How many players should operate a tank?

[six7]

After re-looking over the options, I believe option 3 would be a little bit better, as long as the commander wasn't required for the tank to operate.

[SOTOLeo]

option 4 all the way. it may not be a simulation but i sure as hell push it to be as much as i can.

[USM-ST3.Spyder]

This is reality mod isnt it? Not what would be cool mod.

[solodude23]

Originally Posted by USM-ST3.Spyder

This is reality mod isnt it? Not what would be cool mod.

What would be fit for the engine, maps sizes, amount of players, etc.
With BF2 I doubt theres very much you could do in the engine when it comes to communication, working together, etc. Having to have a driver and gunner seperate is already a jump from 1 person tanks, and some sort of system will have to be incorporated for it to work better IMO. (Tank commands, tank chat, seperate colored lines for those in your tank, maybe somethiwng with the 3D map (commander says shoot here 3D map icon pops up for the gunner, same goes for moving)

You also don't want to take 4 guys to operate every tank on the field, especilly on maps with a larger amount of tanks. Even 5 tanks would mean 20 players taken out from everything else. Mabe in the future of games whn servers hold enough players for this setup, but with BF2 I doun't think so.

I would lvoe it, but this is BF2. I cannot ait for Armed Assault.

[Copy_of_Blah]

Might be a step, but I wouldn't call it a jump. It's the same as the jeeps. Everyone knows you can't really hit anything while that thing is moving, but it only takes half a second to switch positions to the gun.

This will be the same thing. Better, yes, but only marginally over it's predecessor.

I bet people will find operating the thing with more than one person too dangerous (due to lack of communication / and an override brake!) and will take off by themselves most of the time. We will just have to find out.

An override brake is practically essential for the gunner.

Helluva lot of work getting the OT idea right.

Arg. . I'll keep this one short - Just add an MG for all the vehicle positions that have them IRL (that includes apcs and of course tanks.)

[Griffon2-6]

Nobody has answered my question yet: Is the co-axial MG on the Abrams in the right place or not? Because currently it's firing out of the optical piece

[Copy_of_Blah]

Originally Posted by Griffon2-6

Nobody has answered my question yet: Is the co-axial MG on the Abrams in the right place or not? Because currently it's firing out of the optical piece

Close enough. But the Commander's .50 cal should be able to fire while buttoned via remote instead of the shoddy EA manual-operated implementation. And the loader needs a seat and a MG.
P.S. I'm no expert, unless you consider Googling a qualifiying skill.