BF2S Forums Vehicle dropping

yea...commanders are pussies. its like supply crates

i played 1.3 tonight for the first time, been on vacation. i played commander for a couple hours and i did indeed try and give vehicles almost every time they were requested.... however, i noticed that EA messed up big time with the vehicle dropping. i killed at least 4 or 5 enemies every round by dropping vehicles on them, and in one round got 9!!! thats not even right!!!! people bitched and moaned about how unrealistic the game is and every time EA gave in a changed things...... then they introduce a vehicle dropping from the sky anywhere on the map, crushing all in it's path!?!?!?! ea.... WTF......

i spent a whole round giving them to a squad on the carrier on wake, soo many roadkills

Naughty_Om wrote:

yea...commanders are pussies. its like supply crates

except killing people with supply crates actually took a bit skill. now i can just call in a vehicle drop, forget arty, the vodnik is now the most powerful weapon in the game. it takes one hit to kill everything except for a tank (but you may get lucky).

ya i made a post about that: here is my uber 1337 blowing up arty with humvee, i did it as soon as i patched lol i wanted to balence it and it blew up!

http://media.putfile.com/vehicle-drop-madness

OrangeHound wrote:

Kmal1 wrote:

I did however see many on the rooftops. Let the people use them, you(commander) dont get poitns for killing people anyway. Let your team use them goshdammit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't speak for every commander, but when I command one of my activities is taking out snipers ... typically I would use artillery, assuming that the sniper is removed from friendlies (or spot the sniper if my team is in proximity).

But, the vehicle drops are deadly accurate AND they can be used when friendlies are in the vicinity.  I've been able to take out snipers with very high precision.  So, perhaps the rooftop vehicles are really evidence that your commander is helping the team. 

Or wasting a vehicle, I could have just as easily taken teh sniper out with my sniper... but no!!!! He had to use a frigin jeep to do it. Pussy....

Anyway, I just think the commanders should use it for the people who are good with vehiucles... Not me, but still, it is nice to have a vehicle to go through the map fast.

I call it "Cartillery"

this why i laugh when people worry so much about this...1 out of 10 comm;s might abuse the power of drop...most wont even use it


move on...


i cant get a drop usually if my life depended on it

I personally think that a lot of people are making a big fuss out of nothing with these vehicle drops. Yes, we have all tried (including myself) dropping jeeps onto enemy snipers/tanks/helis/jets/troops/commander/cranes - but it soon wears off.
Ive played commander a few times since 1.3 (after getting it to work) and only really dropped jeeps onto enemies in the first few times I tried it. I soon began to realise, that if you dropped it - and they moved (for whatever reason) - then you have just given your enemy a free jeep, curteousy of a dumbass commander
Which resulted a few times, in them taking that jeep and going for a flag (ok, they got arty on them as soon as they got there...but that could have been better spent elsewhere).

Yes, it can be fun - but as the week has passed since 1.3 was released and more people have played and adapted to it - so are more people asking for vehicle drops. Even if they dont, I drop em near teammates to help them get around the map, whether they use it or not. At the end of the day, its better to drop em for your team rather than risk hitting a lone sniper, only for it to miss (or kill him) and another enemy then use that jeep. Its hindering your own team and helping the opposing team - completely the opposite of what a commander is supposed to be doing.