NOTICE: DOD rule change effective 11/13 (UPDATED for 11/19)

Map: Marlin
(Camp) Location: C5kp9sub3 - roof top
Kit/Vehicle used: HAT
Vehicles destroyed in enemy main/dod: 1 Tank @3:22:45
1 transport helicopter @3:19:42
1 APC @3:18:53

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Map: Kafr
(Camp) Location: E13kp1sub3
Kit/Vehicle used: Shilka
Vehicles destroyed in enemy main/dod: 1 CAS @3:40:47

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How did I feel? Fokin amazing

I am an inf player normally, occasionally trans, and this change has ruined inf for me. i played around midnight till about 3am on 11/14. 
the maps i played on where Mestia and fallu and it was unbearable. the game already lacks teamwork due to non controllable factors, 
age, language, creed and overall understanding of the game. this change on these maps i played only helped to amplify this issue.
FOBs are now even less likely to be placed due to solo lats rushing main bases and  hitting  unsuspecting logis leaving main. if these were  irl logi vehicles they would normally have some form of protection via convoys, inf, armor, and defensive emplacements which is impossible  to replicate on the HOG server unless youre on the butt buddy winning side that admins refuse to scramble. Another observation was the new need for a main defense squad further removing objective play. on the fallu map it  was running on ins and it was almost impossible to leave main in  any vehicle without being targeted by a lat which resulted in the majority of my team (mec side)  sitting in main doing nothing but waiting for a map switch. on the other hand i also enacted a similar strategy outside of the enemy main on fallu with a gl soldier and a .50 cal vic. my gl guy easily able to hit fresh spawns in their main for over 30 mins while sitting in a concealled position but since it was ins it wasnt as effective as their attack. on mestia i played main  defense which resulted in me  having  to constantly battle lats to help grump have even the slightest chance of leaving or returning to main. he was blown up at least 5 times but being small  as mestia is i guess its kinda expected with or without the rule change, however upon witnessing 2 squads worth of people rushing our main i realized this has now become the most effective strat in the game to deal with assets. im an inf guy i hate assets but they are vital to the game and how it plays this change has effectively neutered armor as a whole unless playing on a 4k map which even then has  it issues with  base rape. a fellow squad mate gave me his anecdote on his experience on a 4k map (khami) stating that whatever side wins the intial armor  battle will usually base rape the losing opponents armor assets until all their ammo is expunged then its back to whoever wins, however what usually occurs is the abandonment of armor squads before the base raping teaming runs outta ammo, hindering the team as a whole wasting time to establish a whole new armor squad which may be even worse. lastly the lack of defensive emplacements although they were said to have been added. it may be just because i havent experienced all the maps with these added in yet but it was seriously a slap in the face when getting base raped not having anything of the sort. im not sure if the rule should be removed entirely yet maybe some form of modification or just some fine tuning is needed but as is it has been poorly  implemented resulting in  a product that probably strays further from the developers vision of the game since they expect a team work based milsim game. 

Map: Fallujah
(Camp) Location: N4kp1 - roof top
Kit/Vehicle used: MG
Camp INS main/ repair station: 3:34:00
someone get mad, switched team for hunting US camper @3:29:30

tracker: br.hogclangaming.com/tracker_2021_11_13_...insurgency_64.PRdemo

If HOG decides to keep this rule, I think it should at least be modified to differentiate main bases and the DOD around it. I can sort of understand the rationale about treating DOD areas outside mains as unsafe territory. And given that on some maps, it is often ambiguous both as an attacker and defender to know if you are shooting in/out of the DOD and can be a headache to admin.

However, there are several maps where you have a vantage point to shoot into enemy main; compound that with heavy assets spawning on a known timer plus weapon warm-up time and that can potentially break the map for that team (e.g. trans basically won't be able to fly on Korengal, cas/trans on Bamyan).

There are some exception where it become a bit difficult on some maps when the main base borders aren't clearly defined by fences/walls (e.g Marlin, Mestia, Adak, Shijia) so defining how far the main base extends is up for debate. Similarly, the vertical height for aircraft and helicopters to be considered "in main" would need to be decided.

In addition to main protection, you should be allowed to shoot out of main while attackers aren't allowed to return fire into it. The high reward of getting "easy" kills camping main should be countered by having greater risk involved. Most main bases were not designed with defense in mind, there aren't enough players to dedicate to defending main bases and even if there were the defending team is unable to build additional defenses to man. So given that the attacking team already has a significant advantage, this should help even things out and make main camping a bit more risky while making it easy for players and admins to know what actions are permitted. And again, there might need to be some additional rules for some vehicles, particularly the rocket techy.