Bailed Out Crews Question

[GUNSLNGR]

UGH...I didn't mean to get Walrus worked up on Z-fire again...

I think though we are confusing area fire and covering fire. I agree that firing z-fire into an area you have LOS is more accurate than indirect z-fire, but it is not targeting anything in particular. You are just hosing down an area with the hopes you hit something, more likely suppress it, or most likely waste a bunch of rounds.

Targeted covering fire is more specifically directed at something be it animal, vegetable or mineral - not just shooting wildly at a general area. I cringe everytime I approach a group of buildings, wishing that I could hit it directly, not just the hex or the hexes around it.

And Walrus, you are absolutely right - unjudicious use of area fire is a pain and unrealistic to a degree. Though many a trooper has just started shooting because the guy next to him started shooting, and so on and so on. But area fire does have its place - if your in dense cover or behind smoke, you can really ruin somebody's day or at least make him keep his head down.

And you are correct, sir, about me being in an unrealistic situation...a) I'm having the bail out motar crews, so obviously the bad guys have gotten deep into my territory and b) I'm fighting Jadpanther...which was unrealistic enough for me to begin with. Jad -> :boom2: <- Me