To put us back on track here is a list of suggestions I drafted from this thread and some others on the FH2 forums.

Tank’s Section:

1) Special kits for tanks; a driver and a commander kit with proper equipment
a. Driver: knife, sidearm or Sten, wrench, medical kit
b. Commander: knife, sidearm, binoculars, medical kit

Theses pickup kits would be needed to operate tanks. People that would like to go solo in a tank could still do it. But, the main goal of this suggestion is to promote teamwork by creating tank squad formed of drivers and tank commanders.

Figure 1 : Australian made Sten gun painted tan for the North Africa campaign.


2) New tank positions: The driver would steer the tank and fire the coaxial MG. He would have two views: one with the MG sight (limited view like the hatch would be closed) and a second an open hatch where he could have a wider view but would be more vulnerable to enemy fire. The commander would have the main gun and the turret MG. Two views also: one with the sight and the other the open hatch with 360 degrees rotation (would not spin the turret) and the option to use the binoculars (from the tank commander kit) to spot enemy positions (also vulnerable).

This ideal would improve tank combat IMO, promote tank cooperation and give a chance to infantry to pickoff tank operators if they stick out theirs heads at the wrong moment.

3) Damage system for vehicles: Basically if you shoot a tire or a fuel tank it should blow up! (At a certain extent, already done in PR)
a. Target the tires to send a truck or a jeep swirling of a cliff!
b. Target the engine to immobilise a target.
c. Target the tracks to stop a tank
d. Target exposed fuel tanks to slow down and destroy a vehicle.
e. Target the turret and make it jam

The main ideal here is to make the AT rifle class actually fun to play. By targeting the different parts of a vehicle this class could be more useful. Wouldn’t it be great to blow off a tank’s tracks and move in for the kill with a sticky boom/satchel charge or maybe call in a artillery strike on the poor bastard!?

4) Supply/Repair truck: Since the tanks would be more vulnerable they will need more repairs in the field. The truck would be similar to the ones used in PR or USI.

Commander’s Section:

1) More artillery types: Back in 1941, commanders had a waste choice of shells and barrage types, so why only have one type as a commander? Here a few suggestions:
a. Creeping barrage
b. Gaz barrage
c. Smoke barrage
d. Phosphor barrage
e. Concentrated barrage
f. Spread barrage
g. Etc.

With all these options calling in artillery will not be an easy task. I guess that a point and click option is too basic for me. This new system will reward a good commander because is choice of barrage could really make a difference. IE: don’t drop a phosphor barrage on tanks, it wouldn’t be useful.

2) Commander’s assets: This option would really attract people to the commander’s chair. ATM, you basically spawn as a commander then sit down for the whole game at the radio. I’ve tried to move around with the command vehicle, but it’s pretty venerable (most of the time I get blown sky-high before I get to my advance post). There are two ways to make this happen: one the commander could have a special kit and be able to build some of these assets (Basically the kit comes with standard equipment plus a few assets that he could place like a mine) or he could ask some engineers to build theses points via a command rose (PR style). Here are some assets that could help out.
a. An advance OP (some sand bags, periscope binoculars, radio station, field canopy)
b. MG nest (some sand bags, MG 42/Vickes, field canopy) (COHOP style)
c. Mortar pit (some sand bags, mortar, field canopy) (COHOP style)
d. Trenches (Since you can’t dig they would be just a two piles of dirt with a some space in the middle for cover)
e. Road blocks (piles of debris to slow down tanks)
f. Mine fields: A large square that the commander would place then a couple of engineers could come in and “install” it. If you played COH it would look like the “lay down mines” options.
g. Etc. (Ideals?)

Figure 2: Possible look of a command post and periscope binoculars



3) Commander’s kit with proper clothes: With this kit he could drop the assets and artillery. I would base my skins on the main generals of this engagement: Bernard Law Montgomery and Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel




Fixes Section:

1) The iron sight of the Lee Enfield N.4
2) The AT gun bug
3) Beaufighter bug (For some odd reason it’s missing some of the cockpit skins on my vista PC)
4) Others?

More Suggestions:

1) Change the “many/one/none/” marker on artillery pieces to show the actual spotter’s name.

Comment: It’s pretty hard to work in a gunner/spotter pair if theirs five or six recon units spotting things erratically. Sometimes it takes up to a minute to find the right view and when you change back to do a correction you lose your view… that pretty frustrating.

2) Ammo crates/ammo dump/ammo bags: I can’t find ammo when I really need it! Most of the times, I need to drive all the way back to the main base to find some ammo. Also, could it be possible to pickup a few sticky booms from a box? I just hate to be stuck at an outpost with a NCO kit and be blown away by a tank because I don’t have access to an AT weapon, or I need to kill myself and spawn as an engineer and try to lay a mine in front or in the back of that tank and hope he moves over it.

3) Medium bombers: Like on FH1 maps; Heinkel He 111H, Vickers Wellington, etc.




4) Mediterranean map: The Battle of Malta or operation Desert Rose.

I miss the great sea battles we had back in BF1942 or FH1. BF2 vanilla and most of the BF2 mods leave out the naval aspect of warfare. I am sure i'm not the only one that is dreaming of hoping in a U-boat, booming the coastline with the guns of my destroyer or flying off an escort carrier with an supermarine fighter.

Figure 3 Battle of Malta Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXXuAHblQD8 (BTW how do you post a youtube video on this forum? (PM me plz))

That’s all for the moment, BTW Wiskysix could we have a poll so see witch of these suggestions is the most popular with the TG community?

Cheers,
Nixon