Pilot career

[Dragon Tamer]

+1

As long as it's as realistic as possible.  Getting 5 air kills earns your a metal (depending on which country you were flying for) and if you get shot down before the 5 kills, you have to start over.  But if you are shot and ditch, that should count as a successful flight as long as you are over friendly territory.

[guncrasher]

+1

As long as it's as realistic as possible.  Getting 5 air kills earns your a metal (depending on which country you were flying for) and if you get shot down before the 5 kills, you have to start over.  But if you are shot and ditch, that should count as a successful flight as long as you are over friendly territory.

how many of those can we earn a month?  once you stay here for a few months then you begin realizing that medals are meaningless since everybody will get them.

semp

[Lusche]

As long as it's as realistic as possible.  Getting 5 air kills earns your a metal (depending on which country you were flying for) and if you get shot down before the 5 kills, you have to start over.

If we had such a thing last tour, somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 medals would had been distributed between the approximately 4000 players, with some pilots getting 30, 40 or more medals.  

In current tour, I would have 6 medals already, after only 7 days in tour  

[100Coogn]

I must really suck, my name is not on there anywhere...

Coogan

[Guppy35]

In WW2 the aircrew realized the medals were pointless too.  After a certain amount of missions they got the "Air Medal".   They referred to them as "Junior Birdman Air Badges", referencing something they got as kids out of Cracker Jack boxes or with a certain number of box tops sent it.

What we'd end up with here is some guy who never sees the light of the sun, with 7000 medals for hours spent wasting away trying to get them.  He'd probably be better off getting up from his chair now and then and walking down to the store for another box of Cracker Jacks.

He would get a salute too when he took out his prize

[Scotty55OEFVet]

One of the elements I like about the newer FPS games, is the element of accomplishments you get for your activities online.  Blow up ten tanks, get a badge.  Shoot down 50 aircraft with AAA weapons and get a medal. 

I think that this could be added to Aces High, similar to EA's Battlefield game series accomplishments (Bad Company 2 for example), that would give our players goals to strive for.

Battlefield is THE BEST Multiplayer Console game!!! Lol, I think its a pretty good idea. Rank isnt all its cracked up to be and I think this would give an added dimension that would be a boost to AH. Would give squads a somewhat scouting report on potential recruits and their strengths and weaknesses. +10 

[oboe]

Well maybe have the medal requirements non-linear - first medal is easy to get, second is harder, 3rd is quite a bit harder than the 2nd, etc. 

As you say after you've been here a while you realize earning medals is pointless, but it may serve as the extra incentive for some new guys to stay here long enough to reach that point?   

In fact it in small way, it might be considered something the new AH player has in common with WWII airmen - just as the real airmen came to realize medals were meaningless, so too, would the newby-turned-vet AH player.  If he stays long enough to become a vet, that is...but in the meantime maybe while chasing that goal, he's brushed off the pounding he's taken and stayed motivated long enough to become competent?

This might have some application in scenarios, too.   Medal requirements could be different, but pilots and air groups could earn distinguished service awards, etc.  Could build esprit-de-corps and and add the sense of immersion that Fencer and company are trying to encourage in scenario play.

[gyrene81]

i hate to be the stick in the turd but...how would this idea address the lame behavior from those who have been here longer than a couple of years? ...not just the way they game the game but the armchair general attitude too...over in warturds the ranking system was just another excuse for people gaming the game, as if attaining the rank of general actually meant anything...

sorry fork...human behavior/attitude being what it is, especially in ah...i don't see a use for it.

maybe as special recognition for things in special events...but that would be up to the people who admin the events and it would be extra work tracking things like that.

[JOACH1M]

+1, but make the DFC medal, or the highest German award in order earn them is to go a tour without 1 death in fighter...

[Shifty]

I like the idea Fork, it would work well if it could be implemented in the AVA or Scenarios where the emphisis in on a historical setting. Oboe has the right idea about the medals.

Well maybe have the medal requirements non-linear - first medal is easy to get, second is harder, 3rd is quite a bit harder than the 2nd, etc. 

[2bighorn]

tour without 1 death in fighter...

Holly cherry pickin' timid runin' promotion that'd be...

[fudgums]

I think its a great idea 


+1

[Guppy35]

+1, but make the DFC medal, or the highest German award in order earn them is to go a tour without 1 death in fighter...

Bad enough that you were picking in a Tempest the other day.  Lets not encourage it

[ScottyK]

 anyone play EUROPEAN Air War by micropose?   i think a set up like the career mode during that game would work, pick a side axis or allies, picke a specific squadron (if its available) and work your way up, upgraded planes would become available late in the war (same as in real life). You would do various missions, escort duty, fighter sweep etc.... if u bailed out over friendly territory u kept going, if u were killed u had to start all over. if u worked up to flight lead u could give give orders to your wingman or the squad.

[oboe]

I had EAW back in the day, but couldn't deal with the flight model.  Liked alot about the game though - the user interface - hangar shop, etc. Real top notch artwork.