Hitch-hiker vs. POW

[flakmgc]

Hello,

   I have been asking around my squad and the late war room and have been
getting nothing but positive feedback...

For a possible, upcoming patch make it possible for friendly
aircraft/vehicles to pick up other pilots/drivers who have ditched. This
would be able to let the "ditchee" get back to base and cash in points as
well as mimmick real actions that were taken in the war. Maybe for an additional bonus, count the extra body, in a plane, for
instance to be counted as an additional kill for whoever is lucky enough to
be in the area and take the shot.

Thank you for your time.

--
V/r HOWLR

[ImADot]

uh...


oh, nevermind.

[Noir]

not sure I get the drag 

[Reaper90]

Picking up hitch hikers?

I can hear the discussion in the O'Club now....

"Where's HOWLR?"

"Didn't you hear?"

"No, what happened?"

"Oh gosh, he left out of here yesterday in his M3, and never came back. They went looking for him this morning and found his M3 abandoned at a truck stop with him bound, gagged, and ...um... violated, stuffed in the tool box in the back." 

I know enough of my fellow knits..... I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable putting many of them in my M3 or Jeep with me! 

 

[Easyscor]

...
I know enough of my fellow knits..... I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable putting many of them in my M3 or Jeep with me! 

 

You must be thinking of Notch. 

[icepac]

sure....full stop landing within a certain distance for a certain amount of time before taking back off.

I guess the hotpad functionality could be modified and attached to a person chuted out on foot since it already has much of what is needed to achieve this.


Maybe the "attach as gunner or observer" dialog could also be used to implement this.

I guess they guy who bailed could get credit for successful bail like you do when you walk back to a the proper place but I'm not sure how the pilot who picks up someone would receive score.

[M0nkey_Man]

Picking up hitch hikers?

I can hear the discussion in the O'Club now....

"Where's HOWLR?"

"Didn't you hear?"

"No, what happened?"

"Oh gosh, he left out of here yesterday in his M3, and never came back. They went looking for him this morning and found his M3 abandoned at a truck stop with him bound, gagged, and ...um... violated, stuffed in the tool box in the back." 

I know enough of my fellow knits..... I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable putting many of them in my M3 or Jeep with me! 

 

[tmetal]

I fly the stuka more often than not and would enjoy the opportunity to land and pick up downed countrymen after using up my ord. After reading Rudel's book it sure seems that the ju87 was more than capable of landing in a farm field, loading up an additional 2 people and returning to base.  So a big +1 from me. You also have to wonder how many times during the war a downed pilot was picked up by a friendly vehicle and provided transportation back to a base or forward command center, either after he walked out of enemy territory or he bailed over friendly territory.

In game the pilot/gv driver who stopped would have to accept a join request from the downed pilot, and perhaps on planes like the 110 or stuka the rear gunner's field of fire would be reduced after picking up an extra person to help simulate the newly cramped conditions in the rear cockpit.  The downed pilot would get a "bailed" landing rather than a captured or ditched, and this would be awarded when the pilot who picked them up ended their sortie or if the rescue pilot is rearming then the downed/picked up pilot could then end sortie for the bailed landing.

  HOWLR, good to see a squaddie on the boards.

[gyrene81]

I fly the stuka more often than not and would enjoy the opportunity to land and pick up downed countrymen after using up my ord.

so you seriously want everyone to believe you would be willing to fly around "rescuing" people who got shot down and bailed without ending sortie...and you really think there is anyone who doesn't consider pop-tarts and twinkies an entree, that is willing to stand around long enough to be "rescued", when he could end sortie and get back into the fight in seconds...

get more sleep...the brain functions better with adequate rest.

[DemonFox]

He's not saying he going to fly over and save people. He is saying that if he's flyin over a pilot he will stop by and pick you up and bring you back to base to help your score. And yes I believe people who care about score will wait to be picked up.
<S> I like the idea and say +1 (All the more reason for the PBY!)

[tmetal]

I got 8.5 hours of rest last night, thanks for your concern.  I know that even if we had this feature in game right now most people wouldn't take the time to rescue a downed pilot or wait for a rescue plane to show up; yes I said MOST people, not all.  As I said before I would enjoy the opportunity to land and pick up a downed pilot AFTER using up my ord when flying the stuka.  With only pea shooters in the wings and tail, the stuka really has no reason to hang around after using its bombs. If a fellow countryman or especially a squad member was shot down near by, yes I would stop and try to pick them up while I was RTB. Believe me or don't, that is up to you. There was no call for a snide remark like yours other than to inflate your ego and post count.

[gyrene81]

i don't have to inflate my ego tmetal...it's as big as most everyone elses already.   

i know you don't care much about score as many of us don't...but you know as well as i do, or at least you should, that the only people who would really take any interest in "rescue" are the mini-generals who spam country channel looking for gunners or wanting to be a gunner...and seriously think about the amount of squeaking there would be with all the dipsticks who managed to get shot down getting pissy because no one really wants to take the time to go "rescue them" 3 or 4 grid squares away... if .ef or "end sortie" did not exist, then maybe it would be useful, the squeakers would have something else to do...but right now tank retrievers would be more useful.

[B4Buster]

The search function must still be disabled...

[Ack-Ack]

After reading Rudel's book it sure seems that the ju87 was more than capable of landing in a farm field, loading up an additional 2 people and returning to base. 

Ummm...you apparently didn't finish the entire section that described the incident.

After he picked up the two downed Stuka pilots, Rudel's Ju 87 was not able to take off and he along with his gunner and the two downed Stuka crew had to make their escape on foot of which only Rudel made it back to friendly lines. 

ack-ack

[Reaper90]

Those 2 guys he tried to pick up musta been really heavy. No wonder they didn't make it back to friendly lines, even on foot.

Dumb fat Germans.