Trying to put up a big kill sortie by rearming requires you not to take damage.
I would be willing to implement repair, if it also terminated your sortie,and hence worked just as if you had towered out and back.
Fair enough, Hitech!
Please consider that there are also different situations where aircraft repairs are vitally needed, and perhaps even deserved, under some circumstances. Like for instance, consider the following scenario;
the "Why repairs are justifaible rewards[/i] scenario:
* A huge mob of enemy fighters and bombers have just hit your field, killing all the FHs and BHs and stuff. With bravery and fortitude, instead of just giving up the defenses (and go up at some other front where your guys are advantageous, like people are so prone to do these days), the few defenders actually stay their ground and put up an amazing fight.
Now, I know this isn't about realism, but frankly, were it in real life this would be an accomplishment equivalent to that of the Battle of Britain. Facilities are heavily damaged, but the defenders, with brave actions, have fended off all enemy action and saved the day. However, in the MA, such actions are hardly rewarded.
The enemies, despite suffering heavy (perhaps unacceptable) losses from the determined defenders, just reup at their own field and start another wave of action. However, the defenders, despite their bravery, have suffered a variety of damages to their own planes, but cannot reup due to the FHs being downed. They must land and rearm, but damaged aircraft are directly considered as casualties in this case(since they are put out of action and cannot repair even light damages), and the attrition ultimately favors the attackers despite the defenders suffering actually lower shotdown/KIA numbers than the attackers !!
Man, if this be the case, why would anyone stick around and try to defend something? Its only gonna be a prolonged slaughter as the numbers get thinner and thinner for the defenders with each (even lightly) damaged aircraft. Despite the defenders have put up a heroic, valiant, and amazing defense, it is the attackers that are rewared in the attrition game, and the guys who won the air battle are actually forever haunted by the
Pyrrhic victory, despite the fact that they have annihilated the first wave of attackers.
Frankly, I don't give a damn about kill streaks or what the scorepotatos want. Therefore, I don't mind if you just 'reset' all the kill streak values once the plane has entered 'repair' phase.
Also, I wouldn't mind if repairs are just limited to;
1) minor internal damage - such as patching up radiator/oil leaks
2) minor structural damage - ailerons, elevators, rudders, guns..
3) resetting the 'health count' or 'hip point' of a wing/tail/etc..
Major sturcutrual damage - half-wings, one horizontal stab shot off, engine totally dead and unfunctioning, etc.. - will not be repaired. Also, the repairs may take a long time.. maybe 2 minutes or something - a very risky thing to do especially when your field is under heavy attack.
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However, if such repairs do exist, then at least the brave defenders can settle down and do whatever repairs they can to their plane, before another wave of enemies comes in again.
Is this not a worthy reward for those who have put up the good fight and actually survived? There won't be any new planes upping with FHs dead, but at least the guys who have survived the onslaught now have a chance to regroup and start the defenses anew.
So, if that's what you have to do - resetting the kill count once repairs are started -
then please, do so HT! I for one don't mind that at all. Take away whatever kill streak the guy who wants repairs have amassed, but please, just give us the ability to repair planes at airfields. You know what.. add a "repair hangar" that can also be destroyed by the attackers.. Perhaps one for small field, two for medium, and three for large fields... so if the RHs are dead, then no repairs for us.
Also, I don't care if you make it that only one plane at a time is serviceable at the repair hangar. I wouldn't mind that at all. Actually it would be cool to see planes taxiing and lined up, and waiting to get repairs.. a scary and thrilling wait.. what if the bad guys come in and see all the planes lined up waiting for repairs??
So please, please!
* Take away the kill streaks!
* Allow only minor repairs!
* 2~3 minutes required for repairs!
* Make destroyable RHs!
* Only one serviceable plane at a time!
Whatever the penalties, just give us a repair hangar at the airfields and we will be eternally grateful 
Please consider it HT - some of us don't really care about the kill streaks!
