Sneaky Boat Attacks

[DonDOOM]

When you are in a rubber boat, and you beach it at a spot you would like to make a sneaky attack, it is kinda hard to be sneaky because the team defending the spot you want to attack will spot the unmanned boat right away, giving away your squad's position.

It would just be more realistic if you weren't able to see the boat on the map, only if it's one that one of your teammates controlled.

Ps: Me and a friend came up with it when defending an outpost and suddenly seeing a unmanned boat appear on the mini-map

Thanks, D D

[Rhino]

ye known issue, nothing much we can do about it at this time.

[daranz]

Perhaps boats should have no icons at all. You wouldn't be able to see when the boats spawn, but the enemy wouldn't see you land with the boat somewhere.

[Rhino]

Perhaps boats should have no icons at all. You wouldn't be able to see when the boats spawn, but the enemy wouldn't see you land with the boat somewhere.

then you will suddenly turn invisble on the map when you get in it, your team mates wont know where you are, you wont even have a spot icon, and it could be exsploited + not user friendly.

[Blackhawk 5]

Rowboats ftw

[S.A.S jackwebsterdunstan]

rubber ducky swim aids, ftw

[ArmedDrunk&Angry]

Just to remind some of you and inform others, DonDOOM's complaint is the reason that vehicles are team specific because in .3 or .4 , I don't remember that same "empty veh icon" would appear for any vehicle on the map.
Again, I don't know this to be a fact but.....unless you want the boats to be team specific you don't have a choice.
You can however, destroy the boat and that will remove the icon although it will make a bit of noise.
You can also have 1 member of the infiltration squad drop everyone off and then park the boat elsewhere so as not to pinpoint your infill route.

[El_Vikingo]

I stil think they should remove the minimap, and rely on communications. Much more realistic.

[Teek]

I had a warrior open up on my squad inside a distructable buiding yesterday, when a mate said APC STOP SHOOTING he continued till a TK.
there is no intra squad voip, and text dosnt work so we have a minimap

[ryan d ale]

I stil think they should remove the minimap, and rely on communications. Much more realistic.

As much as I oppose it...I do love chaos.

[ZanderArch]

Couldn't you just change/remove the Grey Unmanned boat icon and still have the Blue/Green friendly and Red Enemy icon when it is manned shown?

Or is the icon just a template and the game colours it depending on who is or isn't in it.

[Epim3theus]

You also can use the knowledge that the enemy sees your unmanned boat and move away from it. Let one squadmember sit in it and position the rest of the squad for ambush for enthousiastic defenders or let them get out and park the boat somewhere else etc. BTW you still can get out of a moving boat without damage can t you?
To be short you can use it as an advantage also.