07-13-2010, 02:57 AM
Gerry brought up an interesting question about "gamey" tactics when he asked about vehicle protection, that I thought I might follow up on.
I have yet to encounter any PBEM players who would intentionally try to use "gamey" tactics for Squad Battles, nor I do remember ever seeing any chatter about it at this site, which makes me fully believe it isn't an issue at all. In large part, the game engine does a great job of preventing any "gamey" tactics. Really, I think the only concern is if people inadvertently were doing something they didn't realize might be considered gamey by someone else.
For instance, I myself had been wondering if anyone felt any of the following might be considered gamey:
I have yet to encounter any PBEM players who would intentionally try to use "gamey" tactics for Squad Battles, nor I do remember ever seeing any chatter about it at this site, which makes me fully believe it isn't an issue at all. In large part, the game engine does a great job of preventing any "gamey" tactics. Really, I think the only concern is if people inadvertently were doing something they didn't realize might be considered gamey by someone else.
For instance, I myself had been wondering if anyone felt any of the following might be considered gamey:
- Reassigning weapons between squads (e.g., a squad of eight taking over an MMG or a mortar from a squad of three men and giving them back AK47s to proactively avoid the risk of the heavy weapon becoming undercrewed, or reassigning a sniper rifle from a squad to their leader since the leader cannot get disrupted which would otherwise nullify the sniper bonus)
- Using “Vehicle Only” fire against fortified positions to take advantage of the better penetration factor
- Dropping radios, binoculars, nv googles, etc. to avoid being slowed down by them