Squad-Kicking a Pilot should...

[gclark03]

1) Give the pilot 10 seconds more to control the aircraft, so he can gain altitude for the parachute drop.

2) Only be possible if the pilot has been warned with an UI function that currently doesn't exist. (Is this hard-coded?)

3) Charge the squad leader with destroying the aircraft. (Is this possible?)

[Ragni<RangersPL>]

Another mysterious post

I wish you could write a little bit more about your ideas

[gclark03]

That's exactly what I want to hear - usually, I write too much while evading the question. Here, I've done the converse, writing too little while still hitting the question on the dot.
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Anyway, I hear too many stories about someone getting squad-kicked in an A-10 or other fixed-wing aircraft and losing the aircraft, getting killed in descent, or both. Because of this, there should be a way to allow the pilot to prepare for his rude and violent landing and punish the guilty Squad Leader for wasting a billion-dollar piece of military hardware, while also giving the Squad Leader the opportunity to penalize that rogue pilot without destroying the equipment.

[[R-COM]Outlawz]

Well, if you're in an APC/tank and the SL kicks you, you won't die despite being squadless until you leave the vehicle, so why isn't it the same with aircraft?

[gclark03]

When you get squad-kicked in an aircraft, the engine dies and you lose altitude instantly. By the time you figure out what went wrong, it's already too late to safely parachute; even if you survive, the plane crashes and explodes unless it had never taken off in the first place.

If you're squad-kicked in an APC/tank, the vehicle isn't going to fall out of the sky, and you'll have ample time to simply get out of the vehicle safely, as it shouldn't be moving anyway.

[AnRK]

Yeah I reckon you should get away with it until you leave your plane or heli for whatever reason you might. It is pretty annoying to have people using your squad for kits and vehicles, as much as I'd love to keep the harsh punishment for these kinda people it's a waste of an air asset.

Hopefully it shouldn't be long before some basic squad specialisation is put in game, then stuff like this will hopefully be avoided all together.

[NickO]

Thats why when I pilot I always create a squad called "PILOTASK" or similar so that I never get kicked from a squad whilst flying and so that all the good pilots can be together in 1 squad so maximum efficiency.

[LtSoucy]

right nicko. Never fly in a squad with a guy you dont know well and when is is in a inf or tank.

[[R-CON]MrD]

Open to abuse? An SL might decide to have a go at a single player by throwing him out of the squad to cause them negative points say and get them kicked off the server?

Has one SL got the right to cripple their team with the loss of an aircraft like that when they only spawn every 15-20mins?

[NickO]

Originally Posted by [R-PUB]MrD

Open to abuse? An SL might decide to have a go at a single player by throwing him out of the squad to cause them negative points say and get them kicked off the server?

Has one SL got the right to cripple their team with the loss of an aircraft like that when they only spawn every 15-20mins?

Has happened to me before...
On Qwai I was in someone elses pilot squad and I got the Attack Littlebird and he kicked me out so that I would crash :/

Also on the Russian Reality I got kicked off the server for getting the Cobra on Gulf of Oman. One of the most retarded things I have seen in PR and I never play on their server now.