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Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: Paxil on January 03, 2001, 06:28:00 PM: Is it true you only get perk points if you land sucessfully? I like this idea... I really do... but... I think you should still get them if you land and refuel. I believe I had a 1 kill sortie... landed and refueled... took off and was shot down... and received no perk points. I think refueling should act like landing and perk points should be totalled then... or else no one interested in perk points will use the hot refuel/rearm pads, they'll just .ef and take off again. Granted... not a big deal really... but I kinda liked using the hot pads before... and now I won't if I risk losing my PPs.
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: Maverick on January 03, 2001, 07:03:00 PM: Fortunes of war. You were buried with full military honors and so were your perks. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)

Wanna save the perks, go to the tower.

Mav
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: Lephturn on January 04, 2001, 08:15:00 AM: I like it this way. Sure, you can hot re-arm/re-fuel a few times and run up the kill streak, but each time you risk losing more of those points. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) With greater reward comes greater risk.

The last two nights I have played, I ran one extended sortie the whole time. One was 5 kills and a couple assists in a Jug, and last night I managed 7 or 8 in an F6F and a couple assists. Near the end of that Kitty sortie, after I had re-armed twice, I was getting pretty damn tense! Nothing like increasing the pucker factor by daring to extend your streak and risk losing the big points payoff. Woohoo! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) <S> to Pig Wingmen who save my behind regularly! Oink!

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"A pig is a jolly companion, Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt --
A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale, Though mountains may topple and tilt.
When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you, When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
Though you may be thrown over by Tabby and Rover, You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
You'll never go wrong with a pig!" -- Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow"
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: Spatula on January 04, 2001, 05:35:00 PM: I agree with Leph. Kinda a "double ya money or bust" scenario.
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: Ozark on January 04, 2001, 06:10:00 PM: I had the same question Paxil....and I must agree with the current perk rewards system.

hehe...kind of tuff to get a streak in a Yak...(my favorite ride). (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/wink.gif)

Ozark
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: funked on January 05, 2001, 12:48:00 AM: LOL I had 12 kills tonight in a Spit V then I attacked a Lancaster with only my .303's left. Needless to say, I died and my points went with me. I wouldn't do it any other way though. Score is for pansies!!! (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: janjan on January 05, 2001, 12:55:00 AM: Uh what's the reward of refuel and not exit/relaunch?

Got 2 digits kill message in radio?

Is that something better than good score? ;-)
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: SKurj on January 05, 2001, 08:55:00 AM: You get your points whether u live or die, just a multiplier (1.25 i think) is applied if you land and exit successfully.

AKskurj
Title: Q: RE Perk Points & refuel/rearm pads
Post by: Dos Equis on January 05, 2001, 11:41:00 AM: You show up in the buffer with kill 12 and 13, and people WILL notice you.

I agree with Leph. It's like a fame game, put those chips on the table.

X2