Shooting chutes

[kvuo75]

What is silly and infantile are those that get so offended about shooting chutes in a game and post over the top, melodramatic posts crying about other people shooting chutes.

Indeed! And anyway, how often does anyone ever even see someone riding a chute? 99% of the time, they auger or .ef

wtf is the problem, again?

[Delirium]

If I see a chute, it tells me the person is far too interested in their score.

I gun down chutes as a rule for that reason, but I'm nice about it; I only use the .50 cal and not my 20mm on my P38 to kill them.

[Furball]

That was a great day.  Poor Juntt.

 

Haha yeah, the film was great.  The way he turned round just in time to see my 109 turn him into mush.  Wonder if that film is lying around somewhere...

[Guppy35]

It could be worse.  Shuffler and I still haven't recovered from the night that 4XTCH ran us over with a Tiger tank.  I was just trying to flag down a ride to the nearest pub.  Shuff with the 45 might have caused some confusion however.

[Nilsen]

I shoot every chute i see. If you are in one then _you have an agenda_. Afterall you can just exit your chute unless you are floating down to.....

defend a maproom
call out cons to your friends (FAC)
ping enemy planes on the runway for a laugh


I dont need a chute floating around and giving check6 calls to my victims 

[blkmgc]

I don't think I've ever been shot in the chute. Must not be in the 15 year old section of the game. <shrugs>

[valdals]

shooting chutes is a cowardly act. only 1 reason to kill a chute. prevent a base capture or trying to protect his map room. good sportsmanship is not to be a jerk and shoot a chute for the fun of it.

[Ghastly]

I usually pull the chute and float to the ground, and then .ef. It's NOT because I have some ulterior motive for doing so - it's partly habit from a prior sim where you didn't have a choice but to do so, and partly because it just feels "right" to try to get down intact if I can.

As I can only recall once when I've been shot in the chute in AH out of many hundreds of bail-outs, it's hard for me to understand how this could be a very big problem.  Maybe it's because people know who some of you are after they shoot you down, and can't resist?  Or maybe it's because it's not a big deal to me and I don't remember other incidents, but I'm pretty sure that if it happened very regularly, I'd remember.

It doesn't bother me though when it happens, or when people try. Especially since unlike other sims where when you hit the ground you towered, here there are ways a downed pilot can interfere, at least in the war part of the game.

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[Hap]

ping enemy planes on the runway

2 kills per magazine in the .45

[SunBat]

2 kills per magazine in the .45

Actually, u can splode 'em with one or two well placed shots right in the cockpit.  Talk about pissin' ppl off.  Personally, I wait for the perk planes, I get the most irritation for the least amount of cartoon effort that way. 

[Shuffler]

A person in a chute can relay alot of info. Ground vehicle positions, chk sixes.... on the silk still a threat!

[Ack-Ack]

shooting chutes is a cowardly act. only 1 reason to kill a chute. prevent a base capture or trying to protect his map room. good sportsmanship is not to be a jerk and shoot a chute for the fun of it.

Oh, please.  You are the last person that should lecture anyone about 'good sportsmanship'.  Do you even know the meaning of the word?


ack-ack

[Alky]

  Why shoot the chute? Let him float down helplessly from 25k and let him get what he deserves to be an alt monkey... It's more fun watching him whine "Please! Some one shoot me" then hearing him say "Don't shoot me! I'm harmless up here!"

All you have to do is "end sortie" while you float down, you're not helpless when in a chute. It still counts as a bail.

[Sunka]

Just for kicks ,and because of all the to shoot chutes or not talk on here i went on an offline mission and a few of the bot plane guys bailed.I was in a tempest and went at them i shot one of em (with canon) and he still lived a made another pass sprited his chute a bit (he was still ok) nicked his chute a bit with my bird,and my engine oil was taken out.(that's one tuff chute)And btw i did this offline because i dont shoot them in the game.Just a waste of good ammo for no good ression.

[Slate]

 I believe when you bail successfully your points are slightly higher than when it states "you have been killed". so killing an enemy is valuable to reduce his points.