I agree with the whole airfield. You make it home you you should get the landing. We should get bonus points for landing a shot up busted up plane as well, rather than getting penalized for milking it home and missing the runway by a few inches.
One thing I do, is when I know a runway landing is not going to happen due to a missing wing tip or the like I put it down at the VH.
I also agree, we should be able to refuel at VHs, and craters in the runway should affect landing and takeoff. Although I could see this as a big problem when you have dweebs constantly bombing the runways so no one can fight and limiting the fighting is the death knell for this game.
The problem is the runway becomes nothing after that. People will never bother to line up for a good landing and that just gets gamey. If they made a grass landing tear the undercarriage off your plane, then they may have something.
Baloney, if that were the case you would see people landing anywhere and taxing to the runway. One of the most addictive things is landing a plane, especially in real life. There is not greater feeling than a greaser. I find this true in sims as well.
BTW what do you care if people don't use the runway.
I do agree there should be hazards if you are off the runway.