Hi everyone, I got a few messages about this so I’m going to make it into its own topic.
Since AI is constantly being worked on, my suggestion was to have it so you can mark a friendly tank with your squad of troops and they will defend it, much like marking a capture or defense point.
What do you think @Keofox ?
i hardly think keofox got time to check all the people that pings him ( like, 70% of the members in this forum ).
( but hey, i could be wrong ).
speaking of bots defending tanks, it has been discussed way long in the past, but has never been a thing.
don’t really know why, but i think it should be a thing.
especially if you play in duos, but i guess it’s to prevent people leaving bots on a tank and do their own business on their own? after all the game it’s meant to be played with your squad.
buuuuut at the same time doesn’t seems that matters the most since you can do it anyway but on a point.
dunno, we’ll see what the others thinks about it.
Defending a cap point and defending a tank are two very different things. First off it would have to be coded differently since the tank can move and a cap point can’t . But you could use the existing X command on the tank to initiate.
Also defending a tank would require the bots to spread out more than they normally would in defending a point.
If it could be coded correctly to follow the tank as it moves and not stay bunched up but spread out so one arty strike or plane bomb doesn’t take them all out at once … It might work…
But I would have to see it in action … I wouldn’t want them to spend a lot of dev time on it if they didn’t think it would work right
Increasing cooperation between players is always good.
In urban combat (that is most maps) infantry cover is esential for tanks. Making is easier, might encourage tankers so play more agresivelly in actuall infantry support role (insead of camping far away at the end of the map).
Additionally I’d add a modifier for AI to increase the chance of shooting at the enemy with TNT in hand. Otherweise they are only a nice bonus on top of destroying a tank.
Also:
Switch to HE and annihilate the squad around the tank in one shot…toss a detpack and annihilate the squad around the tank in one bundle.
I think the priority for AI needs to be seeking and staying in cover first and foremost, so that they are alive for us to use.