Deployable and/or Mobile Spawn points? Squad Leaders are getting bored...

[danshyu]

IE, the troop spawning APC from the vanilla BF2 or squad leader deployed spawn points from PR?

It's probably been suggested before. But at the moment, especially in maps where the closest spawn base is miles away. Squad leaders often have to hide and act as the queen bee of the hive, doing nothing but spawning offsprings every few seconds. I understand that FH2 is all about fun, but hiding behind some rocks while doing nothing isn't exactly fun. If anything, it's a discouragement for people to be squad leader and organize tactics.

I'm not asking FH2 to be PR or BF2 clone, but why not have some sorta unarmed halftrack acting as a mobile spawn points? Or maybe spawn camps that's deployable by the commander via airdrop and be built by the pioneers/engineers? Anything that frees some pressure off squad leader's soldier spawning duties.

Opps, just realized this is in wrong forum. Please move this when you see it, admins.

[Uberhauptstormfuhrer]

FH is trying to be realistic while trying to be fun. A balanced mix...

As for squadleaders they have their share of action
and i don't mind staying behind spotting enemies with my binocs.

maybe an extra option of spawnable APC would be good.

[H2HSnake]

yup, haven't tried the game yet (still don't have my graphic card) but squad spawnpoints like PR or "vehicle" spawnpoints would be great. :]

[The Last Unknown Soldier]

with the Airborne maps i would be perfect, the mobile spawn points would be radar beacons and the squad could parachute in on the beacon, that would be cool

[McGibs]

We left it as is because we really couldnt come up with a better alternative at the time. Any kind of squad leader deployed point easily lends itself to abuses (hiding it inside statics, putting it on roofs where no one can get up to it, etc etc)

APC spawnpoints are an area to explore, but putting a squad leader inside a tank works better

[Admiral Donutz]

from GD to suggestions.

Originally Posted by McGibs

We left it as is because we really couldnt come up with a better alternative at the time. Any kind of squad leader deployed point easily lends itself to abuses (hiding it inside statics, putting it on roofs where no one can get up to it, etc etc)

APC spawnpoints are an area to explore, but putting a squad leader inside a tank works better

Agreed. APC spawning is a thing to look into but squad leaders inside such vehicles (or tanks) may work jsut as fine or better.

[Strumtrupp]

Originally Posted by McGibs

We left it as is because we really couldnt come up with a better alternative at the time. Any kind of squad leader deployed point easily lends itself to abuses (hiding it inside statics, putting it on roofs where no one can get up to it, etc etc)

Same can be done with the SL btw (cept the inside statics thing unless the SL glitches himself there)

An SL from a plane on top of a building, f.i.

APC spawnpoints are an area to explore, but putting a squad leader inside a tank works better

Better but maybe not best. Because to destroy the spawn you need to destroy the APC. Not something infantry can do easily.

But if we put it into something else that can be destroyed, like an Opel, it would be like the flag-jeepers with a spawn point.

I had thought about a special droppable that would decay and people would have an opening to spawn in from.
Could be limited to amount / SL spawn, usablility regen time and method of respawn delivery (parachutes f.i.)

Maybe also have it only be dropped by the commander and it appears as a transport plane that can be shot down.

[waylay00]

Originally Posted by McGibs

We left it as is because we really couldnt come up with a better alternative at the time. Any kind of squad leader deployed point easily lends itself to abuses (hiding it inside statics, putting it on roofs where no one can get up to it, etc etc)

APC spawnpoints are an area to explore, but putting a squad leader inside a tank works better

PR successfully implements a rally point feature, and they don't have any trouble with people "hiding" them in statics, etc.

[youm0nt]

Originally Posted by waylay00

PR successfully implements a rally point feature, and they don't have any trouble with people "hiding" them in statics, etc.

I remember one time when a rally point was hidden in a wall and a bunch of enemies were spawning right next to it. I come closer to it and saw a tiny bit of the bags and destroyed it. That got me pretty mad but that was in PR 0.6. Not much rally point exploits, from what I've seen and played, in PR 0.613.

[waylay00]

Yeah, but even back then, the problem was very minimal and I might have seen it only once.