Remove "kill" messages.

[AAIK]

The landing kill messages creates a culture of "have-to-kill-them-before-they-land" and increases the competitiveness in the arena unhealthily.

We already have the score command, so its kind of pointless.

[Ack-Ack]

People want to see their name in lights.

[Zoney]

-1

[Ramesis]

+1... what ack-ack said

[DmonSlyr]

-1

Would be detrimental to the game.


Making the game less competitive than it already has become will just destory the game. If you don't enjoy competiton, play in the offline or practice missions.

[TWCAxew]

Ah common this is such a cool feature. Go play FSO we have no kill landing messages there.

-1

[oboe]

I wonder if it would increase usage variety if say, for example, the system did not issue kill messages for the lowest ENY planes?

That's neither a carrot nor a stick; its more like the absence of a carrot you could get with some other aircraft.

[thndregg]

AH and its predecessors have always had this, and it's still a good bit of recognition decades later. No harm in it.

[popeye]

-1

I think the kill messages add interest to the game.

[Oldman731]

The landing kill messages creates a culture of "have-to-kill-them-before-they-land" and increases the competitiveness in the arena unhealthily.

We already have the score command, so its kind of pointless.

Well, so that the lad doesn't feel lonely, I've always thought that "Oldman landed 2 kills in a Barnburner IV" (I know, I know, fake news...) contributed to vulching and picking.  Whenever I see "Maverick landed 10 kills in a Spit 16" I know that the vulch light was on somewhere.  I preferred AW's "Oldman has been shot down" message.

- oldman

[EagleDNY]

No, it gives new players a feeling of accomplishment when they finally land a couple of kills and people start congratulating them. 

[Randy1]

I would WAG that less than 20% of plane players really put much emphases on landing kills.  That is to say downing the next red is the most important part of the game for most players.

When we had the great tank battles in AH2, it would be rare for anyone to land kills.  You stayed in the fight to the end.

[JimmyD3]

Dang it!

Now we're getting Political Correctness in the game.

[AAIK]

Well, so that the lad doesn't feel lonely, I've always thought that "Oldman landed 2 kills in a Barnburner IV" (I know, I know, fake news...) contributed to vulching and picking.  Whenever I see "Maverick landed 10 kills in a Spit 16" I know that the vulch light was on somewhere.  I preferred AW's "Oldman has been shot down" message.

- oldman

This is a step in the lessening of the issue.

People are getting too worked up/burned out by the game in general. We regularly have players who cycle in and out due to "too much".

[popeye]

Dang it!

Now we're getting Political Correctness in the game.

"KONG participated in 3 dogfights"