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Should pilots exist in the game

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Aiki-Knight:
Generally, the pilot shouldn't take part in the mission except to stay with the aircraft and defend it from being taken over. Combat transport pilots don't go on the mission with their squad. Never heard of any army doing this. They could use weapon, but wouldn't have a full combat loadout.

Winter:

--- Quote from: stevenjackson on June 04, 2008, 08:07:11 am ---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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Like Aiki-Knight said, pilots shouldn't take part in battles unless forced to, by a crash or ejection or whatever. The pilot's job is not to endanger himself on the ground, but to fly the airplane. There's enough risk there without putting him in stupid amounts of danger in a job for which he isn't trained.

Oh, BTAxis, I had one more idea I wanted to run by you. In addition to the stat bar for piloting skill, how about another bar for 'leadership' or 'tactician' skill, where the highest leadership value in a flight is selected and gives a small bonus to all members of the same flight (including UAVs)? We can discuss the subtler applications on IRC, but I think this is an interesting twist which we can put in without overcomplicating pilots as a concept.

Regards,
Winter

stevenjackson:

Heh, i think i misunderstood.

By combat i meant of the air to air type :)

Steve

stevenjackson:

Sorry guys.

Now that i have actually reread the posts properly...

The pilots main effect should be in air combat.

I dont think they really should participate in tactical combat at all, but having hard coded stats for tactical combat (low stats) is probably a decent idea.

Steve

TrashMan:
everything medicore....12-15 points...and they should be armed with a pistol + ammo + medikit.

If nothing else, you can use pilots as medics.
Speaking of which, maybe have the shiva cannon on the firebird shoot at aliens in visual range (assuming hte pilot is in the cockpit), even when the craft landed? It's on a gimbal mount anyway, right?

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