Author Topic: Killshooter (Read 550 times)

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #30 on:** February 16, 2001, 08:56:00 PM »

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Why not just make it so if you shoot a friendly, the rounds just dont do damage to anyone.

The downside to this is that people will no longer have to consider that friendly plane in front of them. They can spray away without fear of reprocussion. Killshooter forces people to consider friendly planes in front of you. One promotes realistic engagement (even though unrealistic) and the other does not.

I like the way killshooter is currently implimented (in the MA). I cannot think of a better way to do it. So far, everything discussed in this thread as an alternative has been discussed many times before. Once again, killshooter emerges as the best comprimise. I cuss it once in a while, I just don't realize how often I should thank it.

AKDejaVu

Wotan · « **Reply #31 on:** February 16, 2001, 09:28:00 PM »

how about if instead of you recieving damage across your whole aircraft just your guns would be knocked out forcing you to rtb. I dont know if the damage you recieve with killshooter the way it is is matched with the hits you are getting on your countryman (like if i hit a freindlies left wing my left recieves damage). If that's the case then I'm not sure how hard it would be to change that so just your guns recieve the damage. Freezeshooter seems gay. If 2 people are chasing down a bad guy and an other bad guy drops in behind them what will stop the trailing dude to fire at his country mate? Then would it be instant stop? or would he warp? or would the plane still fly with all control frozen? anyway you look I'm sure there's a better way the the killshooter we have now.

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Lephturn · « **Reply #32 on:** February 16, 2001, 11:34:00 PM »

I was thinking freeze guns/controls. I like the "blow up the guns" thing though. Interesting.

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Thunder · « **Reply #33 on:** February 17, 2001, 12:16:00 AM »

Interesting! What about having it just dump ALL of your ammo if you hit a freindly! If its by a pilot flying in front of you by accident you can RTB and replane and not ruin your kills. But it does not reward you or incourage you to change contries and frag others. I still like the old PNG idea too. I have seen a lot of same team planes jumping in front of me lately also. I have been in at 300 on an enemys six that I started 1v1 with them and died by my own fire as my own countrymen came in hot to steal the kill. I understand your original thought Ice... its not just you. But I am not sure that HiTech isn't doing the best that they can. What does everyone thing about the ammo dump thing?

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Swoop · « **Reply #34 on:** February 17, 2001, 12:22:00 AM »

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Originally posted by AKDejaVu:
As I'm 400 yards back and starting to open up with my .50's only to see someone swoop by trying for a snapshot and causing me to recieve a few of my own pings I curse killshooter.
AKDejaVu

It wasnt me.

[This message has been edited by Swoop (edited 02-17-2001).]

Jekyll · « **Reply #35 on:** February 17, 2001, 04:00:00 AM »

This thread must have jinxed me. Until 2 days ago I'd flown AH since the first day of open beta, for a grand total of 1 death by killshooter.

Now, I suddenly have another 2 killshooter deaths in 2 days.

Ugg.. waiting for freezeshooter

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lazs · « **Reply #36 on:** February 18, 2001, 09:41:00 AM »

I think killshooter is the best solution to the problem so far. In flying circus they had a neat (on paper) idea of making your plane have a black icon if u shot down a friendly.. Anyone could (and would) shoot at black icons. Trouble was... The guys who couldn't kill anything that knew they were the enemy or, who just wanted attention... just didn't care. they actually wore the black icon as a "jerk badge of honor". They basked in the attention.... The only attention they could possibly ever get.
lazs

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #37 on:** February 18, 2001, 10:38:00 AM »

The "black icon" idea also meant that his plane was worth two kills. Man, how everyone used to just love it when someone's icon went black.

Of course, this was a downer to those that had black icons already

AKDejaVu