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Sounds great for me too with unmanned vehicles, BUT: Don't let the vehicles get destroyed if possible. OWN/FRIENDLY engineer should have the chance to fix it back

We were always instructed to use whatever means necessary to disable enemy unmanned vehicles or if in a bad situation, disable our own so the enemy could not use them against us by at the very least throwing sand/dirt/rocks in the fuel tank.

Its not hard to disable a vehicle, but can be a major exercise to get it up and running again within the time limits of a PR round.

Perhaps a torch that has to be lit in a long animation (2 to 3 times longer than the SAW reload) with the torch going out if any major movement is done. (no running with a lit torch) This would make it hard if not impossible to disable a vehicle that is crewed, unless said vehicles crew isnt paying attention and remaining still (tanks in kashan on the hills, etc).

Blakeman wrote:We were always instructed to use whatever means necessary to disable enemy unmanned vehicles or if in a bad situation, disable our own so the enemy could not use them against us by at the very least throwing sand/dirt/rocks in the fuel tank.

Its not hard to disable a vehicle, but can be a major exercise to get it up and running again within the time limits of a PR round.

Perhaps a torch that has to be lit in a long animation (2 to 3 times longer than the SAW reload) with the torch going out if any major movement is done. (no running with a lit torch) This would make it hard if not impossible to disable a vehicle that is crewed, unless said vehicles crew isnt paying attention and remaining still (tanks in kashan on the hills, etc).

i like the idea of a torch, but instead of making a long animation, you could just make a warning go off inside of a vehicle when it's being sabataged. that way, sabatage would only be effective against unattended vehicles.

We've been told you can't code the disable effects to happen when you want them, so I don't know if the disable portion is possible. I'm still undecided on this idea, I keep getting flashbacks to the day I found out the Power Tool in Bad Company was faster at taking out enemy tanks than the RPG.

Just put a mine under the vehicle then re-supply. I've done it many times. The benefit of the mine is that you get to take out at least one enemy and the vehicle at the same time.

Wrenching enemy vehicles is a no-go.


Engineers uselessness (which is a problem) is fixed if they get SLAMS or some sort of timer detonated explosive.

Preferably a more-powerful SLAM variant, and they only get 1 or 2, 60-120 second timer.

Engineers could get tools like wire cutters, I know that sometimes knife scabbards have them in, and others could get multi-tools, but can you have a handheld weapon which damages vehicles but not infantry?

Also, I don't think engineers should be able to take out all vehicles with that ease, only unarmoured ones like Humvee's and trucks should be sabotagable, and maybe open helicopters. Only SO class should be entering main bases to sabotage heavy vehicles...

Also, wirecutters could be used in EOD, barbed wire removal and making FOs inoperable.