Tell your engineer to build

[SogWick_]

Recently i’ve been running squads with 1 engineer (When possible) to be able to build mainly Spawn Beacons, but i’m thinking if there might be a way to make this a bit “smoother”.

My idea: Without having to switch to your engineer in your squad, build a Spawn Beacon, you can as “Squad Leader” tell your engineer (if alive) to build a Spawn Beacon for you. Something along with the current mechanic where you can tell each soldier to “Guard” a place. Could it be possible to add a function “Build Spawn Beacon” and you will get the same “X” to mark where it will be built.

In my perfect world it would be really nice if you could spawn a squad, run towards the objective, real quick tell your engineer to build a Spawn Beacon and then continue running towards the objective and your engineer will catch up when he’s done building.

I know this might be hard to implement or to “perfect” but think of the possibilities. Get stuff built without having to switch to engineer and “expose” yourself while building. Before anyone jumps the gun, i know if you have at minimum 2 engineers in your squad you can tell the other engineer AI to build it for you, but my idea is to minmax by having 1 engineer in a squad and the other slot can be medic for example.

This might be a great suggestion or a terrible one, either way i just wanna put it here and see if it could be worked on to be an awesome feature all players will enjoy!

Take care!

[BandytaJeden]

Great suggestion, hopefully one day will be added.
I suggested similar idead some time ago, order in command wheel for engineers to build every blueprint You set up. Would be easier to implement as no algorithm for finding place would be needed, and could work for many structures so engineer squads could set up great defensive positions in seconds.

General Engineer Build Order

I suggest adding additional order to command wheel - engineer auto build. This way we don’t have to order building everything every time we place blueprints, instead all engineers in squad will automatically prioritize construction, and all we have to do is place blueprints for them. The order we have right now buggy sometimes, leading to bots sometimnes deconstucting or just ignoring command. It also requires player to use engineer to give command, which is usefull in squads with 2 engineer o…

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[EagleTalonX]

Huge fan of this idea

[YouniquE]

This can work, kept simple as OP described, only for ammo box / rally

[TovarishToNy]

This makes life easier where I can still keep control my assaulter while covering for my engineer building a rally point or can just order to build ammo box near my position.

[EdVanSchleck]

This would definetely be a game changer. How many times do my assaulters or gunners die during I build a spawn beacon. Hopefully your suggestion finds the right ears.

[Lurilurilu]

This is a good idea