04-26-2014, 12:43 AM
(04-25-2014, 03:51 PM)Alwarren link Wrote:I agree, losing the leader usually means a certain chaos period follows. Normally there should be a "natural" order (Number 2 takes over), but experience shows that usually people do not like to lead so there is hesitation. It might really help that if the leader is dead and someone else has the command bar, he immediately declares either to take over command, or pass it on to the next one. Other than that, having someone to volunteer as the second-in-command right from the start might work out well (provided he doesn't die earlier )
Yeah...I can't play during the week but I will chime in on this briefly because it happens a fair amount. I think part of the issue is that you can sometimes have ArmA making the "second-in-command" the medic or some other role that isn't necessarily fit as a team leader, since the team leader generally takes point. This might just have to do with the mission itself and the unit order/numbers, but that is definitely something that has happened before. Ideally you want the units that are more suited to take command near the top of the order so when the leader dies the command automatically transfers to the next most capable unit.
As for the people who play those units actually doing that and wanting to command, well...that's a different story.Â