Field Hospitals

Doc · Post by **Doc** » 2007-03-10 20:21

Combat Lifesaver Kit

Standard kit to replace the current Medic / Corpsman.
Has a limited amount of supplies in the medical bag. (3 bags worth?)

Combat Medic/Corpsman

Is limited. (About 1 to 2 per side)
Places the requestable Field Hospital.
Has a lot more medicine. (5 to 6 bags?)

Main Base Field Hospitals

Somewhat large, takes up portion of base.
Rearms medical vehicles with supplies.

Requestable Field Hospitals

Can only be placed at the previous CP, not the ones you are currently defending/attacking.
Must be within 30m of the flag.
Must be a Corpsman/Combat Medic.
Looks like a rally point, except with the Red Cross/Crescent in addition to the flag.
Is destroyable with explosives or small arms fire.
The request is sent to the commander, who authorizes it.*

Or, alternatively...

Combat Medic and atleast 2 other Combat Lifesavers set up a point.

Or...

Must be within 15 meters of a medical vehicle and follow the guidelines above.

It works somewhat like placing a rally point and requesting
a kit. Any combat medic can be within 30 meters of one of their
flags (As long as it's not one that is being defended or attacked), and plant the tent.

The hospice will disappear after a ten minute period has passed.

Medical Vehicles

Heal player slowly, but enough so that bleeding damage is minimal.
Spawn at the main base, right next to the hospice there.

I founded this idea because, not only did I want to see
MEDEVAC-esque situations, but because sometimes on the
DevFile server, I hadn't seen lots of medics around on the
USMC team.

* = Doesn't necessarily have to be implemented if it saves time.
This post may be edited or updated to accommodate further input on the topic.

$kelet0r · Post by **$kelet0r** » 2007-03-10 20:24

I like the idea but using rallypoints as medical stations might work better for gameplay

Randleman5102 · Post by **Randleman5102** » 2007-03-10 20:32

I like this idea

Post by **77SiCaRiO77** » 2007-03-10 20:34

i want hospital versions of the HUMMVES / VOTNICKS / NIHILANT(sp?)

soraflair · Post by **soraflair** » 2007-03-10 20:42

Should be a commander asset, this way the commander would have more options.

NavalLord · Post by **NavalLord** » 2007-03-10 21:32

I like the idea of making it a commander asset.

Doc · Post by **Doc** » 2007-03-11 00:20

Thanks for all the comments so far guys.

I hadn't thought of using them as Commander's Assets, but
the trouble with that is, is that there really isn't a limit, unless
otherwise coded in. I had intended there to really be only
one requestable field hospice.

That, and I wanted something to be similar to the Rally Point
code so as to save time and efforts.

Copperhead4985 · Post by **Copperhead4985** » 2007-03-11 00:23

Why does the tent treat slower than medics, shouldent it be the other way around?

Smash-Crunch · Post by **Smash-Crunch** » 2007-03-11 00:24

How would the main hospital work on maps that start with USMC on a carrier?

Fenix16 · Post by **Fenix16** » 2007-03-11 00:26

I would love to see a Medevac

Doc · Post by **Doc** » 2007-03-11 00:31

Copperhead, you've made a very good point. I've updated
the post. I really don't remember why I had thought treating
guys slower made sense.

And to answer your question, Smash-Crunch, there simply
wouldn't be one at all.

Copperhead4985 · Post by **Copperhead4985** » 2007-03-11 00:44

Only thing I can think of is guys camping beside the tent getting healed up and using it for cover...will they be destructible?

Doc · Post by **Doc** » 2007-03-11 00:46

I had planned them to be. It wouldn't make much sense to
make an indestructible health giving building. Exploitations
would be abundant.

Copperhead4985 · Post by **Copperhead4985** » 2007-03-11 00:49

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 2007-03-11 01:22

Definately 100% in favour

[T]Terranova7 · Post by **[T]Terranova7** » 2007-03-11 03:09

A good idea. Personally I'd love to see medical and mechanical gameplay functions expanded on.

However, there are some problems I can potentially see with the requestable tents.

If it can deployed like a rally point, you might end up seeing these things at really odd places. Imgaine a medical tent on some rooftop, or clipping through some building. On other maps, such as OGT and Mao, it would be quite hard to find an open spot to place one.

Now maybe instead of a requestable medical tent, you could have something similar to the rally point (a medical point or something) where players can heal themselves and if possible, rearm field dressings? And potentially some other things as well.

I do think having some sort of medical facility at the main base would be interesting. Even more so, perhaps the medic kit can be limited and only requested at these main base medical tents. Medics can also rearm their equipment at these tents too, such as recharging their debifs, refilling their medical bags (if possible) and potentially some other stuff.

Bleh, so many ideas in my head right now.

Still, I love the concept.

Tipsi · Post by **Tipsi** » 2007-03-11 03:23

A very *GOOD* idea indeed, this will make battles a little more interesting.

NavalLord · Post by **NavalLord** » 2007-03-11 03:32

It will also introduce retreating tactics. Instead of holding out a position and getting needlessly wiped out, you can fall back to the medic tent, rearm and heal, then go back into the fight.

PlayPR! · Post by **PlayPR!** » 2007-03-11 05:19

'[R-CON wrote:soraflair']Should be a commander asset, this way the commander would have more options.

well, the USMC has a Medically equipt LAAV-25 with no turret to make room for patients. And the MEC could have the Medevac version of the BRM* Not sure what the vehicule is called (It has no turret and 8 wheels though.)

Fenix16 · Post by **Fenix16** » 2007-03-11 07:08

Doc wrote:Copperhead, you've made a very good point. I've updated
the post. I really don't remember why I had thought treating
guys slower made sense.

No, you were entirely correct when you initially thought that they should treat wounded soldiers slower.

This tent would be an huge advantage for defending flags that were under attack. Think about it, instead of having to use another player to heal you whilst lying down in some god forsaken ditch, you now have the possibility of having a squad with no medics camping in this tent and unloading into everything that moves. On top of that they all (simotaneously mind you) would be getting healed faster than they would with the full attention of a fellow corpsman. I understand that somehow the supplies of the tent would be limited, but depending on how this is done it might not make any difference. Regardless of how long the healing last, the area effect of it could have too much impact.

If anything these tents should have an extreamly slow rate of healing. Just a little more than the bleeding degen so that players could sucessfully stop the bleeding, but at the same time not become instantly healed.