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Title: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: dirtdart on July 15, 2013, 05:10:23 PM
Please add left right up views to the 17 Lbr. Every other gun has the ability to look around except this one.  
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: bustr on July 15, 2013, 05:31:11 PM
How come this is the only gun without commander view?
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: MK-84 on July 15, 2013, 09:46:04 PM
How come this is the only gun without commander view?

I wonder this as well.  It tracks way too slowly to even pretend to be used for antiaircraft, so I assume it is not a game balancing thing. 
I don't know it makes no sense to me.
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: Volron on July 15, 2013, 11:46:28 PM
Yeah.  It's like the gunner's head, hell, the entire crew, are welded to the bloody gun sight. :bhead
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: icepac on July 16, 2013, 11:01:13 AM
I agree we should be able to use the hat or keypad to look around but we don't want the irish.
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: Easyscor on July 16, 2013, 02:43:48 PM
+1  :aok
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: kvuo75 on July 16, 2013, 03:27:37 PM
don't know why it is this way now, when the gun was first added to the game you could look around normally like any other manned gun does.

Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: Lusche on July 16, 2013, 04:12:47 PM
don't know why it is this way now, when the gun was first added to the game you could look around normally like any other manned gun does.


Am I allowed to take a guess?

The 17 is the only field gun with a proper gunsight, it's using the same "gunner" position as tanks, not as other field guns.
Now when the gun was introduced, it did not matter, as at that time with the old GV system tank gunners could look around (inside the turrets) as well.
The new GV system abolished the ability of gunners to do that, slaving the view to the barrel. The 17lbr gun fell victim to that, it's a kind of 'collateral damage' of the new GV system.


Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: kvuo75 on July 16, 2013, 04:35:26 PM
yep, that's probably exactly why.. that's when it happened too, I think, when the new GV system was introduced.


Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: dirtdart on July 16, 2013, 04:43:08 PM
Well, thats why we pay HTC the big bucks ....
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: Lusche on July 16, 2013, 04:44:09 PM
Solution: Give it an additional 'commander' station, just like tanks have.  :old:
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: kvuo75 on July 16, 2013, 04:44:57 PM
Solution: Gvie it an additional 'commander' station, just like tanks have.  :old:

hitech!  get on it!  :D

Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: WWhiskey on July 16, 2013, 05:17:22 PM
+1
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: gyrene81 on July 16, 2013, 05:18:02 PM
good wish...  :aok
Title: Re: 17Lbr Field Gun Views
Post by: Vinkman on July 17, 2013, 09:33:43 AM
I've posted this wish before. Really needed.  :aok