This is an idea that's fascinated me for a long time. I wish OFP had some kind of "badge" system, with a series of 'challenge' missions that test players' skills in certain areas, and award them badges upon completion of the challenges. Whichever 'badges' the player had earned would be visible on their profile (or somewhere easily accessible to other players), providing a snapshot of the player's skills.
For example, one test (I actually put this together in the editor one time, I was bored) could put the player in an A10 with no mavericks, only the 30mm cannon. The player would then have to strafe and destroy four T80s while avoiding their co-axial MG fire. In the Cold War Crisis campaign you never spend enough time in an A10 to need to use the cannon, really, and in coop missions I've played involving fixed wing aircraft, I've seen more than one player simply eject from their perfectly fine A10 once they used all their mavericks, not even bothering to try and hit anything with the 30mm. It takes quite a bit of skill to line up a target for a run, hit it, have the self control to pull up before it's too late, and then dodge the MG fire from below. Anyone who can manage it is a good pilot, and if doing so was a test that awarded a badge to whoever completed it, you'd know right away that person should be the one to fly the A10 in a mission like Desperate Measures.
Actually, after all that raving on, I just described achievements. They fit the bill. Of course, there's always the possibility of falsifying such information, cheating to achieve them, but what would be the point? Anyway, just throwing that out there. In a game like OFP with so many skills to be learned, such a system would serve as a useful gauge of who's suited for what roles in multiplayer games where no one has time to wait around for people who don't know what they're doing. I'm sure we're all aware of how annoying it can be when someone takes an advanced and crucial role that they're really not prepared for.
Hi, I'm redguard, born in Finland in early 90's, lovely decade.
I've been playing OFP for several years, though I decided to try CiA ofp-server not long ago. I'm trying to find time for coop-nights, though school takes a lot of time from me.
Thanking marto, grip, muumipappa and osko for the game yesterday (19.3)
Arriving at the extraction site: "Wake up sleepy. Oh, you're "dead" tired...."
Leo pops smoke, great leading on this mission Leo - he even got a medal! The two blokes we rescued are so happy they kiss each other...
L to R: Leo, Overlord, Grip and the two gay blokes we rescued...
Back of Overlord's head...
Overlord gives me the "Norwegian" stare...
Great atmosphere in this mission. Nice fog, clouds and snow in the forest... (This is the one where we blew the planes on the airstrip, Student sniping, and Slash hit that tank with the Bazooka - what a shot!)
Overlord with his "Big Stick", nicely camouflaged in the snow... Variable in the background spotting and adjusting his fall of shot...
"Caption this".... (mission from the other day...)
Thank you all frendly CIA players.
Your help ansvering may cuestions has made life much easier fore me.
Thanks fore the fast and frendly replays. You have made me fell welcome on this site.
A special thanks to
Post (informing me on the 1.46V)
Fat Tony (Fore your replays on Preference Position and the CIA Unit)
Overlord (The nice conversations about the drill and use of real life tactics in game)
Marto (Fore trying to help me when iam stupid and cant follow instructions)
Hopfully my games is operational now and i will join you on the server.
Hi and welcome to all players who has joined us over the last few weeks.
It's nice to play with you all, and I'll ask you all to look through our server rules <here>.
Lately, we have spend too much time waiting for players to e.g. find their position, carry out assigned task, or wait for them to stop doing nothing.....
Yes, I'm dull, I'm a partybreaker, I'm a pain where the sun never shine, but I assure you the gameplay will flow better if you follow these rules. It might also help you to stay alive. Remember, it's not fun for other players to wait for one or two players messing around the whole island with no goal or view on mission objectives.
First of all I was bored,
and seeing all of you playing(16players one the server) unable to join(hopfully GOTY comes tomorrow) I begin looking around and found this.
Some have probably already seen it but still some might not have. And its good stuff so the following pages may be something fore all players.
(NRF)Ryo ID: 100275135 and (NRF) - Sgt.Evers ID: 100000127 are kicking everyone from the server, claiming its their server now and they are "testing" it.
Requesting resolution of this matter.