Auto Switching Between Fighter and Attack

[cobia38]

How so?

 i,m wondering the same,if anything it helps the score tards

 

[Fish42]

i,m wondering the same,if anything it helps the score tards

Score Tards are already making sure they select the correct option. It will help the newer/don't care about score players rank higher.

I had a new player ask me why his fighter rank was so low (he was not that bad at shooting things down). Turns out he did not know that if your bombing/strafing then it hurts the fighter rank. I cannot blame him as its not well conveyed.

[morfiend]

How about just clicking on the button for attack or fighter? 

ack-ack

  Exactly,seems like trying to reinvent the wheel. As it is now you have the choice to select whatever mode you wish,the proposal seems to limit this choice,which is something I personally dont think is good for the game.

  I'm left to wonder what the motivation is behind this? Did the OP fly with ords and forget to select attack mode and scored no points? And because of this they want it to be automatic? Or is this about score and stopping players from flying in attack mode to protect their score?

  I ask because if it's a case of protecting the fighter score,all one needs do is up with ords and drop them on the RW,they are now effectively flying a fighter in attack mode and still protecting their fighter score.

 None of this matters to me I'm just curious as to what motivates a"wish" such as this.



    

[TOMCAT21]

+1 with the agreement that if you carry ords it defaults to attack and vice versa.

[Lusche]

Score Tards are already making sure they select the correct option. It will help the newer/don't care about score players rank higher.

I had a new player ask me why his fighter rank was so low (he was not that bad at shooting things down). Turns out he did not know that if your bombing/strafing then it hurts the fighter rank. I cannot blame him as its not well conveyed.

But that would not explain

This will greatly hinder the efforts of those that fly for score!

Because if you are really flying for score, you couldn't care less if a player that new choses the correct mode or not. Besides, that newbie would still up without ords in fighter mode and "hurt" his score by deackign a field or town...

[Randy1]

 . . . I'm left to wonder what the motivation is behind this? Did the OP fly with ords and forget to select attack mode and scored no points?  . . .

 None of this matters to me I'm just curious as to what motivates a"wish" such as this.

Nothing more irritating than have a good jabo sortie then realize you forgot to switch from fighter scoring to attack scoring.

[Slade]

Guys come on.  Those of you poking this KNOW the answer of course.  

Lets try it this way.  After a pilot achieves a high rank why would they ever switch (and stay switch) to ground attack?  Possibly, selectively switching to fighter when an environment is conducive to do so.  For those new\few that really dont know I say try it and find out for yourself.  

After realizing what this can do, some will be woohoo!  Others meh.

BTW I am a +1 on this wish.  If it can help new pilots all the better.

Its crazy behavior I tell ya!  


EDIT: Then again maybe I am wrong.  Maybe this has been changed. I dont fly for score\rank but follow the topic.