One interesting thing I learned recently is that there are several flare guns in the game files. I think these could be implemented in an interesting way, reusing some of the paratrooper mechanics.
It would be cool if these flare guns were made accessible to assaulters as an alternative to a pistol. These flare guns could call in an ammo supply box at the location of the flare (one use). These flare guns could be restricted to assault squads as their special mechanic, as other squads have received special buildables. They should also have a cool down so you can’t just swap between soldiers and spam down 7 ammo boxes.
What do you guys think? How would you like to see these flare guns implemented, if at all?
what do you suppose the flares would do for the sniper or radio squads? I guess it kinda makes sense for the radio squad to call in some ammo, but it seems like they would do that using their radio and not the flares.
I wish I had a great idea. Typically flares in games have been used for some sort of spotting, either Via mini map or HUD. (dont really want more spotting in enlisted)
Or an off map call in like artillery barrage or air strike (or supplies as you suggested)
I could see it being applied to snipers, mortars and radio squads in some way. I would lean towards Sniper as it is the most uninteresting squad. And would shift more into making it a Scout sniper squad.
Or it could be as simple as adding night maps? (ever played ARMA at night with flares? or DayZ? looks epic)
Totally agree that sniper and mortar squads need something to make them more interesting. I just think this would make the most sense for assaulters as they would likely get the most use out of it. Also, I can’t think of a unique buildable that would really work for them without it being super broken or not very useful.
On a less serious note, I think it would be fun if you could use the flares to call in a motorcycle airdrop. Would be fun and helpful for getting to good rally point spots quickly.
Night maps could also be cool, I just hope that its not so dark you have to constantly use flares. I think this topic has been discussed somewhere and I can’t remember if the devs stated their intentions on night maps.
Love all that stuff like vehicle drops and such. But enlisted playable areas are getting on the small side for this stuff and it would be easily forgettable.
Love the idea to get flares active somehow. just how to do it. Will be thinking about it for the rest of the day now lol
i would give it to snipers and make its so that 3 mortar shells fall in the spot. This would make it so that you would need to accurately aim and most importantly it wouldn’t be op, just an extra for the class.
I think flareguns should actually be a different class’s weapon.
SCOUTS could be a new class with flare guns as their dedicated secondary. It would work like in BF1 in a way. When the flare lands, anyone within its radius upon it landing has a mark placed on their current position. Then the flare burns for 10 more seconds. A mark is place on the position of any soldier who stays in the flare radius for two or more seconds before leaving.
Basically the Scout class could mass-mark enemy infantry with flareguns allowing fellow bombers and mortarmen to have a field day.
