Official GWJ BF:V Friendly Fire Poll
Ok, here's the deal. Guru is awesome.
Now that's out of the way, we need to decide if we want Friendly Fire enabled in Battlefiled: Vietnam. As far as I've gathered, here are the thoughts from both sides:
YES - Having friendly fire on encourages and builds skilled playing and keeps certain types of people off the server if it's opened to the public. It will also attract a higher caliber of player to the server. Also, BF: V is much slower paced than UT2K4 and more tactical.
No - Idiots come into servers just to team kill all the time, no one wants to play on server like that.
Let's Try It First Then Decide - This may be my answer because if there is an automated kick system in place that's fair then I would probably be ok with having FF on.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
For this one I vote Yes, since it is a more realistic shooter. Part of the game & its tactical considerations involve making sure your buddies are clear of the target area when you roll in with rockets & napalm.
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It is a lot harder to tell who is on your team when they are out a very large range. The name/color doesn''t pop up quick enough or at all sometimes. I say leave it off.
Xbox Live: Kooter06
I''m with ST on this one. I think a big part of immersion is needing to take a moment to make sure you''re not lighting up one of your scouts. That and not trying to double-jump. Still working on that second one.
All this science I don't understand. It's just my job five days a week.
You might have a point (somewhat) if we were talking about 1942 but vietnam has the 3d map feature which you can plainly see all friendly units and how far they are and what vehicle and everything...no excuse for hitting friendly...I say leave ff on!
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I can see the argument for FF off on UT2K4 but with BF:V being semi-realistic.. I gotta believe it would be more fun with it on.
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If you don''t leave FF on, I will never be able to frag Barnes in a paradoxical redemption and loss of innocence highlighting the duality of man.
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I forgot about 3d Map ""Q"". I will see if that helps with my problem.
Xbox Live: Kooter06
LOL!
I was gonna say that leaving it one makes you have to play smarter, but know that feels so inadequate.
So, I guess, I think that hypodeximally, the inferrance that the quality of, err. Oh, hell - Bobabooey Bobabooey, Howards Stern''s Penis!
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Swampus' Xboxus Mortuus 25 November 2008
Currently enroute to Texas for fixin'
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I''d be fine with ff on since this is Battlefield. Teamkills happen, and I''ve never gotten too upset about it unless the person is doing it on purpose.
I ended up voting yes but we need an automated way to handle random idiots who hop on and start killing everyone in sight.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
I''ll change my mind the first time some d00d kills me to get the vehicle we where both moving towards
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-Griffon
Did Samurai Jack ever get back to the past?
IMO, not being sure if that guy across the ridge is friend or foe is an important part of the experience...
Maybe for some but I don''t think you guys would like it if you were my teammate and got hit in the back with my ""thumper""
Xbox Live: Kooter06
There won''t be a password? I want to change my vote.
To quote myself from the UT2K4 thread:
The essential thing here is having the ability to deal with deliberate TK''ers. I''m admin on WSA so I never worried about it, but it doesn''t seems feasible to make us all admin. Voting to kick players seems the best solution otherwise.
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Isn''t one of the new features of Battlefield (engine) Vietnam the player voting system? We can boot the idiots off with a simple vote right?
Xbox Live: Kooter06
Sometimes there will be, sometimes there won''t be. Depends on how busy the server is at any given time.
Certis beat me to it. - Elysium
The other night I pulled my tank into a flag area, where Alien13z, my teammate, was dutifully capturing the flag. Of course, being the schmuck that I am my finger twitched and I blew him to pieces. He was kind enough not to bawl me out. So I vote yes for friendly fire - I look forward to accidentally killing each of you in turn.
Xbox Live: hubbinsd
How about instantly banning anyone named ""Player""?
Maybe I''m a mutant, but I don''t mind dying to friendly fire as long as I feel that my killer-teammate didn''t intend it, and is trying to learn better how to check his targets.
Of course, there''s also the possibility that I brought it on myself. If I''m wandering around by myself behind enemy lines, I''m running the real risk of being mistaken for the enemy by my buddies. But I''m comfortable with that.
But again, I''m willing to accept that it makes me a mutant.
Last thing we need is to have a big shootout near a CP and have bombers rolling in hot and naping the whole area, letting their team capture it.
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Using the ""Q"" button can prevent allot of incidents of fratricide. Especially from the air, but it also helps when you see something at a distance and are not sure what it is. It will tell you if something is friendly in a kind of cool way.
Swampus' Xboxus Mortuus 25 November 2008
Currently enroute to Texas for fixin'
XBox Live: SwampYankee68
Oooh, you''d think this was dirty talk the way I reacted......
Swampus' Xboxus Mortuus 25 November 2008
Currently enroute to Texas for fixin'
XBox Live: SwampYankee68
Ooooh a definite yes and they also need to build in a way to stop bunnyhopping in games like BFV man you didn''t see the guys in ''nam hopping round like they were on steroids!
""yeah man we lost the war due to Charlie bunnhopping past our defences...""
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Every time I see somebody bunny-hopping across the rice paddy towards me I know I''ve got a kill coming, and there''s always the hope that this''ll be the kill that sends him back to UT or Quake. There''s no way he''s gonna hit anything hopping around like that, and I''ve got all the time in the world to aim...
Unless he''s using the M60 Wonder Gun. It''s sad when it''s easier to snipe with a machine gun than a sniper rifle.
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