Originally posted by Schatzi
Speaking as a "noob" here.... Im not sure whats wrong about bailing and exiting flight? Its the quickest way back to tower and you still get the kill credit.....
Simply put... It would slow the cycle of bombers on a target. If you had to ride the chute down or go splat on the ground many people would think twice about taking bombers up, dropping their load, bailing and repeating the cycle.
Personally I hate tracking down a bomber group and having them bail the moment they see me. Out of range of both my guns and the prox kill. It's happened so many times I can't count them all.
And in old AH if you bailed and were smart, you didn't need to ride it down from 30k. I don't think ANYONE who's ever actually jumped out of a plane opened their chute at 20-30k. So in AH if you did open it that high, you deserved the long ride down.