I played 2 matches today as soviets in my para trooper squad, and in the first match, as soon as I got close to the ground enemy shot my entire squad out. I did 2nd match and 2nd to last cap I was parachuting to the ground with my para troopers and a dude sniped all my men out of the air before they landed, I think it’s time the developers gave paratroopers the ability to hold and fire their weapons at the enemy while they parachute to the ground, in a chance to prevent the enemy from shooting at you.
edit: nvm I did research and found out why, despite that i still think this is unfair in enlisted
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You need to get better at opening your parachute at the last second. Troopers who opened their chutes too early got chopped to pieces on the way down in real life. You also need to pick better drop points, but sometimes it is just luck.
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You can, with no doubt, but your AI does not do that; the devs force them to open at what seems like a 10-20-second drop.
We do not need paratroopers to be more powerful it’s game breaking enough that they can destroy all rally points and go into positions that defenders can’t expect
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I think changing so the AI squad members do not float down like feathers wouldn’t be game breaking.
If you drop paratroopers behind enemy lines, you’ve gotta hope by luck of the draw that you pick a spot behind where the enemy is looking. If anyone is looking “back”, your troopers are hosed. That’s just the nature of the beast. Drop them behind your own lines if you come across someone skilled enough to pop them out of the sky.
Having the AI troopers able to make perfect jumps is probably too much to have as default behavior. The squad needs to float at least a little bit. Unless, they were to add a “live perk” that if you open your chute perfectly, it will cut your troopers’ float time in half.
If the entire server is actually working together it will not be fun So they need all the handicaps they can get
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Or just have the AI pull the chute at the same time you do. If your squad doesn’t get wiped, good for you. If they do, then it is on you.
Either way, the blame is back on the player, not the devs.
No thanks. Parayroopers are pure fantasy already, we don’t need to add more nonsense.
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Have you ever heard the sad story of german paratroopers at crete or britsh paras at remagen ?
How about NOT try to land them on the spot where enemies OBVIOUSLY waiting ?
This is a balance because too many people complain about paratroopers and DF is unwilling to limit the number of paras and flamethrower squads.
I actually hope that the paratroopers can respawn on the ground with their crate, so that I will rarely parachute but instead spawn at the rally point。
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i think (personally) they need to be able to go a little bit further into the gray zone that way they can sabotage rally (destroy) mine road (maybe) and kill gray zone tank
I also avoid using the landing feature. It simply takes more time and everyone will see where you land
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