Paratroopers allready with a rank

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Should "Paratroopers" allready have a Rank when they drop ?

Poll ended at Thu May 05, 2016 11:27 am

Yes
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No
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JOo
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Paratroopers allready with a rank

Post by JOo »

Making it look more "special-air-force-like" ...
-> 1 unranked ... and 4 ranked , ascending (giving you 1 guaranteed star-ranked unit)


i thought .. its kinda odd that a chinook can transport 7-8 units ... while a big soviet transport-plane can only drop 5 ... so this should make the difference

this is my idea towards making paradrop more exciting and worth the surviving of AA's

i will file the ticket if this gets enough positive reactions
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Post by noobmapmaker »

How about you can save your paradrops? They come every 2 mins or so? So what if you dont drop them for 8 mins and then finally do it 4 planes come flying and drop the normal unranked groups.
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Post by GoldenHippo »

How about just increasing the amount dropped to be the same as chinook if anything?

As long as you use them right, paratroopers can be really effective as they are. I don't really see a need to change. The only thing that really annoys me is the stupidly random direction they come from. Surely, if you want to drop on the left side of the screen, that's where they come from? And vice-versa.

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Post by JOo »

GoldenHippo wrote: How about just increasing the amount dropped to be the same as chinook if anything?
sure , but then we should of course make the chinook durable like a paradrop-plane
if anything , right ? ;)

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Post by GoldenHippo »

If a chinook was a support power, then maybe. I just don't see any reason in increasing the power of a paradrop. Your argument was based on the chinook having a larger capacity than the paradrop. So even it up.

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Post by epice »

Just let me choose what side of the fucking screen the plane comes from!

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Post by JOo »

well im fine with paratroops consisting only out of 5 men ... giving them "ranks" would make the difference to a 8-men-drop on a fragile chopper making it look like a special-force ... that woud make it less odd imo

im not balancing something out here by giving 5 infantry-units ranks ... this is more of a "gameplay - accent" ... not a gameplay-changer

but if you guys want stuff fixed --> make tickets on github

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Post by GoldenHippo »

That's the point though, nothing needs fixing/changing with the paradrop infantry combination. I understand the random nature of the direction they take, it's just a personal annoyance, and one I think a lot of people have, but it doesn't bother me that much.

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Post by lucassss »

I like the random direction, it adds an element of risk to parabombs/paratroopers. If it is removed, then the thrill of gambling will be lost, and maybe a nerf may be needed.

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Post by anjew »

I kind of agree with microbit here, adding an extra rank would look nice and change very little imo
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Post by SoScared »

Star, 3rd and 2nd rank infantry and rocket soldiers sounds a bit too beefy imo but I like the idea of the paratroopers being more specialized. What about simply 1-rank every paratrooper? It wouldn't be as flashy as a 5 differently ranked units but I think that it would still look good.

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Post by JOo »

star, 3rd and 2nd too beefy ? ... could still kill them all with a single pillbox , hind , arty .. and what not ... and they hardly come down unnoticed

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Post by Murto the Ray »

I think ranks would make them more valuable as reinforcements too, giving them a double purpose.

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Post by noobmapmaker »

I think they all have +1 rank is good too. (so five rank 1's instead of 5 rank 0's)

Apparantly not liked, but liked by me, is the timerthingy: the longer you wait, the more paratroopers are dropped.
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Post by SoScared »

All I'm saying it that paradrops already has the potential to do major damage, especially if used in conjunction with a move to draw attention away. Promoting them 2nd ranks and up isn't negligible.

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