2 Suggestions to make the game more fun

[JVboob]

I can vividly imagine the kind of 'names' it would end up with... 

LMAO!!!!

[EagleDNY]

1.  I can see picking up downed pilots, but I'm not sure it would be worth the time.
2.  Instead of base naming rights (because others in this thread are absolutely right that we would get some bad base names - which could also affect new players experience) - I could see instead a sign on the airfield that was updated with a "Courtesy Of: <squadron name>" that had the squadron of the last person to capture the field.  Something like the "Cross the Rhine with Dry Feet - Courtesy of the 9th Armored Div" sign they put at Remagen. 

[bustr]

Only the individual who dropped the troop or troops that captured the map room could be tracked for a name in lights. It would be the same function as the kills name in lights text message. If implemented, it would update a text board in the tower. It may not be a bad wish modified to the person who's troop or troops captured the map room gets their name in the text buffer just like landed kills text. It might start a bit of a competition between players just to get that message with their name at least once. Goals are good from time to time if people become motivated. Elvis and the Beatles motivated people for some time....

[RedBeard]

I think that in order to make pilot pickup meaningful, you need to have a bonus for doing it.  The only thing I can think of at the moment would be to reset the achievements if a pilot dies, and that seems pretty drastic.  However, it would make staying alive more meaningful.

[Chris79]

I think that in order to make pilot pickup meaningful, you need to have a bonus for doing it.  The only thing I can think of at the moment would be to reset the achievements if a pilot dies, and that seems pretty drastic.  However, it would make staying alive more meaningful.

Big perk bonus....it ought to work with those who don't have many.

[redcatcherb412]

A bailout option for disabled GVs. (tracked, turreted , engine out)

PITA to have your tank disabled not killed in town and have an m3 drive past you for the take.  A GV driver on the ground could shoot troops as bailed pilots do now.  Have the GV blow up after bailing like a crashing plane being bailed from. 

Of course give the GV driver a thompson SMG instead of a 1911 .45     

[lunatic1]

uhhh I'm not gonna sit around and wait for someone to pick me up when u can just tower-oh SNAP WAIT!!!! I forget some people are worried about tank and score, well excuse the heck outa me. you know I pay attention to my rank as a barometer has to how well I'm doing not ot out rank or win 1st 2nd or 3rd best player for a tour..just check my killed and bails. I bail outa perk tanks all the time.i bail my planes all the time...If I flay out 4 or 5k chasing a plane and he gets away I'm not gonna fly all the way back and land I'm gonna bail  unless I have kills..

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A bailout option for disabled GVs. (tracked, turreted , engine out)

PITA to have your tank disabled not killed in town and have an m3 drive past you for the take.  A GV driver on the ground could shoot troops as bailed pilots do now.  Have the GV blow up after bailing like a crashing plane being bailed from. 

Of course give the GV driver a thompson SMG instead of a 1911 .45   

seeing as how a M3 can run faster than a person bailing out of a tank is silly...if your in a tank in town you should already have your tank hidden and pointed at the map room..most of the tanks have turret mounted machine guns .50 cal or 12.7 and have inner turret and chassis or hull guns.

again its faster to tower and reupp-then to sit a wait foir a seaplane who then has to fly you back to some base. it's just silly but I do recognize  your right to make silly wishes-oops sorry

[redcatcherb412]

 I do recognize  your right to make silly wishes

Well the forum name is 'wishlist' ya know 

Some do just sit in the trees and attacking aircraft look closely for them to bomb them out.
But if you're tracked, turreted, engine out etc. having the chance to have the GV cmdr out on foot
could save the base.  We all see friendlies bail over the town or on a GV base from aircraft
just to try to cover the maproom. Trying to fight the take is what maprooms defense is all about.
A good attack crew will take out or disable defending GVs plus hangers so no respawns are possible.

Just seems all code is in place already to accomodate a man on foot armed, only the bail mechanism is missing for a GV.

[Rodent57]

+1
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minus Zoney's two negative votes

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[Zoney]

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minus Zoney's two negative votes

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+1

But then I also said no 3 times so we are at:

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[Rodent57]

double damn!

+20

[RedBeard]

Big perk bonus....it ought to work with those who don't have many.

You can't use a big perk bonus because people would purposely bail and use a friend to recover them just to farm points.