Do you need to broadcast your SPI to wingmen?

[bunraku]

Hi

 

If you order your wingman to attack your SPI using the Engage With command do you have to broadcast the SPI to them? I assume this is what you'd in IRL, but looking at videos on YouTube I don't think that's the case and they seem to know what your SPI is through telepathy or some other method. Or am I wrong?

 

Thanks

[Xavven]

You are correct. AI wingmen do not need you to broadcast your SPI, but in multiplayer you'll have to broadcast or I won't know what the heck your target is.

 

Of course, there are other ways to get a (non-AI) human player to find your target. You can send the target to a specific wingman over data link; you can describe the target area and talk them onto it; you can lase the target and your buddy can use LSS on the TGP; you can use the IR pointer at night in conjunction with NVGs; or you can just give coordinates.