hello again:
everybody thinks that it is only HO's that one gets the kill well the other does not,
not so, i have chased sombody, see there wing blown off, watching them spin downwards towards the ground, and get hit from behind and end up dead with out the chance to spin downwards towards the ground, so i dont get the kill i have just made, why.
some say that if you shoot up a plane and you die first, and that plane's pilot is working like hell to stay up or trying to land, it could take several mins before he eother bails or explodes, or crash. so what, if nobody else has shot at that pilot since i shot the hell out of him, why can'nt i have the kill. if somebody else shoots one round into that plane well then that pilot gets the kill.
here's a good example: you go after a b17 at 30000ft, you shoot him up real good, his wing is gone, he's going down, but he shot you up as well and your going down, the fighter almost always goes down faster then the bomber, he gets the credit, you can be happy to know your hq will stay up a bit longer, i think both pilots should get credit for the kills they have each made. as for neither get getting credit for have been shot down, well one might be able to land his plane, its very simple, you shoot me down and i shoot you down, when i bail, explode, or crash, you get the credit, and when you bail, explode, or crash, i get the credit. if i bail first and you get the credit and then somebody else pings you, then they get the credit for shooting you down.
another example:
i have been in b26 or b17, a fighter shows up and we shoot it out, i take lots of damage but can still fly sorta, the fighter runs out of ammo and decides to fly away, i dont see any more fighters and manage to fly my shot up buff for several mins and put distance between my self and the fighter, i even try to get down and hope to land, but the damage is to much and i either explode or have to bail, the pilot that did all this damage to me should get credit, but does not, (and i have worked at keeping buff up long enough to have this happen) so a pilot shot the hell out of me and does not get the credit for the kill because i was able to keep the plane in tacked just long enough to rip him off a kill. in all fairness, i do beleive he should get the credit, but as it is, i will try to rip him off. so it is not just HO's that this happens, it happens in other situations as well.
and for Nash and Fariz, i appoligize for attacking you on your views of this, i did ask for everybody to comment on what they think, there for i am sorry, thanks for your comments is what i should have said.
blue skies all