I usually resist jumpin in to threads like this one, but couldn't this time. Coyote, to quote you, "IN REAL LIFE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD, MOST OF US FLY SIMS LIKE THIS FOR REALISM." Yup, and ask yourself this. If your plane were disabled (in real life) and there was a way for you to land without dying, would you not do it? Of course you would. And in real life, there were pilots who did this very thing, and not all were captured, thanks to the valiant efforts of various underground organizations. Is the ditch model unrealistic as it currently exists? You bet. But as in the "reality" you so loudly and rudely stand up for, a pilot takes advantage of any means available to SURVIVE. (I don't mean alt/f4, etc.) I bail often when shot down, but if I think I have a chance to land and ditch, I'll do it. Not out of cowardice, but as an added sense of realism (there's that term again) in that piloting a disabled plane to a survivable landing takes some skill and luck, even with the current ditch/terrain model, and just adds to the adrenaline rush that is Aces High. My best advice would be to lighten up, and before you start spouting "realism, realism, realism.." you need to realize that your criticisms are not based on a need for realism, but on a need for kills on a scoreboard. This type of childish name calling, whining, complaining, etc. appears to be worse since going pay, for reasons unknown. If you shoot him down, feel the satisfaction of outmaneuvering your adversary and removing him from action. You know you won, he knows you won, and that is all that matters. Your tirade on the radio just shows a great deal of immaturity, and is more suited to one of the first-person-shooter games, which are not in any way based in reality (which I also play a great deal of.)
Don't whine, just fly. If he goes down and out of action, move to the next target and forget about him. Simple concept really...
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