Medic issues

[wiZaK]

totally agree, I hate ppl that just sits like a puppy staring at me when im healing them instead of covering, I allways cover when i get heald. And yea i totally hate when saying thanks they run away n stops healing you :/

[bobfish]

Can't always control what you have in your squad on a public server. Unfortunately I'm too cack-handed to be a medic, I was crap as one in vBF2 and I'm crap as one in PR.. tend to be point as well which means I'm first to die if the shit hits the fan.

[Copy_of_Blah]

There really aren't that many people that honestly like to be the medic. I do it 70% of the time because no one else on the squad is one. It's not because I'm not good at it. I have both important weapon slots bound to my mouse. It's a very easy role to take on. It's just that it gets so boring sometimes. Like you I would rather take point with some grenades than to not and have smoke. Selfish


When somebody has to do it somebody has to do it. If you are the last guy to be in the squad or you see nobody else doing that role after some time you HAVE to do it I've found. It doesn't matter how good you are at it.

[hx.bjoffe]

Originally Posted by bobfish

I'm finding the lack of medics these days to be disturbing, or worse yet, the ones where they ignore you if you aren't in their squad!

First, you should'nt play in squad without medic, and when you do stay relatively close to your group.
Second, when playing medic in a squad, you can't always halt your squad to revive/heal every other player "dumb" enough to die. His first responsibilty is his five other squadmembers.
And yes, i agree. To few medics. More SL's should make sure his squadmembers spawn medkits. And if you guys do not feel qualified to play medic, only one way to improve skills. If you dont LIKE playing medic, dont expect anyone else to go.

Bjoffe, designated medic

[Top_Cat_AxJnAt]

2 medics

per 5 or 6 men in a squad

NO LESS OR NO MORE

Do not expect to be healed or revived by any one but the medics in your squad. This could mean no medic help, if you either refuse to go medic when your SL asks or more improtantly, even when your SL does not ask for you to go medic and there are less than 2 medics in the squad

[El_Vikingo]

I'll play more medic then.

I have had it up to here *points up to nose* with no one using smoke correctly.

SMOKE THE ENEMY, NOT OURSELVES!

[system]

Originally Posted by vanity

Agreed.

Don't look at me when I'm healing you. Try to cover us so we don't get ambushed.

And if you're healing me and I say "Thanks", that's NOT your cue to stop. Your cue to stop is when I'm fully healed.

That's hilarious when it happens!

[.:iGi:. Eggenberg4Ever]

Originally Posted by [DVB]DirtyBeets

When someone medics you, follow him to where ever he leads you.
Medics should retreat to a safe place to further heal those he revived.

Agreed 100%........ unless you're in the thick of the shit

[paco]

The medic and officer need hotting up. When I did my service here in Sweden, medics had A203's on their AK5's (modified FNC80). Weird but true. These were special units though.

The officer kit could use something to make more ppl want to lead. On public servers, many will wait until the round starts before they make a squad or just go unassigned until there are squads.

[swiftdraw]

Heres what I do when playing medic (which I usually do)

A) Look before you leap. Chances are the guy that just nailed my guy is still around, I figure I've a good 30 seconds to scan an area and make sure I don't get popped myself.

B) Request cover. If I'm in a good squad who works together, I will ask them to cover me while I run out to revive someone. This works brilliantly when executed right and has save my butt in more than one instance. So before running to the victim, ask you squad to cover you.

C) Smoke 'em. If your squad is less than helpful or you decide to play Superman and try to save everyone on the map yourself, don't forget to smoke in open areas. Also give the smoke a second or two to spread out and give concealment. In all probability this will be a sign for the enemy to rush in and kill instead of sitting back and killing you, but it may give you the split second you need to revive and hustle back to a safer position.

D) Don't lose sight of the bigger picture. In other words, USE THE MINI MAP!!! Press 'n' a couple of times to zoom all the way out and look for the red crosses and the heart thingies. If you need a more detail to locate the victim press 'n' a few times to get the proper zoom and get moving. Honestly, if someone is in the area requesting a medic, get your head out of the sand and check the mini map for their location. If you can safely get to them and not neglect your squad, go get them!

One bad habit I do have is only healing until the red bar goes away and the player isn't bleeding out. I only really do this when there is a half-dozen other people that need help too. Also, this has been mentioned but bears repeating, don't stare at me while I'm healing you. Give cover for god's sake! And if there is a whole group of people who needs healing, ya'll don't have to stare at me either! It quite probable you just made some enemy very happy by seeing ya'll milling around me and they decide to lob a grenade in our direction.