Planes on the ground at airfields as targets

[stephen waldron]

  Don't you find it strange there are no aircraft parked at any of the airfields in AH ?  I do.  In fact I bet MORE aircraft were destroyed on the ground in WWII than were ever shot out of the sky.  At least as far as the Japanese, German and Russian air forces are concerned.
   Nor do I think it would be a particularly monumental undertaking for HiTech to accomplish.  Especially since the aircraft wouldn't be doing ANYTHING except sitting there.  Heck they could get really fancy and disperse some of the aircraft on the perimeter of the the field in hardened hangers and camouflaged positions. You know.  Just like they do at REAL military airfields. 
   Now I'm going to anger lots of people by even suggesting these unmanned aircraft be counted as KILLS when they are destroyed.  I'm pretty sure they are counted as KILLS in real combat.  It should be the same in the game.  Don't you think ?

[Bronk]

When you learn how to take off from a CV we will talk, ok?

[NoBaddy]

Hmm, I'm thinking someone should write his own game.

[4deck]

Actually it could be a string like the barrack formations.    They just be bs targets, kinda like the water tower, but kewl for eye candy 

[Rino]

When you learn how to take off from a CV we will talk, ok?

If only those pesky destroyers would stop blocking the flight deck <sigh> 

[stephen waldron]

   I told you this topic was going to anger a few people and threaten some egoes and apparently it has. 

[Bronk]

   I told you this topic was going to anger a few people and threaten some egoes and apparently it has. 

The only bruised ego here is the one incapable of a cv launch.

Care to guess who?

[stephen waldron]

  Sure I could go into the TA and practice CV takeoffs and landings.  I've got one word for that.. BORING !  I could also fly into the only furball on the MA map after 11:30 at night and feed KILLS to the ego maniacs..  Same thing.. BORING.  I could fly around bombing hangers that will respawn in 15 minutes.  That's pretty meaningless.  And I've already got about 2,000 perk points I'm not using now. 
   Point is there's NOTHING at these airfields to defend.  98 percent of the maps aren't even being used in the MA after midnight.  It's furball or nothing at all.  But if ALL fields contained aircraft on the ground that could be destroyed and these aircraft counted as KILLS.  Well that's a whole different situation, isn't it ?   
   It would be in HiTech's best interest to make this change, because Furballing or the alternative Boredom, is RUINING the game for new players.   If "go train" in the TA is the only alternative you have to offer to boredom in the MA, something is drastically WRONG with the game. 
   

[SD67]

It's been asked about before.
Not a bad idea but altogether an impotent one, since destroying the flightline would have no tangible effect on the game.
If taking out the flightline somehow restricted the capability of the airfield then maybe, but since we can drop the hangars to do that, I cannot see it being anything more than a point farm.

[hubsonfire]

Stephie, you are priceless.  

[Rambo Fan]

Not only that but what is the use of spending money for useless decorations? Giving pilots the honor of getting a useless airplane as a kill, when MANNED acks are not counted as kills? You need to think before posting, nice try tho.

[Rambo Fan]

  Sure I could go into the TA and practice CV takeoffs and landings.  I've got one word for that.. BORING !  I could also fly into the only furball on the MA map after 11:30 at night and feed KILLS to the ego maniacs..  Same thing.. BORING.  I could fly around bombing hangers that will respawn in 15 minutes.  That's pretty meaningless.  And I've already got about 2,000 perk points I'm not using now. 
   Point is there's NOTHING at these airfields to defend.  98 percent of the maps aren't even being used in the MA after midnight.  It's furball or nothing at all.  But if ALL fields contained aircraft on the ground that could be destroyed and these aircraft counted as KILLS.  Well that's a whole different situation, isn't it ?   
   It would be in HiTech's best interest to make this change, because Furballing or the alternative Boredom, is RUINING the game for new players.   If "go train" in the TA is the only alternative you have to offer to boredom in the MA, something is drastically WRONG with the game. 
   

Heres my opinion on that statement of yours, pure B.S.. If your going to act like Valerio, please don't, this thread is worse than his first one. Besides, if you find AH so boring, why do you play it? Is it because you don't have any FRIENDS?

[NoBaddy]

blah blah blah.. BORING !  blah blah blah.. BORING.  blah blah blah.. BORING.
blah blah blah.. BORING.  blah blah blah.. BORING !  blah blah blah.. BORING.   

I could try reading the tripe you've been posting...but.....BORING! 

[Saxman]

Now I'm going to anger lots of people by even suggesting these unmanned aircraft be counted as KILLS when they are destroyed.  I'm pretty sure they are counted as KILLS in real combat.  It should be the same in the game.  Don't you think ?

Actually, no they weren't. Aircraft destroyed on the ground were just that: Aircraft destroyed on the ground. A victory was an aircraft destroyed in the air. Period. They were NOT supposed to be included in a pilot's victory total.

Boyington only got away with it because at the time the US was REALLY desperate for some positive war news, so they allowed him to claim a couple Japanese aircraft destroyed in a strafing run while he was with the AVG as victories because it was good press. However most modern totals of his victories omit these outright, or note that he had 3-4 "victories" that were actually destroyed on the ground instead.

They should be treated as field objects only, otherwise skilless dweebs like you will just run up their victory totals by strafing the flight line.

Maybe HTC can create a "grass" field smaller than the current small field, and use these in place of fighter hangars. If all the grounded aircraft are destroyed, fighters (or bombers, or whatever) are disabled.

[Motherland]

Actually, no they weren't. Aircraft destroyed on the ground were just that: Aircraft destroyed on the ground. A victory was an aircraft destroyed in the air. Period. They were NOT supposed to be included in a pilot's victory total.

Boyington only got away with it because at the time the US was REALLY desperate for some positive war news, so they allowed him to claim a couple Japanese aircraft destroyed in a strafing run while he was with the AVG as victories because it was good press. However most modern totals of his victories omit these outright, or note that he had 3-4 "victories" that were actually destroyed on the ground instead.

They should be treated as field objects only, otherwise skilless dweebs like you will just run up their victory totals by strafing the flight line.

Maybe HTC can create a "grass" field smaller than the current small field, and use these in place of fighter hangars. If all the grounded aircraft are destroyed, fighters (or bombers, or whatever) are disabled.

Yeah, I wouldn't mind that. Or it could be incorporated into an SEA map.