Crewman kit with shovel?

[Lugi]

That is simple question: why does the crewman kit contain shovel? Is it just a bug or tankers really use them to dig a trench for the tank? Because I've always thought that'll be too hard for them to dig such a big hole, and there's someone else doing this for them, or just helping them.

[Zoddom]

if they are getting stuck in the mud for example

[SnipeHunt]

gotta cover their bathroom business somehow.

Squad leaders make the grunts cover theirs.

poor medics just have field dressings to cover theirs.

Snipers just leave the big stinky pile wherever they go.

[AK47 WARRIOR]

Maybe for when they get stuck by sand or mud or snow or grass or water

[Rudd]

Snipers just leave the big stinky pile wherever they go.

don't worry, we'll implement cling film for 1.0

[Redamare]

yes yes mud is a horrible thing :L especially in PR i HATE getting my truck stuck in the mud . .

[AK47 WARRIOR]

can the shovel move rocks out of the vehicles way?

like in laskhar or OP Archer

[Dev1200]

That is simple question: why does the crewman kit contain shovel? Is it just a bug or tankers really use them to dig a trench for the tank? Because I've always thought that'll be too hard for them to dig such a big hole, and there's someone else doing this for them, or just helping them.

In a gameplay perspective, basically it's the shovel-less kit's quick exchange for a shovel that the enemy can't use.


they didn't add a shovel because they might have one IRL. Or else where's the MRE's? Marlboros?


Otherwise, this is kind of a useless topic. How would it be a bug for crewmen to have a shovel? It's not like you can actually use a shovel to build a trench for armor anyway.

[Lugi]

I asked cause I was going to suggest removing that shovel when they finally open the suggestions forum, and I thought the shovel's presence in crewman kit is somehow justified.

[Spec]

Why take it away? It's not unrealistic for a crewman to somehow be able to get a shovel. The only kits that don't have shovels are kits that have other stuff in that slot or really, really shouldn't have one (and for regular forces, that's only the pilot. Other kits without shovel, like medic and officer, simply have a full inventory already).

It's as basic as the field dressing and knife. Every kit has it, except for those that are too full - and the pilot, who, btw, doesn't have a knife either iirc.

[Dev1200]

I asked cause I was going to suggest removing that shovel when they finally open the suggestions forum, and I thought the shovel's presence in crewman kit is somehow justified.

Removing the shovel from the crewmen won't change or fix anything, besides make an annoyance.


There are other issues that need to be fixed.

[Xander[nl]]

It's justified anyway, pretty much every armored vehicle has tools (inc. shovels) on or in it.

[Lugi]

The issue is that squadleaders often swap their kits for the crewman, to help their grunts dig something (especially when there are only 2 or 3 of them). That ain't so realistic, is it?

[Rudd]

the issue is that squad leaders are idiots then



because they can request rifleman

[Lugi]

Indeed they can, but I'm always seeing them using the crewman kit, not any other which is weird. I don't know why they do that, but they do.

[Spec]

Because Rifleman wasn't requestable until quite recently, so people requested the only other unlimited kit with a shovel: Crewman. Some got used to it to the point of forgetting about the Rifleman.

[TheComedian]

Because Rifleman wasn't requestable until quite recently, so people requested the only other unlimited kit with a shovel: Crewman. Some got used to it to the point of forgetting about the Rifleman.

Or he doesn't want a wandering insurgent lonewolf to have an easy scoped kit if he finds the FOB.

[Lugi]

Or he doesn't want a wandering insurgent lonewolf to have an easy scoped kit if he finds the FOB.

Wut.
Fobs=crates. Crates=a bunch of free kits scattered around.

[Triggerfinger]

So, what's the point of removing them?

[Lugi]

The point is the shovel is unuseful and never used by crewmen, but very often used by squadleaders who want to dig something up.