Mission Ace Awards

[winged iris]

Okay, so some people (me included) want to make the sorties without respawning to feel a bit more special. So how about this:

Have an ace award that is basically a star, or wings, or some other neat looking icon that appears by your nickname each time you score 6 kills without respawning. It would change colour depending on how many aces you got, so you could collect multiple aces in one mission. They wouldnt be bound to your profile, so it would reset each mission. I guess its a bit like an MVP award, except there could be multiple MVPs in each game. Anyway:

Bronze Ace - score 6 A2A kills without respawning
Silver Ace - score 12
Gold Ace - score 18

Same could be applied to ground pounding but maybe with (example numbers) 10 being bronze, 20 for silver and 30 for gold, since ground units are much easier to kill. Maybe exclude the nukes from this, too.

We already have the points, which imo is similar, but with this players could measu- I mean, share their achievements and compare them with others here on the server. This could potentially encourage proper taxiing to ammo trucks and setting up resupply containers in more remote areas of the map (highway runways). Again, totally optional and for people who want a bit more roleplay.

Maybe you could even have a breakdown of how many aces you collected per airframe somewhere in the map view menu.

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[winter ether]

I like the idea.
However, if the idea is to encourage proper rtb instead of ditching your low cost airframe to respawn and/or requisition a new one immediately, it should be tied to the "successful sortie" bonus instead of respawn.

Otherwise, nothing's stopping you from ditching your aircraft the second you achieve the necessary amount of kills. On top of that since respawning is the only way to adjust your loadout it would be unfortunate if that ended your streak.

Also, while tags are fun, they are only a minor incentive.
Would be nice if there were more of a tangible reward for successful sorties other than tags or money. Especially for slower airframes, that take significantly longer for proper sorties...

[winged iris]

Yeah, not being able to change loadout while resupplying is a big problem right now, but I assume that will change eventually.

You could change the successful sortie condition to stopping on the airfield or rolling up to the container/truck and resupplying. Same reward whether you hop out and respawn or roll to the resupply zone and stop. You just get a tag if you dont jump out.

Well, I guess you could grant some extra points and/or cash for taking off again after the resupply. Maybe tie the tag to the take off condition too.

[icy cloud]

I don’t really think the game fits this. More of a serious game than arcade.