Try a little something...different

[Penegashega]

Call me crazy, but I have to admit it, I have a vast knowledge of history. Watching everyone as I endure any of the ops I have noticed one recurring thing. EVERYONE IS THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION! Try some real tactics, don't be afraid to get a little muddy. WORK for the prize. I suggest possibly formulating a Milisim similar to the American frontier, so that some people have to learn how to hide, and hide well. I think we'll benefit in the long run

[Spook]

Well, new person with strange screen name, you are very observant. This comes at least partially from the respawn mentality, which says, "I have x number of lives, so I will just charge up this hill and if I die, I will come back in x number of minutes anyway."

There are some teams who have a grip of tactics, but the newer a person is, the more apt they are to charge blindly into the weaponry of their enemies.

When coming through the woods, I often find my enemies very helpful by their making of enough noise to wake the dead. They talk nice and loud so that I can hear them. They rattle like a sutler's wagon full of pots and pans. They trample the bush like a rampaging herd of elephants. They leave the vox on on their radios so that they transmit nice and LOUD. If they follow your advice, guys like you and I won't get nearly as many kills. Shut up man...LOL don't give them any ideas ;)

S

[Anubis_SectionVIII]

Damn good point spook, people with no grip of tactics are pretty sad. BUt hey, it's better for us anyway.

[Kaiser78]

I cannot make a blanket statement here but I will just toss this idea out there. Feel free to tear it apart. The premise is in any game there will be those people. Mostly newer guys but we all were there at one point. From and older guys point of view I have noticed that when a team functions as a team or has ANY organization everyone turns their heads in amazement. If they display any form of tactics people are blown away. It gets a little tricky with multiple groups of different teams acting as one but you will always have that one person who is like, "well I can regen anyway."

Here is a solution.....if you are an OC, tell them that they get only one life for the day. Dont use respawns or come up with a good medic system. There are various ideas on these boards about good medic systems. Our team has adopted the card system along with the medivac idea from the AO boards. Not only do we have POW's and the likes but if everyone knows if they pull the red face card then they are dead they will think twice about rushing the bad guys. There will be a value on ones life. Even the oldest most experienced guy will think more carefully and it will add dimesion to your game.

Another way we eliminated that problem is to restrict ammo loadouts. Nothing is worse in my ears to hearing one gun churning out a Cmag worth of bb's in one spurt. Make mission one's outcome affect mission two's. So if you die you may get half the ammo next game. You would be surprised if you put even the littlest amount of stress on a player he will change his tactics.

Hope this helps.

Kaiser