Thread: Command Structure Idea

Hmm.. this seems to have gone wild! Like wild fire, but without the flames.


Firstly to all the doubters I would like to say: yes you may be right! I can see a lot of problems with this sort of setup, and in fact it may even end up just slowing us all down rather than getting us anywhere at all. This is why it is an idea and not a rule, and why I'd like for us to give it a good shot to playtest it. I have no idea if it will actually work or not, but if it is not working I'm not going to push it. If it helps then yay for all of us!


The second thing I'd like to say is that the purpose of this idea is because I do not feel that set squads will work. I don't think that changing your squad name 5 or 10 times a game is either fun or constructive, and I don't think people will take to it. In fact I think the concept of established squads in this game is not workable. Not saying it won't work, just saying I don't think it will work, and this is the point of this idea.


I consider this game to be objective based (whereas BF2 is squad based). This means that the troops at the objective are a squad. The guy to your left and your right will keep you alive. War is messy and confusing, as is RO. This is the point of the ranking system - the highest ranking member at an objective is the one that is in charge. This will require some feedback as well.

Ok, so say I chose Lt, and picked the commander role. I look atthe screen and I see Santa and Coridon with Sgt tags, Strag, Munchkin and Perry with Cpl tag, and everyone else Pvts or untagged. We have lost the apparetments and Grets' Square, and are now fighting a rearguard action to defend our two final points.

Lt Wulfyn "Santa grab 3 guys and proceed to the Central Square to defend".
Sgt Santa "Yes sir"
<santa now switches to local to organise the 3 guys he wants and moves out>
Lt Wulfyn "Coridon set up a perimeter around the tower, focus men north and east"
Sgt Coridon "Yes sir, Strag take Xeil and Aculle and defend F5, Perry, take Agent and B and set up a perimeter to the north, everyone else with me in the tower."
<Strag and Perry switch to local to set up their lines>
Sgt Santa "Santa, in position"
Cpl Perry "Sgt, we're encountering heavy resistance to the north"
Sgt Coridon "Bubba, take that machinegun and re-enforce Perry in Echo 4"
Cpl Munchkin "Lt, Santa down at square, I'm taking command"
Lt Wulfyn "Copy that Munchkin, Strag take 1 guy and move to square to take command, Sgt Santa take over defence of tower, you have Cpl's Perry at Echo 4, and Strag at Foxtrot 5"
Sgt Strag "Yes sir, moving out"
<strag switches to local and order the guy next to him to move out"
Sgt Santa "Yes sir"


-- The point of the ranks is that it allows us a level of fluidity that set squads will not. By glancing at the scoreboard to get a quick synopsis of who has what ranks you can quickly set up a chain of command, and orchestrate the plan with this toolset.

Hopefully