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Thanks for taking the initiative to do this. Anything to improve the base game has my approval.

Lets not forget the disturbed birds flying off when the Predator was hunting his prey in Predator 1. Birds being scared away by movement may be very interesting when you sneaking through the bush...that added to varied light and dark areas. With the fear of walking into an ambush. I hope thats what they mean better jungle.

Completely agree. Grenades are kinda arcadie. Not to be seen as onto the next thing. There is alot that can be refined or replaced. Watching videos on Grenade training it is a two handed operation. But in light how often AI throw grenades. Wont human players be further hamstrung with lowering of weapons while they can plaster you with hot lead.

I am intrigued...I hope it means more then just some glitch/ bug

I agree...and its a pity if that is what they aiming for. But a year long development for just that...or was it 8 months on Tanoa and 4 for the rest?

Always a pleasure to hear your thoughts. New RHS...Russian Bear and American Eagle Animal Mod.

Well cheers...here is hoping to some awesome features. About that fast roping again. :wacko: :rolleyes:

I left you a message. Dont want to clog up this thread

Its a water based island with a few satelite islands on the surround. Its a given people want to know can I row row row my boat. I too am wondering if boats will be more emphasised upon in apex. There is new game dynamics BIS could consider.

darksidesixofficialI hope Jay Crowe was serious. But yeah it would be a neat feature to make jungles alive and deadly past infantry lurking in rose bush hedges. Surely its do able. That Velociraptor mod anyone. One of the Devs was working on Animal AI. It was a dog. Maybe that means something deeper...speculation.

Guess we stuck with goats LOL. Here is something I am curious about from a financial marketing. Grow your brand perspective. I will chalk this up to speculation. But with BIS very hush hush on Apex. Do you feel it has given you doubts as whether to buy it now via pre-order or later? Are you holding out because you want more info. Or did it come down to pre-ordering as you are a die hard fan no matter what? I would have anticipated a larger launch earlier on with alot more information on content. I wonder if BIS is doing themselves a favour being so quiet. I had actually hoped in January 2016 we would have seen a systematic ramp up to launch. But I cant quite put my finger on it why there is this much secrecy. In light with people want a show of faith when purchasing something. I spent a good number of minutes reading on Steam regards to the Marksmen DLC. Almost all the comments were negative as in cost too high. Content too little. Could the silence be to protect a brand as in not get us so hyped that when we do get it and if its average we will say oh well they didnt promise much. I can live with it. My biggest fear is the year long development will net us alot of reskins. Few new vechicles...there has only been two confirmed vechicle classes. And a co-op campaign as a stop gap for lack of content. Being in marketing and branding myself. Their prized jewel post Arma 3 launch is very non existant on the facts department.

I may have some news. Its really not Earth shattering. And we kinda of just going in circles here as we have no news. So I thought I may share this here. Anyway it could be just Jay Crowe and company passing a joke to my persistance. I was curious if a tropical jungle would have monkeys IE Tanoa. So I asked on Twitter. I was basically told...be on the look out for Crocs. So that may be interesting especillay if you breast stroking down a mangrove swamp and you get munched on. It would be for Arma something new as the wildlife actually does more then just be there.

Is it not the visuals of the water as in the sea based shaders/ Visual update? I doubt it means the Sea will actually have a new effect on warter based combat.

darksidesixofficial I could not have said it better. Very level headed objective points raised. But I too have hoped/ hopes that Apex would have Naval assets. Tanoa is largely water based and I feel its a huge untapped gameplay gold mine to further add to ArmA 3. I am hoping for perhaps 5 water based craft. An aircraft carrier. At least as a platform that can be used to deploy from. It doesn't have to move but it will give a central location to start off from. Maybe with some basic anti air armament using the Phalanx CIWS system. 2: A missile destroyer to provide indirect fire support with regards to Cruise missiles. You could only fire said missiles when stationary. 3: A medium patrol boat similar to that on Battlefield 4http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-navys-long-overdue-smart-deadly-patrol-boat-has-a-1631598708 4: A fast heavily armed attack boat similar to the one seen in Act of Valor or http://www.defensetech.org/2016/01/12/photos-show-type-of-navy-patrol-boats-in-iranian-custody/ Basically armed with light machine guns and a Gatling with some counter measures and not 20 mm weapons and above. Then lastly to move men and material off the Aircraft carrier the Landing Craft Air Cushion or LCAC used by US Marines. These is also a Russian version of this. I would not mind re-skins of these but I would like to hope for a Rock Paper Scissor system that if they did have a OPFOR variant it does X better but lacks Y. While the NATO/ BLUFOR variant does Y better but lacks Z. This will cover all the basic types of waterborne combat and deployments you could want. BUT! Are we going to get this? I would like to believe the Developers have looked at this for Apex. It makes no sense to have a water based map with many satellite islands and not delve in Ship/ Water based combat. They also make no mention of new water based vehicle classes so maybe it is out. Again if its not on the cards its a pity.

