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Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Neubob on September 19, 2007, 09:38:07 PM
Just one a month, to take off from a base off the map, to be awarded to the best fighter pilot of the previous tour.

One plane, full complement of weapons, two refuels and reloads, and that's it.

It'll be like the Ferrari Enzo. A pilot, if chosen, will have the option of buying this plane for all his perks. If not, the option gets passed down to the next guy in line. If he lands the plane, he gets his perks back. If not, well, whoever gets the kill is a rich man.

I think it would be great, and would have no drawbacks whatsoever.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: 5PointOh on September 19, 2007, 09:58:29 PM
:huh
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Cypher on September 19, 2007, 10:10:25 PM
what ever happend to Helldiver??
Title: Re: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: mensa180 on September 19, 2007, 10:11:47 PM
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Originally posted by Neubob
Just one a month, to take off from a base off the map, to be awarded to the best fighter pilot of the previous tour.

One plane, full complement of weapons, two refuels and reloads, and that's it.

It'll be like the Ferrari Enzo. A pilot, if chosen, will have the option of buying this plane for all his perks. If not, the option gets passed down to the next guy in line. If he lands the plane, he gets his perks back. If not, well, whoever gets the kill is a rich man.

I think it would be great, and would have no drawbacks whatsoever.


I love this idea.  

Bet you puffy ack would take me out if I ever got it.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: AirFlyer on September 19, 2007, 10:17:26 PM
I want to see an entire furballs worth of people chase after it (you's all know it would happen). :rofl
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Neubob on September 20, 2007, 01:48:33 AM
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Originally posted by AirFlyer
I want to see an entire furballs worth of people chase after it (you's all know it would happen). :rofl


dunno.... Supersonic in a vertical climb verses a max of 450 in a dive... Should make an entertaining video.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Tiger on September 20, 2007, 10:16:35 AM
Just vulch him while he's landing
Title: Re: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: SlapShot on September 20, 2007, 10:43:35 AM
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Originally posted by Neubob
Just one a month, to take off from a base off the map, to be awarded to the best fighter pilot of the previous tour.


Problem is ... we have no true way to tell who is the "best fighter pilot" in any given month.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Neubob on September 20, 2007, 12:40:05 PM
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Originally posted by Tiger
Just vulch him while he's landing


His base would be off the map, and unless the MiG pilot is a total fool, he'd see a dot following him and would either vaporize that dot, or just put on afterburners and outdistance him by a hundred miles.

Of course, anybody that does manage to sneak up on him would be deserving of the points.


As for the best pilot dilemma... Just open the option to buy to the top ranked fighter pilot of the previous tour--whichever tour that may be, and if he rejects, open it to the runner up. Once a month. I know this may not be the 'best pilot', but, statistically, it's what we have to work with.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Denholm on September 20, 2007, 01:21:39 PM
Sounds neat, this is where "Turning on your team mates" comes in.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Spikes on September 20, 2007, 02:15:00 PM
:confused:
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: RAIDER14 on September 20, 2007, 04:59:32 PM
(http://www.gifmaniacos.com/Star-Wars/tie_fighter/tie01.gif)
:noid
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: DaddyAck on September 22, 2007, 12:21:21 AM
HEHE, yeah a T.I.E fighter.... thats gonna work.
:O
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: hunter128 on September 22, 2007, 03:25:59 PM
TIE's suck

this would be much better(http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n5/hunter_128/deathstar.jpg)
:aok
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: DaddyAck on September 23, 2007, 05:39:08 AM
The deathstar1 was not as cool as the deathstar2, the later was able to target incoming capital ships where the predicessor could only destroy planets.   That being said my favorite piece of metal in the Imperial Navy is the Super Star Destroyer.  A fine example of which served as Lord Vader's personal vessel and flag ship of the fleet that massed in the Hoth system.
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Hazard69 on September 23, 2007, 05:44:03 AM
Nah, X-Wings rule all. I guess the No.1 buff driver then would have to be given a test drive of the "Millennium Falcon"?:D :D
:rofl :rofl
Title: A Mig 29 of with a helmet-mounted off-bore site
Post by: Laciner on September 23, 2007, 10:12:52 AM
"As for the best pilot dilemma..."

Pick a paid subscriber at random, make it one of the incentives to sign up. That way, no-one would know if the pilot was good or not. People would be encouraged to take on the modern jet, because there might be a chance that the pilot would try low-speed dogfighting with Hurricanes.

Alternatively, instead of a Mig-29 - which would involve rewriting Aces High to account for guided missiles, avionics etc - choose a gun-armed post-war jet plane, preferably one with as few electronics as possible. Such as an A-10, or a Vought Crusader, or a Hawker Hunter. For the bomber pilots, pick something post-war, but simple, such as a Vulcan or Canberra. Something that could be added without rewriting the game, and that isn't such a conceptual leap as a missile and radar-equipped technoplane.

It would also have to be able to land on Aces High's runways without ploughing off the end.