I'm not happy with having armed parachutists that encourage people to shoot at them. During WWI shooting parachutists was considered "bad form". It is not that I expect the game to be historically authentic in every way anacronisms like WWII tanks and aircraft carriers are ok and fun, but in my mind shooting parachutists is not fun.

I agree with the historical perspective. Plus, I've had my a$$ shot _by_ good parachutists way too many times lol.

From a practical viewpoint, losing the ability to kill parachutists would leave the Bomb Airport mission overrun with tanks, so Z would need to figure out an equalizer.

Manfred

During WW1 two types of conduct were seen as dishonourable or "ungentlemanlike" among airmen: shooting at downed pilots on the ground, and later, when parachutes became common: to shoot at people who had jumped from a burning plane.

Of course this is "just a game", and should perhaps not be taken too seriously, - but you see over and over again that people do in fact do just that:

They greet one another over the battlefield, and congratulate their enemies with a well performed manouver and a successful shot.

Isn't this is a bit different from what you see in your average shoot-em-up? Could it
be the WW1 biplane chivalry reborn?

Noone gets killed for real in a game like this, and noone feels the terror of hanging from a parachute while people on the ground aim at you with rifles, and enemy airplanes point machine guns at you.

In fact, a game is not just a game, - it is part of life, and I still think there should be no reward for killing parachutists.

While that's all true and would be great veidar2, you have to keep in mind all the 12 year old trolls who play the game. There will always be a certain population of any multiplayer game who cheat, troll or try to mess up gameplay. I say, keep it.

That is true, but like Manfred said, we would have way to many tanks then.

I think it adds an interesting element to the game plus there would be way too many tanks without it. Plus my favorite kills are when I can do it from parachute.

I like antiair from a tank more cuz its way harder .

Kazee83 wrote: I think it adds an interesting element to the game plus there would be way too many tanks without it. Plus my favorite kills are when I can do it from parachute.

Yes! There's nothing quite like getting shot down by someone you've been circling with for 5 minutes, and just as they fly away -- BOOM! Sending them down with you.

+100 SlenderPoints if you can also shoot down them while they're in parachute as well!

I love doing that

I love doing that they kill you you parishut shhot them don next to you kill them just as the guy in to parishut very fun but I give you 1 billond sky points for going unto a parishut when they get right next you and pop out in a parishut and they run into it and crash losing all the points they got for killing you lol I love it when they go and kill 8 ppl in a row you do that they lose all the points frome those kills lol to good.

Ok. Thanks for the useful information about how points are calculated. So getting caught by a falling parachute is worse than just crashing or being shot down? And what happens to the parachutist? Does it count as being downed for him too?
Another thing I have been wondering about is this "reporting" that happens when you land to reload. Is this when your points are registered, or what is it for?

It's when your points are registers or when your shot down and successfully parshute to the ground your points you git frome kills go and stay per mentally but uf you kill five guys and crash you lose the points.

Ok. thanks!

No problemo.