Commanders Spot Hot Zones (For Helis)

[nk87]

Originally Posted by ExoDuUs

I see all the Heli Pilots going yeah!!! what about the opposition, who rely on placing a member on these aa's all round. Its not the most exciting job. All those mountains to deploy Sniper to shoot the AA gunners? The power of the BLUFOR's attack is on most maps strong as anything, with a well used Cobra, LAV's, Attack Huey, M16's, Scoped LMG's, Fast Heli deployment what more do you want?

I disagree with the suggested idea, it will deffer the idea of making AA a valued item to the MEC/PLA/INSUR/TALIB.

And Give the BLURFOR another powerful weapon

Believe me for one, this is for all the clueless pilots out there... Last night on muttrah I got shot down in a LB, asked commander to mark the area from where the AA came from, and still, 3 hueys fly right in there and get shot down. Regardless - If theese guys saw a big red circle, they would of known it was a bad place to fly into.

[killonsight95]

agree with above post ^
but its often not Sl's fault that they fly there often poeple don't listen to SL's in flying squads, once i was in an LB squad on muttrah the SL of one squad destroyed two heli's by touhcing them on takeoff with his heli and putting the blame on the other person including me when he crashed inot me on the carrier saying that i just faceplanted the carrier often SL's in squads don'r relay infop to squad member in air asset squads and this is annoying like.
anyway a big red thing would be good warning

[mat552]

Originally Posted by nk87

Regardless - If theese guys saw a big red circle, they would of known it was a bad place to fly into.

...and gleefully landed directly in the middle of the circle.

Automarking won't solve or help anything, the system works if you coordinate and pay attention.

[nk87]

Originally Posted by mat552

...and gleefully landed directly in the middle of the circle.

Automarking won't solve or help anything, the system works if you coordinate and pay attention.

Thats idioty, ofcourse it wont solve everything, some people are too stupid to realize, but atleast this will give them a chance of seeing whats going on, taking they dont listen to whats going on. You for one should know that most newcomers arent really paying attention, it's vanilla all over.

Edit; What do you think is bad about this, that would change the coordination and attention span? I can tell you already, absolutely nothing. Its the same, just with handicap handles.

[Herbiie]

I've found another problem - Hand held AA move around, so the circle will be useless & will just annoy people who don't need to know.

What's bad about this is that it's automated - that means there's even less of a reason to have or be a CO.

[nk87]

Ive been thinking about that one aswell, and I came to a conclusion that even tho perhaps automated, fades away after 30sec/1min? So that its not permanent, like the stuff the commander puts on map, but just a temporary "hot zone". And then the commander can use this info to put up the real markers. And if its handheld AA, he will know pretty fast from either UAV or brains

[Truism]

I disagree with the bulk of the discourse in this thread. If the ability to spot AA on the map isn't good enough, and verbal indications aren't either, I cannot for the life of me see how a seperate indicator to show that AA is operating in an area is going to help clueless pilots. The red circle is no less ambiguous than the AA symbol anyway in that neither are likely to be placed by a person with any solid knowledge of where the AA is and how far it can reach.

[[R-CON]Tim270]

Would it be possible for this only to show on the minimap for choppers?

[darkside12]

I think the idea is genius, plus you did a great job implementing a design on the map.

But then eventually, everyone will want the same thing for tanks and helicopters, so they'll know to avoid those areas. Then before you know it, the whole map is going to be red.

[killonsight95]

Originally Posted by darkside12

I think the idea is genius, plus you did a great job implementing a design on the map.

But then eventually, everyone will want the same thing for tanks and helicopters, so they'll know to avoid those areas. Then before you know it, the whole map is going to be red.

how about the red circle dissappear after 5 mins so you can only place 4 or is it 5? on the map at any time