The Problems with Laser-Designating
Laser-Designating is simply underwhelming, especially when comparing it to BF4. I'm happy they gave the STAFF-Shell and Smart-Rockets the capability to lock-on to lasers, but in praxis almost never ...
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@BownrInSweatPanz wrote:
@XXXSELVERXXXGood news, 5.2 update will add assists for SOFLAM and tracer dart according to this tweet
https://twitter.com/battlefieldcomm/status/1685072573560741888?s=46&t=GTUx5uxjwJMYd-PsI8iYsg
It's a start but more issues are still present that we don't know if DICE knows about.
Yoooooo now that's a pleasant surprise :D
A start, but still something and after the patch we might be in for a treat seeing this!
Ok well spoken too soon ... we get so little XP it's ridiculous!
For example I get 22 XP for having lasered a killed target ... no matter how many people were inside!
That's the same as blocking 2 spots or 2 people running inside Blasco's Infiltration Device (!!!) or spotting just 2 enemies yourself (!!!).
Even a damage assist would be 110 XP and a headshot 44 XP, so double the points from something so irrelevant to reward, compared to putting yourself at risk for helping out your team with lasering ... an underappreciated task.
I hope this is just a temporary placeholder, bc it's wayyyyy too low...
@Barbar67 wrote:Ok well spoken too soon ... we get so little XP it's ridiculous!
For example I get 22 XP for having lasered a killed target ... no matter how many people were inside!
That's the same as blocking 2 spots or 2 people running inside Blasco's Infiltration Device (!!!) or spotting just 2 enemies yourself (!!!).
Even a damage assist would be 110 XP and a headshot 44 XP, so double the points from something so irrelevant to reward, compared to putting yourself at risk for helping out your team with lasering ... an underappreciated task.
This has to be temporary until the next update.
And other than that I saw multiple people talking about lasering for commander-seats in the comments of videos regarding the last patch on Youtube.
So this seems to be even more agreeable all-around.
I see DICE are slowly fixing Laser Designation, which is good. I do want them to fix the Lock on System (SOFLAM, Launchers, Vehicle missiles, etc.) as a whole since SOFLAM won't be useful if no one is able to lock on without any issues like foliage blocking progress to inconsistent time to Lock on.
Laser designation on the Commander seat would be great to have a 4th option to create one and would be better than having the standard spotter or even thermal.
@BownrInSweatPanz wrote:I see DICE are slowly fixing Laser Designation, which is good. I do want them to fix the Lock on System (SOFLAM, Launchers, Vehicle missiles, etc.) as a whole since SOFLAM won't be useful if no one is able to lock on without any issues like foliage blocking progress to inconsistent time to Lock on.
Laser designation on the Commander seat would be great to have a 4th option to create one and would be better than having the standard spotter or even thermal.
Exactly and even the other issues mentioned more towards the beginning of this thread.
I hope this doesn't get overlooked, since it's actually a quite comprehensive list and gives a great overview of the problems.
And I can imagine that lasering for commander seats could be implemented pretty quickly and would immediately give a boost to the mechanic.
