Ditching.... needs changing IMHO

[diaster]

I know this has been gone over more than a few times... But Hi-Tech, please make a landing legit if it is on the confines of the base. I dead sticked into my field, made a very difficult landing and as I rolled to the side of the runway (that's when i noticed the usb failure on my pedals) I Missed landing quit a few kills, record for me btw and got a ditch. Undamaged plane on my field one foot to the side of the runway and its a ditch! as a note,w e are sorta simulating WWII, they had very few runways and back to base was back to base. Landing in town is more of a ditch (didn't make it to base) but on a city street its considered landing... weird and frustrating

[Ack-Ack]

HiTech has stated many times that it's not going to change. 

ack-ack

[Slate]

    A game requires certain aspects to be completed to score.
       Playing like real life?.........
   You got your plane stuck in the mud off the runway now some ground crew instead of repairing damaged aircraft has to fire up the fork truck and get you unstuck. Just be happy they don't stick you in a desk job while some noob gets your ride.

     

[Blooz]

As long and wide as the runway is, if you can't keep it on the pavement, you deserve the ditch.

This is something that can be practiced in the TA or offline. Practice wheels up landings on runways and carrier decks.

[Dragon]

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[Wiley]

If inside the airfield is a 'good landing', the runways will be for decoration, people will just smash to earth anywhere in the square and not have to worry about it.  Actually putting down on the concrete means you were pretty much in control of your plane on landing.  It's a reasonable requirement for the perk bonus/name in lights.

Wiley.

[lunatic1]

very close to being a #3

[68ZooM]

If people weren't so concerned about their scores the game would be a whole lot more enjoyable to play.

[shoresroad]

Where's the runway?



This would be something easy to change I would think.  Changing the small and medium fields to grass with a "good" landing determined by proximity (which is already in the game for other purposes) would make things more realistic and offer more variety in field types being both grass and other materials (ie: concrete or steel mesh, etc).

Putting my wheels on the concrete path at a VH base for a "good" landing is ridiculous

[LCADolby]

Rule #15 - David Wales wish/spam

[Oldman731]

Where's the runway?
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Putting my wheels on the concrete path at a VH base for a "good" landing is ridiculous

Fine for 1940.  By 1943 everyone (except for those at Horsham St. Faith) was using concrete runways.  Wiley's correct, there's no need to bother modeling runways at all if anything inside the base perimeter counts as a good landing.

- oldman

"Hey, that guy just landed on the bomb depot!"

"Looked good to me.  Could we put lights there so he could land it at night?"

[scott66]

As long and wide as the runway is, if you can't keep it on the pavement, you deserve the ditch.

This is something that can be practiced in the TA or offline. Practice wheels up landings on runways and carrier decks.

the aircraft has wheels? I thought they fell off after take off belly land every time it's faster..just be sure you're slow enough other wise you go BOOM!!

[kvuo75]

If inside the airfield is a 'good landing', the runways will be for decoration, people will just smash to earth anywhere in the square and not have to worry about it.  

and then they'll complain when they land "a couple feet" outside of the field itself.

[-ammo-]

I am of the opinion that a wheels up landing on the strip should count as a ditch.  In reality, a wheels up landing would likely take a strip out of commission for a while too.

[sonic23]

I am of the opinion that a wheels up landing on the strip should count as a ditch.  In reality, a wheels up landing would likely take a strip out of commission for a while too.

Landing gear is overrated