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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: eagl on February 02, 2001, 09:28:00 AM

Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: eagl on February 02, 2001, 09:28:00 AM: Oinks all!

Sorry for the repost, but this was buried under 40 flames so I figured I'd give it a new thread.

A small perk bonus would be a good incentive to flying missions. Actually, what would be cool is if everyone in a mission got a bonus based on a percentage of the entire mission's average perk point score.

For example, let's assign a 10% bonus.

Pilot one earns 3 perk points.
Pilot two earns 5 perk points.
Pilot three earns 4 perk points
Pilot four earns 0 perk points.

The perk point average would then be 3, so each player would get a .3 perk point bonus after the last person in the mission is killed or lands with a final perk point total.

HTC could obviously vary the perk percentages to balance things, or even have different bonuses based on the mission size or composition. A mission with planes AND vehicles might get a higher perk bonus, and very large missions might also rate higher bonuses. Since the bonus would be based on the results of actual participation, teamwork and skillful execution would naturally result in a correspondingly higher bonus award. Players could also end up receiving bonus bomber perk points after a fighter sortie if a bomber was part of the mission.

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eagl <squealing Pigs> BYA
Oink Oink To War!!!
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: Ripsnort on February 02, 2001, 09:44:00 AM: Its got my vote!
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: Sunchaser on February 02, 2001, 09:56:00 AM: It does not have my vote.

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When did they put this thing in here and WTF is it for?
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: funked on February 02, 2001, 10:07:00 AM: Good idea!
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: fd ski on February 02, 2001, 10:10:00 AM: Excellent Idea (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)

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Bartlomiej Rajewski
aka. Wing Commander fd-ski
Northolt Wing
1st Polish Fighter Wing
303 (Polish) Squadron "Kosciuszko" RAF
308 (Polish) Squadron "City of Cracow" RAF
315 (Polish) Squadron "City of Deblin" RAF

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Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: CavemanJ on February 02, 2001, 10:21:00 AM: I think it's a pretty good idea. Rewards those who get organized and work together.

Like our LW run on 35-32 last night. We had something like 16 190A8s and 6-8 109G10s, and succeeded beyond our planning (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: Frodo on February 02, 2001, 11:05:00 AM: Great idea.
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: AKDejaVu on February 02, 2001, 11:22:00 AM: I disagree with this for the same reason I disagreed with a "wingman" bonus in Warbirds. The mission should be the incentive for joining. The group of pilots offers a strength in numbers and organization that makes the chances of success greater. That in and of itself is why you should join missions. Not just for extra perk points.

AKDejaVu
Title: perk points for mission participation
Post by: LJK Raubvogel on February 02, 2001, 11:27:00 AM: Great idea. An incentive for newbies to learn how to join missions, and an incentive for others to plan and participate.