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Old 2012-07-01, 12:52 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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Range Finder


Like a pair of binoculars or an addition to certain scopes. You'd scan over an area, wherever your cross hair is and you hit a hot key like "L" and it'd display the range from you to that spot.

Reasons:
Help snipers to guesstimate bullet drop quickly.

Non auto locking rocket launcher fire

Grenade launcher acting as a mortar


Cons:
You'd have to switch to binocular like range finder

not really a con but:
have to cert to get the item
take a slot that you'd normally have something else in like grenades or some other utility


..............
thoughts?
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Old 2012-07-01, 01:18 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Re: Range Finder


This sounds a bit techhie, so I'd think the Engineer and Infiltrator would be the guys to use these.

For the Engineer it would provides abilities to range for 'artillery' and make estimates of numbers attacking points they are defending, in a more defensive role. While Infiltrators could give the same abilities in a more attacking way while scouting.

As for their usefullness, well.... I'd guess they'd be most useful to larger group, platoons and above where supporting roles are more useful and supplying aid to the frontline troops comes into it's own.

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Old 2012-07-02, 05:27 PM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Re: Range Finder


I would love to see an option like this implemented ingame. It would make skill count even more than just getting lucky estimates on bullet drop, and making sniping even better with real spotters and snipers.
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Old 2012-07-12, 04:39 PM   [Ignore Me] #4
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This would open up for 2 man sniper teams.
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