Shore Battery

[Denholm]

The Player ID over shore battery and idle timer would be brilliant.

Yes, Hitech and Company check out these forums rather frequently.

[waystin2]

Maybe an idle timer to end sortie. No shots for 5 min, bingo.

I like this idea too!

[dkff49]

I understand what all the hoopla is about here but many times I think the absence of rounds being fired at CV is the fact that it is not in view of the SB. I have many times sat in the SB knowing that in 5-10 minutes it will be inside the view and will stay in the SB while I go to the bathroom and get a fresh beer from the frig.

To that I have now that maybe 1% of the time it is a spy and the icon might help with that but then the guy that is trying to learn and not hitting the CV or having trouble getting range is likely to be barrated for it.

As for the booting out of it for not firing a shot in 5 minutes, I could live with it but again I don't think it will solve anything. The person will simply fire the gun any where but the CV every 4 mintues.

I personally haven't witnessed many times that a cv was within reach of a SB and not had someone in there firing it, of course I may not be paying close enough attention to it either.

[Spikes]

Now that.... IS A GREAT IDEA!  Have an icon at the gun.  At least then we can see who is messing things up!

+1.

[drdeathx]

I understand what all the hoopla is about here but many times I think the absence of rounds being fired at CV is the fact that it is not in view of the SB. I have many times sat in the SB knowing that in 5-10 minutes it will be inside the view and will stay in the SB while I go to the bathroom and get a fresh beer from the frig.

To that I have now that maybe 1% of the time it is a spy and the icon might help with that but then the guy that is trying to learn and not hitting the CV or having trouble getting range is likely to be barrated for it.

As for the booting out of it for not firing a shot in 5 minutes, I could live with it but again I don't think it will solve anything. The person will simply fire the gun any where but the CV every 4 mintues.

I personally haven't witnessed many times that a cv was within reach of a SB and not had someone in there firing it, of course I may not be paying close enough attention to it either.

Move your computer and fridge into the bathroom man!

[Coogan]

   A person in the shore battery may not be able to get a solution on the cv, and is just waiting for the cv to come back into his line of fire.  Those guns only turn so far.

Coogan

[dkff49]

Move your computer and fridge into the bathroom man!

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That is a great idea

[E25280]

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,224948.0.html

Its always funny when the cv comes in close to a base, nobody can ever get in the shore battery to take command. 

Example from last night Titanic map:
CV is well with-in range and turret angle, shore battery is manned with an unknown player who will not shoot.  CV proceeds to circle in same spot for over 1/2hr. in front of SB.  Amazingly who ever was in the shore battery was not answering. Simple name tag will work wonders.

And you know for sure he wasn't shooting?  Perhaps it was a new guy who was simply not adept?

A squaddie once started ranting and raving about not being able to get into the shore battery, that the goofball in there wasn't even shooting, how unfair that was, etc. etc.  Went on for about a good five minutes.  It was quite comical . . . especially since I was the one in the shore battery, and had gotten about six hits on the CV while he was ranting about how I wasn't even shooting.

Now, it may have been better for us if I had gotten out and let him sink the CV, but how am I supposed to get any better if I don't practice?  Besides, it was fun to hear him sputter . . .