Col Rosenberger Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Howdy, Question. After you spend about 25 minutes setting up a turn and you decide you DON'T want that javelin with the team you gave it to, but saved for another team later, how do you put it back? In this case I'm asking about putting gear and ammo back before you press the go button. Outstanding, thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnersman Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Howdy, Question. After you spend about 25 minutes setting up a turn and you decide you DON'T want that javelin with the team you gave it to, but saved for another team later, how do you put it back? In this case I'm asking about putting gear and ammo back before you press the go button. Outstanding, thanks. You can't. Your stuck with it. Once you acquire, you acquire for good. That's the draw back. Make sure you really want it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jargotn Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 ATM the only way to get rid of ammo is to fire at stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Area fire and frag your guy then do "buddy aid" and hope you didn't damage it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Rosenberger Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 You can't. Your stuck with it. Once you acquire, you acquire for good. That's the draw back. Make sure you really want it. Wow! Even during the "planning phase" of a turn? That is so painful and dare I say silly? So since the inception of CMx2 this has never been identified and fixed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Wow! Even during the "planning phase" of a turn? That is so painful and dare I say silly? So since the inception of CMx2 this has never been identified and fixed?No. You're the first person ever to notice this. Sheesh.The inventory system is pretty rough-and-ready. You can snag (in RT play) a full squad load of ammo in seconds. You don't have to worry whether that ammo is in belts, saddle magazines, AR magazines or loose boxed rounds. When platoon elements are sharing ammo, it happens perfectly on-demand with no worry about fumbling the pass-off.By the same token: you have to get the whole squad into a vehicle to resupply; it takes the passage of 2 orders phases to grab a single magazine or box of ammo in WeGo; you can't give ammo back to the store; you have to click Acquire between each grab of a fixed set of options (which sometimes aren't very suitable), rather than putting numbers in boxes for how many rounds of each type you want; you can't share supplies between elements that don't share an immediate HQ; there are no grenades or mortar bombs in "Supply Platoons".It's what we've got, and we keep asking for something better. BFC don't seem very interested; I can see that optimising loads could be considered not a major part of the game that warrants a large expenditure of programming time, though I don't agree. Maybe one day we'll get a proper inventory system. But Ah amn't holdin' ma breth.Oh, and the other thing you better get right first time, including in the setup phase is artillery calls. If you decide you don't want it, all you can do is tell the mission to Cease Fire, once you've hit "Confirm". Bail out and Dismount are "make sure you really want to" commands that can't be undone in the general run of play. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 No. You're the first person ever to notice this. Sheesh. In case you didn't notice, he's not been here that long, so lighten up on the sarcasm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 What a welcoming thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Sorry, but assuming that everyone else who's been playing the games for years is too stupid, unobservant or passive as to not have noticed or not have brought up the issue is hardly a great way to approach a community, is it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Tamson Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Sorry, but assuming that everyone else who's been playing the games for years is too stupid, unobservant or passive as to not have noticed or not have brought up the issue is hardly a great way to approach a community, is it? Well, "the community" wouldn't fix it would they? So I don't know why you think it is the community he is talking about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Again, way to be a welcoming beacon of friendliness. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 LOL! Yeah, you've stumbled onto a shortfall. Solution: savegame after every replay and orders phase. Make a mistake? Reload the previous savegame. Not elegant, but it works. Oh, guaranteed that the FIRST time you don't save, you'll wish you had. Discussion on why: Acquire is important, but the time given to change it would take away from something else. Advanced: Unacquire could lead to odd issues. Where and when could that happen? Could I get my platoon to cache all its ammo and then buff up one squad? Etc. Proferred: make acquire not get executed until you are done. (Not helpful in your situation.) As well, allow smaller ammo increments. If unacquire is allowed, can it happen in any transport? 40 Javs in a jeep? Any ammo cache? Dumping ammo in a hut and hoping the next squad finds it? In short, a variation on this theme has been sought after for a long time. Savegame is your only unacquire. Ken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnersman Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Somebody is having a bad day. Keep it to yourself, brother. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Again, way to be a welcoming beacon of friendliness.Way to make a good first impression. Like you care. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Oooh, is this why it's called a "hot" topic? Cpl. Rosenberger, don't let the grumbly old men scare you off. This is really one of the better forums on the internet. Usually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thewood1 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Yeah, making first impressions seems to be important around here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Sorry, but assuming that everyone else who's been playing the games for years is too stupid, unobservant or passive as to not have noticed or not have brought up the issue is hardly a great way to approach a community, is it? Please, spare me. It would have been far easier to just tell the OP, "yeah, it's a longstanding issue. Not sure if/when it'll be fixed or changed." Sarcastic barbs do nothing but increase animosity. Edited February 15, 2015 by LukeFF 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Yeah, making first impressions seems to be important around here. LOL pfft screw that, yes it may have been asked a thousand times prior- but not by the OP. He is obviously learning the game and is new to the community. Welcome aboard Col Rosenberger. Ask away. However the answers may not always be so cut and dried. Identifying something as broken isn't always simply a case of looking at something and saying- well that's stupid. An alternative option would be we have no acquire option at all, that would suck. Yes I would like to be able to un-acquire a weapon. Example, I grab the Javelin. Find a nice overwatch position, fire off all 3 rounds, return to Stryker and now have to lug around an empty launcher till the scenario is over. Ohh yeah I would definitely like to see an option to dump it. Perhaps a future option. Right now there just isn't that degree of granularity and the trade off in time that it might take to configure the option is just not at the top of the features list. Take a look at the posted list of stuff that has been added from CMSF to CMBS. It isn't like they haven't done anything new. http://www.battlefront.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=338&Itemid=583 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rokko Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Cpl. Rosenberger, don't let the grumbly old men scare you off. This is really one of the better forums on the internet. Usually. I can't quite tell if the demotion is intentional, a typo or due to bad eyesight 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 I can't quite tell if the demotion is intentional, a typo or due to bad eyesight ...and deep in my closet, a small square of cardboard just spontaneously combusted due to contempt! (I feel I must make amends to my ASL collection. I'll blame it on a typo. ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Rosenberger Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 ...and deep in my closet, a small square of cardboard just spontaneously combusted due to contempt! (I feel I must make amends to my ASL collection. I'll blame it on a typo. ) Ha! At least now Lt. Stahler doesn't have to take orders from a 6+1. A well deserved field demotion. Just thinking about what box and what closet in what location in what country my old Stahler 9-2 chit is smiling in? Outstanding! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 It is funny that those old ASL leader counters have left such an impression. How many people on this forum DON"T appreciate the last few posts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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