Just want to get the general feeling about this. Is everyone happy with the commander getting x2 points at the end of a winning round?
I personally don't like it. The commander does play an important role in the whole game but not as much to warrant a doubling of his\hers points.
I was on a game the other night, full server all great plenty of teams and some good team work going on, as it should be. We all knew what to do after about 15mins in and we had the measure of our opponents.
The ticket drain was slow and some good points where being made. The commander was sitting where ever and was dishing out supplies giving the odd UAV and arty support.
I had teamed up with one other guy and we where making good progress pushing back the Chinese on the north side of the river (fushe), helping each other out and making points. I believe the push forward on the north side of the river was down to us two (there were a couple of other teams, not just us) and not the commander. The commander is a supportive role and that is it. There is not much skill needed to look at a map and do a couple of scans to know where people are and put a UAV down now again when there is a push for a flag.
When leading a squad you (I do) often look at the map and see where flags are being taken and where ones are being gained and where the rest of your army is. You can often know where the enemy is and what there next move will be when the flags go down. You can ask to help other teams by telling the commander to drop arty here to stop a flag turning or a lone wolf who can not spot a enemy clearly. Or looking at the map to see where the gaps are and making moves to close those gaps.
Anyway I ended up with 100 or so point and my team mate had around 70 and the rest of the USA had from 70 points down to about 20. THE COMMANDER THOUGH HAD OVER 400 POINTS FROM END OF THE ROUND!
Why the hell should that be!!! He's not doing the work he is supporting. If the commander had a better range of options, like being able to issue commands for medics or anti tanks say to certain locations and making those calls attributed to a successful defending of a flag or kills on the enemy then fair enough get a couple of points for that, but this leaching off the teams score indiscriminately and then doubling on top of that is just not on!
Am I wrong? Let me know your thoughts!
I personally don't like it. The commander does play an important role in the whole game but not as much to warrant a doubling of his\hers points.
I was on a game the other night, full server all great plenty of teams and some good team work going on, as it should be. We all knew what to do after about 15mins in and we had the measure of our opponents.
The ticket drain was slow and some good points where being made. The commander was sitting where ever and was dishing out supplies giving the odd UAV and arty support.
I had teamed up with one other guy and we where making good progress pushing back the Chinese on the north side of the river (fushe), helping each other out and making points. I believe the push forward on the north side of the river was down to us two (there were a couple of other teams, not just us) and not the commander. The commander is a supportive role and that is it. There is not much skill needed to look at a map and do a couple of scans to know where people are and put a UAV down now again when there is a push for a flag.
When leading a squad you (I do) often look at the map and see where flags are being taken and where ones are being gained and where the rest of your army is. You can often know where the enemy is and what there next move will be when the flags go down. You can ask to help other teams by telling the commander to drop arty here to stop a flag turning or a lone wolf who can not spot a enemy clearly. Or looking at the map to see where the gaps are and making moves to close those gaps.
Anyway I ended up with 100 or so point and my team mate had around 70 and the rest of the USA had from 70 points down to about 20. THE COMMANDER THOUGH HAD OVER 400 POINTS FROM END OF THE ROUND!
Why the hell should that be!!! He's not doing the work he is supporting. If the commander had a better range of options, like being able to issue commands for medics or anti tanks say to certain locations and making those calls attributed to a successful defending of a flag or kills on the enemy then fair enough get a couple of points for that, but this leaching off the teams score indiscriminately and then doubling on top of that is just not on!
Am I wrong? Let me know your thoughts!