All these claims of rambo pilots and paratrooper ticket wasters..Caboosehatesbabies wrote:Yes, but in RL pilots also have survivalist and evasion training, and have a great deal farther then a maximum 4km to travel. However, the point remains that, while on the ground, a pilot does NOT go looking for a fight, and in PR that is exactly what the pistol was used for.
Project Reality is a constant struggle between reality and gameplay. We often say players are hardcoded, but when a very simple change that does not effect the INTENDED gameplay significantly can be made that stops a vastly UNINTENDED and wasteful practice, it should be done.
The simple fact is, the detriments of giving the pilot kit a pistol (paratrooper squads that waste tickets, Tk's for assets, and pilots trying to rambo it behind enemy lines) vastly outweighed the single benefit (self-defense in the RARE case that you survive being shot down AND fail at evasion).
If you want to know the truth.. I've never seen these things happen at all ingame.
I might of seen one pilot sneaking around trying to get a few kills, but seriously. It's not as common as the mods and non-pilots who don't have an idea say it is.
Almost everybody is requesting the pistol to be given back, I'm sure the players should have a say in what happens. It also prevents people from having those fun "zombie games" that they do when they are bored. The pilot was always the perfect class. Not anymore.
The truth is.. Pistol vs automatic G3s is not a fair fight. When your going down in a parachute.. People will see where you land.
I know this for a fact because In .8 when i was shot down and tried to call for extract... first of all the red smoke is a dead giveaway, and the parachute isn't that helpful in masking where you land... So the enemy knows where i am, and they are comming to kill me with their automatic rifles. I'll tell you, I didn't get many kills like the claims talk about rambo pilots.
The point I'm trying to make is: Pistols really aren't that powerful weapons in PR. They won't have that big an effect that you guys are claiming they will. But they are much better than hiding like a little pansy hoping that the enemy don't spot you (They always will) If I or any Reasonable person sees a way to get back into the airfield, I will take it. I don't fancy running around with a pistol that barely kills and trying to kill enemies. If i wanted to do that, It's called the rifleman kit. Like i said before, i play PR because it is realistic, I and Everybody who plays this game enjoys realistic. This is what separates us from VBF2. Pilots get pistols in RL, not having them in PR is Unrealistic. Pistols save our lives, or even lets us have a fighting chance. We don't like getting shot unarmed... It's NOT fun.
Stop over-reacting and give us our rightful and realistic sidearm back!
