Rally Points

[Sabre_tooth_tigger]

There did used to be a delay of about 2 mins I seem to remember.
I think rp should be about marking your secured territory, representing squad reinforcements & the supply chain.
We should move as far away as possible from the old 'beam me down scotty' sl spawning where troops appear in the middle of a battle

You could set rally point timing according to distance from the main base to reflect logistics of infantry transportation.
A forward bunker or firebase would then help to reduce but not eliminate the delay of setting the rally point.

[00SoldierofFortune00]

Originally Posted by Dr2B Rudd

"Rally is down"

"ok guys, hold ur spawns, x and y come with me, a keep them away while we set new RP"

^ teamwork resulting in recovery of squad position, in ur way you can't recover for 180 seconds which seems arbitrary to me. It doesnt encourage teamwork, and has no bearing on realism afai see.

its hard to put down a new rally if the squad is being heavily engaged by a on the ball squad, so the current system is great.

^^^^^^^^^This

Originally Posted by Death_dx

While you do make a good point, being able to get reinforcements nearly immediately after having your position flanked and presumably most of your squad eliminated isn't realistic either. If one squad takes out a rally often the enemy squad realizes it immediately because the guys spawning in at it tell everyone over voip. Having the enemy squad sprint off for 10 seconds, set a new rally and instantly have another 3 men to fight with isn't a good system in my book. The delay allows the squad that wiped out the rally to search for the survivors, and/or cap the flag.

No, Rudd is correct.

If your RP is taken out, you are likely on the flag. That means you have to get safely off the flag and than place another.

If you are next to your RP when it is taken out, the enemy should kill you if they don't want you to respawn.


Seriously though, anymore RP restrictions are just gonna kill the game.



We don't need anymore rules, players just need more education, and right now, it is pretty easy to find a good squad using teamwork which would be harder with more rules.

[00SoldierofFortune00]

Originally Posted by Blackie

I say change it and lets see !! COuld work out really well and we will have to wait and see WHAT exactly the change is !!

It was like that in a past patch (0.5) and it was annoying as hell. We don't need it again.

There was like a 3 minute delay and it killed squadplay.

[Death_dx]

Originally Posted by 00SoldierofFortune00

No, Rudd is correct.

Rudds opinion is correct?

Originally Posted by 00SoldierofFortune00

If your RP is taken out, you are likely on the flag. That means you have to get safely off the flag and than place another.

You've never taken out an enemy RP while they've been attacking a flag, or fighting over a neutral flag? Even if you are on the flag and you need to place a new RP, the suggestion I made has no real bearing on it, as by the time you get 100 metres out the time limit would be up.

Originally Posted by 00SoldierofFortune00

If you are next to your RP when it is taken out, the enemy should kill you if they don't want you to respawn.

If you are next to the RP when it's taken out you get shot, then you voip your squad that the rally is under attack and guys that aren't dead go set a new one.

[hx.bjoffe]

Originally Posted by Sabre_tooth_tigger

I think rp should be about marking your secured territory, representing squad reinforcements & the supply chain.
We should move as far away as possible from the old 'beam me down scotty' sl spawning where troops appear in the middle of a battle

RP should be set up inside controlled 'zones,' spawning in groups behind enemy lines has always confused me. I cant really explan it, they're hardly airdropped.
It would slower it down, but be better for teamplay, and some magic would be more explanatory in terms of realism.
That, or make it expendable, so you have to 'quicksave' more often.

[RA::LUNG]

I personally think the squad should have to all stand on one leg and chant shim shala bim for three minutes before a new rally point will be re-established creating the most realistic scenario possible...........dohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! No really ...... im serious ...........------------> Otay I was only joshing.

[00SoldierofFortune00]

Originally Posted by Death_dx

You've never taken out an enemy RP while they've been attacking a flag, or fighting over a neutral flag? Even if you are on the flag and you need to place a new RP, the suggestion I made has no real bearing on it, as by the time you get 100 metres out the time limit would be up.

No it wouldn't. as I already said, we had the long time limit before and 3 minutes can seem like hours in a fast paced game.

If an enemy takes out our RP while defending a flag, we move immediately to another spot to put an RP which takes about 30 seconds. So you are saying we should wait the other 2:30 minutes to place an RP instead of defending a flag? 3 Minutes sounds like nothing, but we all know how long 5 minutes waiting for another kit is and that is only a 2 minute difference.

If you are next to the RP when it's taken out you get shot, then you voip your squad that the rally is under attack and guys that aren't dead go set a new one.

How can you place one without a SL? I am always SL, so I am speaking as the guy who would be shot defending the RP. Ok, fine, 4 people get away from the RP, but that doesn't mean the SL would get there alive or vice versa.


Like I said, this was tried before and it made no sense to wait.
Waiting=no teamwork and frustration.

[Lynx]

hey minute rally point setup actually sounds good

but can you camouflage the rallies more?

[Feuerwaffen]

Yeh and make it not have a radio static so the enemy has to guess its location by troop movements.

[Lynx]

Originally Posted by Feuerwaffen

Yeh and make it not have a radio static so the enemy has to guess its location by troop movements.

I kinda think the radio thing good right now

it gives you a chance to remove it if you're in proximity so you don't get shot in the back by someone who just spawned out of the blue.