04-22-2020, 11:24 AM
I also think the medic has, when played correctly, lots of things to do... and by "played correctly" I mean that all players remember there is a medic.
What I mean is that people should not go about bandaging themselves immediately (or, as McGregor said, the guy next to them) if a medic is available. Put on a tourniquet an wait for the medic to work on you. Also, a medic should at all time be aware of where everyone of his team is, to make sure no one goes down without it being noticed. Often enough, we had instances where someone went unconscious (or un-alive) and no one noticed. I remember dying in a mission once, and the only reason someone noticed 20 minutes (!) later was that I was the AT guy and a tank came up on the battlefield.
In Burning Tides yesterday, I was the team's medic, and I made it my job to look after everyone, and even though we only had one wounded, I think that I did a good job as medic, constantly looking to see that we're all still up and such.
In essence:
What I mean is that people should not go about bandaging themselves immediately (or, as McGregor said, the guy next to them) if a medic is available. Put on a tourniquet an wait for the medic to work on you. Also, a medic should at all time be aware of where everyone of his team is, to make sure no one goes down without it being noticed. Often enough, we had instances where someone went unconscious (or un-alive) and no one noticed. I remember dying in a mission once, and the only reason someone noticed 20 minutes (!) later was that I was the AT guy and a tank came up on the battlefield.
In Burning Tides yesterday, I was the team's medic, and I made it my job to look after everyone, and even though we only had one wounded, I think that I did a good job as medic, constantly looking to see that we're all still up and such.
In essence:
- if you are wounded or someone close to you went down, call the medic
- as the medic, make sure your team is well off
- if your team doesn't have a medic, call one in from another team