crazyirish wrote: ↑4 years ago
I THINK THE USE OF 3 SANDBAGS PER ENG CAN BE PROBLEMATIC AS THERE MAY WELL BE ONLY 1 ENG DEFENDING HQ WHETHER ITS A LOW COUNT IN SERVER, OTHER ENG IN ARMOUR OR AWAY ON SIDE MISSIONS OR DEFENDING HQ FROM HIGH GROUND , ALSO IF ENG PLACE SANDBAGS DOWN IN MIDDLE OF AO AND HAS TO LEAVE IT BY EITHER BLEEDING OUT OR HAVING TO MOVE QUICKLY HE LOOSE ABILITY TO USE A SANDBAG LATER , I THINK IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO HAVE A LIMIT ON TOOLKITS IN RESUPPLY CRATE IF ADMINS WANT TO REDUCE SUPER FORTRESS TYPE DEFENCE
JUST MY 2 CENTS
I believe that with any changes you have to sit back and wait. Watch things unfold.
I like the new AO changes and where it's going in general.
• Capturing a commander has a tactical element to it.
• Datalink provides intel.
• Engineers need to get in close for that jammer (we've asked for it for a long time, and I'm glad it's in!)
• Radiotower is still OG, requires most of the time an Engineer to take down.
• 3x AA's still vulnerable to big boom boom by either AT's or Engineers
Engineers have been elevated from taking out towers and AA's (and the sand castling?) to a much more core part of any team. An engineer is at the moment as viable as an AT in your squad - which is where an engineer should be. Every team SHOULD have an engineer.
And that's what we got to wait for. Look at it this way, 4 out of the 5 points I made earlier could use an engineers touch (AA / Building HQ when commander gets shot).
I strongly believe that with these changes, and time, there will be more engineers out there. Most of AO's consists of 3-5 teams. We know that most squads have more than 1 engineer but for the sake of the argument, let's say there are 3 teams in the AO and 1 engineer on each team. That's still 3x3 = 9 sandbags and that's enough to plug in the gaps on the HQ walls.
What I love most about the recent patch that is sort of lowkey, is the emphasis on
focus. Because you got to be on point on what's happening and what engineer is where and doing what. I very strongly believe that most squad leaders will be taking up Engineer role because of this. I find myself doing it just for that reason alone.