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Should pilots exist in the game
BTAxis:
--- Quote from: Winter on June 03, 2008, 11:38:46 pm ---That might look a little bit odd, though. If the same pilot crashes, is rescued with a combat mission, and then crashes again with another combat mission, he may end up having wildly different combat stats in the two missions. May be quite confusing to the player.
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Possibly, but I don't think a player would remember one set of stats from one mission to the next. Also, we could hardfix the stats to some exact set of values so all pilots would have the exact same stats in all missions. I don't mind doing that, since the pilots aren't really supposed to make a real difference in combat, so their stats would be so low as to make any random fluctuations irrelevant anyway.
stevenjackson:
Is there really any point having stats or such for pilots if they don't have any effect?
Just don't have pilot stats at all and only have the aircraft require a pilot to be able to take off.
Steve
BTAxis:
That defeats the point of having a pilot at all. They've got to have SOME effect.
gu35s:
As far as I know, the planes do have a single seat for trooper right? why not just use that slot somehow and have some affect on the air fights?
I mean pilots can have: maneuver, close and long range fight skills, and experience (which comes along, not start from 0. Could be "mind" perhaps?)
I would think pilots with more experience plays better than some noobs who are trigger happy and not able to judge the situation from previous engagements. Well, close enough since I don't think any of them have ever fight a UFO before their first flight...
And as other troops, the pilot can hold equipments and weapons and armors to increase survival rate. I mean plane got shot down doesn't always means pilot dies with it. Could be that they ejected and/or down with the aliens and have to fight for survival.
Then maybe the plane can be equipped with even more things like , escape pods, parachutes, etc, for higher pilot survivability rate if the plane got shot down. Can still add those now for the survivability of the troops if the landing ufos ever got up and attack the transport..
Edit: it seems i spoke too soon without reading it all. i guess it was already suggested.
stevenjackson:
Btxis
I agree, you had said that pilots wouldn't have high enough stats to make a real difference in combat.
I think they should make a difference in combat, especially once they have some flight experience. But they certainly shouldn't be the determining factor.
Steve
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