The perk system, from a stand point of a few I spoke with online, looks like it WILL work!
I had 3 perk sorties last night, in 2 of the 3, I chose not to mix it up with low cons due to the fact that I felt a 2 kill sortie and LIVING was a "sufficient" success and rather than piss away 70 points, I chose to land the bird and get a non-perk plane instead.
Others I spoke with were curious, and also flew perkies last night, but felt that it was like driving a Porche in rush hour traffic, better to store it for another day, than fly it every sortie!
I have the perk points (roughly 1600 total) to 'waste' about 17 or 18, but why should I? All the other A/C can dang near do the same job as the perkies can!
<S> to HT and this (IMO) brilliant feature, instead of a stupid medal for a 5-kill sortie, I get a "medal" I can fly if I wish to!
Remember, just about every computer game is about 'reward systems'...HTC has brilliantly implemented theirs!
[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 03-09-2001).]