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Offline flakbait

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« on: December 18, 2000, 06:38:00 PM »
(taken from my reply to Karnak's post in General Discussion)


... Notice that ENY column in the hangar? That'll tell you which plane will be most profitable to shoot down. Figure since the criers say C-hogs and Nikis are all people fly, you can figure out which plane to hunt. This can get very bad. If you're out in an F6F, and a squad is out in  Spit Vs, they'll hunt your bellybutton down for perk points. Removing this ENY entry would help, since you'd have to take the time to figure out which planes to hunt in a given ride.

A theoretical example:

Axis vs Allies arena comes into existance. With this ENY entry you can calculate how many perk points you'll get per kill of a Mudstain in your 109 F4. So now every Mudstain driver is a marked target, constantly hunted by inferior 109 F4s because they are worth hella perk points dead. Mudstain drivers (Hangtime, etc...) now scream bloody murder about being hunted just for driving their fav plane. The reverse is also true; some guy flying a 190-D9 might end up getting hunted down by a gaggle of Spit Vs.

Creates utter chaos. It may not happen often, but it WILL happen. Every guy in an early war plane will have an easy time figuring out who to hunt for perk points. Same goes, to a lesser extent, for the vehicles. Someone who finally got enough points to drive his beloved Panther G tank would get his bellybutton hunted down by swarms of Panzer IIIs. Why? He's worth about 6 perk points dead to them. Granted, you'll see people finally banding together for protection. But you'll also see a sh^tload of kill-stealing; you got the wing of that Ta-152, but some other guy will blow it to bits, steal the kill, for a chance at perk points.

This is worse case scenario, but I won't fly in an environment such as this. The Ostie scurge will be gone, replaced by a gaggle of Zekes, Spits, and 190 A5s looking to rip into every higher-performing plane they see. Kill stealing will be at an all time high, and so will the whining. Everything that's near perk status, or that performs better than your ride, will be a target. An incentive to fight harder against that P-47D, but also a witch-hunt of sorts.

Believe me, the perk system may cause this degree of migrain. I just pray HTC can fix it before it gets out of hand.

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« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2000, 09:54:00 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2000, 04:29:00 AM »
Weee - Flakbait all you said sounds like music to my ears!!! What a challenge... hunt down P51s (mudstains?!?   ) in 109F4s... yeeehaw! Everyone flying early war birds insted of Chogs and N1K2s??? I can hear bells ringing!!!

Yeah, and if you got enough points for your favourite ride you have to fly it very, very carefully - as in RL... ONE life!!!

Ooooh - sounds really refreshing! Bring on the perk system!!!      
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« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2000, 05:57:00 AM »
As a derivation of this I see a major whine coming once it is known exactly how much "ENY-points" each plane is given.

"how could you have given the plane I fly X ENY-points. That is totally out of proportions with that other plane that is worth Y ENY. Now here is how I would make it...yadayada  

I am just glad I am not in the HTC staff's shoes and would have to nominate the "best plane of the war".
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« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2000, 07:44:00 AM »
Chogs, N1k2's and the parachutes that come from them allready are priority targets no ?

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« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2000, 08:06:00 AM »
 
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Originally posted by Suave1:
Chogs, N1k2's and the parachutes that come from them allready are priority targets no ?

As they should be  

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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2000, 12:48:00 PM »
Perhaps shooting a chute would result in points being taken away. Just a thought. It could really boost the player who bails near an enemy base to operate as a forward observer.

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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2000, 01:17:00 PM »
Naw, chutes are hard, they've one of the highest ENY ranking.  You'll have to shoot a lot of chutes if you want to spend a lot of time in perk planes.

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« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2000, 12:17:00 AM »
Would be nice if chutes have damage effects in 1.05 . If you shoot alot of holes in the canopy or sever the risers, the bailer plummets and splats. Or if you shoot him with a 50 cal or larger he is dismembered in great bloody chunks . Or if you're really a hot shot you could turn him into a fine red mist with a rocket . Oh yes, and they should scream as they fall .

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« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2000, 02:04:00 AM »
Suave,
as horryfieng as that sounds i like it, hehe, also it would be nice to fire a panzer HE round into the back of a M3 and see goon chunks fly about.

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« Reply #10 on: December 20, 2000, 08:36:00 AM »
I wonder if a C-Hog will be worth more than a D-Hog?

BTW, I don't see anything wrong with the above senario of early war planes chasing down late war perks. It actually should make things more interesting for a while until people fugure out it is very difficult to run down a P-51 with a A6M or C-202.

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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2000, 11:18:00 AM »
Hmm now i think about it...
perks may bring out more runstangs and jugs, aircraft that can fly high and fast, with which to stand at least a slim chance of catching that perk monster rundweeb  OOPS no thats just another 51,...  heh but seriously!


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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2000, 07:34:00 PM »
It'll be nice to see a group [maybe a Gruppen?] of 109s chasing down that Niki because he's worth points dead. Great change of pace! Also be nice to watch dive bombing runs on enemy structures and ships from an F6F's cockpit  

Kirin, ever since Ford [found on road, dead] took the name Mustang and stamped it on their new cars, I call everything with that name Mudstain. The P-51 is a good aircraft, but it's like just about every energy fighter ever built; screw up and the plane itself might kill you. Until Ford goes out of business, everything but my ride will be a Mudstain!  


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