Pilot Survival

Hellbrawler · 06-20-2009, 12:06 AM

Recently, I was a helicopter pilot and was shot down and lived. (Thank you .86

) After I got out i was behind enemy lines and they were looking for me. I find it troubling that the Pilots don't get at least a knife.

Pilots in reality are equipped with basic survival knives, why not put it in PR?

([=NOWHERE=]) · 06-20-2009, 12:09 AM

There are several threads about this. But when you are shot down behind enemy lines, your objective should be to AVOID the enemy as much as possible and try to get to a safe extraction point.

LithiumFox · 06-20-2009, 12:18 AM

How about making it so they have to "capture" the pilot... i really doubt they'd kill a pilot on sight =/

503 · 06-20-2009, 12:47 AM

Pilots would just suicide. It would be a lot easier than walking all the way to base. I do like the idea of a pilot requiring weapons to survive but they would rarely need it. There has to be consequences of a pilot's death and I say the best consequence for a pilot's death is a much longer spawn time.

If their aircraft goes down, it won't come up for another 5+ minutes, and they are just going to sit at their base and wait so why not just give them a 5 minute spawn time. Plus, this would prevent noob pilots from repeatedly getting helicopters and crashing them. Thus, a pilot with a longer spawning time would want to survive more and instead of suiciding, they might actually try to get back to base, the realistic way.

Froggy · 06-20-2009, 01:22 AM

imo they should get a knife and their pistol back.

[R-DEV]Rudd · 06-20-2009, 01:25 AM

wow...never seen this suggestion b4

and we all know what is the optimal solution

2 pilot kits

1 Chopper pilot with pistol/whatever and no parachute

1 Jet pilot with nothing and with a parachute

06-20-2009, 12:06 AM	#1
Hellbrawler Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 262 United States of America Location: Texas	Pilot Survival Recently, I was a helicopter pilot and was shot down and lived. (Thank you .86 ) After I got out i was behind enemy lines and they were looking for me. I find it troubling that the Pilots don't get at least a knife. Pilots in reality are equipped with basic survival knives, why not put it in PR?

06-20-2009, 12:09 AM	#2
([=NOWHERE=]) Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 40 United States of America	Re: Pilot Survival There are several threads about this. But when you are shot down behind enemy lines, your objective should be to AVOID the enemy as much as possible and try to get to a safe extraction point.

06-20-2009, 12:18 AM	#3
LithiumFox Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,337 United States of America Location: Noblesville, Indiana	Re: Pilot Survival How about making it so they have to "capture" the pilot... i really doubt they'd kill a pilot on sight =/
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06-20-2009, 12:47 AM	#4
503 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 656 United States of America	Re: Pilot Survival Pilots would just suicide. It would be a lot easier than walking all the way to base. I do like the idea of a pilot requiring weapons to survive but they would rarely need it. There has to be consequences of a pilot's death and I say the best consequence for a pilot's death is a much longer spawn time. If their aircraft goes down, it won't come up for another 5+ minutes, and they are just going to sit at their base and wait so why not just give them a 5 minute spawn time. Plus, this would prevent noob pilots from repeatedly getting helicopters and crashing them. Thus, a pilot with a longer spawning time would want to survive more and instead of suiciding, they might actually try to get back to base, the realistic way.

06-20-2009, 01:22 AM	#5
Froggy Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 243 United States of America Location: Seattle, Washington	Re: Pilot Survival imo they should get a knife and their pistol back.
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06-20-2009, 01:25 AM	#6
[R-DEV]Rudd PR:BF2 Developer Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 18,523 United Kingdom Location: Brighton Blog Entries: 2	Re: Pilot Survival wow...never seen this suggestion b4 and we all know what is the optimal solution 2 pilot kits 1 Chopper pilot with pistol/whatever and no parachute 1 Jet pilot with nothing and with a parachute
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