Cool Down Time in MA

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Wasent it the other way around?

nope that's why I said it was wrong.....


at some point it got turned around in meaning

[wil3ur]

no offense but if you're flying around in a 262 looking for bombers, below 20k, i think points are more of a factor than "immersion". when i hunt bombers, it's at 30k in a ta152, 110g2 or 190d9, hour or more flying around actually looking for bombers, not lancstuka kamikaze dweebs in the horde at 5k. but that's just me, i enjoy the immersion.

Have you ever shot something down in a 262?  Points obviously are very NOT the factor.  If you want some vids of my 262 hunting I'd be more than happy to provide them.  Though I tend to stay between 12-18K.  Above 20K and it's performance suffers unless it's to conserve fuel and fly straight.

[AKP]

interesting...what era was that?

Ancient Rome...

[waystin2]

I am actually agreeing with Muppets here.  A hell 2 the NO.  I do not pay $15.00 bucks a month to sit and watch the fake sunshine in the tower.  Further I bail (land unsuccessfully as you say) regularly if a fight dissolves so I can immediately get into another.

[Guppy35]

Considering how many times I died fighting superior numbers last night, I'd have spent an hour of my 2 hours flying time in the tower

Nah, bad idea

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interesting...what era was that?

ya someone answered already....didn't see the question sorry

[Ack-Ack]

If this was put in place the OP would be spending most of his time in the tower waiting.  In any event, this idea is bad for one primary reason...it will encourage players not to fight.

ack-ack

[waystin2]

If this was put in place the OP would be spending most of his time in the tower waiting.  In any event, this idea is bad for one primary reason...it will encourage players not to fight.

ack-ack

I'd argue with you, but that might lead to a fight...    

[tmetal]

nope that's why I said it was wrong.....


at some point it got turned around in meaning

The way it was explained to me is this: thumbs up = death/use your weapon, thumbs down = life/sheath your weapon (just like ink said).  This makes us think that thumbs up was a bad sign back then (and of course it was for the downed fighter), but since this thumbs up/down gesture was used to determine the ultimate end to a bloody fight for entertainment of a crowd; of course the crowd would see a thumbs down as a bad sign because it was less fun to watch. So as far as the crowd was concerned thumbs up = good, thumbs down = bad. If you look at the meaning of the gestures from the perspective of the spectators (which if you think about it the whole thumb up/down was always just a way to play to the crowd), I don't think there ever was a switch in meaning of the gesture.

......aaaaaand -1 to the OP, I spend too much time getting shot down anyway. I wouldn't play if there was a respawn wait time.

[gyrene81]

nope that's why I said it was wrong.....


at some point it got turned around in meaning

should see what thumb up means in australia, iran, iraq and thailand... 

[caldera]

[Karnak]

Oops.

[Karnak]

Excessive penalties for death make people even more timid about actually fighting.

Definitely not a good idea.  Particularly considering that the flight out for offensive fights in AH already makes this game slower than most would like as compared to FPSs and such.

[Raptor05121]

Let me get this straight,

So your neighbor gets arrested for drunk driving and loses his license. What you're saying is that the cops should go to your house and everyone in the states house and pull their license too?

[RTHolmes]

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I hear Samir saying that in my head almost every dept meeting I go to


good idea for several reasons although 5mins is too long, 60s would be much better. it will never sell to this air-quake crowd though ...