Author Topic: Enough ALready (Read 155 times)

Olgzr3 · « **on:** August 20, 2001, 06:35:00 PM »

OK..last week I lost at least a hundred bomber perks do to a disconnect and the one engine dead spin software bug.
I let that go..today I lost another arado do to disconnect..no enemy fighters within 50 miles of me.
Please improve on this..at this point for people like me..perks mean NOTHING! If I get disconnected with no enemy near me it should NOT cost me perk points when I have no damage!
To date...I have lost exactly ONE ARADO to an enemy fighter. I have lost count of them lost do to disconnects.
I know you guys are busy with updates and such..but this is kinda important, at least to guys like me.

Olgzr

SOB · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2001, 06:38:00 PM »

The problem is people who would ALT F4 in the face of the NME in order to avoid losing perkies. I think the system is fine the way it is...you only loose 1/2 of the perk cost of that plane if you disco without any damage.

SOB

Olgzr3 · « **Reply #2 on:** August 20, 2001, 06:43:00 PM »

SOB..I agree..It just seems to me that HTC could see if a enemy is anywhere near you when you disconnect.

Olgzr

AcId · « **Reply #3 on:** August 21, 2001, 11:23:00 AM »

It's a valid idea, but would probably require too much server overhead to check for nme proximity on all perk plane disconnects. But then again, if it was put on the Hosts end and the application detected a disco it could upload any nme proximity info for a perk refund. Ahh, but thats just way too much code-time for this issue IMO.

AKDejaVu · « **Reply #4 on:** August 21, 2001, 11:31:00 AM »

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SOB..I agree..It just seems to me that HTC could see if a enemy is anywhere near you when you disconnect.

Sure they could... but what's to stop someone from alt-f4'ing just so they don't risk being killed on the way home? Or figuring out what the "anyone near you" range is and alt-f4'ing just before a plane reaches that. Or, you were damaged by flack and lost an engine and won't be able to get that Arado by the enemy... so you alt-f4.

The truth is, people will play any game HTC allows. Right now its simple. I'd (personally) prefer it stayed that way.

AKDejaVu