merlin 8th seats

[arjan]

i was playing kashan desert training map today
(absolutly great for practising)

no comes my sugestion:

8 seats
- 1 pilot
- 2 ramp lifter
- 3 passenger (squad)
- 4 passenger (squad)
- 5 passenger (squad)
- 6 passenger (squad)
- 7 passenger (squad)
- 8 passenger (squad)


Maybe a MG on the open side of the chopper, like the NH-90, so you get this.

- 1 pilot
- 2 ramp lifter
- 3 MG door gunner (squad)
- 4 passenger (squad)
- 5 passenger (squad)
- 6 passenger (squad)
- 7 passenger (squad)
- 8 passenger (squad)

(debatable)

this will allow the merlin to carrie the 2 pilots and a fully squad..
the merlin now has 6 seats, it isnt able to insert a full squad now
Please take a look at the suggestion, and do something with it..

[BloodBane611]

What is the number of seats thats hardcoded as max? 8?

[Desertfox]

yes

[markonymous]

i dont get it

[General Dragosh]

That be cool

[jayceon515]

AFAIK in 0.609 merlin had 7 seats. It doesn't affect the lag spikes (probably high poly or something) so why was it changed in 0.613 anyway?

[DarkTalon]

first off the co-pilot seat should have the ramp power and give it to the pilot (left click, right click)
second the answer to why you can't have more than 8 seats.
look at your keyboard. F9,F10,F11, and F12 are default bound to the view positions, thus eliminating any chance of a 9+ seater vehicle (unless you parented a child mesh to it)

[Waaah_Wah]

AFAIK in 0.609 merlin had 7 seats. It doesn't affect the lag spikes (probably high poly or something) so why was it changed in 0.613 anyway?

They forgot to add a seat after removing it to check if it created lagg. Or something by those lines

[SGT.JOKER]

the merlin badly needs a door gunner position, thing is a defenceless flying cow at the moment....although its fun to ride in lol

[Soulja]

I agree that the Merlin needs more seats and a gun of some sort. Give it a Minigun cus im sure you brits have them too, it's such bull to have to just take fire and not be able to do anything about it. Thing's a hunk of junk for now imo.

[fuzzhead]

all transport heli with 8 seats now (max for bf2)

[LtSoucy]

The Merlin is the best helo without guns to make a gunship out of. Why use guns when a squad in the back can put out more fire then 2 MGs. And About the Pilot havbeing door conrtols I say no because whey even have a Co-Pilot seat then. i knew it, Max seats are 8!

[Waaah_Wah]

all transport heli with 8 seats now (max for bf2)

Even LB's?

[Maxfragg]

ofcouse not, the Little Bird is just a quick insertion heli and no Transport Heli in the actuall meaning.
All (Big) Transport Helis will get the ability to spawn a supply box

[AnRK]

The gunner should be the one with the ramp opening capacity, then there's less boredom involved. There any way of making it so a seat has 2 positions? So the gunner could be in a side position then when the ramp goes down he mans a gun on the ramp?

[arjan]

i want 8 seats so you can dropp in a full squad now the merlin has 5 seats and isnt be able to put in a full squad

[DarthDisco]

I'm ambivalent about the whole "adding seats" issue with the Merlin. The Blackhawk and other medium transport choppers all make due with 6 seats, so I can live with the Merlin having the same. However I do think that the Merlin absolutely needs some kind of armament. Currently two of the passenger positions sit at open doors on either side of the aircraft. I would have a machine gun added to each of these positions.

The easiest solution I think would be to add the same machine gun currently being used on the British Landrover, for consistency. But even a SAW would be preferable to having to use hand held weaponry with no punch or accuracy.

[LtSoucy]

Ok there are balance issues to do. ALL TRANSPORT HELOS WILL HAVE 8 SEATS SO, GET TO LIKE IT. Now the BH, Merlin and other transport helos will most likleu have 8 seats and will be able do alot more. Look in guide and tell me how many seats the Huey will have.