Company of Heroes: Eastern Front

Eastern Front Mod (Read-Only) => General Discussion => Topic started by: redguardsoldier on February 21, 2010, 02:49:27 PM

Title: Conscript Rifle
Post by: redguardsoldier on February 21, 2010, 02:49:27 PM
Why don't you make conscript rifle a dropable weapon? So that when a men with rifle dies, who don't have can pick up one? I don't think German or American may mind picking up a Mosin-Nagant  ;D. If another squad of conscript pick up a rifle, and then its number of armed men above 4, reinforcement will be men without rifle. I watched a replay where a squad of conscript lost his 4 man with rifle, so that it is now a really meatshield.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: H3rmansen on February 21, 2010, 05:09:03 PM
I like the idea, i do think it takes a long time before you can upgrade them :)
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: MaxConners on February 22, 2010, 07:55:52 AM
i think that it might be the whole picking up weapons issue, such as scince soviets cannot re-crew weapons they cannot pick up any either, its just a un-fixable bug if im right.  But if this mod goes official then maybe relic can give us some help.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: redguardsoldier on February 22, 2010, 08:20:43 AM
They can't recrew but they can pick. Do you remember Tannenberg where the major firing a LMG42?
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: MaxConners on February 22, 2010, 03:34:03 PM
well it was just a guess soo dont shoot me haha
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: Loupblanc on February 22, 2010, 04:11:03 PM

 Oh yes :) American or british picking up a moshin nagan
 and LOSING their garand in the process...
 
 downgrade, anyone? :)
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: nbeerbower on February 22, 2010, 08:54:22 PM
Yeah, why would you want to pick up a Mosin anyway? Besides, you can't pick up an Enfield or Garand from Brits or Americans...
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: redguardsoldier on February 23, 2010, 10:07:29 AM
I meant that only Conscript Mosin. Since they have only 4 rifle for 8 men, and in history, when a man with rifle get killed, who don't have will pick the rifle up and shoot. That just a temporary way to arm the conscript while waiting for NKVD upgrade. Remember, you can pick rifles, but if your squad have 4 rifles or more, reinforcement will come unarmed.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: Muesliriegel on February 24, 2010, 03:32:37 PM
I only see one problem with that, if now a player spams conscripts the whole map will be filled up with Moisin nagant riffles lying arround. It could go on costs of performence and would be quite ugly to look at too. But besides that i like the idea.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: redguardsoldier on February 25, 2010, 08:22:29 AM
If a player spam conscript, I think he has just made his game harder since conscript usually not worth 200MP and just give xp to your enemy. I usually count on ingenery and wait for Strelky since I don't want to see my kill:death ratio too low.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: Mr. Someguy on February 27, 2010, 05:51:22 AM
The issue of the rifles laying around is easily avoidable:
 Just make the Conscript Rifle a special weapon with a drop rate of 0. This means that when a rifleman dies, the rifle is passed on to the next man down, but never dropped. If all but 1 man dies, he still 'carries' the other 3 rifles, which re-appear in the hands of his mates when reinforced. When the squad is killed, the weapons are destroyed.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: nbeerbower on February 27, 2010, 06:48:44 AM
I don't know why this is a problem now. I thought it worked alright in the Beta...
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: Mr. Someguy on February 27, 2010, 07:05:57 AM
It's a problem because when a rifleman dies, nobody gets his rifle. So there is a possibility you could end up with 4 unarmed men in the field.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: redguardsoldier on February 27, 2010, 10:12:53 AM
Oh, why don't I remember that CoH has a value "drop rate"? Well, devs, change your conscript rifle in that way, and game will be better.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: nbeerbower on February 27, 2010, 03:40:57 PM
It's a problem because when a rifleman dies, nobody gets his rifle. So there is a possibility you could end up with 4 unarmed men in the field.

Exactly, I agree with you. I'm just pointing out it used to work.
Title: Re: Conscript Rifle
Post by: Mr. Someguy on March 02, 2010, 12:20:08 PM
Exactly, I agree with you. I'm just pointing out it used to work.

Right, I misread. I thought you were arguing against me.