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atomicbob
06-12-2005, 11:10 AM
Who the heck aims and fires it?

Anyone have a primer for the use and tactics of artillery?

And what is the purpose of the radar units you are supposed to protect on the carrier?

:say_help:
Drayu
06-12-2005, 11:41 AM
Who the heck aims and fires it?

Anyone have a primer for the use and tactics of artillery?

And what is the purpose of the radar units you are supposed to protect on the carrier?

:say_help:


Oh...that is right...I guess it is time to start a strategy thread for BF2 :D :D
MajorPayne
06-12-2005, 12:39 PM
I believe that the radar units allow the commander to scan the battefield.
dbodenheim
06-12-2005, 12:43 PM
Keeping with Bob's question thread, but not hijacking, does anyone know how to change tank shot from sabot to heap? Is it even possible. Id like too, but with insane amount of infantry on the map the APC is the premier anti-infantry vehicly right now.
Bonez
06-12-2005, 01:15 PM
there is only one ammo type.
wihadmin
06-12-2005, 01:24 PM
Aim at the treads. It works really good at disabling the tanks.
Drayu
06-12-2005, 01:41 PM
Keeping with Bob's question thread, but not hijacking, does anyone know how to change tank shot from sabot to heap? Is it even possible. Id like too, but with insane amount of infantry on the map the APC is the premier anti-infantry vehicly right now.


Not possible. Was a POE thing.
moldykorn
06-12-2005, 01:49 PM
If your the commander, hold down T. It gives you three options. Place arty, supply drop....and something else. I cant remember. But where ever your crosshairs are aiming it will call down arty on that spot.


Its a menu, like when you hold down Q for a list of things to say(thank you, sorry, etc.)
The_Professor
06-12-2005, 04:32 PM
The commander is the only person that can use artillery. First use a scan to see where enemy units are. This is the big radar on the ship of US and by the end of the building if you're EMC. If you destroy it you cannot see where everyone is. Then there is the UAV trailer. The uav is like another scan, but this one stays on for a lot longer, only shows a small area, and also allows everyone on the team to see the enemies as well. To use artillery as commander, hit caps lock to bring up the menu and select where you want artillery to strike. Then watch all the kills start pouring in!
atomicbob
06-12-2005, 11:44 PM
I thought maybe the commander had the nut. Well, just how do you be commander? I see a tireless stream of "kick" commander votes going on, but no ever pass. Not that I necessarily want to be it, but a good one seems critical. Maybe I'll partake in some of these votes, since this is case.

That being said, I do remember Kossori doing pretty good when he was manning the cannon a couple rounds.

(I hate guys that are good at everything. I think I will take tomorrow off to practice)

:jester:
wihadmin
06-12-2005, 11:57 PM
speaking of kicks... I turned on the voting to see how it would work out. And I have my answer. It doesn't work 9/10 times. Not enough people vote to kick. So you get endless voting stuff and the commander always never get kicked.

So I'm turning off the voting first chance I get.
atomicbob
06-13-2005, 12:00 AM
Yep, that's kinda what I meant. I was seeing votes that required 42 votes to win.

42??

Do peeps on the other side have to vote on your commander? ROFL??

No votes is a +

:crazy:
The_Professor
06-13-2005, 09:07 AM
At the start of the round, hit caps lock (i think) and where is says commander on the top row, hit apply. Once you're accepted you will have to hit page up to accept your role.

It was kinda weird how I joined the other night when the server was full and the team I joined didn't have a commander on. I mean 32 peeps on the team and no one picked commander? :crazy: