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Old 2013-04-09, 04:00 AM   [Ignore Me] #1
MrPete
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Platoon Leader and Squad Waypoints


After several hours (more likely days) of being a platoon leader for my outfit (and sometimes randoms) I thought that the current platoon leader options just don't allow to split a platoon to engage different targets.

Right now the platoon leader has the option to either set the platoon waypoint or the waypoint of a squad he's leading.
Thus there's either the whole gang running towards one target and then shooting holes in the walls out of boredom or a single squad is trying to capture something while the rest of the platoon are bored on one other spot.

It would make life easier if the platoon leader had -regardless of whether he is leading a squad in the platoon- the ability to set waypoints for every squad.
Prerequisites for that:
- platoon leader sees all WPs
- the base of the WP marked in the squads color (Alpha WP stays green as-is, Bravo gets the base rectangle in gold/yellow, Charlie in purple, Delta in black)
- existing squads (would make no sense if you set WPs for Charlie & Delta squad while there is only Alpha & Bravo)
- specific WPs only visible to the squad (like it is now if the squad leader sets them)

Drawbacks:
- three more symbols on map right-click if squad leader
- four more symbols on map right-click if only platoon leader

Benefits:
- ability to set specific locations for squads to attack (e.g. generators on AMP-stations, satellite bases on BioLabs)
- ability to split platoon to capture surrounding territories of large bases
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