Perked load.

[Zacherof]

Buff horde? An excuse to use a Ta-152

[Rob52240]

there's always a group of people who try to compromise with the guy with dangerous ideas.

[Kingpin]

And I'm all about that.  Bomb and bailers and jabocide are the only two things I wish I could just obliterate from the game.  Ganging, hoing, whatever else doesn't bother me, but suicide bombers just annoy the crap out of me for some reason.

Wiley.

I totally agree.  I am of the opinion that this is the worst behavior in the game and most detrimental to game play.

I wish there was a STEEP penalty in place for this kind of activity.  If it were up to ME, I'd make it so that if you bomb-auger (crash, no critical damage, within seconds of dropping) or bomb-and-bail (bailed without critical damage to your bomber) you would lose the ability to carry ords for at least 12 hours in that arena.  (So, you could still go to the TA and learn how to do it properly.  )

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[masterjock]

Nothing is being "taken away" or "removed" by this suggestion, Zoney.  You still have the option of using what you want.   It's just like choosing to fly a tempest, -4 Hog or 262 -- you simply pay for the advantage they give.

In this case the suggestion is having to pay a few perks for the choice (advantage) of using 1000lb bombs on a fighter. You are still only "depositing" those perks, as you get them back when you land.  The idea is to have a cost deterrent for those who use (or mis-use, as the OP is suggesting) that load-out on fighter aircraft, especially when they are used so often in a kamikaze style of play.

As Wiley suggests, this is likely to encourage some players to chose something else (the next best thing), but that next thing is likely to be less overwhelming.  So I think this would actually improve game-play, as the mass Pony/Jug raids would be slightly less effective, and possibly less common.

I for one would much rather see hordes of 110's porking bases than hordes of Ponies and P-47s porking bases or playing CV kamikaze.

On a side note: Adding the ability to perk various load-outs, and show that cost in the hanger, could be an interesting feature in the game in general.  It could allow for a wider array of available load-outs (or aircraft features) offered in the hanger, with the traditional or more historically used (higher production) items being free and the more obscure or advantageous ones coming at a cost.

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Well said

[masterjock]

After reading this entire thread I am at a loss to understand why those asking for perked ordinance loads belive that taking something away makes the game any better.

Is it because you are GV'ers and are tired of being bombed ?

I don't have a pony in this race because I very seldom, maybe once a month, up a fighter with ords.

I do see many threads pop up where some folks want to take something from other folks who enjoy what is being attempted to remove.

Really dude 

[LilMak]

After reading this entire thread I am at a loss to understand why those asking for perked ordinance loads belive that taking something away makes the game any better.

Is it because you are GV'ers and are tired of being bombed ?

I don't have a pony in this race because I very seldom, maybe once a month, up a fighter with ords.

I do see many threads pop up where some folks want to take something from other folks who enjoy what is being attempted to remove.

Zoney, no where in this thread did is ask for anything to be removed. As a guy who almost exclusively flys Jugs, what I'm asking for certainly effects me personally. My wish is based strictly on diversity of gameplay. If there wasn't a perk system already in place the skies would be filled with nothing but 262s and 163s and the game would be pretty boring.

[sparky1]

+1 it would solve bish horde a little bit

[Zacherof]

Now if we could get bombs on my 262.