curious...why is LA7 not perked?

[Bucky73]

If you are directing your post at me Slap well.....you couldn't be more wrong. And Kwaesa-I personally could give a rat's watermelon about what people in a internet game think of me as a virtual pilit. I'm looking to have fun and when I am playing a GAME one thing that irks me is ARCADE mode players that don't want to have to use their brain at all to play. What I would like to see is....(hang on for this, it might shock you) a REASON to stay alive.

It's just waaaay too easy to UP and DIE-rinse and repeat. One of the FEW ways to eliminate this is by using the perk system more effectively. I have stated it MANY times that not just the LA should be perked but many other should have perk assigned to them as well. Nothing extreme like the tempy or anything but SOMETHING to at least make you think about doing stupid stuff. The only reason we have now is to get your NAME IN LIGHTS showing that you "landed" some "kills"  so you can get some internet pat's on the back and proving to the community that once more you are a sooper pilit.
Hell, I have a ton of perkies but I'll admit even when I am using a C-hog or a Tempy I put a little more thought into what I'm doing.

I wish they would try it because I am almost certain it would improve gameplay dramatically.

Just looking to make the game a little better is all so.....bash away

[SlapShot]

Kweassa wasn't making the point that the La-7 imbalances the game.  He was making the point that a fair number of people think that because they can consistantly kill awful pilots in the La-7 that it somehow makes the La-7 a bad plane.

Only done to tell the other side of the story ... it's not the monster that most make it be due to the fact that most who do fly it ... don't really know how to "fight" it ... so all the fretting over it's "such a monster" is total crap. Yes, it's a good plane but it's not all that it's made out to be IMHO.

[SlapShot]

If you are directing your post at me Slap well.....you couldn't be more wrong.

Nope ... wasn't directing my original post to anyone in particular ... just the overall "theme".

[Tilt]

The only reason we have now is to get your NAME IN LIGHTS showing that you "landed" some "kills"  so you can get some internet pat's on the back and proving to the community that once more you are a sooper pilit.

I have always thought that a perk earning threshold of 2 perks should be reached before you get a system congrats message. Hence to get a congrats you have to land two kills minimum and two perks minimum. In this way the system bar is de clogged and folk motivated this way will either take the better earning ride or stay out longer.

Regarding the effect of an unperked Tempest I rather think those comparing dog fighting capabilities of various ac have missed half the point. Combining 2000lbs or ordinance with 4 x hispanos and the speed/ manouverability (and range) of a Tempest will make a horde tool extra-ordinaire. They would come over an airfield near you flatten it, vulch it and then run away when even vaguely threatened unless they wish to suicide you with a headon.

Imagine all the lethailty of a chog combined with the speed of a la7 let loose en masse.