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Problems wrote: 1. Pilots or crewmen never, ever bail out of vehicles that are burning.
2. Firefights take place too fast, squads usually blast at each other in the open in incredibly close range fights.

Solutions wrote: 1. Increase the incentive for pilots and crewmen to escape their vehicles before death by manipulating the ticket system. The 10 ticket rule will only apply if the pilot dies while inside the vehicle. Torufkeymeister's realistic helicopter crash https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f254...ion-video.html is implemented then we will see a lot of these moments. This will provide even more incentive for players to escape their vehicles before they actually switch to their destroyed model.

2. Change level design. I know this is a really big thing to say but one of the main problems I see with firefights is that most of the players are often far exposed when moving about. Especially in Urban maps, there is practically nothing in the street to protect players from bullets. This often has them clustering up behind cars and along side buildings to find cover. What I'm suggesting maybe as a modification and a template for future levels is to adopt a system close to that of Full Spectrum Warrior. Full spectrum warrior had streets that shared an abundance of things to hide behind. The way the gameplay worked where the most effective way to combat the enemy was to flank him or use weapons like grenades. The only times where they used wide open streets was to create choke points and areas specifically made for vehicle use or choke points.

If you look at urban maps like sunset city and Muttrah, you see a lot of big open spaces that are ripe to mow down infantry in. My suggestion to give infantry a fighting chance is to design future levels with more obstacles to hide behind to give more of an emphasis on heavy weapons as a support to remove infantry from cover as well as providing a bigger enticement to send flanking teams (Again, one of the main tactics of Full Spectrum was to suppress and flank to gain the upper hand)

All I'm suggesting is a minor tweak of the levels to include more cover in dense areas and wide spaces. I know it's a reality mod and cover shouldn't be that abundant in streets like this. But some rubble, a few turned over broken cars, some cinder blocks to hide behind or something more than what is offered will bring out my suggestion fully. My suggestion is a lighter version of the old map Ejod Desert. In the old version, the flag West city, (the city flag closest to the MEC side) had a street with an abundance of cover. If this street was perhaps a bit longer, I could imagine some serious firefights involving long range support from each team's vehicles.

Situation A: Vehicle gets blown up -10 tickets.
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Situation B: Vehicle gets blown up but the ticket loss is only incurred if there was a crewman/pilot inside.

nick20404 wrote:Welcome to the forums, one you already lose tickets when you lose the tank/apc so losing even more just because your inside will not help anything, I would say 90% of noobs don't even realize that vehicles cost tickets when you lose them. Besides that it depends on how damaged you are, I have had my apc on fire but it just stay on fire for 20 minutes till I got repairs, Other times they will just blow up instantly without giving you time to get out.

on your other note that is a problem with people, like I have said many times new players doing new player stuff should not affect how the game is played in the long run, I have had firefights last for along time, your problem is a problem of circumstance, realistically firefights could last 5 minutes or an hour that's just how it goes.

Situation B: Vehicle gets blown up but the ticket loss is only incurred if there was a crewman/pilot inside.