HiTech explained the Perk system fully online the other night. At the time it made total sense as I had been very against this. I had originally thought that the 'best pilots will only get better' kind of thing. HT did explain that any death will make you lose the points, in other words you're back to square one in getting a perk plane. After more thought I then realised at just how hard, or how easy is it going to get to obtain a perk plane? Obviously some will be have a higher value to others...
So, some thoughts on Perk Planes
1 If pilots have to survive to build up points then you may see a lot of 'running' from fights which is something that doesn't bother me but it does bother a lot of other people.
2 Those that really want perk planes may not even attempt to defend bases or go into a odds against you furball or whatever.
3 Now this is the biggest question and it is something that I've only just realised. I will estimate that only a few people will actually get to use these perk planes and that they will be rather rare in the MA. This is very good news if it means that the 262 being available. BUT if there are to be several perk planes then that's going to keep HTC very busy designing them... something that is going to take a lot of time and effort and yet most of use won't see the benefit of them. We could be in for a bigger wait for patches or other new aircraft. In other words what priority will be given to perk planes? I don't want them to affect the other development of the game which I believe is just as important to try and keep the current players have a fun time and also to try and attract other sim enthusiasts. If the perk system doesn't effect the development of AH then I think I could live with perks!!
As for the other items Gatt, I fully agree with ya! I'd love early planes to be made available for a HA.
Just my 2 pence worth.
Regards
'Nexx'
[This message has been edited by Replicant (edited 08-29-2000).]