FFS its just an plane!!

[*Tsunami*]

[rant mode]

Wake Island, in theory should be very easy for the Japs to take. They have such a big advantage over the americans mainly the freedom to move about the map.

HOWEVER, for some reason, rather than playing the game, most JAP players would rather play, "Lets stand on the carrier and wait for a plane to spawn". Thats along with, "OMG!, they are taking MY PLANE lets blow them up!".

FFS they are only planes, GET OVER IT!!. If you really really want to fly the plane, I suggest helping with the LAND invasion, that way there is a good chance of capturing the AIRFIELD and you then have a greater chance of getting a plane to "ponce" about in.

This is the future for all public server, if there are airplanes there are going to be queue's of fools waiting for them to spawn. To get rid of this, the game is going to need a "pilot" class (only ppl who can fly planes), and limit the number of pilots to two..

Once there are two pilots, if you want to fly a plane, you can add urself to the pilot class queue, and when a pilot dies, if your next in the queue, when you die, you will respawn as a pilot near the planes.

[/rant mode]

[- Maverick -]

The only person in the MPUK clan that can fly a plane is me, and who ever I decide is the other pilot. The reason for this is so that people dont stand around on the aircraft carrier waiting for planes when the could be doing more useful stuff.

[Elbonio]

personally i prefer land anyway...

[Rmage]

As a nice thought some ofthe maps have no planes in them :D

[Mr Footlong]

Then he is going to get raped!!!!:p: :p: :p: :D ;)

Cheers,

Nick ;)

[phil]

It's annoying, but as long as it's not mpuk doing it then let them waste their time. Usually the people who do this are the ones who immediately crash into some inanimate object anyway.

I have taken to shooting team-mates I see waiting on the airfield regularly in any one game. The loss of points is worth it :)

[andyf]

Originally posted by - Maverick -
The only person in the MPUK clan that can fly a plane is me, and who ever I decide is the other pilot. The reason for this is so that people dont stand around on the aircraft carrier waiting for planes when the could be doing more useful stuff.


I take it you are still referring just to Wake Island? I've had a look at the Battle of Midway map this morning and it's gonna need pilots in the air constantly

[- Maverick -]

That is what I mean cuase. If u just spawn on the carrier u have a long wait to get to land from there and its really not a strategic point in guarding flags. Thats y the airfield is good due to while ure waiting u can help guard the base

[BatWick]

The ttactics for this map are easy

All the japs need to do is get 2 peple to jump into planes/boats, and go to the two outer villages, take them straight away, get the tanks, then move with the tanks inwards (split into two groups), backed up by infantry to stop people from attackin from behind with grenades/rockets, one they have taken the two villages, both converge on the airfield at the same time. But this is usually not possible because of a lack of propper players. In clan matches i have a feeling the Japs will win 80% of the time.especially since its so easy to wipe the yanks off the map, and they cant just go nd invade any base, they have to move on land unless they have the airfield. Tanks with sayt 2-3 infantry in support means curtains for the yanks

[SquireMuldoon]

In a proper game, the Japs would never be given the opportunity to take the starting tanks. They may contest the flags, but the Allies should have taken the tanks well before the Japs planes get in the air.

[Rebellare]

Worse than those waiting about for planes, for me at least, are those that insist on taking APCs and similar to get to the plane faster than anyone else. Even when they are a few seconds away. A few times now I've seen someone take an APC/jeep etc and jump in ready to head for battle only for them to head straight to the plane and jump out :mad:

Personally I find them awkward to control and much prefer keeping my feet on the ground.

[Catachan]

I must admit, I did this probably the first 15 minutes when I had the demo. But once I'd flown a plane, the novelty wore off.

Sure, if there's a plane, I'll use it as best I can, but if there isn't one available, I'm not going to sit there waiting for one to appear. I'd much rather go enjoy myself somewhere else. Planes aren't everything.

The only thing I'd like to see is a moveable anti-air weapon of some sort.

I know most maps have anti-air emplacements, but if you lose them, you're screwed over for quite a while. Perhaps a class which is good for AA and nothing else would come in good?

[SmartMonkey]

Catachan,
If you are very carefull with your aim you can take a plane down with a normal assault rifle, the secret is to hit the engine, this does far more damage to the plane than hitting any other point.

[Big Giant Head]

they need to be flying pretty low too to score a direct hit

I've dropped quite a few of them from the machine gun emplacements on top of tanks and apcs though

[Gifted]

BGH the viehicle destroying biatch :D

the amount of times you shagged my tanks!! GRRRRRRRRR

[Catachan]

Oh, didn't know that. Cool. Must remember that when someone comes in low on me :D

As for BGH's shagging, well, all I can say is when he sees a long metal object like a cannon on a tank, it's just gonna get shagged :D

[Big Giant Head]

gifted the man who always forgets to look for the bazooka weilding troop stood 5 yard behind his tank

joy

[Gifted]

i had my fair share of BGH kills though :D

[10acious]

planes are brilliant for halo'ing its just no 1 ever seems to get the point and the fly about bombing the enemies runway

[Eskimo]

seem to remember i had BGH a few times didnt i m8 :D

i heard alot of WTF! when i killed you... :)

[Kick]

Take them out with the battleship's main guns, that'll teach 'em.

[TheGuyver]

er speaking of which, ive hit a plan with a defcannon and it doesnt kill it?

nor the battle ship cannon.

this was in the demo, dunno about full version.

[Catachan]

I've hit a plane with a cannon before, and I definitely killed him.

Hmm, strange.

[bvark]

I've been hit by a defgun and survived (no damage), and been hit and been insta-gibbed - seems a bit random, maybe a hitbox probem.

[Eskimo]

some fluky s**t got me with a tank shell in the air and i blew up with full health.

I think its a little bit random sometimes, for example hitting someone in the face with an anti tank RPG should kill them,.... and it does.... sometimes