Make Engineer SQUADS worth it again

[GuardianReaper0]

Please stay on the topic and don’t invite unwanted arguments.

[anon51796654]

@GuardianReaper0

If the fortifications can help protect against the long range shelling, they lose out on a lot of their points, no longer making it worth doing that.

I’ve seen people literally smack a solid wall for 20 minutes. Die. And then respawn to continue. It’s not about being effective, it’s about being low risk and low effort.

@GuardianReaper0

I didn’t say take away the ability to remove it FROM TEAMMATES.

That’s a given. It’s still potentially gamebreaking for people to prepare second or third objective in some cramped or urban maps. Berlin particularly comes to mind. And absolutely cover the approach with barbwire. A situation like that is already painful to deal with.

@GuardianReaper0

Again, this is where I bring up tanks. Tanks would be able to drive over barbwire to destroy it no problem, and I would suggest making tanks trip AP mines.

When you put it like that it sounds good, actually. Would make AT mines more relevant. Large mine bags are still a deal breaker any way you phrase it. That’s just asking for trouble.

@GuardianReaper0

Mortar pits I think would actually be useful. I’ve made that suggestion in the past. The idea is not so much about “unlimited ammo”, as you refill the ammo like you would for the AT field gun, or the AA.
It’s more about being able to utilize both mortars in a squad at the same time.

So, either a fire on my position order to your other mortarman or heavier, less mobile mortar for mortar squad II+ for example? I could get behind that idea.

@Ti-Ben666@psn

Concrete bunker won’t be invincible but tough with destructible part (can be repair / maintain with resource points). Ok maybe not repair station i take it back, but the ability for engineer to repair / replenish tank ammo (not 100% of course) at the cost of resource points like any building. And mortar pit is a good idea, a conceal hole with camouflage and a refill of, for example, 1 shell every 30 sec. Also mortar pit would have a limit of 2 or 3 at same time like tank / plane

I’m sorry but all of those things sound like horribly exploitable additions, and horrible additions in general.

@Ti-Ben666@psn

but the ability for engineer to repair

You can already take a repair pack with just about any soldier if you’re so inclined.

[GuardianReaper0]

@anon51796654

@GuardianReaper0

Mortar pits I think would actually be useful. I’ve made that suggestion in the past. The idea is not so much about “unlimited ammo”, as you refill the ammo like you would for the AT field gun, or the AA.

It’s more about being able to utilize both mortars in a squad at the same time.

So, either a fire on my position order to your other mortarman or heavier, less mobile mortar for mortar squad II+ for example? I could get behind that idea.

I think the mortar pit should be left to the mortar squad as a buildable function. Though I’m thinking essentially being able to order your mortars to set up in it, then being able to drop “fire on this position” orders, especially with the use of binoculars. This method would provide an alternative to using radio operator squads with artillery.
It would be higher accuracy and not leave a red circle, but at the cost of convenience that RO have, as well as mortar pits can be targeted to stop them, in comparison to RO that can sit in a bunker and call it in every two minutes.

I digress, that needs to go into its own suggestion topic.

[darkkismeth]

Crazy idea out of nowhere:

1st Engineer squad to unlock has everything normal. But 2nd Engineer Squad gets the possibility to build the Quad flak/Quad HMG for all purpose defense. And 3rd Engineer Squad gets 88 Falk/Artillery, entrenching and creating kill zones.

[TheodoreCHill]

I think that they need to let engineer squads build stackable defenses. Walls of sandbags or barbwire for example. I don’t know why they removed the stacking option. It was a lot of fun.

[anon51796654]

They made it more difficult but they didn’t completely remove it. Look it up on youtube if you can’t figure it out.