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A DICE employee named Demize99 over at the EA Forum explained how the 3D spotting was tweaked for the better, sounds to me like the way it should have been from the get-go. For those that played the Alpha, did it seem like people were abusing the spotting before the Alpha closed?

For those that didn't know, a person that was spotted would have a marker above them even if you couldn't see them. People were using it to shoot people they couldn't even see, and I think this made a lot of people very unhappy.

EDIT: Also, a tidbit of juicy knowledge, it has been confirmed that the remote control robot from the caspian gameplay released this week can arm and disarm mcom stations, and repair vehicles. SWEET!
Demize99's Twitter feed and post on RC Bots


Here's the explanation:

So, a soldier in direct Line of Sight that is spotted will have a 3d red marker. If he moves behind cover or concealment, including vegetation, the 3d red marker will disappear. He will always be on the minimap. Vehicles are always fully 3D spotted, and LOS does not apply since they are larger more important targets with less threats (and it plain did not work to have jets flying around who couldn't see the tank you spotted for him to take out).

This lets you essentially "nudge" your buddy to tell him about a target, or point out a sniper on a hill you see but cannot engage (with your shotgun for example). But it prevents players from using 3D spotting as a wall hack.

Additionally, the primary motivator for the change is that 3D spots that you cannot see are not threats. We noticed that players would focus on 3D spots over everything else, meaning they would ignore people in line of sight. It's far less confusing when the 3D spot on a soldier can only be seen if you can see the soldier.

well that sucks, cuz if I can see them, they probably already shot me or its gonna be happening shortly. doh

[LAW]CJohnson wrote:
Yeah but if you can't see them and their marker disappears, yours will probably disappear to them also. They'll still be on the minimap though. I guess we'll have to see how it is.