.:iGi:. Greg wrote:Noticed in the test list page that the C4 now has a 5 second delay.
Whilst it was huge fun, clearly it wasn't realistic to see US, Chinese and Brit troops jihading themselves all over the place.
But as for the taliban and milita classes, I thought a new requestable kit for those armies could be a jihad class. Basically a guy with no gun, but a huge load of explosive strapped to his chest.
Probably not very PC, but still think it would be good in replacement of the instant detonation of C4.
For future reference, Jihad just simply means
holy war, not "Im gonna strap 3kgs of semtex to my chest and screem
Allahu Akbar!, shortly before laying waste to the surrounding 30meters"
So basically anyone trying to: "defend their land/religion in the name of Islam" is committing a Jihad. Its just blowing yourself up is an effective way of causing harm to your opponents and bringing about a publicity storm for your cause.
Well, im no expert but i'd say a suicide bomber is not as common as say a simple insurgent with his brother's AK. To make it a base kit as such wouldn't be a good representation of that and can quite easily be abused in numbers.
Maybe a request kit of about 1 kit for 16 players per side and below and 2kits for 17 and above per side. Perhaps baring more resemblance to a civi than the rest of the classes, to add an element of ambiguity and a hidden danger.
Will you risk arresting the civi? Or will you get 5ft from him and he blows you and himself up? Obviously, there would be slight differences in appearance so that it is distinguishable.
I think what'd be a slightly higher priority than this kit would be a variety of Civi appearances. Having all of them wearing green shirts and a pair of red nike 90s is a bit odd

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Not to mention that (IRRC, some maps are set in Afghanistan, against the Tali-B?) insurgents in Afghanistan are different in attire to their Iraqi counterparts.
Tali-B:
Iraqi insurgent:
...mongol...