Do the troops seem to run a little faster

[Getback]

I let out some troops last night and the rascals seem to be double timing it. They also ran past the maproom, looked at the map, checked their compass and then came back in lock step. Anyone else notice this?

[Wreked]

Well I do know that the FREE beer for the drunks has been cut back drastically as a cost cutting method by the government - so no doubt there is an urgency now to be 1st into the bar - hence checking co-ords on a map for the fastest route.

....ya can always lead drunks to beer - never a prob getting them to drink it either eh!

[Strip]

They always ran to a point about 10 yards NE of maproom and the made a beeline for the hill...

[Grape]

Last one to map room buys!  

[A8TOOL]

That I remember, Troops run slightly slower than the LTV...maybe 22 mph. They also enter the map room from the same side every time so depending on which side you drop them on woould determine if they run past the map room or not before entering.

If you think they run faster just up and LVT, let them loose and have a race with them. The LVT should still win.

[LYNX]

Our town was flat with some enemy troops already in the map room..bummer!  Engaged with a con I noticed another c47 nosing up over the town to dump more troops.  I brake hard to get the goon.  Troops pouring out the back I shoot the c47 out the sky but there's at least 7 troops in the air.....eeek!

Tracer comes zipping past and I take some small caliber hits.  That con's on me like the proverbial.  Troops start to land inside the town....not good.  I manage to make a strafing pass on 2 troops still in air and get 1.  6 troops all skipping an a jumping over buildings.  More tracers fly by and a quick glance shows me what evasive I need but the troops will make it in if I reverse the con.   I go for the troops.  I'll take one for the team .....death or glory I'm lined for another strafing run.  Taking hits the con is 200 off me six... this is it...the last chance to save the base.  Just as I'm about to shoot whatever troops I could see the troops vanished....pooofff  gone.  No more troops.  I brake hard left and the con augers into to building...haha. 

A quick assessment of the town shows it's still flat and all the acks down.  Then it dawns on me what happened.  The goon pilot was killed but upped another sortie there by voiding his troops 

[batch]

without sheep the troops have no reason to stop on the way now

[Strip]

A quick assessment of the town shows it's still flat and all the acks down.  Then it dawns on me what happened.  The goon pilot was killed but upped another sortie there by voiding his troops 

 

[sirvlad]

So now if the goon/m3 driver dies your troops disappear????????

[Motherland]

So now if the goon/m3 driver dies your troops disappear????????

No, however if you die, and then you respawn your ordinance will disappear. If you just die they'll keep going.

[shiv]

xpost.

Nope, it was just part of the update to stop gamey scoring.  Now when you drop ord or troops they disappear as soon as you start another sortie.  Previously they still dropped, meaning you could drop bombs from a lanc, quickly end sortie and up a PT boat, and get the damage points when the bombs hit.  The new version fixes that.

But now you have to be careful not to up too quickly after your goon/M3 gets shot down if you released troops.

[Getback]

xpost.

Nope, it was just part of the update to stop gamey scoring.  Now when you drop ord or troops they disappear as soon as you start another sortie.  Previously they still dropped, meaning you could drop bombs from a lanc, quickly end sortie and up a PT boat, and get the damage points when the bombs hit.  The new version fixes that.

But now you have to be careful not to up too quickly after your goon/M3 gets shot down if you released troops.

Good to hear, about time.

btw Lynx, congrats on being numero uno. I wondered why the ranking changed.

[sirvlad]

Unsure if I like that or not should I shoot troops in the air or just kill goon and hope he ups another ride like most guys would do.Doubt if to many will sit in hanger for a few minutes to see what happens.

[Kev367th]

So if you drop egges from 25k and get nailed in process, you have to sit in tower now until they hit?

BS!

Badly thought out.

[CAP1]

So now if the goon/m3 driver dies your troops disappear????????

only if you re-up right away