They say the first step to a cure is to realize that you are sick. Okay, here goes....
I AM A SUICIDE DWEEB. I have been in the game for about 8 months, and I have died thousands of times. If you want to see the stats, look up "shubie". It's pretty sad.
I attack strat, even knowing that I might not survive.
I auger frequently.
I get shot down by the ack.
I get shot down by the kamikaze fighters.
I get shot down by the furballers.
I up at a vehicle spawn point many times to find and kill the campers. I get killed by the campers, a lot.
Heck, I get shot down by town buildings!!
And Boy oh Boy, do I have fun at it. Thank God this isn't real life. Thank God this isn't really like WW2.
Nobody out there is looking for the root cause of the high death count in the game. Do any of you really think that killing over THREE HUNDRED tanks in one month (last month for me) is realistic? I have news--it ain't. Here (IMO) is why:
1. Death is not final, here. Furballers, kamikaze fighters, and suicide dweebs ALL do things no sane person would do in real life, because of the incredibly high chance of getting dead. Remember, in WW2, none of us would have survived the first DAY, much less survive getting shot down several times a week. I looked at the stats for Furball ( Number 20 today, he has shot me down more than once), and he has a VERY high kill ratio (~7:1), 250 (!) fighter kills this tour, but HAS DIED 23 TIMES, and landed only (only is relative to real life, not my pitiful score, of course) 66% of his sorties.
2. Real countries ORGANIZE their armed forces. There is consistent training, a hierarchy, and common goals. We don't do that, because our purpose is to have fun, and people's ideas of what is fun differ widely. Nobody forces anyone to get in the game and play. Ever.
3. Real air forces plan their missions with things like high cover, escort, and stuff like that. That doesn't work well here, since everybody wants to do it their way. No problem, really. Enjoy.
In conclusion, I guess that I think that we have a pretty good game here, but we need to remember that it's a GAME, darn it. It ain't real life. It isn't even particularly lifelike. It is a simulation of real life activity, and suffers from a lack of fidelity caused by the limitations I listed above, and others. Could we make it just like WW2? Probably not, but if we all go under military discipline, get a couple year's training, and are willing to never ever get back in the game once we are "killed" the first time, then we can make it more like reality.
That's not what I want from this game. What do you want??