Pt Spawns to spawn LVT too.

[Lusche]

On some maps, we have a lot of otherwise hardly usable PT spawns that bring you to other bases. In many cases, there is nothing much you can do there with a PT at all.




With LVT's enabled from then, we might see the one or other "invasion" attempt. If you think that might in any way unbalancing due to mass LVT assaults, or maybe a shortcut to avoid longer regular vehicle travel times: Remember how easy LVTs are to kill, being no match for even the weakest planes or tanks.

For those that might say: "But they will be used in an unrealistic way to attack enemy task forces or LVTs" - Tell me one thing in AH that isn't. Our currently usage of PT boats ain't particular realistic as well

[gyrene81]

good idea lusche...    wonder why it's not that way now?

[Lusche]

 wonder why it's not that way now?

I guess it's pretty trivial: Boat spawn spawns boats, GV spawns spawn vehicles. The PT is classified as a boat , the LVTs as a vehicle. HTC could just make the LVT a (boat)/vehicle, just as they seem to have done with the Il-2 to get rid of that F3 mode which is tied to the bomber classification.

[badhorse]

+1
Good idea

[SlapShot]

If LVTs were allowed to use those spawn points, the map would most likely be reset before they ever got "feet dry" ...

[Lusche]

If LVTs were allowed to use those spawn points, the map would most likely be reset before they ever got "feet dry" ...

True

But there always can be some surprises. Last night the Rooks twice brought an M3 to a Bish town without any GV spawn. They had to drive for 20 miles. They almost sneaked the base while everybody else was out there looking for goons

[SlapShot]

True

But there always can be some surprises. Last night the Rooks twice brought an M3 to a Bish town without any GV spawn. They had to drive for 20 miles. They almost sneaked the base while everybody else was out there looking for goons

Driving an M3 for 20 miles, dodging vegetation and avoiding hills is more taxing, involvement-wise, than trying to drive an LVT for 20 miles at a SNAILs pace (hehe ... I used the word Snail).

The boredom factor, IMHO, would be akin to watching grass grow.

[waystin2]

+1 good wish Sir!

[Krusty]

LVTs weren't deep water vessels. They don't have hulls. They can't cope with bad waves. They are ... what's the term?... fording vehicles... fording streams, launching from vessels offshore.

They don't cross open seas to get to their destination, is my point.

[VonMessa]

LVTs weren't deep water vessels. They don't have hulls. They can't cope with bad waves. They are ... what's the term?... fording vehicles... fording streams, launching from vessels offshore.

They don't cross open seas to get to their destination, is my point.

Kan we haz more riverz, Sensei?

[gyrene81]

LVTs weren't deep water vessels. They don't have hulls. They can't cope with bad waves. They are ... what's the term?... fording vehicles... fording streams, launching from vessels offshore.

They don't cross open seas to get to their destination, is my point.

what open seas? you're spawning what 5-7 miles off the beach? that's somewhat within the realm of realistic...somewhere between 3 and 5 miles offshore deployment depending on the operation.

[Krusty]

You don't have PT spawns in rivers. Look at the screenshot above. Those are close, and there's still 20+ miles of open water.

Gyrene, that's naive even for you. The spawns simulate taking the time to get there. They're not teleporters. A GV spawn simulates taking 5 hours to drive there. A PT spawn simulates the hours it takes to get there as well.

You might as well wish for a hangar spawn that places your plane at a GV fight in the middle of a green field. Technically it's POSSIBLE but makes no sense.

[gyrene81]

oh come on krusty...yes they are teleporters, and it makes as much sense as a gv spawn 2 miles off a base...personally i think lusche is looking for a way to sneak drunks into a base without anyone noticing...those spawn points (end of the arrow) are no more than 7 miles off the base...would be kinda dumb to try and rtb in an lvt if it spawned like that unless you really have 5 hours to waste.

if someone wanted to drive an lvt 7 miles to a base from the water it's their time to waste...no worse than climbing to 30k to make a strat bombing run.

[MachFly]

+1

[lyric1]