AI already can shoot from the APCs. So it would be nice if AI could also automatically use personal weapons if the enemy is lets say 10m away from the vehicle with open crew compartment (at least behind and above the vehicle).
While it probably won’t increase survivability of the crew when enemy sneaks on them from behind, at least it will make the whole situation more authentic and believable. Right now the crew just waits to be slaughtered like hay dummies.
Make tanks feel like they have an actuall crew!
14 Likes
Also please add the external commander view already!
1 Like
I could have swore it was available in the “dicker max” in Stalingrad
3 Likes
Unfortunately no, I just checked it.
No I mean it was available during the old campaign system
pretty sure that was a bug before where every tank crew can somehow shoot enemy near them. A pretty useful bug tho
it like an early warning system for me tbh and it also scare me when i first encounter it
3 Likes
Yep I was misremembering, just checked old gameplay video of it and it never had commander view
1 Like
Yeah but they could shoot through the tank itself from what I remember. I’d like not bugged version.
3 Likes
yea that would be nice tbh
1 Like
Just found this picture of the dicker max commander view:
3 Likes
The only vehicle that I know can do that and it happens to me frequently is the M18 GMC, I have my crew equipped with M3 gracegun and sometimes I get casualties with smg when I drive within the point, I don’t know if anyone else can verify it
It is or was also working with Tiger E and Greyhound, but is a bug not a feature.
What was available for dicker max is “lean out” option for commander.
But devs made decision and stole the ability from us. Now we have to rely only on periscope. Which means significantly worse overview over battlefield.
I am still kinda butt hurt about this change.
EDIt:
Oh, you already posted screenshot xD
I don’t understand why they put in the effort to adding periscopes to certain tanks when those tanks are better off without periscopes.
It always had periscopes.
And the reason for removing the leaning option is most likely clipping or a weird looking posture. (This is why we can’t even have proper horizontal angles on most MG nests.)
Very annoying, I would definitely prefer usability over how it looks from a 3rd person perspective.
1 Like
Considering how well AI can defend themselves in APC - I dare to say this could be a very substantial buff to open top vehicles.
I like the idea alot.
Then it will get nerfed in 0.5s after release.
1 Like
If tankers are allowed to defend themselves progress on loading the gun should halt during combat, it’d only be fair.
On this subject it would be nice to see tankers have unique voice lines (I wouldn’t mind if they were copy and pasted from war thunder)
2 Likes
