Ditching in a GV

[Dimebag]

Can we get a light that on the dash that turns on and off or a dot command to check to see if it's clear to land a GV successfully.  Landing out in the woods, no friendly field for 20 miles, thinking you're clear to land just to get a ditch in a Tiger is no fun.   

Dime

[flight17]

i second this!

[BaldEagl]

 

[Rich46yo]

4'th. Making it easier to tower out GVs would reinvigorate the GV war. As it is spawning into a contested airbase in a perk tank pretty much automatically costs you the perks. Most of all if your in a Tiger, which guys will follow forever just to get the kill. We need some kind of tower pad near a spawn or something along those lines.

I'm seeing less and less tanks, most of all perked tanks, in my IL-2s and I think the tower out rules are the reason.

I dont like flying my tank killers to GV bases out of respect to the GV guys. But if I cant find tanks any other way......

[flight17]

also, im going to add to this, but one day i spawned into a base in my t34-85 and reaked havok on that base, and got 20 kills(of tigers, panzers, m4s and other t34's), but the base i spawned from was captured 30secs before i landed back at the spawn. now there was nothing out there because i had air cover and they didnt see anything and i had killed all the gvs that had chased me. but when i "landed", i got a ditch. and to top it off i still ended up loosing perk points (which is BS!).

[Lusche]

I have a problem with that... it's nothing more or less like a super-radar that will tell you enemy presence for all purposes, not just landing your GV. That would help you to know about enemy GVs long before they can be seen or even heard. It makes ambushing enemy attackers quite difficult "Wait - there is someone near the town, my light on the dash just went on - There must be someone near town, don't move the m3 forward yet"

[Scratchman]

4'th. Making it easier to tower out GVs would reinvigorate the GV war. As it is spawning into a contested airbase in a perk tank pretty much automatically costs you the perks. Most of all if your in a Tiger, which guys will follow forever just to get the kill. We need some kind of tower pad near a spawn or something along those lines.

I'm seeing less and less tanks, most of all perked tanks, in my IL-2s and I think the tower out rules are the reason.

I dont like flying my tank killers to GV bases out of respect to the GV guys. But if I cant find tanks any other way......

I agree with this assessment being a predominate GV'er myself. And for not going out of your way going to a VH base just to kill us tankers I commend you. I personally haven't found the BIG bullseye on top of my M4 yet, and I know it's there. Seen enough bombs on me head.  But Lusche is right, would defeat other aspects of the game too much.

[AWwrgwy]

As you can now land successfully anywhere in a gv as long as no one is within 5k of you I would think you are now better off than if changes were made for say specific places where you can successfully land only.

Although it may take the guesswork out of things, it's pretty easy to land successfully now if you just take the time to drive far enough away or get someone to fly around and spot for you.

If you get a ditch then there was someone, somewhere, within 5k of you.  Drive far far away if in doubt.  It could have been a plane or someone bailed running around on the ground.

Also, always assume you will lose your perks every time you take a perk ride.  It's like Vegas.  The odds are with the house.  Even if you do land, it's not like you are earning more than one or two perks anyway.  Don't tell me you took a Tiger in order to earn perks....


wrongway

[Clone155]

I have a problem with that... it's nothing more or less like a super-radar that will tell you enemy presence for all purposes, not just landing your GV. That would help you to know about enemy GVs long before they can be seen or even heard. It makes ambushing enemy attackers quite difficult "Wait - there is someone near the town, my light on the dash just went on - There must be someone near town, don't move the m3 forward yet"

Good point, I was going to agree with this wish but you changed my mind

[BaldEagl]

As you can now land successfully anywhere in a gv as long as no one is within 5k of you I would think you are now better off than if changes were made for say specific places where you can successfully land only.

Although it may take the guesswork out of things, it's pretty easy to land successfully now if you just take the time to drive far enough away or get someone to fly around and spot for you.

If you get a ditch then there was someone, somewhere, within 5k of you.  Drive far far away if in doubt.  It could have been a plane or someone bailed running around on the ground.

Also, always assume you will lose your perks every time you take a perk ride.  It's like Vegas.  The odds are with the house.  Even if you do land, it's not like you are earning more than one or two perks anyway.  Don't tell me you took a Tiger in order to earn perks....


wrongway

IIRC HiTech said the magic distance was 5.5K in another thread.

Good point Lusche.

[AWwrgwy]

IIRC HiTech said the magic distance was 5.5K in another thread.

Good point Lusche.

OK.  As I try to be out of icon range of anything I can see in the air but will also throw the dice if I can't see anyone around.


wrongway

[stodd]

I have a problem with that... it's nothing more or less like a super-radar that will tell you enemy presence for all purposes, not just landing your GV. That would help you to know about enemy GVs long before they can be seen or even heard. It makes ambushing enemy attackers quite difficult "Wait - there is someone near the town, my light on the dash just went on - There must be someone near town, don't move the m3 forward yet"

I disagree with the OP's wish for this reason.

Ya its a bit annoying when you think your clear and get the "you have ditched" messege. But (unless your tracked or engine dead) you could just drive farther away from enemys until you KNOW their is no one their or run the risk of ditching.

[Dimebag]

I have no idea how the set up works in the game but I imagine if it can be set up to ditch you if you're within 6k(or whatever) of an enemy, couldn't it could be set to show you that you're clear to land only if you're 6k from the enemy maproom?

[AWwrgwy]

I have no idea how the set up works in the game but I imagine if it can be set up to ditch you if you're within 6k(or whatever) of an enemy, couldn't it could be set to show you that you're clear to land only if you're 6k from the enemy maproom?

Fog of war.

You don't know what's out there unless you already know what's out there.  Get a spotter.  Drive further away.  It's the gamble you take when you decide to end sortie.  Sometimes you land successfully while sitting on an enemy base, sometimes you ditch after driving what seems like forever.


wrongway

[Belial]

Just stay next to me I can garuntee everyone nearby will be dead.