Originally Posted by Curlydave

That's the only one of its kind, and is one of the game's undocumented features.

Now I have a question: What controls artillery cooldown time, apart from the type of artillary used? It can vary significantly. Sometimes the gun will be ready to fire before the targeting tool resets.

Originally Posted by Superfast

2. I know how to make the spawn host, but how do i and other use them? I've tried to use the "f" key on a spawn host, but i didn't spawn then. Did i do it right and just have to try again, or are their other special rules about this spawn host? Also, how long does the spawn host last if i can spawn on it?

Originally Posted by SkilleRStyLe

I think if another field ops just launched his arti it effects your reloading time to avoid a continious rain of arti when 3 or 4 fieldops work together.
I haven't really checked to make sure, but I'm pretty sure it works like this.

Originally Posted by Nogen

I had a quick look around and couldn't find this published anywhere so I did a couple of experiments to see how long the field op deployable cooldowns are for different amounts of field ops on the team.

For RA:

1 Fop - 45s
2 Fop - 67.5s
3 Fop - 90s
4 Fop - 112.5s
5 Fop - 135s

Formula seems to be 45+22.5*number of fops.

Or for the whole team with all fops deploying RAs, 1 RA strike every 45 (actually 60 due to targeting tool cooldown), 33.75, 30, 28.125, 27 seconds for 1-5 fops.

In the case of 4 or more fops you can actually get an airstrike off in between recharges. (Airstrike and targetting tool uses the same chargebar with a 1 minute cooldown).

As a side note - apologies to the people from the nerf flyers thread - you were in fact correct and with only 2 fops it is longer than the targeting tool cooldown. The TEAM still gets more RA strikes faster though but thats a side issue. This thread is about getting the numbers down for those interested (if they arn't already published somewhere).

For Hammer:

1 Fop - 60s
2 Fop - 90s
3 Fop - 120s
4 Fop - 150s
5 Fop - 180s

60s+30s*number of fops.

So thats one for the team every 60s, 45s, 40s, 37.5s, 36. For 3 Fops (just) or greater you can afford to put down an airstrike in between hammers.

For Arty:

1 Fop - 45s
2 Fop - 67.5s
3 Fop - 90s
4 Fop - 112.5s
5 Fop - 135s

So its the same as RA.

I didn't test strogg but I assume they are the same.

I would say that for 1 fops on the team they are all equal due to targetting tool cooldown. Hammers aren't so good for 2 fops But once you have 3-4 they are much more economical.