A thought on ditching perk planes...

[Mathman]

I know there are a ton of posts on this subject right now, but I just thought of something (I know, I know, thinking is something that the doctor recommended I stay away from, but I can't help myself sometimes  ).  Seriously though, I think you lose perks for ditching a perk ride.  I haven't had that experience yet, as 4 of my 6 perk sorties ended in my flaming death so I don't know if it is true or not.

The thought I had was this:

If you ditch, for whatever reason in friendly territory, how about losing half the points.  If you ditch in enemy territory, lose more than normal, i.e. 2 times or 1.5 times the cost.  If you ditched in R/L, your plane may have been salvageable (such as forced landing due to lack of fuel).  If it was in enemy hands, then they got a hold some very valuable intel.

Oh well, just a thought (maybe not even a good one, but hey, never said it was  )

-math


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[Saintaw]

Hehe reminds me of my 2nd Ar234 sortie, where Wilbus told me "Keep those JATO's Handy"...

Take off..."wuuuuuuuutwuuuuuuutwuuuut" (new Mitsu stall sound)....raise Gear...."wuuuuutwuuut!" and down I go for some reason...scatch the ground, and ditch...

I realised later on that I had taken off from the wrong field (had a little hill in front of it)

Aw we,, I can take it when I loose perkies to my own stupidity  


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[This message has been edited by Saintaw (edited 03-14-2001).]

[-duma-]

Wilbus would be one to talk about stupidity   I need to take a screenshot from the buffer of that film where he first tried to take off..

[texace]

Well...I don't think you should lose all the perks if you ditch in friendly territory. This could simulate your country driving to the site, loading the damaged plane onto a truck, hauling it back to base, and repairing the damage. You wouldn't be able to fly that particular perk plane for a few sorties or hours of game time to simulate fixing the plane.

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[Fishu]

 

Originally posted by texace:
Well...I don't think you should lose all the perks if you ditch in friendly territory. This could simulate your country driving to the site, loading the damaged plane onto a truck, hauling it back to base, and repairing the damage. You wouldn't be able to fly that particular perk plane for a few sorties or hours of game time to simulate fixing the plane.

Few hours...
I guess 'few minutes' since hangar takes 15 minutes