killshooter

[GodinagreyHoody]

This feature, imo, is a good one. It prevents gamey tactics like bombing friendlies and only killing enemies around them. I have suggested this in another game where there is no friendly fire and no killshooter. The bombers can drop bombs in the middle of and infantry battle and kill enemy infantry while friendly infantry do not get harmed. I think this is a lame tactic in a game that says they model 'realism'. What are your thoughts on the killshooter feature?

[ImADot]

Generally speaking, I think killshooter is a good thing.  Keeps guys from being tools by picking on someone and shooting them down cuz they don' like him or someting - if they want to grief him, they should switch sides and go find him. 

Down side to killshooter is if you're on a con's tail and getting ready to pump him full of lead, squeeze the trigger, and some noob or kill-hungry score potato swoops in to steal your kill and you hit him instead, you end up blowing parts off your own plane. 

[Mace2004]

It's a good feature.  In a pure sense, killshooter should be off for realistic play.  It's off in many special events for instance.  However, having it off in the MA would be horrible.  

There was another fighter sim I once played that didn't have it and you had to constantly deal with "friendlies" shooting friendlies.  Noobs who couldn't tell red from green or, even worse, the revenge guys.  You'd kill someone on the other side and he'd switch sides and hunt you down.  Many times the game was unplayable because of this.  Given all the childish Ch200 griefers and whinners imagine what it would be like.

[Sgtlead]

Everytime I log on, some noob is in a manned ack shooting my plane as I take off.  But I do agree also about the noob or not so noob that flies in front of you.  Ive been guilty of it on accident, and do try to stay out of the way if someone else has lead on the con.

[Dastrdly]

my fav is the guy that flys through you as you are blasting the con 2-400 in front of ya.

agreed MA would be totally chaotic more on side fighting than against enemy

[Becinhu]

It prevents gamey tactics like bombing friendlies and only killing enemies around them.

hate to burst your bubble but our bombs don't hurt friendlies. Killshooter only applies to bullets.

[RumbleB]

thought it was th title of a james bond movie.

[Nilsen]

Everytime I log on, some noob is in a manned ack shooting my plane as I take off.  But I do agree also about the noob or not so noob that flies in front of you.  Ive been guilty of it on accident, and do try to stay out of the way if someone else has lead on the con.

I do that sometimes when im bored, so maybe ive shot at you. Its good training, and ive gotten very good in the manned ack (sorry vulchers) 

[E25280]

Everytime I log on, some noob is in a manned ack shooting my plane as I take off.

What Nilsen said -- without the "I've become good at it" part.

My favorite, though, was when I was trying out the quad 40s on a CV, and the friendly I was shooting at started calling me all kinds of names.  I said "relax, I'm just practicing, I can't hurt you."  He then really flew off the handle and insisted he gets shot down "all the time" by "idiots" in manned acks shooting at friendlies.

I just  ed.

[dkff49]

actually killshooter only works gv vs gv or plane vs plane. if you are dying to ack then it is auto ack not manned. I love shooting friendly planes with gv's and ack, of course I mostly do this do people that I know (ie squadmates)

killshooter is definitely a great addition to the game but it would be nice if they would turn it off in the DA.

[CountD90]

actually killshooter only works gv vs gv or plane vs plane. if you are dying to ack then it is auto ack not manned. I love shooting friendly planes with gv's and ack, of course I mostly do this do people that I know (ie squadmates)

killshooter is definitely a great addition to the game but it would be nice if they would turn it off in the DA.

If you shoot a friendly GV with your guns you WILL do damage to your own plane. Ive shot at friendly tanks when im bored so i can put a ton of bullet holes in my canopy

[Tr1gg22]

hate to burst your bubble but our bombs don't hurt friendlies. Killshooter only applies to bullets.

That is what he stated

[rvflyer]

This must be the noob hang out, friendlies shooting friendlies,dropping bombs on friendlies, bored players
some one shooting friendlies with quad 40s, no wonder that game is going to hell in a hand basket. To many clueless
people/noobs that don't seem to want to play the games as it is designed to be played.

[CountD90]

This must be the noob hang out, friendlies shooting friendlies,dropping bombs on friendlies, bored players
some one shooting friendlies with quad 40s, no wonder that game is going to hell in a hand basket. To many clueless
people/noobs that don't seem to want to play the games as it is designed to be played.

Well when you get tired of all the hording, picking, and such people have to find other ways to entertain themselves. Don't see what the big deal is you're not shooting anyone down but yourself...

[dkff49]

If you shoot a friendly GV with your guns you WILL do damage to your own plane. Ive shot at friendly tanks when im bored so i can put a ton of bullet holes in my canopy

Won't argue this since I have not stafed many friendly tanks with aircraft but I promise you that you won't do any damage to yourself if you take an osti and shoot at friendly planes and you won't hurt yourself bombing a friendly gv and you wont harm yourself or friendly by shooting at their plane while you are in a manned gun.

I will need to test this theory of strafing gv's in a plane though.

This must be the noob hang out, friendlies shooting friendlies,dropping bombs on friendlies, bored players
some one shooting friendlies with quad 40s, no wonder that game is going to hell in a hand basket. To many clueless
people/noobs that don't seem to want to play the games as it is designed to be played.

It does not have to be noobs doing it. The game was designed to be fun and for me and my squad that includes doing stuff for a laugh and sometimes shooting at each other is good for a laugh. Love how someone can take a thread lilke this and turn it into a why can't you play the game the way I do.