Pilot career

[Mister Fork]

I've seen a couple of ideas here that I like.  The SIMPLEST would be of course to have a generic set of medals, badges, ribbons, and awards based on your performance (getting killed is 99.99% irrevelant because it would only impact your K/D ratio).

I'm thinking version 1.0 is generic - just a bunch of stuff to earn - like silver wings for 100 kills, 1000 gets you gold, 10000 gets you platinum, and diamond for those who manage to get 100,000 kills. A mudhen badge for blowing up 10,000 points of stuff. A mudhen with gold bar for doing it in one sortie/flight.  That's what I'm thinking of.

You should be able to see your progress as you go along - set goals for your online activity - know that you need to kill 10 more tanks to get a ribbon, capture two more towns for a medal, or shoot down two bombers for a clasp.  All the awards and medals would be greyed out and your progress would be underneath to show you what you need to do to earn your awards. 

Version 2.0 could do it by country.  For example, Birtian, Germany, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union, and United States. Essentially you could have six different pilot careers to manage.  You could upload a picture of your face into it.  Make up a bio.  But it would be outside the game - you could link to it inside, but it should be web-based. But medals and awards earned are from the country aircraft your flying.  For example, if you fly all Soviet aircraft, you earn points towards your Soviet pilot. Etc etc.

[JOACH1M]

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

I had to do a temp run to get my points up 

[oboe]

I've seen a couple of ideas here that I like.  The SIMPLEST would be of course to have a generic set of medals, badges, ribbons, and awards based on your performance (getting killed is 99.99% irrevelant because it would only impact your K/D ratio).

I'm thinking version 1.0 is generic - just a bunch of stuff to earn - like silver wings for 100 kills, 1000 gets you gold, 10000 gets you platinum, and diamond for those who manage to get 100,000 kills. A mudhen badge for blowing up 10,000 points of stuff. A mudhen with gold bar for doing it in one sortie/flight.  That's what I'm thinking of.

You should be able to see your progress as you go along - set goals for your online activity - know that you need to kill 10 more tanks to get a ribbon, capture two more towns for a medal, or shoot down two bombers for a clasp.  All the awards and medals would be greyed out and your progress would be underneath to show you what you need to do to earn your awards. 

Version 2.0 could do it by country.  For example, Birtian, Germany, Italy, Japan, Soviet Union, and United States. Essentially you could have six different pilot careers to manage.  You could upload a picture of your face into it.  Make up a bio.  But it would be outside the game - you could link to it inside, but it should be web-based. But medals and awards earned are from the country aircraft your flying.  For example, if you fly all Soviet aircraft, you earn points towards your Soviet pilot. Etc etc.

I like #2, but would break it down by air force, not country - USAAF had different ranks and medals than USN.   Same for Japanese army air force vs navy.   Probably true for Britain too, but the only aircraft available is the Seafire so probably not worth it.

[Shifty]

I like #2, but would break it down by air force, not country - USAAF had different ranks and medals than USN.   Same for Japanese army air force vs navy.   Probably true for Britain too, but the only aircraft available is the Seafire so probably not worth it.

Don't count out the F4F F6F and F4U all were used by the Royal Navy. All of which have Fleet Air Arm skins in the game. Even one or two Hurricane MKIs are sporting FAA skins.
I like the idea of medals being service based as well.

[oboe]

Don't count out the F4F F6F and F4U all were used by the Royal Navy. All of which have Fleet Air Arm skins in the game. Even one or two Hurricane MKIs are sporting FAA skins.
I like the idea of medals being service based as well.

Great point, Shifty!

[badhorse]

Some of this may already be coded. Remember a couple of years ago HTC was two weeks away from coming out with a new way of playing the game. I disremember what it was called now but you had to go through training and you would have a pilot career.  I think you were also going to be awarded medals and rank.
In fact I think our new cities were first intended to part of that new game, but when it was shelved the cities were incorporated into our current arenas.

[Halo46]

Can't you just join or start a squad that hands out medals?   

[hyster]

some 1 mention kills earlier.
land 3 kills get a  Military Medal
land 2 kills and 2 assists get a  Military Medal
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land 20 kills get a Victoria Cross

finish the tour with 10% accuracy get the marksmanship medal
finish the tour with 15% accuracy get the "sniper" medal

take part in 5 missions in a month team work medal
create 20 successful missions in a month leadership medal

but set them at a standard where the lowest 1 is a little hard to get so its not a "give me"
and have them career medals.

also have them by country of the plane flown.
if u fly uk planes u get a VC
if u fly us planes u get CMH
that way u have 5 sets to collect i thnk nd maybe get people flying other plane sets.

[iron650]

The "sniper" medal seems more fit for GVs than for aircraft though.

[JOACH1M]

The "sniper" medal seems more fit for GVs than for aircraft though.

Or kill an enemy 1k out in a a/c

[Lusche]

land 3 kills get a  Military Medal   A lot of players would get several medals per hour. I would probably have hundred after one tour. Those requirements may have worked in the real war... but don't you think for AH they would be way too low?

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land 20 kills get a Victoria Cross Same here. We would have a absurd high number of VC bearers after a few tours.

finish the tour with 10% accuracy get the marksmanship medal
finish the tour with 15% accuracy get the "sniper" medal Easy to get for everyone (and I really mean everyone) who would like to have one. Fly one sortie in fighter mode, and attack the first set of buffs that conveniently comes your way. Then head home and fly the rest of the tour in attack mode only. Bam! hit% 30, one medal more.

take part in 5 missions in a month team work medal medals will be distributet like inflation paper money
create 20 successful missions in a month leadership medal What is a "successful mission"?

[mechanic]

dont like it, just drags us closer to the console market

[Lusche]

dont like it, just drags us closer to the console market

What would be so bad about it?

[The Fugitive]

What would be so bad about it?

It's not the consoles that are bad, it's the KIDS that come with them! 

[mechanic]

What would be so bad about it?

dweeb 1: 'Oh hey I need one more bomber kill to get this new uber award.'

dweeb 2:'Oh ok friend, I will swap sides for you and fly a bomber.'

dweeb 1: '♥'



dweeb 3: ' I need to not be killed for another 20 kills to get my timidness award'

dweeb 4: 'what you going to do?'

dweeb 3 'Fly at 30k all day and not fight at all if there is a risk'

dweeb 4: 'Oh good idea, let's all do that.'



dweeb 5: 'Hey noob, do you have your TBM HQ raid badge yet?'

noob 1: 'er, what... no, I've only just subscribed, what are you talki...'

dweeb 5: 'OMFG you suck noob. You'll never be good at this game.'

noob 1: 'I wonder what that WWIIonline game is like.'


And what Fugi said