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Title: bomber kills/rank
Post by: flatiron1 on November 02, 2010, 09:40:14 AM
No big deal but just wondering why bomber kills are not figured into ranking calculations. Looks like if they were figured in it would give incentive to fight instead of going for max altitude or bailing.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Lusche on November 02, 2010, 09:46:48 AM
or bailing.

Bailing hurts your score.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: lyric1 on November 02, 2010, 09:53:30 AM
No big deal but just wondering why bomber kills are not figured into ranking calculations. Looks like if they were figured in it would give incentive to fight instead of going for max altitude or bailing.
Do you mean shooting down contacts with bomber gunners? Or just blowing some one up with a bomb?
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Pigslilspaz on November 02, 2010, 10:25:13 AM
either
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Jayhawk on November 02, 2010, 11:22:02 AM
I believe air to ground kills are counted, air to air are not. though I take pride in shooting down a con, I think it's done for a reason. Something you seem to miss is that bombers are not fighters (exceptions apply for some players, lol). Players aren't being rewarded for flying bombers like fighters, but rather flying them like bombers, that includes high alt flying.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: JOACH1M on November 02, 2010, 11:25:48 AM
I was wondering the same thing
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Lusche on November 02, 2010, 11:31:23 AM
I believe air to ground kills are counted, air to air are not.

No kind of kill has any influence on score/rank at all.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Yossarian on November 02, 2010, 11:39:58 AM
Wait...if I fly a B-25, and kill a fighter...that doesn't affect my score?  :huh
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Lusche on November 02, 2010, 11:46:02 AM
Wait...if I fly a B-25, and kill a fighter...that doesn't affect my score?  :huh

Depends on the score category you have chosen.

We are talking about bomber score, not bomber planes ;)
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Yeager on November 02, 2010, 11:52:08 AM
I admire these guys that can grab no 1 spot in all catagories day one and hold em for the entire month.  The score system still makes zero sense to me.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Lusche on November 02, 2010, 11:55:47 AM
I admire these guys that can grab no 1 spot in all catagories day one and hold em for the entire month.  

I canceled account mid-tour and ended up on the frontpage as #2 in attack   :lol
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Dr_Death8 on November 02, 2010, 12:01:19 PM
I canceled account mid-tour and ended up on the frontpage as #2 in attack   :lol

That's cuz you spent way too much time flying.  :neener: :salute
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Jayhawk on November 02, 2010, 12:23:10 PM
No kind of kill has any influence on score/rank at all.

Okay, I wasn't sure, my point still stands.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: LLogann on November 02, 2010, 12:31:45 PM
Been here, done this................ 

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,266451.0.html

Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: bagrat on November 02, 2010, 01:17:50 PM
I believe air to ground kills are counted, air to air are not. though I take pride in shooting down a con, I think it's done for a reason. Something you seem to miss is that bombers are not fighters (exceptions apply for some players, lol). Players aren't being rewarded for flying bombers like fighters, but rather flying them like bombers, that includes high alt flying.

whew good to know all the baby seal killing i do (bomb.tarding) is being taken into account :D
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: LLogann on November 02, 2010, 01:22:19 PM
No sir it is not, as Lusche has pointed out.....

whew good to know all the baby seal killing i do (bomb.tarding) is being taken into account :D

The only 5 stats scored in the Buff category are:

Damage per Death
Damage per Sortie
Damage Hit Percentage
Damage Points
Field Captures
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Jayhawk on November 02, 2010, 01:28:45 PM
I've never liked that field captures are part of the bomber score, I guess they had no where else to stick it.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: LLogann on November 02, 2010, 01:35:02 PM
Nor I... And I was thinking about that this morning when I saw the rainnman bumped me to #2 with his additional 2 goon captures......   :lol
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: Shuffler on November 02, 2010, 01:36:27 PM
Nor I... And I was thinking about that this morning when I saw the rainnman bumped me to #2 with his additional 2 goon captures......   :lol

Doesn't mean he was better or worse...... he just gets the yellow shirt for a short while.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: LLogann on November 02, 2010, 01:40:07 PM
(http://www.smileyvault.com/albums/signs/smiley-vault-signs-018.gif)

Doesn't mean he was better or worse...... he just gets the yellow shirt for a short while.
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: falcon23 on November 02, 2010, 03:24:05 PM
WELL,CONGRATS llogann ON making it to the front page... :salute
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: SWkiljoy on November 02, 2010, 06:03:56 PM
I canceled account mid-tour and ended up on the frontpage as #2 in attack   :lol
i noticed that...surprising how you can really see how one person can do soo much damage to the community...   :devil 
Hope to see ya back in the skies soon Lusche, you are missed sir.  :salute
Title: Re: bomber kills/rank
Post by: E25280 on November 02, 2010, 06:39:54 PM
I canceled account mid-tour . . . .

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