Make it instant death if bailing below 500ft

[haggerty]

Recently while trying to capture a port base we began to wonder why the base was not being captured after releasing our troops.  It soon became clear that the enemy was upping a storch and bailing in the hanger just so they could shoot the troops.  VH and all guns were down.  This is extremely gamey and should be addressed.  If you bail too low to the ground you should be towered instantly, if not, the paratroopers should be able to fire at pilots.
Yes you can destroy the Storch hanger but I doubt Hitech intended for that to be necessary to capture a base.

[Lusche]

Yes you can destroy the Storch hanger but I doubt Hitech intended for that to be necessary to capture a base.

Yes he did.
The FH was explicitly  added just because of the tactic you described. So it was intended to be necessary to be destroyed.

[Midway]

Well, there are some historical precedents... http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2005/KristinaArthurs.shtml

 

[haggerty]

Storch was added so that people could walk around fields with a .45?
If that was the intent, they should make it so the paratroopers can defend themselves.

[Lusche]

Storch was added so that people could walk around fields with a .45?

That was not the intention.

[thndregg]

(Sigh..) just blow up the hangar & strafe the maproom. No Storch, no pilot, no problem.

[haggerty]

(Sigh..) just blow up the hangar & strafe the maproom. No Storch, no pilot, no problem.

Yes, I know that is the solution right now, doesnt mean a fix cant be wished for.

[haggerty]

Maproom was strafed several times...those little men are hard to see when they are hiding in trees though.  Its hard enough to see a vehicle from the air, let alone a man hiding.  However when said man shoots his .45 at soldiers, the soldiers would likely know where to return fire.

[Midway]

Maproom was strafed several times...those little men are hard to see when they are hiding in trees though.  Its hard enough to see a vehicle from the air, let alone a man hiding.  However when said man shoots his .45 at soldiers, the soldiers would likely know where to return fire.

Not if they are drunks, as I often hear them referred to in game.

[Karnak]

Yes, I know that is the solution right now, doesnt mean a fix cant be wished for.

The FH was the fix.

[Nathan60]

why should it be insta death for stepping out and a storch in the hanger? Bomb 1 more hanger Im sure SOMEONE in the horde has the ords.

[Midway]

why should it be insta death for stepping out and a storch in the hanger? Bomb 1 more hanger Im sure SOMEONE in the horde has the ords.

+1

[haggerty]

You guys are just arguing for the sake to argue, its not so much I have a problem with people bailing and shooting troops, I suppose my problem is the paratroopers dont fire back.  Sure they shouldnt shoot down planes or destroy tanks, but pilots that decide to shoot at them should be fair game.

[Bruv119]

I usually attack ports with the jug N  and have made a nice bag of free proxies from vdudes who do it. 

they cant get far or close enough to map room before they are getting gunned down by 8x 50 cals.   Gamey yes,   free kills and target practice = fun 

[Babalonian]

Maproom was strafed several times...those little men are hard to see when they are hiding in trees though.  Its hard enough to see a vehicle from the air, let alone a man hiding.  However when said man shoots his .45 at soldiers, the soldiers would likely know where to return fire.

There are many ways around this problem already available in the game.

That said, I do feel (comparatively) 6VHs (at 2500 toughness each) in adition to the Storch hangar AND in adition to the manned and auto AAA (including the 17-pounders and two 88s) is a little overkill....  how many players, one sortie, is it intended it to take/capture a Vbase being defended by one (1) person or equal numbers?

It's something I'm always pondering and perplexed at... especialy given if its a large map in rotation, it takes a small (or larger) horde (aka: half-organized group of players) to take down a Vbase in a single effort, but these fields can be spread out 1-2 sectors from the nearest friendly airfield... so does that mean they should be harder/tougher?...