As i've mentioned in previous posts, my FPS background is mainly from playing in a Tactical Realism MOHAA (Medal of Honor) clan. The [5W-SS] also focused on team work and tactics, but we also attempted to add realism to the game play. This entailed such things as not only realism mods applied to the accuracy of weapons (dmg & rps), but also rules against constant running, climbing on ledges (firing a high powered sniper rifle or automatic weapon, from a 6 inch ledge, is a bit silly.) and jumping from high places. The latter is what i would like to discuss here. Jumping from what appears to be a 50' high castle wall to the ground below is more than a little ridiculous. Even to defuse a bomb. Realistic, no. Possible in a video game, yes. I do understand that we have enough trouble trying to enforce the rules as they are, and adding this may seem an absurd and unnecessary proposition to most of you; I would just like to initiate a conversation on this, and see where it goes. In MOHAA, at least, the maps were a lot more fun to play when you didn't have people jumping out of two story windows while firing an STG44 at your head....it made them more...3D...i guess....and definitely led to more realistic gaming. Perhaps simply implementing a mod that causes more dmg for jumping from the places mentioned, or one that decreases your movement if you break your leg....something that would at least penalize this radical behavior or make us think twice.

I guess the question is, do we want to even bother attempting to add realism to the game, or is everyone satisfied with focusing simply on tactics and team play?

In closing, I would just like to say that i am NOT criticizing anyone who performs the aforementioned actions....presently they are perfectly legal and we ALL do them. I'm also NOT complaining....i know: "It's just a game" and not real life, and maybe that's how it should remain.

Dirt013