would like to see kill tally keep rolling until..

[WhiteHawk]

It seems the only way to keep a kill streak alive and headlined
is to reload.  This really limitts the size of the kill streak.  
  Is it possible to roll the 'landed safely' kill streak until
 not 'landed safely'?
  I realize that not everybody is concerned with this sort of thing,
but it may be intersting to those who put a premium on
returning to base alive.  And I believe the best of the best
would surface with the highest kill streaks.  (not that i have to worry about this).

[Shane]

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
And I believe the best of the best
would surface with the highest kill streaks.  

best of best at what? being a weenie?

[WhiteHawk]

Originally posted by Shane


best of best at what? being a weenie?

hehe..ya.. u were one of the guys who prolly wouldnt be interested in this kinda stuff.  Even I can dive in a furball and
kill 2 or 3 people before i get killed.  Gettin the kills and
gettin home alive are what made the names  the
WW2 pilots you read about.  
  Thats what this suggestion is all about..Making names,
giving the game alittle personality and some character.
  I think its a minor adjustment that wouldnt hurt anybody.
And lets face it, a pelt is a pelt is a pelt, unless the guy u just kilt
had 65 kill streak.  
  Thnx for your opinion tho..
  All opinions are welcome.

[SKurj]

Whitehawk.. u want yer name in yellow text i guess...

but .. get to the top of fighter scoring, maintain a K/d ratio of over 10:1  and you might get a name.. not sure what it might be tho +)


SKurj

[Red Tail 444]

Originally posted by SKurj
maintain a K/d ratio of over 10:1  and you might get a name.. not sure what it might be tho +)

There is a name for those w/ k/d s over 10:1. They're called ,"Cherry pickers"  

[BenDover]

how about:

N S with K kills in P

N=Pilots name
S=Status at end, (eg. landed, bailed in friendly/enemy teritory, died)
K=Number of kills
P=Plane

Eg.

BenDover landed with 9 kills in Hurricane Mk I
BenDover died with 9 kills in Hurricane Mk I


that would have happened a couple of nights ago, if the game didn't do a random lock up:(

[blue308]

"cherry picking" is just as fun as furballing, for me. i don't get how "cherry pickers" are lowly life-forms in AH skies for some reason. Whats wrong with flying to survive ? anyways, imo introducing streak could be nice, i personally miss it since i left WB.

[WhiteHawk]

Skurj..damm right I want my name in yella text!!!  Rolling a
kill string aint gonna make that happen for me tho:(

From AW there were a cupple guys whose thing was to
'never get killed'.  Ones kill death rate was at least 100 to
1.  The other one, in 5 years of AW, i had never seen him get kilt.
There where squad missions planned to hunt and kill these guys.
Complete with defector spies to locate them.  the best hunters
are also the most hunted.  Everybody wants to be the guy who gets the guy who hasnt been killed all camp.
  I can say, particularly these two guys, were masters of the
game.  To think they couldnt 'turn and burn' was (for me at least)
a deadly mistake.  Thier defensive maneuvers were superb and
if u made any mistake, u died.    Who is the AH master?
Fester? vulcan?

red Tail 444..people w 10 to 1 k/d ratios are killers, plane and simple.  Yes, it makes me mad to be engagedd in a neat
tnb with someone and have a 190 blast my tail off, but thats
the way it goes.  I can call them a cherry picker as a float to
the earth in my chute, but i know that they are carving another
knotch in thier stick.

Would very  much like to see a rolling kill streak tally in yella
letters.  And I dont think it is that controversial that
people are gonna cancel thier subscriptions, i dont even think
anybody is going to change thier style to see the 'headlines'.
It can be done now, u just have to 'reload' to do it.  That i dont
understand.

[thrila]

Oooooo!!!! Me me me!! i want my name is yellow text.


tour 30 stats so far in the spit IX- 65kills     2 deaths.

I also want a large neon "Spitdweeb" sign hanging over my head too.

[Hortlund]

Originally posted by thrila
I also want a large neon "Spitdweeb" sign hanging over my head too.

Well, you and all other spitdweebs already have. The letters S P I T in the icon instantly tells everyone within d6.0 that you are just that

[thrila]

Thanks Hort, i never thought of it like that.

[Hornet]

How does having to reload limit the size of a kill streak? Your loadout is unaffected by the current fuel status at the field you land at.

[WhiteHawk]

well hornet..if u dont reload.  Your kills get tallied and u start
back at 0. ( as far as the yellow headlines are concerned when
u exit your plane and report to the tower.)  If there is no
action at the field u land at and u want to rack up some more
kills to impress the bottom feeders, u have to reload and
fly to where there is action, and hopefully your plane is suited
for the action.  So ususally, one just clicks the
tower and  transfers to another base.
  My suggestion would permit changing planes and fields
without starting the REPORTED kill tally at 0.
   In effect aces high just reports the kills for a particular mission.
  You can stretch that mission by reloading.

[Hornet]

That is why the current system is better, it does not allow guys to use AH's magic train transport system to hop around the map.

Because you're tethered, to an extent, to an area by your fuel load it makes for a better game of cat and mouse. As the kill tally moves into double digits its less about the bottom feeders, and more about besting the shark that is certain to come prowling around looking for you. I think that's as it should be.

[WhiteHawk]

thats a good valid point ,hornet.  But racking up kill streaks in
no way affects the strategy of others.  Just a personal choice.
  The AH magic train exists.  If we want to tether pilots, why
not force every pilot to fly to the base they want to launch from?
Or take a transport train or a flight?  
Reloading doesnt allow a pilot the freedom of choosing a
different plane, if the situation requires either
  I hadnt realized that there was any particular plan reguarding
the reported kills?  Maybe its already been discussed.
  I think that a cupple checkboxes that pop up at the end of a
mission would be a simple modification that would allow
a group of pilots to boast thier skills.  
  1:  roll kill streak [x ]
  2:  cash in and report kills. [ ]
  If the pilot rolls kill streak and gets killed, he gets no reported
kills.  No highlights, no headlines, no glitter.
  So the pucker factor comes into play.  And everybody could
choose to keep things as they are now by selecting 2:
or simply reloading.
  Anyway, thnx for the response.  I see not alot of interest in
this idea one way or the other.  So maybe I wait until the
next lightbulb 'dings' over my head:)