Proposal

[Ghosth]

As it is now we have unlimited AC, can respawn as often as we have time for.

There is no real penalty for dieing other than score.

What would happen if when we logged on, we were allowed 1 of each plane type for starters. Fail to bring it home again, and you have to wait 48 hours for a new one to be ferry'd in. Bring it back badly damaged & it is tied up in the hanger for a while for repairs. How long would depend on damage.

You could then switch plane types if you wanted to keep flying, but your #1 ride would be unavailable for a while.

This would tend to balance the numbers of any single plane type flying at a given time. Lose all your planes & you'd get orders sending you back to flight school in the TA or SEA.

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Maj Ghosth
XO 332nd Flying Mongrels
 

[This message has been edited by Ghosth (edited 05-24-2000).]

[Citabria]

make the wait time 30 minutes for a plane you wreck.

that would be plenty  
this way you can take up a 109g6 instead of a g10 or a g10 instead of a 190.


a p51 instead of a p38

a yak9 instead of a la5.

[Voss]

No thanks. If, my 51 isn't available, I won't fly. Besides, how would you handle dumps? Perhaps, you ould limit the number of launches from a particular field, and for individual pilots. I would like to see aircraft coming up from dispersals, rather then hangars and skirts.   That would also give you something to practice strafing!  
 

[popeye]

Not in the MA.  There are already means to prevent instant respawn in the MA:  kill the hangars.  Also, planes can be "disabled" by killing fuel and ammo stores.  Successfully attacking a field should (IMO) require a group effort with the above goals.

In the (proposed) HA, there could be a waiting period for repair of damaged planes.

Here's a proposal for the HA:  One Life per Tour.  That would prevent "instant respawn", add "realism", and add "pucker factor".

popeye

[Citabria]

actually upon further thought...

you have to wait to fly from the same field after you die... say 10 minutes.

this keeps the instaspawn madness nonexistant. tankers will be much relieved for sure  

sure you can fly... fly whatever you damn well please.

but you just got shot to bits at the field you launched from... go to the field next to it.  

[flakbait]

Actually Citabria, that's not a bad idea. If you got nailed from F4, you'd have to switch to say F5 or F6 to get back up. This would prevent people from getting organized and attacking a target if they keep getting killed. Force them to disperse to other fields, give 'em a real taste of late war German life!

Flakbait
A man standing in the shadows of giants

[Ghosth]

Forceing dispersal to another field would certainly be fine. However it doesn't address the problem of WAY too many F4u-c's in the arena.

Ok so maybe a day is too long, call it an hour. ANYTHING is better than nothing. Give everyone a reason to fly to live.

[Pongo]

So if you died at Henderson field where would ya spawn to ...Australia?

[Replicant]

 

Originally posted by flakbait:
Actually Citabria, that's not a bad idea. If you got nailed from F4, you'd have to switch to say F5 or F6 to get back up. This would prevent people from getting organized and attacking a target if they keep getting killed. Force them to disperse to other fields, give 'em a real taste of late war German life!

Flakbait
A man standing in the shadows of giants

:eep:

What would happen when I get to 61?    

'Nexx'



[This message has been edited by Replicant (edited 05-25-2000).]