Pand, what are you trying to accomplish or fix? A sincere question.
Hey Mir, appreciate the concern!
At no point should anyone have intel or data of the "enemy country's" locations, attacks, etc. At the point a side swap has been selected, that person knows where the previous country's cv's are, any attacks in progress, etc, and can use that as an advantage. I have seen pilots on rook one minute, only to see them as Knit or Bish 20 minutes later in bombers 15K above sinking our carrier.
I'm hesitant to put another idea out here because it doesn't really matter anyway, but what the hell... go crazy guys!
Instead of having a 12 hour country switch timer, have a 4 our 8 hour 'request for transfer' to another country. Let me explain:
1. A pilot would put in their 'request for transfer papers'.
2. That pilot is unable to play in that "specific arena (LW for example") for the time identified for the transfer to execute.
3. Upon expiration of the timer, the pilot is officially transferred to the new country and allowed back into the arena.
This would reduce the abuse of the items identified above, as well as make a person think before they abandon their country and squad--- they can still choose to do it, they just need to schedule it.
If I wanted to change countries and I didn't want to 'wait' to play in that arena, I would stay on my current country until finished flying for the day, and then
'put in my transfer papers' and fly my new country the following day.