7166
simple solution.  Kick the pilot from your squad before cycling squad leaders.
2006-05-20 19:25:53
Redback00
Member
+51|7054
Turtle..... I guess I wasn't clear initially, I like having air support and shouldn't need to be booting people out of a squad to cycle through squad leaders. Simple solution is, in my opinion, allow spawning on any squad member.
2006-05-20 19:30:11
TrollmeaT
Aspiring Objectivist
+492|7153|Colorado
nah it would be to hard to stop assualts if you could spawn on anyone.
2006-05-20 19:31:03
DSRTurtle
Member
+56|7166
yes but you can't spawn on the jet.  When I fly I lock the squad.  So it's either just me, or me and 2 other guys if we have a 2 seat bomber to go with the fighter. 

I know what your saying.

It is great to have airsupport come in and kill they guy making bombing runs on you.  Or to soften up a target when your about to cap a flag. 

I hate flying squad leaders in squads that have both air and ground troops.  There are a lot of times you don't want to spawn at base, i,e. it's the last flag you have so your getting base raped to start with.

I've lost count of the times I have swam across the bay on wake island between the north and south bases capping them while the rest of our team tries to defend the other and not getting any help.

Last edited by DSRTurtle (2006-05-20 19:31:55)

2006-05-20 19:47:09
Souljah
Member
+42|7148
i notice in single player if you join a squad that the bots make they ask you if you want to become squad leader. like when you apply for commander. it says do you want to become squad leader press page up or page down. is there any way to do this in multiplayer. cause i was under the impression that if you can do it in single player you can do it in multiplayer. but im not sure. anyone know?
2006-05-20 20:52:38
DSRTurtle
Member
+56|7166
Souljah that might be a good addition to multiplayer.  There are times i've unexpectedly found myself as a squad leader and not realized it until after I died.

 

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