Originally Posted by SOPs

Blind fire? Firing without any evidence to suggest a target is considered blind firing. This applies on all maps, not just near hostages. This is not CAL, where players shoot every single hiding place on the off chance that a target is there. Players are required to show extra caution when dealing with hostages. Neither team is permitted to kill hostages.

I would generally agree that suppression fire to help advancing position is a good tactic, especially with evidence that an opfor is near the position being suppressed. However, when it comes to hostage areas and realism, I would think that the hostage -could- be anywhere in the area and err on the side of caution. Bullets flying through the walls of the hostage building could be detrimental to the goal.

I guess it really depends on how you guys want to play. If you consider the hostages to be glued to a their spawn and CTs -know- exactly where they are, then by all means, shoot anywhere through walls but not directly at the hostage positions, or on the other hand, assume the hostages to be somewhere in the zone but not really -knowing- exactly where they are.

I tend to presume the latter for the sake of realism, and would have to say that any blind fire through walls into the hostage zone is not acceptable. But I guess it depends on if you guys want to play out that realism. Although I prefer to side with realism, I could go either way, I don't mind shooting up a hostage building if the game tells my toon that I know -exactly- where the hostages are inside and fire bullet halos around them to wack the people inside.

In the case in Italy yesterday, the shots fired were not just in doorways, many rounds came through the wall next to the boxes and through the first floor entrance hallway.