Gameplay: Squad Remote Artillery Vehicles

[Immigrant]

Originally Posted by Saieno

This was a quick concept (literally about 15mins) I did for the idea so it could maybe be implemented as a mod to the Lightning.

Nice job Saieno! &

Anyway this idea is perfect since it requires minimal work by the devs - Lightning is a common pool vehicle so it would require just a couple of new animations. Also it's better than noobish OSs (also I'm not for the remote part of the artillery since that's basically the same thing as OS).

Anyway this is how I suggest it should work. First you should unlock Arty cert for your Lightning and equip the tank with appropriate Arty gun. Next you should find a good position and deploy the Tank in Arty mode - this should take like 10 seconds or so (you should be able to redeploy it, like a siege tank).

When deployed you be able to either shoot directly at things within certain radius in your line of sight (i.e. if you deploy your Arty Lightning on a cliff overlooking the base you are assaulting) and you could do this solo.

Second option would involve being able to shoot at things indirectly (i.e. from behind a hill) however this option should require a bit of teamwork from a spotter. Basically a spotter should be an Engineer with a deployable camera instead of one of his usual gadgets. When camera is deployed by the Engy and idle all Arty Lightning gunners within a certain radius area should be able to take control of it and use it to shoot indirectly. Camera should be able to rotate 120 degrees left-right and should be bullet-proof (to prevent snipers from disabling it) however explosive type damage should make quick work of it. Engy who deployed it should get assist kills xp for every kill made by the camera he deployed.

What do you think guys?