Perhaps I did not explain properly when I mentioned 'honour' of course in RL as you rightly point out Badger there is no honour in dying for no reason, in that example you gave I'd rather bail than die with honour, only a Klingon would respect that
What I meant by my comment was that Westy has honour for the 'game' ie he knows it only a game, not life or death but honours his assailant by letting the guy kill him and get rewarded with the kill instead of .esquealing and stealing the pilots chance of finishing him for the kill. You never know that pilot might auger into the ground next to you trying to make a second pass in which case you can both have a bloody good laugh over it
With Aces High being flat rate its not costing the likes of Westy to sit there and await his death unless of course there is nobody around to finsih him and then nobody would expect him to sit there for 4 hours in the vain hope somebody might see him
Of course with the current system Westy would have to wait for the pilot to kill him to give that pilot the kill but what would be better is if as soon as the driver .ef'ed then the pilot would get the kill. Or perhaps you would rather bail and run across the terrain and let the pilot straffe you and kill you outright?
Perhaps we could have jeeps and other halftracks that could pick up stranded airmen and drivers who have bailed and take them home safe, perhaps have a radius in which if the airman/driver bails and there is not a friendly airfield within 2 miles or whatever distance you feel fair then unless he gets picked up he's counted as being captured by the enemy and the kill given to the pilot that shot him down.
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Except Tanks have no alternative like a Runstand does
Yes but you chose the tank, by choosing that ride you chose how you would navigate the map. If I had a mustang then sure I wouldturn for home if my guns were disabled and try and land safely, however it was my undercarriage and flaps etc shot to bit and I crashed trying to land that Mustang then I would expect to give the kill to the pilot that did the damage in the same way that if he shot my wing off inflight I would also expect him to get the kill when I bailed.
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Revvin
249 Squadron RAF
Tangmere Wing
[This message has been edited by Revvin (edited 05-01-2000).]
