Probably far too radical to ever make it in, but I can't help myself

[iWannaBeAMongoose]

Now this may be highly improbable, or even impossible, but I just have to put it out there.

I think a great addition to the Insurgency maps would be the inclusion of civilian NPCs on a city map. Now, I know nothing of game making, but the way I would see it happening would be to trick the game into thinking it's playing a co-op match, and then just dumb down the AI so that it either just stands in place or walks back and forth along predetermined routes (some standing, some walking would be best if possible).

The point would be that they would have the same civilian skins as the civilian-skinned Insurgents, making identifying the enemy for the conventional armies even harder. It would add even more intensity and real world challenge to the mod.

Apart from that, I think it would be a bit revolutionary and would get the mod even more attention if it was actually pulled off.

On any map that had this feature, there would likely have to be some additional measures put in place to keep things balanced, though I coudn't tell you what those would be.

As for the details, I would suggest that if the conventional army kills a civilian by mistake, it would count as a teamkill against the player and add 10 tickets (or some similar amount) to the Insurgent team. If an Insurgent killed a civilian, it would take somewhere between 1 and 5 tickets away from the team. Also, so that it's not impossible, the civilian NPCs would always be completely unarmed, while the Insurgents would have to carry at least a knife, pistol, or ammo/health bag if they wanted to remain hidden among the crowds. This would add even more of a recon role to snipers and DMs, who could look for items in hands to identify the bad guys for the squads.

So does this idea make any sense at all? Please fill me in on want you think and what could be done, if anything.

[Heskey]

I think it's a terrible idea.

Not only does it sound impractical, but it's also... unrealistic - Especially in Prject REALITY!

Why the hell would there be civilians roaming the street in a US-Insurgent warzone?!

What's more, the insurgents ARE the civilians.

And even if there were still the odd one or two who hadn't already fled; they'd be running for their lives, no standing around looking up going "...Yup... Bout that time o'day..."

[iWannaBeAMongoose]

Was thinking more for an Extract map, where it's more of just passing through than an occupation. In the current game, they look like civilians, but there's no danger in wondering whether or not they're friendly: anything without a blue name over its head should be filled with bullets. I'm not suggesting this for the whole mod, but perhaps one map for a different dimension of warfare.

I think the systems already in place already rock, so I see this as by no means necessary, simply as a bit of icing on the cake.

[IronTaxi]

how far is that straw you guys have in eggmans brain?

[Wasteland]

It's been suggested before.

[iWannaBeAMongoose]

Sorry, don't get the "straw in eggman's brain" comment. :

And sorry if it's been suggested before; I did a search and couldn't find anything like it.