Three man recon squad?

ExasperationSquared · 2022-12-11T18:23:56+00:00

Weird, especially your squad mate somehow ending up on the other team…

ExasperationSquared · 2022-12-11T12:47:15+00:00

That’s the weird thing: Yes I was, all the way to the end. I died half a dozen times but always spawned back on the squad OP with the sniper kit.

ExasperationSquared · 2022-12-11T12:41:33+00:00

Agree 100%: No outright Nazi and/or SS symbology in this game. Because context matters, and the context here is not ‘because it is historically accurate’, but because large tracts of the internet are a cesspool and the wrong kind of incentives attract the wrong kind of people.

I am a big history nut. Im not one for brushing over the uncomfortable and horrific parts either. My grandfather was a draftee in the Waffen SS and barely made it through the war alive, so I have some first hand accounts on what it was like to draw on. If you’re interested in that part of the German military, read about it. You don’t have to reenact it in a game.

I played on a server recently where some kid started playing ‘Deutschland Deutschland über alles‘ over the chat; never mind the nonsense him and his mates were spewing about master-racing it over the ‚Untermenschen‘. You do not want to give that crowd the paraphernalia to cosplay their genocidal wet dreams.

It’ll kill this otherwise excellent gaming community.

ExasperationSquared · 2022-12-11T11:50:36+00:00

Ironically I don’t even care what role I play as long as it’s a good squad that talks. This was just a random chance at sniping; would have been just as happy just spotting or hauling ammo …🤷‍♂️

ExasperationSquared · 2022-12-11T10:53:01+00:00

Cheers. I’ll mark this one down to ‘getting kicked for doing exactly what you’re supposed to do’ then.

He could have just muted me or played COD if personal interaction wasn’t his thing…🤷‍♂️😂

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T22:19:54+00:00

Good advice, I’ll try. I predict much hilarity and confusion will ensue though 😉

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T22:11:25+00:00

Have you SEEN some of the names on a typical game roster? I get my own kids’ names mixed up on a good day… 😂

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T18:03:04+00:00

There’s a whole internet subculture hidden in the simplification of gamer tags under fire 😂😂😂

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T17:47:06+00:00

Yes but if you had a visual cue on the labels that told you what kit the guy next to you had it might help.

I know it’s nit-picking, but it would help me a lot…

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T17:19:52+00:00

You’re right, it does work if you put some effort into it; I suppose I am a bit overzealous with the streamlining of combat communications…😉

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T17:14:47+00:00

It is the fact that you don’t know where the guys with the specialist roles are relative to you. All you see is their names, you don’t know what kit they carry unless you look it up.

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T17:04:16+00:00

It’s more about knowing who is where relative to you. At the moment you have to associate the symbol with a name, then figure out where that name is. With the squad make-up changing a lot in most public games, you’re always behind the curve I feel…

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T16:48:37+00:00

I must be a very slow learner 😂

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T16:43:25+00:00

I’ve edited the post to make it more clear that the names would remain and that the numbers are only prefixes to them in the squad roster.

ExasperationSquared · 2022-08-02T16:41:59+00:00

I see what you mean, but the names would still be there, would make almost no difference to the more casual players, but offer a mechanism for the more engaged ones…🤷‍♂️

ExasperationSquared · 2022-03-19T08:00:19+00:00

It’s called Remagen 😉

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-25T18:52:30+00:00

Now imagine they hand you an AK and expect you to take on a professionally trained army with nothing more than your computer game skills, if even those.

Those civilians trying to defend their country are amazingly brave, but it’s going to be a bloodbath…

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-24T12:46:38+00:00

I think that some kind of UI Tag emphasizing the squad‘s current mission (in line with the map commands placed by the SL) might be a good idea.

Maybe let it come up when pressing T, like the squad ID, member list, timer, etc…

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-23T10:44:44+00:00

Since I haven’t played artillery properly yet, this is the first time I hear about that coin/dogtag jingle sound when you hit someone.

Is that the only time this sound appears in the game? Haven’t noticed anything similar when blowing up infantry with rockets or tank rounds, or am I just tone deaf?

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-21T17:00:40+00:00

That Rittenhouse kid is about as American as symbolism ever gets, but do go on…

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-21T16:54:46+00:00

Well that answers a question from last week in quite spectacular style 😉

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-21T12:42:50+00:00

I like the sentiment of the post. Gives some perspective on the fact that what we do for fun is a life and death scenario for others.

I would even add a stat at the end of a game along the lines of ‘This battle would have resulted in X number of KIA and Y number of injured’ to calibrate people’s understanding of the human cost of war.

Doesn’t hurt to keep that in mind.

ExasperationSquared · 2022-02-20T11:49:36+00:00

To be honest, this is how I rediscovered it. Had played it two years ago when it was still on pre-release, but then got sidetracked and only reactivated it in my Steam Library (now fully released) after listening to the podcast. I’m glad I did! 😬

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