sheesh laz gimme the chance to read the thread and answer!
I was thinking keep the present CV's as they are and usable by everyone.
Squads can pay perks to produce EXTRA CV's. Also if HTC agreed to it I'd like the squad owned CV's to be LIMITED in their airframes the same as a REAL CV would.
The public CV (same as we have now) would have no restrictions or limits they would remain EXACTLY the same as now. Only the purchased CV's would be limited to (40?) airframes and when they are all dead it automatically heads for the nearest port to decomission.
Curly I can understand what you are saying.If players want to keep their CV then they damn well had better protect it.I would agree with this up to a point. That point being the player who uses a bomber (say lancaster) to dive bomb with no intention of trying to survive and every intention of ruining others fun by sinking the ship. If like you say you use a legitimate tactic, level bombing or a torpedo attack I would have no problem losing my CV to it.I dont see why any vehicle or ship or aircraft should have some sort of concession in order to make it live longer.
Laz as for your point , about players not wishing to do standing patrols in order to fend off bomber attacks because of the sheer boredom of flying in circles with no action well there really i no answer, If you or others refuse to man the guns or protect the CV with a fighter screen what is your reason exactly for refusing curly his chance to play the game the way its set up? you wish to fuball but refuse to defend well im afraid thats your fault not curly's.
The point i made earlier is pertinant here though. If you have a squad of 30 or so players on your squad night and all are with you on your private squad CV they WILL want to protect it because it COSTS THEM if its lost. You will most likely set up a cap of 10 or so fighters to cover your very own CV maybe 10 bombers to attack your target and 10 escort planes. The CAP of the CV will indeed be less exciting than the attacking pilotsjob but then you and others in your squad will just have to do your time as a CV defender IF you want to continue to use it and not lose all your perks. It would definately be a whole different situation than the present one we have with undefended public CV's.
Maybe your squad is full of furballers who refuse to hang around and defend the squad CV? well guess what? you are not going to be using squad CV's for long are you
Maybe you will need to recruit a few of the types who WILL defend.
I for one can predict right now when i run into an AK privately owned CV I will be met by a standing fighter patrol. If you find my 113th lucky strikes CV you will see the same. True those pilots defending wont be having as much 'fun' as the others in the squad flying attack missions etc but they will be performing a REALISTIC job whch further adds immersion imo.Also we would take turns in doing so.
If your squad isnt prepared to do this sort of thing then , well, you are going to lose your CV and your perks real quick
As to the point about only an entire squad being able to afford a CV that could be adjusted according to what happens in the MA. If they all seem to be killed off too easily then they will have to be cheaper to buy until they are used a lot by various squads.
Think about it, you say it wont encourage squadron joining but to me, if I saw some squad sailing ships around that no one else can use I think I would want to join that squad so i too can use them.
btw curly and laz we shouldnt be argueing about it here because HTC havent even commented on the idea. It may be something they wont ever use or it might not be possible or desirable for HTC to use 'pool' perking. What we need now is someone from HTC to say if it might be used or indeed if its even possible.
