Assists

[Lusche]

-The first person to get hits on the plane regardless of damage gets the kill. 

Cool. I just can buzz high speed through a furball and just ping planes. No need to try to actually take them out, as most of them are sooner or later killed by someone else. I could rack up dozens of kills per sortie in a P51 that way without ever having actually to shoot someone. Picking Deluxe! Pray & Spray! No aim needed anymore!

 

[minke]

This is what I think will happen if you get something for assists......

Dweebs will make a full time career out of engaging 1 wing AC to score a few fraction perk points.This is the only way for them to get any coz their acm sucks so bad.
If you want the kill to yourself then flying in a horde is not going to achieve that. I have seen countless engagements where 75%+ of the defenders chase off 1 guy leaving the few disciplined guys to do the real work

just my thoughts

[BaldEagl]

-The first person to get hits on the plane regardless of damage gets the kill.

Nope.  Even as it is now, I'll sometimes get the first hits on someone, then let them go, knowing that when someone else finishes them off later I'll get the kill.  Sure, once in a while I only get the assist but more often than not I get the kill with almost none of the work but I do enough damage to assure myself the reward.

Why let skilless people claim the kills when they obviously aren't adept enough to cause the most damage?

You'de get people B'n'Zing through a furball hoping for one lucky ping on as many ac as possible.  Does that qualify them to be rewarded for the kill?  I think not.

[ToeTag]

This is kinda my point....Boom and zoomers can have their fun but their gonna get disappointed quickly when all they are getting is a denial on an assists.  Same could be said for your argument if they get there first... but it is kinda like 1 st to hit gets the kill anyway.  In the war kills and assist were detrmined buy the guys after watching the films or just on visuals.  Just saying it would be nice to be able to allow kill/assist awards or denial based on the conduct of a player.  This would kinda make the game more honorable and spur up some comradery amongst the people that play the game well to begin with.  Imagine being able to say yea man I pinged him first but you took him out heres your kill.....   Like that guy is gonna forget a six call the next time he see's you.  Squadies would live for this stuff....

[ToeTag]

This is what I think will happen if you get something for assists......

Dweebs will make a full time career out of engaging 1 wing AC to score a few fraction perk points.This is the only way for them to get any coz their acm sucks so bad.
If you want the kill to yourself then flying in a horde is not going to achieve that. I have seen countless engagements where 75%+ of the defenders chase off 1 guy leaving the few disciplined guys to do the real work

just my thoughts

minke your missing the whole point.  Assists would be awarded buy the guy who gets the kill.  If they are honorable then they may even give the kill to the guy who actually saved his arse.

[Spikes]

Cool. I just can buzz high speed through a furball and just ping planes. No need to try to actually take them out, as most of them are sooner or later killed by someone else. I could rack up dozens of kills per sortie in a P51 that way without ever having actually to shoot someone. Picking Deluxe! Pray & Spray! No aim needed anymore!

 

Like you don't do that already?

[ToeTag]

This is what I think will happen if you get something for assists......

Dweebs will make a full time career out of engaging 1 wing AC to score a few fraction perk points.This is the only way for them to get any coz their acm sucks so bad.
If you want the kill to yourself then flying in a horde is not going to achieve that. I have seen countless engagements where 75%+ of the defenders chase off 1 guy leaving the few disciplined guys to do the real work

just my thoughts

If the aircraft has only one wing then they are not going to get points, because the guy watching him go down after he has made him wingless will see it and not award points to the chaser.