[Would you like to give Scout UAVs to IR only SPAAs so they can do more on Ground RB when there is no aircraft/helicopter in the air?]
- Yes, please. That would be nice.
- No, I don’t like that.
Since the addition of IR only SPAAs, there has been an issue in Ground RB when you virtually can’t go capturing bases because the enemy is looking at it, there are no planes or helicopters on enemy side spawning in, manual scouting is too risky since you need to expose your big IR missile launcher with the optics - or there’s already a light tank doing this better than you - and you’re stuck in spawn, waiting for the tickets to bleed out or drive towards the middle of the map and get killed.
So, my suggestion would be to give these vehicles Scout UAVs. If you’re unfamiliar to which vehicles I am talking about, these are the Chaparrals, Strela, Ozelot, Type-93, Type-81, Antelope and Santal. There may be others, but these little fellas are the most common vehicles you will meet around Rank VI - VII which can’t do absolutely nothing against Ground Forces. Giving them a little bit extra scouting would be beneficial for gameplay and support role and will fill the gaps in matches where you’re stuck and can’t do anything because no aircraft/helicopter is spawning in.
If you agree with my suggestions and you think other vehicles should be in this post, please fill in the gaps I left out and feel free to suggest more vehicles that should benefit from this suggestion.
If you disagree, please feel free to say why you think this is a bad idea.
Thank you for your time reading this and see you in battle.
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I think normal scouting is good enough, though you do need to position yourself properly to avoid instant ammo explosion.
But it would be kinda funny seeing SPAAs send out drones for the other team’s SPAA to shoot down.
or, deploy your own drone and shoot at it so you have something to do, lol
Positioning works well for vehicles like Ozelot and Type-93 since they are small and binoculars are placed right above their launchers. But try this with Santal and Chaparral and you get too exposed to scout safely. Santal can’t even drop it’s radar dish down and will always sit above your binoculars, so every enemy will know where you sit. I even got ammo racked by HE and ATGMs hitting the radar dish constantly. Chaparral is also another good example where you will expose a missile while trying to poke with binos so you also risk being ammo racked. And all that if the map allows you to find a spot where you can hide behind cover to spot for your enemies. For most of the time, vehicles like Santal or Chaparral are too large and will always be too exposed. So you either sit behind doing nothing or risk exposing yourself - and most of the time you will get killed (or at least badly damaged).
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Would be a lot funnier if they were UGVs
Would provide a second job and would help grind out the vehicle. There is also the issue that sometimes you spawn and zero aircraft appear for match after match because people have learned that top tier aircraft go from OP some matches to food so don’t hop in a plane.
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