it came to my mind, that some of the vehicles with lower crew count may not be able to bring all of their soldier capacity with them, so how about tankers that cant occupy vehicle crew slots instead spawn as infantry that escorts the vehicle into the battle?
i know that this escort would most likely run around until its eventually run over by the tank or killed by enemy, but hey, its better than nohting and light tanks finnaly get at least some advantage over heavy ones (stalingrad T-70 and KV-1 come to mind)
for vehicles that have some space on which soldiers could sit on, spawn with soldiers sitting on top and gunning enemies from there and vehicle commander (player) should be able to order his infantry to exit the vehicle (for during the combat) and come back on (during travel / āblitzkriegā)
Tanks attract a lot of attention so whatever infantry following would probably die within 5 seconds so this would be a kinda pointless change, that said I doubt itād be a negative change and itād serve more as an xp piƱata for the enemy team that an adequate protection for your tank so I wouldnāt have a problem with this
Its a workable idea, as long as your tank commander can trigger the dismount and the rider squad keeps a vigil all around the tank. Your rate of advance would need to slow down to match your foot sloggers so that they can cover you adequately, but overall its something that could work. Given the dodgy AI though most of the lads would die to random snipes from the other side of the map
Well thatās the trade off I guess, they can spray and pray off the tank, but I wouldnāt like to guess the accuracy or lack thereof, on the other hand any infantry caught riding a tank, is XP piniata for the shooter. I would dismount the riders out of contact so that they can disperse to the sides. Hopefully they would train the AI to parallel the tank and clear the flanks, rather than shoot frontally - something the tank is more than capable of.
i agree with you on that. but with the currentā¦ erm āāstateāā of the AI i do not see that happening for a while. but it would be hecking cool to have it in the game! imagine two SU T-34ās rusing towards you in Stalingrad or Moscow with infantry on the back. would be cool as heck
All of the AI problems are static infantry, generally I donāt get aimboted from moving troops. They will always pause aimbot and kill you, before resuming movement.
There are very few options for shooting with infantry on the move, and if you take the motorcycle sidecar option as a good comparison, then the sidecar MG canāt hit the side of a barn at 10 paces when its moving. When the bike comes to a halt is when all the magic starts to happen.
true, but i would very much prefer a more realistic AI for dismounted infantry. so its kinda fair for the other team is all iām saying. the idea is awesome
I think those are normal infantry. I mean the you donāt send tankers without a tank. They had valuable skills that were too valuable to let them die.
It wont work. Not enough players and small maps. Ww2 Tanks cant fire up from 2-3 km in reality. Tank clash distance in this game is firing from a zero distance compare to infantry. Also tanks dont march without its squadrons in reality. Which includes panzergrenadiers, motorised infantry and other smalller patrol vehicles. Tanks are not sole entities in real war.
exactly, and thats why the crew that doesnt enter tank are acutally tankman class
btw, im pretty sure that it doesnt take a lot of skills to operate a ww2 era tank, anyone could use machinegun or toss ammo, everyone that can drive could be a driver and it probably wouldnt take long to get used to operating main cannonā¦
