FileFront Forums - Radio Spamming

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Originally Posted by Admiral Donutz (Post 3546797)

I'm a bit confused by what you mean but in my eyes with my suggestion (though I am not the only one who things the way I do, so they are not "my" ideas alone.. but meh) the following would happen. My system would also allow for people to group and form sort of a squad even though they did not join one. They can still warn eachother for an enemy tank if they don't walk too far from eachother. However to ask for AT support from far away (soldiers in a different location, base or what not) they would need a person with radio acces (an officer leading the squad for example and perhaps several other classes who realisticly do have radio acces) to ask for help.

What do you mean with radio overs?

The point was this:
If only radiomen, captains and scouts had radio-overs (Radio-commands that go to ALL in the team) rather than voice-overs (audible voice that simply reaches people close by), then if a squad had no radioman, and they saw a tank for example, their Tank-alert would only be heard by the others close-by, who perhaps didn't notice the tank instantly, this means that as a squad, they'd need to deal with it by themselves, cuz no one else (besides them) can hear them.

They might decide to displace (cuz they have no way of dealing with it), or someome draws its attention, whiles an engineer sets charges close to/ on it to destroy it.... It helps with squad play rather than entire team side play - Teamplay's the Commander's job. For the everyday grunt, his concern should be his buddies, not the war.

In my idea, the map size is considered i.e maps are tiny, so radios going to ALL wouldn't be that bad
on the ground, unless you are a captain with a breathing radioman (Rifleman 1) nearby or a scout, you wouldn't be sending your messages across the airwaves... If the radioman dies ,the captain's radio commands would come out as simply his voice i.e voice-overs,
However, if someone could pick up the radio, then the aptain would once again have air time. However, he'd really be an ass if he exchaged his kit for the radio kit cuz the radio man don't have radio-overs neither... He only acts as a reciever...

* Once what a person says comes out as radio commands, even if you stood by him, you'd hear his radio-voice not his own voice... So the only time the squad wold hear their captain speak is when he given direct orders and not when he is signal alerts or requests... That helps, cuz scouts hiding in the mountains wouldn't be verbally voicing ou what they see - And if you eint in their team, you'd never hear their voice...

The idea for vehicles with radio is cool also, I guess... Perhaps a jeep (Good for reconnaisance squads, I'd say)

Also, personally, I don't want a CAPTAIN kit anymore.... I'd discss that in a new thread but bottom line is, i you can pick up a CAPTAIN kit, and you eint squad captain, then what ARE you? And how many contingents or platoons of captains can there be....Think Logistics, not kits :-)