Sometimes I will land a plane, I have not seen it show up on the kill feed. Are there 2 different mechanics for carrier landing and landing on the map successfully?
Yes, succesfully landing still credits the enemy with a vehicle kill. They just don’t get the pilot kill, because he survives.
Carrier landings actually don’t change things. If you land and repair, then take off again, and then crash without taking any more damage - the last guy who shot at you from before still gets the credit.
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Good answer, I noticed you cannot actually, “land” on a non carrier, you crash but survive kind of deal. Heroes and Generals you use to be able to land fix the plane and get back at it.
You could even bait people out of the wood and give them a free slug.
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No matter how you look at it, planes are the most unfair part of the game in terms of frag scoring.
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The bombers are indeed the gift that keeps on giving.
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Landing provides no advantage besides the pitiful what 50… 250 points? Much more beneficial to get that on ground.
And i prefer it that way… there are maps like stalingrad where it is impossible to do such unless you land in the water and it is just wasting time… along with parachuting one soldier.
However i wouldn’t mind if it was made so the enemy doesn’t get the kill… i would then go out of my way to do it for select pilots.
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If you look at it from the scoreboard maybe… however the amount of XP and silver you earn is drastically reduced when farming in a vehicle.
And yes… who would have thought the tanks with ~70, 80, 90, 100 and 150mm cannons would have high damage output… and the planes ranging from multiple 500lbs to 2 1000lbs… or even just one 1000 in br2.
Actually, a succesful landing means you can respawn with the squad again after only one life, rather than the normal two.
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Hm… i was not aware of that… but it sounds familiar so perhaps last time this topic was discussed i was informed yet i find that so minuscule i wouldn’t remember… but atleast there is something to note besides the points
People do this in Heroes and Generals all the time if you were a top pilot because you had to be a dick when you were a top pilot by not letting the other guy get the leaderboard points. But, yeah that was my thinking land and rob the other guy of the kill as a reward.
I mentioned this before and i don’t really care what people think of it but i’ll do something similar… if a pilot i don’t think is deserving comes up on my i’ll just suicide my soldier and rob them of the points… for people who do nothing but sit in the plane it’s pretty funny when you can do that… especially if you lead them on a chase even 4k meters away just to do that.
I’m also interested to know, if an enemy pilot damages my plane and I start slowly plummeting to the ground, can I redeploy instantly and take another plane?
Or is this considered a crash on my part and I can’t use planes in the next spawn?
Any damage allows you to do that. I rotate 2 bombers and 1 fighter for that exact reason! Bomber to fighter, fighter to bomber, bomber back to bomber back to fighter. If you kill yourself in any form you cannot spawn any airplanes bombers or fighters. Same with environmental damage.
I very much appreciate when i’m on defense and another player likes to shoot my plane with small arms… you can get points but your team will just be more frustrated! B25, PBJ, P-47… Meteor and p80.
Got to do this once playing as US on dominant heights… i just couldn’t stop laughing.