17 POUNDER

[68EZPkns]

Please can we fix the 17 pdr so we can look around like the 88's.

[SmokinLoon]

I'd like to have the ability to look up and over the shield much like the real gunners did in WWII.  I do not think they should have any more than the 2.5X ability to zoom in (out of the gun sight) like the tank commanders do.

As it is, the view is that of the gunner looking through the aiming reticule and that is it.     

[bortas1]

  so why cant you look around the 17 pounder like the 88s dont make sense.

[lyric1]

 

[Citabria]

while at it make field/ship guns count towards vehicle score and make it when the ship/position gets sunk it is counted as a death.

and when you kill these positions it is counted asa vehicle kill.

[caldera]

Please can we fix the 17 pdr so we can look around like the 88's.

+1

while at it make field/ship guns count towards vehicle score and make it when the ship/position gets sunk it is counted as a death.

and when you kill these positions it is counted asa vehicle kill.

That is OK if it would count as a death (and I'm a field gun dweeb) but hardly equates with killing a plane (even a C-47).  Acks are easy to take out.
Somebody rocketing a bunch of acks is hardly worth even 1 air to air kill.  The number of eunuchs de-acking, just so they can vulch without danger would only multiply.

Imagine some one pass 190 landing two kills that were ack guns - totally lame.

Besides, you get no score benefit from kills in the field gun.   



p.s.  Aside from five inchers and miracle 88 shots, you can avoid dying to ack guns altogether: simply by not cherry picking over the field. 

[matt]

+1  Even if i dont use it much.

[BaldEagl]

As it is, the view is that of the gunner looking through the aiming reticule and that is it.     

And in HT's world they were unable to move their heads away.   

+1

[Butcher]

while at it make field/ship guns count towards vehicle score and make it when the ship/position gets sunk it is counted as a death.

and when you kill these positions it is counted asa vehicle kill.

that would be nice actually, tired of people sitting in field guns getting far easy kills without doing any work.
This makes perfect sense, and it would eliminate those who sit in field guns all day long without actually getting killed.

[Tank-Ace]

I'd like to see a spawnable 88mm, and maybe use the SdKfz 251 to tow it.


Doesn't seem like it would be unbalancing to the game, and might not even be perk worthy.



Would provide a bit of longer-ranged AA defense for attackers (always one of the biggest problems), and it would be a nice step towards making field guns count as kills.

[Citabria]

make manned guns count as kills. there is no valid argument against it when you have somthing like the jeep that counts as a GV kill.

and go the full mile make the m3 and sdk able to tow a field gun like a drone.

the sdk/m3 can then park a specified distance away before the field gun dies from range like a drone.

you get 3 kills for wiping out a formation of bombers manned by one guy. there should be no issue with getting two kills for wiping out an sdk/m3/truck and field gun and getting two kills.

and if you really want to have some fun make the field gun have no icon since it is unmovable when not connected to the towing vehicle and watch how popular it becomes.

I should charge for these brilliant ideas.

[bangsbox]

I'd like to see ack perks and upgrades. 37mm becomes 2 40mm then quad and 88 becomes dual 88 then 105mm or those bigger germ ack guns. Adding k/d to mix as well. For ships the idea is "sunk"lol

[kvuo75]

that would be nice actually, tired of people sitting in field guns getting far easy kills without doing any work.
This makes perfect sense, and it would eliminate those who sit in field guns all day long without actually getting killed.

wouldn't stop me at all.

[715]

Count manned ack gun kills as kills?  Do you know how easy it is to kill a soft gun?  A single 0.303 shell has to land somewhere in the same county as the gun and it dies.  People would rack up 10 kill sorties in a blink of an eye.  Should that be counted the same as shooting down 10 planes in a sortie?

[Tank-Ace]

and if you really want to have some fun make the field gun have no icon since it is unmovable when not connected to the towing vehicle and watch how popular it becomes.

I should charge for these brilliant ideas.

Maybe like a 300yd icon standard, or 600yd with a storch?


I mean a FlaK 36 inside a barn would be ridiculously hard to find, and he would also be able to hit tanks.