friendly airstrike beacon

[Gugabalog]

Thanks!

[Marinealver]

I think the infiltraitor is supposed to have some type of "spotting" ability for the squad.

[brighthand]

Originally Posted by Marinealver

I think the infiltraitor is supposed to have some type of "spotting" ability for the squad.

not all squad leaders would be infiltrators, but if it were an item given to all squad leaders, then all squad leaders would have access to it.

Also, the ability to throw a beacon out, especially on hard-to-reach places like ontop of a roof, and then get the heck out of there before the firestorm, would probabaly be very useful -and exhilarating.

[Hosp]

I'll +1 this idea. Though i think it (or some variations of it) have been mentioned and buried already. But it's simple and useful.

[Duskguy]

i wouldnt mind, and i think it would be a great idea...IF the air support were play based, not some AI funtion.

example would be a suad is pinned down in an outdoor facility and the squad leader drops a beacon. anyone in his squad/platoon would see that and any of them in an aircraft could go to it and bomb it or something.

would have to be some kind of limitation such as only the squad or platoon the squad is a part of seeing the smoke/laser otherwise you would have every squad leader noob tossing them at random for no reason.

[andehh]

Yeah gotta be careful with this, every squad lead having this and it be fraction wide viewable would mean there would be dozens of them at any one time!

Squad lead for rest of squad works though, maybe too similar to a waypoint though?

Waypoints & voice comms would render this feature less beneficial imo

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[Talek Krell]

Originally Posted by Hosp

I'll +1 this idea. Though i think it (or some variations of it) have been mentioned and buried already. But it's simple and useful.

Beacon grenades, marking smoke, and various other things have all been suggested. It's a good concept regardless.

My personal design would be to have it be tied into the command cert tree and the mission system so that it's basically a grenade available to low level leaders that creates an airstrike mission which can then be seen/picked up by nearby pilots.