I wonder if it would be possible if when you jump out of your tank the bots inside could use the turrets provided that isn’t what is broken. If you are tracked that shouldn’t mean the turret stops working.
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Your title is misleading, I would recommend changing it to “AI use Onboard weapons to defend while you are repairing”.
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Not necessarily the turret weapons, as AI using a cannon would be far too powerful, and usage of the MG requires someone to be in the commander slot. The issue with that is that the whole crew tends to shift if someone switches like that, meaning all your perk bonuses are now worthless.
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While it would be nice if Machinegunners of tanks used their MGs, the overall situation could be made better simply by adding faster and better repair perks to your tankers.
They should just make it when enemies get close then they fire. Just like bots on Tannenberg and Isonzo on stationary MGs, they only fire until someone gets close.
Make it so that when they get back in they don’t change from their original positions unless necessary.
Essentially assigning them where they’re supposed to stay.
Imo it would be far better if player could order AI to fix the tank while he shoots, not the other way around.
Players should do “high intensity” actions (like shooting) and bots should do not interesting stuff (like hitting air with a hammer for 30s).