Flee from battlefield/door opening/aliens killing pilot/soldier becomes a pilot

[Thrashard96]

Please add this feature that if most of your troops dead/stunned, that the last few could still fly away alive (would be more realistic) and add support for doors (open/close). And the last thing, that aliens could kill the pilot (dropship would be taken over by aliens) and that one of the soldiers would be teached how to fly a dropship if the pilot is down.

Please reply if you can.

[Kildor]

> Please add this feature that if most of your troops dead/stunned, that the last few could still fly away alive (would be more realistic)
done for 2.4 (like it was in X-Com)
> and add support for doors (open/close).
Done already.
> And the last thing, that aliens could kill the pilot (dropship would be taken over by aliens) and that one of the soldiers would be teached how to fly a dropship if the pilot is down.
WTF?

[Thrashard96]

> And the last thing, that aliens could kill the pilot (dropship would be taken over by aliens) and that one of the soldiers would be teached how to fly a dropship if the pilot is down.
WTF?

I meant that the pilot's room would be available and when aliens kill the pilot, the soldier could control the dropship back to base.

[geever]

I meant that the pilot's room would be available and when aliens kill the pilot, the soldier could control the dropship back to base.

I think BTAxis would say: It doesn't add anything to the gameplay.

-geever

[Thrashard96]

The pilot acts like a civ, but he spawns in the dropship.

[Sarin]

Just a question, how do you suppose to teach a soldier with no previous piloting training how to fly VTOL dropship in five minutes? It is not a car, yanno?

[Thrashard96]

I know, but instead of that, i have an idea that an auto-laser with only one shot guards the inside of the ship. One alien might get killed, but the pilot would still be vulnerable...

[DarkRain]

Or maybe you intend spawning a rescue mission if the pilot get killed? . . . Hmmm . . . But waht if it happens to the only squad you have and you can't muster other one for the mission?

[val]

Anyone considering other extraction routes?

Come on, there must be cars left over from the panic.  Some of them might even have keys.

[Thrashard96]

good idea. They would be used as weapons and the last hope to return home

[val]

Ya.  Maybe throw in an increased chance of being destroyed when extracting with a car.  I mean, there's no way a car can dodge an RPG or particle beam.