Should there be PvP balloon observers in FC?

[US96_Wright]

This is only an idea for making balloons a spawnable place in FC. And in theory it might be a way to market FC to people who who either lack the utensils to fly an aircraft such as a joystick for example, or are out on vacation and don't have a beasty system that's portable. Might perhaps bring in a few players from Tank Crew. 

 

What will the balloon do? And why would a player use it?

 

I think it should be used for spotting and other intended duty relating to spotting. For example it can send artillery corrections to a varying degree of accuracy and he can use his binoculars to see if he can spot enemy aircraft and send an alert to the aerodrome to get fighters to said area. The player can also control the balloons up and down movement which can be limited on its attitude and it should probably  contain parachutes to bail out or not lol. I'll leave the parachutes to debate. And they can also use flares to signal to Friendly's if they happen to be on the vicinity on the status of the lines.

 

Its a personal opinion balloons are far riskier to attack than they are worth.

 

And i think if we added it as a potential spawn point that the risk might be worth the effort to make an attack on the balloons because we have to take it down to limit the artillary correction effectiveness of the enemy.

 

This is my third post on the idea Im not trying to get on anyone's nerves just want to put it on different places so that it might be heard more

 

Suggestions or ideas are welcome as always.

Edited July 5, 2020 by US93_Wright

[J5_Adam]

It might go further if this were posted in Developer Assistance/Suggestions:

 

https://forum.il2sturmovik.com/forum/12-suggestions/

[No.23_Gaylion]

 

 

He did. I posted a reply there.

[BMA_Hellbender]

And a machinegun.

 

 

Add in a Zeppelin and an Airship (with parasite fighter) and you have a nice little extra to add to Volume 2.

[US96_Wright]

23 minutes ago, J5_Hellbender said:

And a machinegun.

 

 

Add in a Zeppelin and an Airship (with parasite fighter) and you have a nice little extra to add to Volume 2.

Interesting i didn't know they had machine guns might be worth considering 

[No.23_Gaylion]

1 hour ago, J5_Hellbender said:

And a machinegun.

 

 

Add in a Zeppelin and an Airship (with parasite fighter) and you have a nice little extra to add to Volume 2.

 

[J37_Daedallus]

S! all

I think an interesting addition (and I know highly unlikely) would be incorporating the WW1 tanks into Tank crew, it would give a whole new dimension, tanks attacking a strong point, being bombed by 2 seaters, who will need protection from scouts, and of course balloon man giving a running commentary!

 

In the words of Supertramp (from the 70s) Dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer

 

cheers

[US96_Wright]

On 7/10/2020 at 1:48 PM, J5_Daedallus said:

S! all

I think an interesting addition (and I know highly unlikely) would be incorporating the WW1 tanks into Tank crew, it would give a whole new dimension, tanks attacking a strong point, being bombed by 2 seaters, who will need protection from scouts, and of course balloon man giving a running commentary!

 

In the words of Supertramp (from the 70s) Dreamer, you're nothing but a dreamer

 

cheers

That would be nice too but I always heard that the ww1 tanks were prone to failures especially engine cutoffs and such. BUT nobody says it has to be 100% realistic i suppose