depends on how this update goes if F14D is premium its joever
no one is touching ace thunder with a 10 foot poll when DCS exists
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this is a nice feature. one thing im curious about is if the “crashed” kill will count towards a camo unlock?
I love this idea. However, I believe 3km is way to far. This should be 1km maybe 1.5km max! Especially for Props.
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In TopTier, missiles fly all over the place, so it’s gonna be funny to see who gets the kill. :D
How about giving a kill to a player that actually tracks/threatens the crashed/ejected guy?
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Now do something about the losers camping their airfield and my soul is yours.
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Finally…
Neat. Question though, if the kill is now credited, will the “crasher” still get crew locked?
It might be worth considering for SAMs at least.
And even at lower tiers giving the kill to the nearest SPAA would help deter “suicide” bombing, and it’s not like SPAAs get good rewards to begin with.
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Yeah this exactly. Firing your SPAA cannons or SAM missile at an enemy and making them crash will still not gove you rewards.
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Very welcome change to the game,
Thanks Gaijin
(but also why not Sim?)
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Hey, we really need to have this in Sim… It’s more and more prevalent when you dogfight someone and get on their 6 just for them to see this, flip over and crash into the ground.
Dogfights in Sim are difficult (which is great) but when all of that work of knowing your aircraft, corner speeds, discipline goes to waste cause the other person lost his positioning and decides to crash is disheartening… I mean even a 1km radius would already fix a lot of these situations and promote fair play
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my main issue with this mechanic is if a player suddenly got packet loss and then crash, or worse that is GPU restart/crash when in the heat of dogfight (which is still at large and annoying to get it suddenly). Also 3km is wide for a dogfight radius and made worse if it’s you vs a big furball like 4 or 5 people heck even more than that or the entire enemy team ganging up.
or do it in ratio like you only give crash reward if it’s 1v1 or 2v1, more than that then none given.
and what constitute as maneuver kill, if some people already accidentally crashed on trees sometimes
More rewards is always better, it doesnt take anything away from anyone
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All good but spiteful people will still crash on purpose to either give the reward to someone else or to give you 50% less reward.
better than nothing
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Useful rewards for helping teammates via being close to support, bait, etc. were removed years ago… which required skill, but this stuff where no skill is required is added? Dumb.
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3km is defy far enough for someone to stray away in a dogfight. Ya gotta account for MiG-23s and Tu-2s that crash to deny kills whilst base rushing aswell.
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Why no crew lock?
Because it one of the most pointless outdated mechanic in game that’s far too easy to get around by just playing with another crew or nation.
It’s only a punishment for newer players, and then it’s a punishment for what exactly really?
This manoeuvre kill also really needs to be in sim, the mode that’s not really been updated for I dunno how long besides nerfs. Heck even a new map would be a start — it’d be the first new one in sim for around 5 years…
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You have a good point for AIR RB. In Ground RB especially for Props I personally think this is too far for a “maneuver” kill.