weapon2010 Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 When I select my scout unit off of my squad, it would be a nice option for that scout unit to take the binoculars with them or leave them behind,currently the scouts never get binoculars.Being their job is to go "scout" you would think the binoculars would default to them.Just another interesting decision to make. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'm not sure how much coding would be involved in that, but something I could see as a (not as convenient but better than nothing) alternative would be to have binoculars as items one can Acquire from vehicles (or can we do that already?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 When I select my scout unit off of my squad, it would be a nice option for that scout unit to take the binoculars with them or leave them behind,currently the scouts never get binoculars.Being their job is to go "scout" you would think the binoculars would default to them.Just another interesting decision to make. Yep, thought of that many times as well. Would also discourage the "suicide scounting". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I agree that it would be a nice option. But I suspect that the binoculars belong to the squad leader and that IRL he didn't pass them on to scouts. And since BFC is all about realism, we probably won't see that feature. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womble Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Thing is, they aren't really scouts, they're "walking point". The SL isn't going to give his expensive binos to guys who're pretty much expected to get shot and might have to be left where they fell. They're called "Scout" teams, because if you told Smith and Jones off to form a "Bait" team, they might not appreciate the glory you're offering them. In the same vein, when you have a three-team German squad, with the SL and his assistant both having MP40, if you split an Assault "A team" off, the Assistant (who stays with the B team) doesn't pass his Schmeisser over to one of the A team. Because, though there are many like it, that SMG is his. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud Backer Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Good points, rocketman and womble. Makes sense to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jack Ripper Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 When I select my scout unit off of my squad, it would be a nice option for that scout unit to take the binoculars with them or leave them behind, currently the scouts never get binoculars. Being their job is to go "scout" you would think the binoculars would default to them. Just another interesting decision to make. +1 to that. It's something I've thought of constantly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFF Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 +1 to that. It's something I've thought of constantly. As was already said, the squad leader isn't going to hand off his binoculars to two guys who've basically been told to walk point and see who shoots at them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pak40 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Ditto to what Womble said. The term "scout" is kind of a misnomer. These guys are the point and to loosely paraphrase Private David Webster of Easy Co. 506th PIR they were put out front to draw fire. If they happen to see the enemy first then they were lucky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weapon2010 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 thanks for the replies, they make a lot of sense, I guess if I was the SL I would want to hold to them as well 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jack Ripper Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 As was already said, the squad leader isn't going to hand off his binoculars to two guys who've basically been told to walk point and see who shoots at them. Alright then, quit yelling at me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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