Buffs bailing out- now epidemic

[Bombardy]

Yes, sure, from time to time in the past I noticed buffs bailing out after dropping thier ord, but I might see it once a week or less.....


Now, I see it 3 times a day!

and I am hearing squaddies complain about it as well


today there was a high formation of bombers (30K or so) that I took the time to try and climb to. they hit the radar abotu about 3 fields from that alt (nice work) but then bailed just when I was getting close


I also see this happening from time to time with fighters, it;s the wierdest thing, they might come in and see if they can get a vulch or two, but the minute they get pursued the bail outside of proxy range so no one knows who it was....about two weeks ago it was all over the place

HT, buffs bailing after dropping ord is quickly becoming the norm, and you might want to consider what it would mean for the game to take this direction

[Kermit de frog]

I am now seeing this frequently.  Especially after seeing bomber drop ord on a CV.  They just seem to auger instead of actually land it.

[RTGorkle]

Somewhere you'll find it, the rainbow connection.

[mussie]

How about somthing like the kill message

"Wuss Bag Bailed From 3 Perfectly Good B-24's"

I would like to see that come up like a kill message does.....

[SuperDud]

Originally posted by mussie
How about somthing like the kill message

"Wuss Bag Bailed For 3 Perfectly Good B-24's"

I would like to see that come up like a kill message does.....

[Delirium]

Originally posted by Kermit de frog
Especially after seeing bomber drop ord on a CV.  They just seem to auger instead of actually land it.

The horrible part is that it is happening in scenarios now too...

[Jackal1]

Hehe! Quit watching the buffs after they drop. Shoot them down before the drop.

[mussie]

Originally posted by Delirium
The horrible part is that it is happening in scenarios now too...

HEY.... I landed all my Buffs except for the last flight when I was shot down

[KTM520guy]

Originally posted by Bombardy
Yes, sure, from time to time in the past I noticed buffs bailing out after dropping thier ord, but I might see it once a week or less.....


Now, I see it 3 times a day!

and I am hearing squaddies complain about it as well


today there was a high formation of bombers (30K or so) that I took the time to try and climb to. they hit the radar abotu about 3 fields from that alt (nice work) but then bailed just when I was getting close


I also see this happening from time to time with fighters, it;s the wierdest thing, they might come in and see if they can get a vulch or two, but the minute they get pursued the bail outside of proxy range so no one knows who it was....about two weeks ago it was all over the place

HT, buffs bailing after dropping ord is quickly becoming the norm, and you might want to consider what it would mean for the game to take this direction

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[Mugzeee]

I wouldnt waste the time climbing for the easy kills of 3 buffs any more.
Just have to stick to actually fighting other fighters.

[jaxxo]

sad part is buffs at high alt are very difficult to kill if the pilot can aim at all.

[thndregg]

Originally posted by Delirium
The horrible part is that it is happening in scenarios now too...

That is just sad.

[croduh]

Why would anyone want to spend 30 mins of his time coming back to base when in that time he could just bail and up again and bomb 50 more bases?

[AWRaid]

Originally posted by duh
Why would anyone want to spend 30 mins of his time coming back to base when in that time he could just bail and up again and bomb 50 more bases?

Long ago people didn't care about score or winning, they cared about immersion and accuracy.

People didn't always game the game and it's much more fun when people play the right way.




Maybe if HTC added some sort of supply limits to every aircraft in the game - maybe resupply every 4 hours or so... have this modified by certain buildings (give the buffers something else to bomb that actually effects the game).

If your wide is being a bunch of Spit dweebs and wastes them stupidly then those Spit dweebs will be forced to take up an La7 or something for a while.

On the other side of the coin if you bail or auger buffs often you'll have to find a new ride eventually.


Of course this is subject to grief play but I'm sure there could be some sort of work around for it. i.e. give aircraft a 3 - 5min grace period, i.e. if they die within 3 - 5 min the aircraft isn't moved from supply. This would also prevent vulchers from totally reducing a sides supplies.

I know there could be an issue with newbies dying often in their favorite ride and causing everyone to suffer, well then offer to help them improve.. or hey, add some rank system.

Speaking of rank system thats a good idea in general barring any other changes. At the beginning of each campaign everyone starts at rank 0 or whatever you want to call it. As you gain rank by success you gain access to more 'newer' aircraft. This would almost model the actual progression of aircraft in ww2 as well. Although you'd probably need either bigger maps or make it harder to capture bases so we'd actually make it to the later tier fighters/bombers but hey. If you really want to get hardcore you could make seperate trees for fighters/bomber/attack 'sorties' and limit access -- attack ranked players get the good ground attack aircraft and dive bombers -- bomber ranks get the bombers esp the heavier ones and fighter of course gets the fighters.

[ded]

When I fly bombers, I love when someone climbs up to shoot at me.  It's free kills!