FO and build radii questions

[bkandor]

The other day I hightailed it out of main at the start of a map with the intention to build an FO near an objective. I got there pretty quick, but after dropping my 2 crates and trying to build I was told 'Another FO exists nearby...' (another squad had beat me to it and placed an FO not really nearby, but at the next nearest objective).

So, I tried to place an AA and received a message saying 'you are too far from a FO...'

These 2 messages seem contradictory. If I'm too close to an FO to build an FO how can I also be too far from an FO to build an AA or HMG?

Thanks!

bkandor

[Ace42]

These 2 messages seem contradictory. If I'm too close to an FO to build an FO how can I also be too far from an FO to build an AA or HMG?

FOBs have to be placed far apart to prevent them becoming a mutually supporting inassaultable exploit fest. Also to stop people wasting them in walking distance of each other, making their value as spawnpoints redundant.

AA has to be built closer to a FOB to prevent you having random heavy weapons platforms hidden in the middle of nowhere. The radii are different because they control different facets of gameplay.

[smee]

building need crates 20m's 150m to build assets. on 1km closes they can be is 300ms between fob or command post. 600m on 4kmap.

[McBumLuv]

^As he said, plus the distances are a minimum of 300 meters between each FOB, and for deployable assets such as AA, a maximum of 50 meters away from any FOB.

EDIT: Dammit Smee, you ninjad half my post

[Psyko]

with special thanks to [R-DEV]Katarn for the quick and timely supply of the word "radii"

now think of the word Radii in your head 20 times until it loses meaning.

[McBumLuv]

Ahem, I'd like to explain that it is actually the 2nd declension 3rd person plural form of radius (shouldn't ever be capitalized, even as the first word of a sentence), which in turn is a Latin word with a male gender.

[Masterbake]

Ahem, I'd like to explain that it is actually the 2nd declension 3rd person plural form of radius (shouldn't ever be capitalized, even as the first word of a sentence), which in turn is a Latin word with a male gender.

You can't refer to a noun as 3rd person unless it's a pronoun. And seeing as he's writing in English, I think he's allowed to capitalise it.

[bkandor]

Ok, thanks everyone. I understand now the definitions.

This was on Operation Baracudda, chinese side so being able to build an AA is really important - especially when the US is hammering you with attack choppers. I guess I don't see it being unrealistic to want to build 1 AA at each objective, but on that map it's not possible. I think on the whole west end of the map you would maybe be able to build 1 AA at the north end and one at the south end. But if someone builds an FO in the middle you could possibly only build 1 AA.

Next time I'll get out there faster

[McBumLuv]

You can't refer to a noun as 3rd person unless it's a pronoun. And seeing as he's writing in English, I think he's allowed to capitalise it.

Well, whether or not it's used in the english language, it shouldn't be capitalized in the context that it was.

However, you were right about it not being 3rd person, that was a huge mistake of mine. I should've said the nominative case, which would not have been a problem except for the fact that I was recalling this all from my Latin class from last semester, and I somehow got confused as there are 6 (typical) cases, as well as 6 persons (if you included singular and plural on the same list).

I like this thread

[bkandor]

I didn't capitalize it? ( I guess psyko did...). I haven't had a latin class in almost 30 years - but I remember most of it strangely.

I did fortunately use it properly in this case (I wasn't aware of the strong interest in grammar on this forum - I'll be more careful)