Hello guys.
This is my first post here on the forum, I hope you like it and support it if you like it.
Today I was playing the Ka-50 online on a multiplayer server, and I saw players using transport helicopters like UH-1 and Mi-8 loading and unloading troops in the mission. Than a light bulb lighted above my head, I said what if when I'm shut down I'll ask a transport helo to come and pick me up :( it didn't work we tried.
So I want to suggest the following in order to make it work. DCS is a great game-engine and such thing should be in the game as it will open endless possibilities for the game and the community.
The Ability to get in and out the Aircrafts should be implemented to support this suggestion:
1- Pilot should have the ability to shot signal flare into the air.
2- The pilot should have the ability to drop smoke grenade (as Marker for LZ).
With that said this is how it should work:
1- A friendly pilot is shut down.
2- The friendly pilot after landing shares his Loc. and coords. and ask for CSAR.
3- when the shut down pilot sees the CSAR team the signal flare and marker smoke can be used to mark a LZ.
Now to the interesting part. I think this game need more players adding the ability to play as soldier will (keeping in mind what I mentioned above about getting in and out the vehicles) make players who like to play foot soldier come to the game (off course payable content to support the game).
We already have the ability to walk with our pilots on the ground :) so good work into the game to add FPS content and a new doors will open to the game.
Imagine the following, now the 2 teams can as used to fight in the air and do CAS and after a pilot is shut down a CSAR team made of transport helos and a fire team (players or AI) can have there own combat missions to have fun with. and to make that work each team will be locked to a ticket system where the tickets are the number of pilots that can be spawned add to the already in game options. So, the IMPORTANCE of rescuing and saving a pilot, if successfully done so a pilot is rescued back to the air base. The team will get a pilot spawn ticket back. That will give value to the CSAR missions and bring new players hopefully to the game!
When a team has run out of Pilots Spawn Tickets (PST) the opponent team is a winner. That's if a team ran out of PST before the other missions are completed in the season...
Off course after adding the ability to play as soldiers, recon team and a lot of other fun stuff will be made possible.
I hope you to like that idea and to see it in the game.
Thank you for reading and please support the idea if you like it, and share you thoughts about it.