Caboosehatesbabies wrote:I guess I just don't get it.
I just can't get my head around why pilots absolutely NEED a pistol.
Can you please explain your reasoning again Koroush47?
From what I can gather the reason you're stating is that they should in PR because they do in RL. Ok, that is true. In RL a pilot would carry a pistol. But in RL he only has 1 life and the military has spent tens of thousands of dollars and years training him.
My argument against giving them a pistol is that it facilitates the ticket wasting paradrops.
Your argument in rebuttal to mine is that the paradrop is not an effective strategy, correct?
You're overlooking the fact that people don't CARE if it is not effective, they just wanna feel cool doing it.
I donno, I think the benefits of no pistol outweigh the detriments, I guess I just believe that if you were doing your job right as a pilot, you wouldn't need a pistol.
You don't understand because you don't fly around on PR, Flying is what some people do all the time. All they do is pilot a helicopter.
Remember this game isn't played because it boring, it's played because its fun. It's called a game for a reason, fun.
Only pilots understand this, when you are shot down and you survive... Getting executed by some enemy is NOT fun. Don't say that "if you are a good pilot doing your job you won't get shot down" Nobody is perfect. The point of this game is to have a realistic AND fun experience of modern conflicts. Having to run for your life and using unusual tactics for getting back to the airbase aswell as being able to fight back is fun. When i get shot down these days either by a AA or 50 cal... I can honestly say that i have never had fun while on the ground and and neither have i ever survived. There is almost no point of ejecting anymore. You WILL die, you'll be better off just crashing and then reaspawning.
It's a big challenge, the pistol makes it alot more fun.
Also another thing that i was thinking was: Developers should never ever take content away from a game when there is a problem. Instead of taking away the pistol from the pilot kit for example, they could of found simple ways to fix the problems.
Most of these issues that were brought up were very minor, and they could of been fixed very very simply.
Your argument of airdropping seems to be the only major problem you have with the pistol, first of all i said that it shouldn't be that big a deal anymore because the pistol isn't a cannon like it use to be. And they could just limit the number of pilots in a single heli to like 2 or something. You don't need 8 pilots in one heli.
TayloR016 wrote:I thin kits pretty cool the fact that they have no pistol or knife.. adds to the challenge if you get shot down. But even some of you saying at least a knife isnt that just bringing back the tk factor?
Teamkilling: Don't even tell me that the pistol was the main cause of teamkilling for choppers. I fly all the time, and I've been killed in a number of ways. I'll list them.
1. Guy is waiting for a chopper, he sees me running toward it. He requests a kit with a weapon in it at the crates and shoots me, then picks his pilot kit up again and takes my chopper.
2. (this one actually happened yesterday) A Squad wants the helicopter, one of the squadies shoots the pilot already inside and the squads pilot takes the chopper.
3. On the maps with cars and helis on the same level: A pilot gets in a car and runs another pilot running to the chopper to get there faster, and kill the pilot that is trying to get the chopper.
These things i see everyday, either there is an admin or there isn't to deal with it. Either way.. removing the pistol will NOT stop teamkilling. Pistol removed for teamkilling is not a valid argument at all.
When the pistol was taken out you guys didn't think of all the normal pilots that don't teamkill and don't use stupid tactics like paradroping. The pilots pistol is not my main point I'm trying to make, but my greater point is that: Devs should never remove content when there are simple ways to fix them, it takes away from the diversity of the game.
