Medic!?

[Mutherpucker]

What's up with constraining the medic even more!? Please, explain to me what's the point of not having a medic in the squad before having 4 people in it...

No having multiple medics in the squad, ok I get it... but that much constraining?

I don't get it...

[Herbiie]

So you can't have all these crappy tiny locked squads - a 6 man squad is required to play this game properly.

[Feriluce]

Originally Posted by Herbiie

So you can't have all these crappy tiny locked squads - a 6 man squad is required to play this game properly.

No its not. There is plenty of purposes of having a smaller sized squad. I dont really get the 4 man requirement on some of the kits either, especially stuff like the medic.

[Mutherpucker]

Originally Posted by Herbiie

So you can't have all these crappy tiny locked squads - a 6 man squad is required to play this game properly.

Yea, maybe that, but most of time, since I really like the medic kit, I end up having to find a crate, because the squad had 3 guys in it, then 1 joined when I get on the battlefield, so I'm screwed most of the time that way.

[[R-DEV]Sniperdog]

In modern day armies a medic is typically assigned to a group of two fire teams (about 8 guys), assigning a medic to a group of less than 4 guys would be extremely rare and a waste of resources...

Gameplay wise it is designed to encourage people to work together.

[[R-MOD]Jigsaw]

Herbie said it, nothing more needs to be added to be honest as he's right on the money. You need at least a 4 man squad to do anything of note in this game besides crewing vehicles and sniping. Anything based around infantry requires at least 4 men to accomplish effectively.

[Mutherpucker]

Maybe, but since we are NOT in a real army, and we are NOT assigned properly, and it is, after all, a game where people, in the end do whatever they want to do, I still don't see the point.

Yea, of course, in real army squad, you get 1 medic per 8 guys, ok, but in real army, you don't get to die 5-10 time in 1 hour, you don't get to heal 3-4 people at once, you don't get to engaged THAT MUCH... it's still a game for crying out loud..

And A LOT of time, you are 2-3 guy in a squad not because you want to, because there's no other real choice, or because people left the squad! You were 4 guys, then 1 leave, you can't respawn with a medic kit! you brake the team so much more that way! You gotta be realistic here

[[R-MOD]Jigsaw]

I still stand by my previous point, regardless of the actual realistic application of medics if you are in a squad of less than 4 players then the chances are that either you are not a very effective infantry squad or not doing infantry.

[gx]

Originally Posted by Mutherpucker

Maybe, but since we are NOT in a real army, and we are NOT assigned properly, and it is, after all, a game where people, in the end do whatever they want to do, I still don't see the point.

Yea, of course, in real army squad, you get 1 medic per 8 guys, ok, but in real army, you don't get to die 5-10 time in 1 hour, you don't get to heal 3-4 people at once, you don't get to engaged THAT MUCH... it's still a game for crying out loud..

And A LOT of time, you are 2-3 guy in a squad not because you want to, because there's no other real choice, or because people left the squad! You were 4 guys, then 1 leave, you can't respawn with a medic kit! you brake the team so much more that way! You gotta be realistic here

Well, actually In the "real" army (us army) its 1 medic per platoon.

[snooggums]

Originally Posted by Jigsaw

I still stand by my previous point, regardless of the actual realistic application of medics if you are in a squad of less than 4 players then the chances are that either you are not a very effective infantry squad or not doing infantry.

Plus a two or three man squad should be specialized enough that the group wouldn't be wasting a kit on a medic anyway.