Author Topic: no goony bird captures (Read 709 times)

Furious · « **on:** August 20, 2003, 11:42:11 AM »

Just a thought...

In addition to requiring 10 troops in the maproom for capture, why not allow 10 planes parked on the runway at once for 30 sec-1 min to capture as well?

If you can do this you have proven you own the field and we can all get on to the next fight.

Mini D · « **Reply #1 on:** August 20, 2003, 12:33:06 PM »

I'm all for it. It would give new meaning to flying an Me262 low and fast looking for goons... now I could make a pass down the runway occasionally too.

MiniD

ccvi · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2003, 05:51:37 PM »

Did you get that idea in this thread?

http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94509

I like it

APDrone · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2003, 06:34:36 PM »

No.

As it stands, there are only 2 things in the game a fighter plane cannot do.

Supply and capture bases.

The Troop transport function is the one vital role that those of us who suck at flying fighters can provide to our country.

Don't take that away.

Pooh21 · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2003, 05:12:31 AM »

Who wants a fun vulch session cut short, cause a bunch of strat dweebs slide their tiffies in on the runway.

ccvi · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2003, 05:20:07 PM »

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Originally posted by APDrone
No.

As it stands, there are only 2 things in the game a fighter plane cannot do.

Supply and capture bases.

The Troop transport function is the one vital role that those of us who suck at flying fighters can provide to our country.

Don't take that away.

Where's the difference of flying a fighter to a capped field to land it or fly in a goon? Actually it's much easier in a fighter than a goon, so someone who cannot do anything good in a fighter using it as a fighter can still use it to land enemy fields.

Chairboy · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2003, 06:35:46 PM »

We should also have ammo and fuel power-ups floating above enemy bases. Also, when you kill a plane, there should be a floating icon where the plane was when you killed it with the ammo it was carrying and maybe a thing for bonus points that you fly through.

loser · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2003, 07:04:26 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
We should also have ammo and fuel power-ups floating above enemy bases. Also, when you kill a plane, there should be a floating icon where the plane was when you killed it with the ammo it was carrying and maybe a thing for bonus points that you fly through.

werd

BenDover · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2003, 08:54:46 PM »

And there should be arches in the middle of a base you can fly through in the correct order to get twin wing blasters.

Shiva · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2003, 11:41:50 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
We should also have ammo and fuel power-ups floating above enemy bases. Also, when you kill a plane, there should be a floating icon where the plane was when you killed it with the ammo it was carrying and maybe a thing for bonus points that you fly through.

Then you'll just start getting complaints about the people who are stealing ammo and bonus points from the people who are actually doing the killing....

Chairboy · « **Reply #10 on:** August 24, 2003, 11:55:02 AM »

Oh, and there should also be turbo-boost powerups that make you go real fast for 10 seconds, that would be cool. That, and maybe a 'mega-bomb' powerup where you fly through it, and then the next time you hit secondary fire, it destroys all airplanes within one mile of you. All of these would definately help make the game better just as much as the original suggestion about fighters capturing fields.

ccvi · « **Reply #11 on:** August 24, 2003, 02:45:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
Oh, and there should also be turbo-boost powerups that make you go real fast for 10 seconds, that would be cool. That, and maybe a 'mega-bomb' powerup where you fly through it, and then the next time you hit secondary fire, it destroys all airplanes within one mile of you. All of these would definately help make the game better just as much as the original suggestion about fighters capturing fields.

You might think that capturing fields by landing fighters is completely gamey. It is not. It was actually done that way in the pacitic at least once.

Furious · « **Reply #12 on:** August 24, 2003, 03:39:48 PM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
...All of these would definately help make the game better just as much as the original suggestion about fighters capturing fields.

LOL, and 10 troops out of a looping c47 is realistic?

Chairboy · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2003, 03:57:15 PM »

Ah, a confession!

ccvi · « **Reply #14 on:** August 25, 2003, 02:14:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Furious
LOL, and 10 troops out of a looping c47 is realistic?

Looping? Hammerhead works best.