Two Medic Suggestions

[blaylocke]

I know I've beaten this to death, but I'm going to throw it out here again. I know we aren't getting whitelist, and I understand that. But here are two of what I think are simple suggestions that would make EMT 1000% more rewarding to play.

 

1. Make "Request Medic" force someone to wait 3-4 minutes before they respawn. Implement "Are you sure you wish to request medic? You will be unable to respawn for x minutes." confirmation so people don't hit it on accident, if possible. Force people who just want their rebel friends to revive them to use "allow revive" as was intended and stop wasting EMT's time. Maybe emphasize "allow revive" over request medic, so we can cut down on these calls. 99% of players do not wait for a medic if they are further than 300m out. Rendering helicopters useless, which brings me to;

 

2. Helicopters. I cannot stress this enough. A ton of trolling is done with these cheap, cheap helicopters. Drastically raise the price of the helicopters and massively cut back on the garage fee. This will punish the EMTs who use them as rockets, and reward medics who are careful with their gear. 30,000 to buy, 150-250 to pull out. The current fee of $2,500 is virtually NEVER recouped for medics. 

[AegonTargaryenTv]

If u put a helicopter at price of 30 000$ then people will just kill you to chop it or just shoot it down because they know how expensive it is for you. 

[blaylocke]

I don't think non-EMT's can fly the helis, or so I've been told, so they can't chop it. And if they shoot you out of it, it's almost certainly RDM and they'll be banned, then you can be comped. 

Edited June 11, 2016 by blaylocke

[Stephen]

11 hours ago, blaylocke said:

I don't think non-EMT's can fly the helis, or so I've been told, so they can't chop it. And if they shoot you out of it, it's almost certainly RDM and they'll be banned, then you can be comped. 

1. Civs can pilot medic helis, its bugged, who would have thought ... ? (to make sure I just tested it on 7.1.0)

2. Also, a player who plays only medic can never ever afford 30k helis. Even if he is careful with it. For 1 heli you would have to revive 38 people - which aside from 45$ per 5 minutes is the only income medics have. You would never do that many going by heli in the first place. In addition to that, you also have to refuel the heli now and then.

This means that you force medics to make the money first in Kavala or play civ/cop. Thats just contradictory.

 

3. RDM? Yeah right, a simple "land or die" and they are clear to shoot you down if you dont land in the next 15 3 seconds.

And even if you land, you loose your 30k heli anyway (see 1.).

 

No offense, but your second suggestion would do more bad to "good medics" than it would help them, as those "troll medics" make their money on civ/cop anyway. They just spend it on medic.

I agree on your first suggestion though!

Edited June 12, 2016 by Stephen

[blaylocke]

Yeah, it would take 38 revives, but that's the point. It doesn't need to be easy to get. New players don't get to run one offroad of apples and get a HEMTT, why should medics be handed everything? I've played almost exclusively medic, I enjoy the RP. If you couldn't afford the 30k heli in a couple of days, that's on you as a medic. 

 

Fix the bug that lets people fly it and it become pointless to kill for it again. I've never been shot out of my helicopter, I don't know how this is miraculously going to make it worse. The system right now punishes you for using your helicopter, because you have to revive three people to recoup the cost. You could fly around the map for two hours and not get two, because people waste your time, ala suggestion 1. 

Edited June 12, 2016 by blaylocke