This gamemode has been one of my favorite things to do on Arma 3 for the past year or so! I was just playing after the new updates, and started thinking about some new features that could be added.
I think it would be great if we could have some new emplacements, namely an AA emplacement.
None of the current emplacements allow for AA guns, like the ZPU-4 from SOG Prairie Fire. This would be great in situations where you might want to disable MANPAD or SPAA units since they can be kind of overpowered. Currently, if you disable those, you're basically left with no AA at all, but if you allowed for stationary AA, like the previously mentioned ZPU-4 for example, I think that would balance things out. It would also give you a side objective to work towards; getting rid of the AA emplacements to allow for your air to move in.
I also think it would be great to add AI artillery.
I really like the defense modes (Push on the defending team, and the Defense mode itself,) but they're too easy. Giving the enemy AI the ability to call in artillery on you would definitely fix that. It would also help with immersion to a lesser extent, since the player being the only one that can call artillery feels like you're the main character or something, when the whole point is that you're just a cog in the battle. The immersion part is a nitpick, but worth mentioning. This would obviously have to be balanced, though, or else the AI could just spam it. Maybe limit AI artillery calls to one strike per x amount of minutes? You could also make it a configurable value.
One more less important request: Maybe at some point you could add player/AI air support too?
This is kind of a minor suggestion, but currently, air support just kind of flies around not really doing anything except sometimes shooting at random targets at their own discretion. It would be cool if players and AI could request support on specific locations, like Drongo's Air Operations. For example: the player/AI could call for a gun/bombing run on an emplacement, or building, or whatever. I know Arma, and this gamemode, are primarily infantry focused, but I do like seeing aircraft utilized since they're there! Just a thought.
Anyway, I hope you consider at least the first two suggestions! Sorry for the wall of text, and thanks for making a kickass gamemode!
This gamemode has been one of my favorite things to do on Arma 3 for the past year or so! I was just playing after the new updates, and started thinking about some new features that could be added.
I think it would be great if we could have some new emplacements, namely an AA emplacement. None of the current emplacements allow for AA guns, like the ZPU-4 from SOG Prairie Fire. This would be great in situations where you might want to disable MANPAD or SPAA units since they can be kind of overpowered. Currently, if you disable those, you're basically left with no AA at all, but if you allowed for stationary AA, like the previously mentioned ZPU-4 for example, I think that would balance things out. It would also give you a side objective to work towards; getting rid of the AA emplacements to allow for your air to move in.
I also think it would be great to add AI artillery. I really like the defense modes (Push on the defending team, and the Defense mode itself,) but they're too easy. Giving the enemy AI the ability to call in artillery on you would definitely fix that. It would also help with immersion to a lesser extent, since the player being the only one that can call artillery feels like you're the main character or something, when the whole point is that you're just a cog in the battle. The immersion part is a nitpick, but worth mentioning. This would obviously have to be balanced, though, or else the AI could just spam it. Maybe limit AI artillery calls to one strike per x amount of minutes? You could also make it a configurable value.
One more less important request: Maybe at some point you could add player/AI air support too? This is kind of a minor suggestion, but currently, air support just kind of flies around not really doing anything except sometimes shooting at random targets at their own discretion. It would be cool if players and AI could request support on specific locations, like Drongo's Air Operations. For example: the player/AI could call for a gun/bombing run on an emplacement, or building, or whatever. I know Arma, and this gamemode, are primarily infantry focused, but I do like seeing aircraft utilized since they're there! Just a thought.
Anyway, I hope you consider at least the first two suggestions! Sorry for the wall of text, and thanks for making a kickass gamemode!