NOOOOOOOoooooooooooOOOOOOOO (HT plz)

[Kirin]

Can't believe it - just lost another 262 in a CDT - at 20k - was just forming up with some squaddies, no enemies near... connection rock solid - no host lost message!!!

Been flying without prob for 2.5 hours - just as I take up my fav. jet - poof 200 perkies gone - 15 perkies left! GREAT!!!!

We need a better system for the loss of perks. Like I said before:

If kill recorded. (e.g. killed, alt-f4ed when enemy near, crash when enemy near) --> perks gone

If CDT, disco or whatever without any ENEMY near: no kill recorded --> no perks drawn, or at least only a fraction!!!

I am damned...

[-ammo-]

Was the disco your ISP, or was it at the HTC server, or somewhere inbetween?

[pdog_109]

Just think of HTC as a drug dealer that sometimes goes bad (262 wise)

[eagl]

If there was no penalty for disco "deaths", then we'd see 262's go shwoopenhausen blowing all their ammo on the way through a furball followed by them poofing out of virtual existence on the far side.

That cure is worse than the disease  

[Voss]

He's talking about a "CTD" (Crash To Desktop) which can happen with 1.08 p.2 just by hitting "Roster" while in flight (not everytime, but it can happen).

[SOB]

<points at Kirin> LOL!  hahahahahahaha  

[funkedup]

It's just a simulation of the historical reliability of the Me 262 engines.  Every few hours it goes BOOM.    

Sorry you lost your perkies though.    

[ 10-24-2001: Message edited by: funkedup ]

[Gman]

LOL Funked, funny.

At least for me Kirin  .

[Saintaw]

<--- Has 201 perkies again... for the next 12 hours... will be back to 10 or so verry soon  

[Fariz]

I feel your pain. Something shall be done, because 200 is too many to be lost in such a stupid way.

I am sure system perk shall be revised, or 262 price shall be dropped, lets say, to 140. At least it will be less pain with losing perks.

I personally suggest it being this way:

If no pinged, more than 25% of fuel, no enemy closer than 5k -- then DTD or disco cost you 25% of plane perk value. (Those 3 cover most usual reasons for artificual disconnects: dammaged, not enough fuel to get home, or fast closing enemy).

If pinged, but not dammaged (no red line in dammage list), no enemy closer than 3k, 15% of fuel -- 50% of perks.

If dammaged, less fuel that 15%, closer enemy than 3k, -- 100% of perks.

This system is reasonable, should not be hard to code, and probably do not has a big gaps. Still you can lose 100% of perks while in disco, but at least it would not be so frustrating as it is now.

[Dawvgrid]

If i couldt,Kirin,,i wouldt give you my perks
,never use them anyway   enough for two 262
rides  .
Dawvgrid

[StSanta]

Still got 2700 perkies left. Expect they'll last til Friday afternoon  .

262 is cool  

not sure how to get around the disco problem though :/

[Kirin]

Voss is right - CTD --> no connection issue whatsoever! 1.08 seems to be prone to CDT - nevery had em (as far as I remember) before...  

eagl: Can't see your point - if a 262 blows through a furball guns blazing and after that egresses beyond 5k nothing could catch it anyway...

I like Fariz' idea - still harsh but much fairer than the system we got right now!

Funked Up:     Well, so I would like the same failure/jam rate for your Hispanos!!!    And Nikis engine of course...

dawvgrid: Hey HT - hear that? Small transaction - isn't it??? I NEEEEEEEED my drug!!!

Santa: Go away!  

conclusion: 2 262s lost to CTD, 1 lost to disco, 1 lost to killshooter, 1 to collision...  

   3 1/2     :   1 1/2
not my fault : my fault

Darn - give us Emil with ENY 50 rating so I can mass perkies...  

[AKSWulfe]

I lost a 262 to a hard lock up....

Third time I flew one- I gave up with flying it, I'll stick to the F4U-1...

Only time I've had a hard lock up- I think those things are prone to give you the fits.

Just stay out of 'em if you don't want to lose your perk points for right now...
-SW