Currently on Tanks with a functioning hull machine gun, the game currently prioritizes replacing dead Machine Gunner over Loader.
In the past, tanks used to be “fully” functional with a 3-man crew: Gunner, Driver and Loader. However, with the new functioning hull MG on tanks, it now requires a 4-man Crew: Gunner, Driver, MG Gunner, and Loader.
Currently, if you have only a 3-man crew left, your rate of fire inside the tank becomes hindered due to the tank crew prioritizing replacing the MG Gunner over the Loader, and you lose the ability to quick switch shells whilst reloading.
I propose that the game go back to having Loader prioritized as a replacement over MG Gunner.
Should Loader be prioritized over MG Gunner?
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No point having a hull MG gunner if you don’t have a commander to direct both the main gun and the hull MG at the same time. The hull MG gunner should be the least priotity position, after the Commander (who himself is after the laoder).
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I also think driver should be low priority if the tanks engine/tracks get disabled. Sometimes i only have 2 crew left and no option to go repair. It would be better to have my bot help me load the gun instead of sitting on the driver seat doing nothing. Some kind of “last stand” order where the turret seats get highest priority
I think thats very situational based, if your tracked or engine down than yes the two most important things become the loader seat and the gunner, but the main thing that kills tanks is lack of mobility then getting swarmed by infantry or a follow up shot by a tank if you didn’t get one tapped. If the Ai could be smart enough to detect your tank is mobility killed and auto swaps to loader that would be cool, but just because you only have 2 crew i prefer the driver staying in the seat to keep mobilityand angle armour UNLESS they can make it detect mobility kill.
After they added a machine gunner position to the KV-1 (L-11) I haven’t been able to use my tank as effectively. I feel like it would be even better if players could decide what priority they want for their tanks.