PDS-1 - Do you deploy and do they work in conjunction with the Net Bat Vehicle? - Page 2

**Tarenth** · 11-26-2006, 12:49 PM

The thing is you can have only 1 TYPE of area scanner in the works. If you deploy a PDS then you can deploy other PDS, but you can't use the UAV. If you deploy a UAV then you can't really deploy the PDS until the UAV is gone. It was really messing with me when I was Commanding on our server. That walker kept sucking up my scanning capabilities and people kept requesting UAVs that would do nothing.

**Thanatos** · 11-29-2006, 03:21 PM

Tarenth is right. The bug with the PDS-1 has been confirmed in other BF2142 forums and a few nights ago, I also saw is effects. The acting commander had to ask me to discourage it's use among my squadmates. I was as confused as hell, but asked my Engineers to stop using it. Then I looked up the bug in the totalbf2142 forum.

It really is a shame because it is such a useful tool that I was planning on advancing up the Engineer tree so I could get THAT, not the Pilum AVR.

It's a pretty blatant bug; I'm sure that some of the DICE people know about this by now.

Between the Support Class's personal scanner, the squad leader's recon drone and the Engineer's PDS-1, a squad has the potential to have 100% situational awareness at all times. I really hope that DICE fixes this soon so that we can use all the cool toys.

**Shiner** · 11-29-2006, 03:41 PM

Wow thats bad.. I guess I will stop throwing this down on back flags. I was using it to spot those pesky lone-wolf jeep drivers. Usually you can get across a map and kill them before a flag turns if you spot them on the pds before they even start turing the flag.

Telorn · 11-30-2006, 11:15 AM

I think I'll still usually place it when defending a flag, though. I'm more concerned about seeing those vehicles coming in so I can position behind them than an infantry squad moving in.

Now it would probably be a different story if most squads moved as a fireteam. But that usually doesn't happen...they trickle in a couple at a time instead, which is manageable

11-26-2006, 12:49 PM	#16 (permalink)
Tarenth Join Date: May 2006 Location: California Posts: 2,146	Re: PDS-1 - Do you deploy and do they work in conjunction with the Net Bat Vehicle? The thing is you can have only 1 TYPE of area scanner in the works. If you deploy a PDS then you can deploy other PDS, but you can't use the UAV. If you deploy a UAV then you can't really deploy the PDS until the UAV is gone. It was really messing with me when I was Commanding on our server. That walker kept sucking up my scanning capabilities and people kept requesting UAVs that would do nothing. __________________ My sanity is not in question... It was a confirmed casualty some time ago. \|TG\|Tarenth Battlefield 2142 Mirra World of Warcraft Light, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people I had to kill because they ticked me off.

11-29-2006, 03:21 PM	#17 (permalink)
Thanatos Join Date: May 2003 Age: 27 Posts: 284	Re: PDS-1 - Do you deploy and do they work in conjunction with the Net Bat Vehicle? Tarenth is right. The bug with the PDS-1 has been confirmed in other BF2142 forums and a few nights ago, I also saw is effects. The acting commander had to ask me to discourage it's use among my squadmates. I was as confused as hell, but asked my Engineers to stop using it. Then I looked up the bug in the totalbf2142 forum. It really is a shame because it is such a useful tool that I was planning on advancing up the Engineer tree so I could get THAT, not the Pilum AVR. It's a pretty blatant bug; I'm sure that some of the DICE people know about this by now. Between the Support Class's personal scanner, the squad leader's recon drone and the Engineer's PDS-1, a squad has the potential to have 100% situational awareness at all times. I really hope that DICE fixes this soon so that we can use all the cool toys. __________________ New to TG? Read the BF 2142 Standard Operating Procedures and Server Rules Here!

11-29-2006, 03:41 PM	#18 (permalink)
Shiner Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Dallas, TX Age: 30 Posts: 2,251	Re: PDS-1 - Do you deploy and do they work in conjunction with the Net Bat Vehicle? Wow thats bad.. I guess I will stop throwing this down on back flags. I was using it to spot those pesky lone-wolf jeep drivers. Usually you can get across a map and kill them before a flag turns if you spot them on the pds before they even start turing the flag. __________________

11-30-2006, 11:15 AM	#19 (permalink)
Telorn Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Georgia Age: 27 Posts: 2,187	Re: PDS-1 - Do you deploy and do they work in conjunction with the Net Bat Vehicle? I think I'll still usually place it when defending a flag, though. I'm more concerned about seeing those vehicles coming in so I can position behind them than an infantry squad moving in. Now it would probably be a different story if most squads moved as a fireteam. But that usually doesn't happen...they trickle in a couple at a time instead, which is manageable __________________ Telorn

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