Slyss Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 This isn't intended to be a complaint (I know this post is gonna get roasted now) Offboard artillery and realism... Here's the example: I ordered my spotter to call for artillery. A few shots rain down, and he gets shot at. Now the bombardment stops. ehhh. Huh??? Maybe I'm thinking wrong but I thought he called the strike. I dont remember him canceling it. In my mind, the spotter said "lettem have it and dont stop until you're out of ammo." In the game, he's saying "Stop firing because I really wanna watch." Why cant I just call for and indirect fire mission and get out of dodge. Would seem logical. Is this just a game balance issue or can someone point this out in a believable reply that pestering my spotter would abort the entire fire mission? Also... I made a battle with a bunch (50 plus) sharpshooters in a town and wanted to see how many halftracks would make it to the objective flag. Yes this isn't really realistic, but I wanted to see what happened. Well, something unexpected altogether did. The sharpshooters never fired a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Brian Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 Regarding the sharpshooters, I beleive they won't fire if by doing so, it exposes their position. If the halftracks are w/i 100m or so, they may not fire. ------------------ Doc God Bless Chesty Puller, Wherever He Is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiram Sedai Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 I've driven through an arty impact zone once in my life and I was grateful that the spotter was up and aware. My lieutenant almost crapped himself when he found where we were on the map. In CM, you can pause, shift fire and stop fire all with your spotter. If you are having trouble with people shooting at him, then attach him to a platoon leader and let the platoon leader have the LOS to the target. Be sure to have the FO in command though. You can tuck the FO behind a hill or in some thick forest too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyss Posted January 17, 2001 Author Share Posted January 17, 2001 I thought you couldn't attach off board artillery spotters to HQ units to gain LOS. Thats what this is about...Offboard spotters. Its not a question about tactics either. I'm just looking at a specific point of gameplay and whether its realistic or just a gameplay choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Galanti Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 Threads on arty spotters: www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/009568.html www.battlefront.com/discuss/Forum1/HTML/007342.html Ben revenge of the searchanaut. [This message has been edited by Ben Galanti (edited 01-17-2001).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyss Posted January 17, 2001 Author Share Posted January 17, 2001 Thank you Ben for an intelligent and most interesting reply. I hope you look at my other posts and comment there as well ------------------ Play me, and I'll make yah wear your arse for a hat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jager 7 Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 Greetings, Arty spotters (FOs) don't usually just call for fire and leave it at that. They observe the fire, adjust it when necessary, and keep repeating the Fire For Effects until the desired effect on the target is achieved. If the spotter is pinned down and can't see the effects it is possible or even likely he is wasting valuable arty rounds...which is not in his or his supported unit's best interest. Basically if he is suppressed by enemy fire he will have a hard time doing his job. The remedy; be careful where you place him and try to keep him out of easy reach and sight of enemy infantry types. Hope that helps. Out here.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subvet Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 Re: sharp shooters targeting halftracks I've found that while sharpshooters happily target unbuttoned tanks, they won't target unbuttoned halftracks unless you tell them to. Not sure if this is a bug or if it is intended this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gashford Posted January 17, 2001 Share Posted January 17, 2001 Hi, I ihave had a similar thought about the FCOs but have never said anything. In my limited training we where called occasionally to do a FCO role, to this end we brought the shot in and gave the order 'fire for effect x rounds'. x being the amount of ammunition we wanted brought in on the target, I seem to remember something about giving the fire order in a time as well. To this end if I gave a FCO to fire for effect 10 rounds and was then promptly shot dead the attack would continue. How did they control FCOs in WW2, did they call in each round, designate a time, give an amount of shells to be fired or something else, perhaps if we found a proper answer to this something might be seen to be changed or left as it is? YOurs Graham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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