A hypothetical question for the crowd regarding kills landed messages...

[A8TOOL]

Are you saying that the satisfaction of having survived with 7 kills and half a wing isn't enough?  Does the landed kills message give you more incentive to survive that kind of fight?  Just trying to clarify it for me

Well everybody is different. For me there would be no reason to try to make it home if I could not get a landed successfully mesg. Adding kills to that mesg for that type of flight makes it all the better. Even without damage I like to see that I was able to make it home and scored more than 3-4 kills. If the mesg was not there and no extra perks were awarded for landing safely, I'd probably just ditch where i ran out of fuel, ammo or wing parts and just get a new plane.

It's just a game, not real life. I can have as many planes as i want and don't have to wait or walk far to get another.

[uptown]

That's it right there. Everyones mission is different. I think most peoples mission is to get as many kills they can and get home in one piece. Is that wrong?

[Chalenge]

I think most nits mission is suicidal or seems to be.

[Wingnutt]

I think a big part of the "gamy" things people complain about stem from the infinite lives we have in game,  I wish MORE reward and emphasis were put on surviving and returning home.  It would encourage people to fight and fly in a way more reminiscent of how it actually was done.  of course many people will grip that this would make players more "timid"  of course their definition of being "timid" is not upping froma  capped field so they can get easy kills, or someone is being "timid" when they run from a 5 V 1 fight...  of course that's really not being timid, that's just NOT being an idiot.

[Murdr]

I would say it's a social component of the game.  One is often alerted that someone they're friendly with is on because of a channel 6 message.  As I indicated earlier, the messages are also interesting to me to find out if either friend or foe were able to make it out of the situation you were both involved with.  It can also indicate a few things about a player when you see the frequency, plane type, and amount of kills in messages over a time period.  Generally speaking I like the system, and think ".squelch 6" is sufficent for someone who does not like it.

[Guppy35]

I think a big part of the "gamy" things people complain about stem from the infinite lives we have in game,  I wish MORE reward and emphasis were put on surviving and returning home.  It would encourage people to fight and fly in a way more reminiscent of how it actually was done.  of course many people will grip that this would make players more "timid"  of course their definition of being "timid" is not upping froma  capped field so they can get easy kills, or someone is being "timid" when they run from a 5 V 1 fight...  of course that's really not being timid, that's just NOT being an idiot.

But this isn't WW2.  No one determines the plane you fly or the mission you are assigned.  You aren't flying a 109G with 10 hours in it, and 10-1 odds aqainst you as the Allies are covering the sky with 51s and Jugs..  You aren't a P39D pilot flying against Zekes and Tonies that are always above you like a USAAF pilot in 42 was doing in New Guiniea.  You have infinate lives and there is nothing at stake.  You get to choose what you do.

If you are talking about a scenario, I'd agree with you.  One life means something.  But then again you have a mission, plane type, target, etc.

I'd argue that it's idiotic to not fight, since we do have infinate lives and aircraft in the MA.

[Wingnutt]

But this isn't WW2.  No one determines the plane you fly or the mission you are assigned.  You aren't flying a 109G with 10 hours in it, and 10-1 odds aqainst you as the Allies are covering the sky with 51s and Jugs..  You
I'd argue that it's idiotic to not fight, since we do have infinate lives and aircraft in the MA.

if thats all there is too it.. then granted, but there is more to the "experience" then the fight IMO..  that is what the experiences centers around, its the core, but its not the entire experience no more than the lead singer is the band, or the lyrics is the music.

people don't play for the fight, they play because its fun, and fun in this game can come in alot of flavors.  for me what makes it fun is "being there"  I.E. leaving my desk and sitting in a ww2 airplane and flying a mission..  of course 90% of the work at "being there" is on my end..  how much I can "get into it" depends largely on myself, not the game.  the game is just a tool (full of other tools *snark* ).  but every little bit helps.  I enjoy the fight as much as anyone, I promise you that.  but its only a piece of the pie for me. 
 

[crazyivan]

I like flying and getting kills in the game. I don't like that I get wtg's for only 2 or 3 kills so in a way i wish they were turned off until at least 5. When I

The mesg: Tools landed 7 kills in a F6F-5 with a 1/2 wing..... while eating a bag of cheetos , would be cool 

[kvuo75]

i dont like getting wtg's on country channel for 2 kills and in certain situations it's embarrassing. (as i tend to do, running out of ammo in something like nik or f4u1c)

but I use my k/d and k/s scores as a crude measure of my progress in the game over the last 2 yrs.  I try to stay alive, and land with kills.

[Hajo]

I try to emulate what a P47 etc. Pilot would do during combat.

Use his advantages, take into account the type and number of aircraft involved etc.

Kills landed are not important to me.  The fight, doing my best during the fight, and employing SA,

BFM, and ACM are.  Kills in lights not important.

[Megalodon]

I thought about mentioning this.  It was this way in AH.  Each of us have a person(s) we enjoy killing more than the average MA kill. For instance, I like killing Flyingfin. When I do, he either treats me to some amusing hate-filled text on 200 or ups a plane and comes right after me. Even when we are on the same team he treats me to occasional  snide remarks about how I am just a picker, can't fight, etc.  The guy hates me, although I don't reciprocate the sentiment.

 1BDSPADE is another favorite. Every time I kill him he cries like he just lost his dog, even if he was in the process of gangbaning a squaddie of mine.  It's beautiful.

You are a picker and you cant fight and Fin dose not hate you he just can't stand your lame style of pickho'nrun-play. 

[moot]

Can you let your pixel plane and guns do the talking or are you all about posting diarhea?  How about it, you or Fin set up some fights vs Steve instead of talking about it.

[uptown]

  It seems that Steve has hurt someones feelings too many times.

[moot]

Hell... I have 10 USD that say Fin and Megalodon couldn't beat Steve 2:1 in the DA.

[Steve]

Hell... I have 10 USD that say Fin and Megalodon couldn't beat Steve 2:1 in the DA.

I've invited 1bdspade to the DA a  time or three, he has always declined. He does his fighting with words in the text buffer. 
Fin is a nice guy, just doesn't seem to enjoy my company lol.