using your plane as a ghetto cruise missile is a effective strategy
one could slow it down by imposing say a 2 min CD on spawning another plane after dying in one
but outright stopping it is sadly impossible
Impossible? Not really. Just trade that 2min CD for a 2-planes-per-match limit, or similar.
The issue is not the damage of a crashing plane, the issue is the complete lack of any drawback whatsoever to doing it. A timer would not provide that drawback either, it would just make it more situational. And 2mins? Spoken like a true kamikaze pilot, harhar.
If you want to discourage certain behaviour, make it function poorly. Running out of planes would be analogous to the IRL reason not to do it. One might consider a similar mechanic for tanks, but there’s really no need… Those things die like flies on the small maps.
That’s almost surely the sign of oversimplified (I mean broken) maths and not a too strong bomb I think. If you’re behind a house and the breaking glass does not kill you, as long as the houses are simulated to be indestructible you should be protected. (After they fix explosion calculations, of course.)
yes, really. People should get used to it instead of complaining, its a game mechanic
Used to what? Did you even read our replies?
That’s why I said what I said. The way it works, it rewards bad piloting and instead of making the obvious fix to make the piloting an airplane thing a strict discipline they’re gonna do something to gimp vehicles directly.
And like I said, bombing on top of the AI makes me jump out of my braincase, man.
Have airfields for reloading and repair like War Thunder. And have airfields be the only safe place to exit a plane, if you crash without significant damage from an enemy have that aircraft locked for the rest of the match.
Might be a bit extreme but it’d make ground strafes less dense, but more meaningful and strategic, as well as rewarding taking care of your vehicle.
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I think an airfield would be a really cool addition to most maps. I landed my plane once which is hard enough on the bumpy map, then got out and my landing gear just snapped for no reason and it said I was out of the combat area… like FFS if I’m decent enough to land my plane at least reward me with being able to repair it!