05-05-2014, 12:47 PM
(05-05-2014, 09:42 AM)Variable link Wrote:[/b]I don't share your guys' gripe with the weapons. I like it when you start a mission under-armed, it gives some new challenges and fresh experiences, having the exact weapon for each situation can get boring.
True, but there is a difference between under-armed and completely useless. We could have been unarmed for all intents and purpose. This was broad daylight, on mostly empty terrain, I was surprised we weren't spotted earlier. A challenge is all nice, but this wasn't a challenge, it was a gamble. Roll a die to determine whether you live or die.
Quote:Also, if you didn't have the right weapon for the job you shouldn't have engaged. After all, that patrol was detected and could have been engaged solely by the sniper team.
We didn't engage; we were engaged. And I radioed Maverick and he said that you had moved beyond the mountain range and were out of sight, so I assumed we were alone against those guys. They engaged us with aimed grenade launcher shots. We didn't have much of a chance.
Quote:Your sub-machine guns were probably for you to clear the weapon depot.
I don't even think there was anyone at the weapons depot.
Quote:Not being able to walk was also not a reason to stop the mission, as long as one of you could walk, he could have moved to the enemy corpses, pack up with FAKs and get back to fix you. The sniper team could have helped in that as well.
It surely was reason enough for me. It was late. I didn't feel like crawling through the landscape for an hour, so I gave up my mags and intended to blow myself up with a grenade. Plus, the weapons cache moved. If it were at its original position, we would have been even further away and would have had even less chance.
Quote:I'll direct SPhoenix, the maker, over here, but I do object to the recommendation to put any change the weapons, because the current setup forces cooperation and planning.
TBH, there isn't enough information to do any planning. This was just some random patrol. I lost sight of them so I tried to move out of the open were we had been into cover, but they apparently spotted me ( I still wonder how) and opened fire. No amount of planning would cover that. If at all, the mistake was to split up the teams. But out in the open, with no weapon to speak of, the four man team is useless.
I also don't remember the background precisely but as with Mountain Lion, I always find underpowered spec-ops teams fishy. At least one of the team should have a decent weapon, otherwise this is going to be frustrating as hell. Open terrain broad sunlight, and the AI's magic spotting abilities add to that.
Quote:The mission could use Psycho's revive script.
It does already.
I don't need luck, I have ammo.