An idea i had..

[FrostyCoolSlug]

It would be like a spy to an extent, it wouldnt be unheard of for someone to dress up as a civ and report things like troop movement to their camp, would stop things like mass assaults on a base, because people would be sitting there waiting for them to come.. causing large battles, and lots of carnage. Maybe there could be a player class or a skill which allows a player to 'listen in' on the other teams radio channels too.. would add a new depth to the game stategic wise.

[SoUlFaThEr]

if its hot out, some civs could be babes in bikinis toting molotov cocktails destroying random things around the environment its cool to see civilians "getting active" as you will see in HL2 coming up....maybe they could simply support who ever gets into their vision(or a specific radius) first.

or me votes for active civs blowing up random things........makes for a cool atmosphere without messing with the gameplay or giving a team an advantage(some dude pulls out a pistol and begins shooting out tires of cars park in the area...or some old lady banging someone else with her purse yelling "get your hands off me".some other crazy crap too (scripted sequences?)

[FrostyCoolSlug]

I was refering to specific players becoming civs... maybe even just a 'civ' class (Maybe just a pistol, no Armour.. just a radio)

There will be AI civs as well (some with guns), if you shoot an innocent civ, all the AI civs turn on you ;D

Just something like that