Artillery C2 Suggestion

[Wolfe]

Artillery Net (Alt-A) - One thing I'd love to see is a toggleable play-aid in CMBN which more readily indicates which spotters are able to direct on- and off-map fire.

It'd be nice to be able to hit one key (such as Alt-A) and have all the spotters light up, as well as have lines drawn through the C2 indicating all the connections (in-tact and broken) to on-map assets. How about for any FO, HQ, and XO which has the potential to act as an FO, have the floating icon pulse a bright blue. This would not only show the obvious spotting units (FOs and HQs) but also the XOs which can bring down fire (the US XO in Last Defense can spot; while the Ger XO in Closing the Pocket, lacking binocs, cannot). XOs use the infantry floating icon rather than a HQ one, and so aren't obvious as potential FOs. Also, HQ tanks can call in fire, yet there's no obvious indicator which tank is an HQ without clicking on it (AFAIK).

In addition, how about drawing lines CMx1-style between all HQ units and the on-map mortars? Bright blue lines would indicate a good C2 connection; bright red ones would show a break in C2. This would make things infinitely easier to sort out, since you would readily know there is a problem without endlessly clicking on different units.

For HQ units which are currently spotting directly for a mortar team (indicating they're within 50m), a bright green line.

And if toggleable, this option wouldn't take away from the excellent visuals, while providing a handy and quick play-aid.

The above suggestions may or may not cover all the bases (C2 can get complicated), but I'd love to see something like it added to CMBN.

- Chris

[Lanzfeld]

I find it odd that the mortar HQ team can order the mortar to fire at a TRP but the mortar team itself cannot.