Malakith
Recruit
To be clear I am strictly speaking about organised Line battles, not anything to do with the Public servers.
One thing that has bugged me since starting out in this community is its almost zealous following of allowing Fly By Ghost Cam in all events and I was wondering what everybody else's opinions on this were.
Now I can see why it is attractive from one perspective, especially as I record nearly all the battles I partake in it allows the dead guys to zip around the map watching interesting things (or film them) etc not getting bored watching the back of their own team mates.
But from the perspective of the Living, especially the commander I do feel it detracts a huge amount from the possibilities this game could offer. Not necessarily in "every" battle but certainly in the ones portraying themselves as Historical or Realism, having Johnny Invisible zipping round the battlefield telling everyone where the enemy is, how close the cannon shot came, where the howitzer should aim for a line about to emerge from cover etc is FAR from realistic.
Especially now with Napoleonic Wars removing the zoom (we wont mention the "hack") from all but officers with Spy Glasses the ability for Lines to "sneak up" on the enemy with clever use of Terrain has never been greater.
The option of having mounted scouts on each team to survey the battlefield in the larger events (on mountainous maps at least) and the need for an Artillery officer with a Glass to direct the fire of his battery all could add so many subtle elements to the game that Ghost Cam just wipes out in one swoop.
Maybe I am missing some great reason as to why this setting is so prolific in the community and "Lock to Team members view" never gets used, hopefully your discussion of this topic will prove enlightening to me.
77y_Cpt_Malakith
One thing that has bugged me since starting out in this community is its almost zealous following of allowing Fly By Ghost Cam in all events and I was wondering what everybody else's opinions on this were.
Now I can see why it is attractive from one perspective, especially as I record nearly all the battles I partake in it allows the dead guys to zip around the map watching interesting things (or film them) etc not getting bored watching the back of their own team mates.
But from the perspective of the Living, especially the commander I do feel it detracts a huge amount from the possibilities this game could offer. Not necessarily in "every" battle but certainly in the ones portraying themselves as Historical or Realism, having Johnny Invisible zipping round the battlefield telling everyone where the enemy is, how close the cannon shot came, where the howitzer should aim for a line about to emerge from cover etc is FAR from realistic.
Especially now with Napoleonic Wars removing the zoom (we wont mention the "hack") from all but officers with Spy Glasses the ability for Lines to "sneak up" on the enemy with clever use of Terrain has never been greater.
The option of having mounted scouts on each team to survey the battlefield in the larger events (on mountainous maps at least) and the need for an Artillery officer with a Glass to direct the fire of his battery all could add so many subtle elements to the game that Ghost Cam just wipes out in one swoop.
Maybe I am missing some great reason as to why this setting is so prolific in the community and "Lock to Team members view" never gets used, hopefully your discussion of this topic will prove enlightening to me.
77y_Cpt_Malakith