You made my day. I genuinely laughed...Petr as the Grinch

Longest wait in life...like Christmas doesn't want to show up.

I wish. I mean it...Alot of what you raised will greatly improve ArmA 3. I have also hoped Garage would apart from cosmetic changes on a vehicles camo scheme; would allow later the out fitting of different turrets or weapons platforms on vehicles. A hunter with a remote turret to a turret gunner that is manually controlled. Again I hope this is on the cards for Apex. Again I would have paid for these. I have bought Apex in hopes this motivates the DEV's via increased financial incentives to go ahead with more functions and content. I hope past Apex that we will get another Expansion. I just wish for now had some news.

Its a pity since after the HELO's DLC people have been asking for it. I am sure even before it went live people have wanted to fast rope. I still hope they will reverse this decision after Apex since again alot of the community want it and we all will definitely benefit from this. Tanoa in itself would benefit from troops fast roping into wooded areas as a clear landing zone may not be possible in alot of areas. Lets not forget the HELO insertion from Predator 1. I suppose after Karel gave us 3Den he is allowed to not do much and have a huge break-Zeus, Arsenal and 3Den. But if I had faith in anyone doing it it would be him. Perhaps a Moder would be willing to donate his source code to speed up development on this...at least donate it to BI. I do not understand why this cannot be done as in clear contract guidelines you sign it over we will further work on it. BIS develops system for Modders to utilize cant there be a counter to that? Again I hope you DEV's can relook at this. We know you are busy and overworked and I know we are hard to please. But this is quite a needed feature.

How can a mobile Mortar be to Over Powered when you have a mobile MLRS/ Sandstorm from NATO? A Mobile Mortar system would make for interesting multiplayer scenarios where Artillery is actually more hands on rather then the OP Sandstorm or the nerfed...static mortars. Shoot and scoot. Its a pity it was cut.

That is if the CTRG is relevant in Apex/ Tanoa. They will not unfortunately work on material not related to Apex. Its a pity fast roping isn't on the cards because it would have really been useful for jungle insertion and existing maps-Altis and Stratis. I would like to again ask for this to be looked at.

It does say reference shot. It could be a placeholder they may Photoshop heavily later. But what it means for Apex...ahhh? I just wonder if its not NATO infantry with MTP on on Tanoa. Camo is off. Then again NATO is cash strapped so maybe we invading jungles with MTP.

Which then makes me wonder why not do jungle MTP? Since Mutlicam is more for arid areas. http://multicampattern.com/multicam_patterns/

This was posted now on Ivan Buchta's Twitter https://twitter.com/IvanBuchta/status/707444110890803201 This though could mean anything. But I would like to believe its a Multicam clothed infantryman with a M249 SAW. This will then confirm Apex has Multicam units and that cut M249 making an appearance.

This was just announced on Twitter https://twitter.com/IvanBuchta/status/707444110890803201

darksidesixofficial...should we laugh or cry? I am sorry I laughed. Its quite near and dear to my heart. Well talk on the town is you may need to get that 980 or Titan card. I have tried to ask what Specs they-(the DEV's)-run internally. That would be a good idea on what to aim for. But no computer is created equally. So maybe the devs have average rigs and then some beasts when they knock this stuff out. You would laugh if you heard what I try run Arma 3 on LOL. But anyway...we will pray with you darksidesixofficial