Call me a newby if you will, being new to AH relatively speaking (I could have been playing for months but the game just doesn't suit my fancy like Air Warrior 4W, II, and III once did.
Chute kills are not new to the flight sim world from what I can remember. As far as being an honor thing, that's hog wash. This game is no more about honor to us than Monica Lewinsky was about "true love" to Billy boy Clinton. If it's about honor...you're sad...Ha! It's a game, and should be a source of fun and relaxation. If getting yourself shot down as a chute ruins this fun for you, you should reconsider your stay here at Aces High.
And let's not forget the fact that sometimes people chute to KEEP from getting killed...you all know what I'm talking about...the dweeb who sees someone zooming in on his six and realizing his situation, bails to keep the aggressor from getting an easy kill on him and hurting his pride. Now if it's REALLY an honor thing, that pilot in particular deserves to die more than anything else.
Back in the AW days...the chute kills was more about points than anything, and not in the way you think I'm going to respond...
In Air Warrior, when you got shot down as a shoot, as opposed to landing as a shoot, you got counted as a death and received less points, and being so infatuated with their status as a pilot on the pilot ranking boards, this really was a burr in their saddle.
My answer to all of this is it's all horse hockey. If it's really an honor thing...the "honorable" who complain about the chute kills would keep their pie holes shut and not waste their time complaining in the first place, and instead would silently hunt down their "murderer" in silence, (I think multiple kills over and over with no response from the killer to the killee would piss off just about anyone in the game and serve as a very good way to avenge ones death). Instead, the "honorable" make themselves just as dishonorable by mouthing their complaints and concerns, "whining" so to speak. Which is more annoying, hearing someone constantly whine about something that can't be fixed, or getting shot down as a chute maybe once out of ever 10 to 50 flights or more?
It's a game, I say play the way you feel is fun and relaxing, and let others do the same...and if bailing out and getting shot raising your blood pressure and causes your face to turn red, you might want to seek another means of relaxation and fun, as this one is going to give you a heart attack at a very early age and possibly at your computer desk.
GURU
33rd Strike Group
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