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Offline sparow

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Allow pick-up of ditched pilots by Jeep or M3
« on: May 17, 2007, 04:42:53 PM »
Hi chaps,

I thought that it might interesting to allow ditched pilots to be picked up by Jeeps or M3s.

You would have to wait in the cockpit until vehicle reached a certain point - very close - and then things would work like dumping supplies but inversely. Vehicle would open door, pilot would receive message that he could "jump" aboard and off they went.

Number of available seats for rescued pilots would be the same as for drunks, in each vehicle. Vehicle would drive to the runway, stop and pilots would type .ef. This way they would be able to land the kills they had, but the points would go for the vehicle driver as a "cab fare". Also, drivers would be very well rewarded with points for such missions.

In the end, everyone would be happy.
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2007, 04:48:43 PM »
hehe.. I can already see all the beggin and *****ing of pilots 25 miles away from any GV spawn that someone should pick them up, so they can land their precious kills. Of course nobody wants to drive that far... And so I see a lot of mutes for cursing and calling names on countrychannel coming :D
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2007, 05:01:43 PM »
This was discussed precisely nine posts below this one.
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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2007, 05:02:17 PM »
He, he...

Yep, but yesterday my squad mate and myself had to ditch our planes due to have run out of fuel and we had several kills to land. Also, we had a third squaddie that would pick us up if he could...

That's were the idea came from...easy...

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Re: Allow pick-up of ditched pilots by Jeep or M3
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2007, 06:29:54 PM »
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Originally posted by sparow
Hi chaps,

I thought that it might interesting to allow ditched pilots to be picked up by Jeeps or M3s.

You would have to wait in the cockpit until vehicle reached a certain point - very close - and then things would work like dumping supplies but inversely. Vehicle would open door, pilot would receive message that he could "jump" aboard and off they went.

Number of available seats for rescued pilots would be the same as for drunks, in each vehicle. Vehicle would drive to the runway, stop and pilots would type .ef. This way they would be able to land the kills they had, but the points would go for the vehicle driver as a "cab fare". Also, drivers would be very well rewarded with points for such missions.

In the end, everyone would be happy.


   .ef works too
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« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2007, 07:45:30 PM »
uh oh... here comes another dam argument.

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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2007, 08:11:39 PM »
If you can't pay close enough attention to your fuel gauge, what makes you think you should get your name in lights after you jump out of your plane?

There's other far, FAR more useful things the game needs.
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2007, 08:30:35 PM »
Holy Crap Sparrow.  I can't believe your the first person to think of this.  You prize?  A smack across the mouth!
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« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2007, 06:14:01 AM »
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If you can't pay close enough attention to your fuel gauge, what makes you think you should get your name in lights after you jump out of your plane?

There's other far, FAR more useful things the game needs.


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« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2007, 06:45:01 AM »
Cool idea, but doubtful it will get implemented.  Good thinking regardless.
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« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2007, 07:29:18 AM »
What a novel idea...
Here we are, living on top of a molten ball of rock, spinning around at a 1,000mph, orbiting a nuclear fireball and whizzing through space at half-a-million miles per hour. Most of us believe in super-beings which for some reason need to be praised for setting this up. This, apparently, is normal.

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« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2007, 05:38:29 AM »
yea and the further it is to pick you up the more perkies the driver gets paid... and then I get triple the perkies for strafing the watermelon outa both of ya's in my 109.....wudya say? :aok :D
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