Author Topic: Of all I've read here might I suggest this? (Read 179 times)

AcId · « **on:** February 05, 2001, 03:12:00 PM »

I've read about people wanting a lot of things added/changed in this game. Most of which I read has to do with "Develop a HA!!", or "Perk this plane", and "Perk this vehicle", and even arguments on rolling planesets, add this add that add add add. While there is certainly nothing wrong with making your suggestions known I haven't really seen much on, dare I say, "Improving" the scoring system? Personaly I was a bit shocked yesterday when I barely landed my sputtering 51 and ended up IN the base only slightly off the runway to be classified as a ditch? I thought, WTF? a ditch? But, I'm here, I made it back.....maybe not with all my rivets but thats still a completed Sortie (maybe not succesfull, but hey). I mean, I was basically in the Center of the Base.

A similar issue, If some doofus nme augers near me and I never fired a shot at him guess who gets the kill? Yep, you guessed it, me. I've personaly done that when I was a 2-week-warrior. No rounds fired but if I augered, the closest nme got the kill and a good laugh. It's one thing if there was an exchange of gunfire, but why handout a kill if the recipient didn't have to lift an aileron?

Is this stuff being addressed?

Jimdandy · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2001, 03:22:00 PM »

Yes the ditch on the base thing is bad and needs to be fixed. It's not like you landed in a field 20 miles away. Even at that if it was on your turf they would just tow it home. I also have a problem with getting an assist and not getting any points. I got two assists the other day and landed for a big zero.

J_A_B · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2001, 04:09:00 PM »

Assists should count for a small amount of points. A sliding scale based on how many damaged systems the "assist" caused would be best, but a fixed fraction (lets say 1/3) is also accpetable.

And any landing whithin a field boundry should count as a landed flight

J_A_B

Spatula · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2001, 12:53:00 AM »

Agreed on the ditching at friendly airfeilds, thats the worst. Im hoping HTC is at least contemplating this subject, i've bought it up b4.

And assists should be 1/3 a kill IMO.

Jekyll · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2001, 02:10:00 AM »

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Originally posted by J_A_B:

And any landing whithin a field boundry should count as a landed flight

J_A_B

Then why bother to have runways?

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Hans · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2001, 03:43:00 AM »

They want you to use the runways.

They don't want people denying you a kill by augering intentionally when you dive on them.

Hans.

Jimdandy · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2001, 07:19:00 AM »

The runways on AH are fairly pointless. I the real world bombing a runway is on of the main objectives when attacking a field. I just know that it is silly to call it a ditch when your setting right in the middle of the field. If they want to get that technical about it you should have to park your plane in a parking area or in a hanger after you land. No one would park a plane on the runway.

AcId · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2001, 08:00:00 AM »

I see a bit of clarification is needed.

I can understand that they want you to use the runways and that they are there for a reason but my point is if I'm in a crippled plane and I slide off the edge of the runway but remain on the base it's still a ditch and the guy that crippled my plane gets a kill even though I made it back within the confines of my base. Just because a plane is not able to taxi back to the runway that may be a single yard away the pilot is penalized, why not just bail when you think you may not be able to put her down on the runway. I believe that is wrong and I think many of you will agree with me on that. A pilot should be given the chance to attempt to return to base instead of just conceding the fight. If your damaged and you make it back to base you should be rewarded not punished. I'm not talking about planes with one gun damaged either. I'm talking about the birds you gotta fight with just to get to fly straight.

Undamaged aircraft should use the runway and there is no reason to allow "UNDAMAGED" aircraft to land anywhere on a base. Maybe they should have to taxi to a hangar, I'm not against that but you have to consider "gameplay". I'm speaking of aircraft that returns that is unable to taxi. I'm sure the game code knows the difference between a damaged plane and one that is not, it's probably a matter of setting variables or flags.

Undamaged not on runway = ditch
Undamaged on runway = Landing
Damaged not on runway not on base = ditch
Damaged not on runway but in base = Landing (Or maybe something in between(a ditch without a kill))
Damaged on runway = Landing

[This message has been edited by AcId (edited 02-06-2001).]

Eagler · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2001, 08:18:00 AM »

You "land" with gear down just outside of base and you get a "ditched". But if you belly land on runway w/o gear you get "successful landing".. What's wrong with this picture

Eagler

Maverick · « **Reply #9 on:** February 06, 2001, 12:25:00 PM »

Here is a bit of "realism" added to this thread. Only the U.S. fighters and bombers had a dependance on prepared runways. The Brits and Germans used open fields for an airport. Why??? you can land and take off into the wind no matter which way it is going. No large prepared runways to repair when hit with bombs. Much easier to fill in holes in ground than repair concrete and asphalt.

I know the buffs did use prepared fields in a lot of cases but still grass fields were in common usage during the war on both sides of the conflict.

On this basis alone I think a landing inside of a graphically depicted field zone should count as a landing, not a ditch. All that would be needed would be a line drawn around each field visible from the air.

Mav