That's exactly my point, Kingpin : some say "it's just a game, deal with it", but then ruining others fun with frustration by simply gaming the game and making them unsubscribe isnt the best way to keep a game we all love alive.
When i understand why some may do it once, or two times per day/week, we got some doing it all the time and those make new comers ask themselves "why would i subscribe/keep subscribing to a game that frustrate me when i log in to have fun after a college/work day" ?
The perks penalty for those who do it rarely won't be a problem : this system will only prevent those who almost always/always bail to continue their "fun griefing" imho.
For those that say Bomb and Bail isn't that common, I completely disagree. I used to fly late night west coast US time, and there are a lot of "hide and sneak" players on at those low pop hours, many of whom almost exclusively bomb and bail. Based on what I've seen and heard, one particular squad teaches and promotes it. And it is not just in bombers, actually. They do it in the bombers, then they do it in fighters (usually a deacking plane, like an La-7), then they do it in their goon. They almost always bail if intercepted.
I thought this was intended to be a combat game, but there are too many players I was encountering during my hours who only wanted to avoid combat and/or didn't care about making any attempt at surviving, let alone landing their sorties. I found it pointless to play during those hours and that is one of the primary reasons I unsubscribed from AH.
Fixing this loophole or "exploit" of being able to bail from an undamaged plane would help, IMO. It might even hasten my return to the game (not that just one subscription matters). But, I believe I'm not alone in feeling this way about this increasingly common play-style.
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Ryno
