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Offline NeoHunter

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How come all GTVA fighters and bombers have no ejection seats? Makes you wonder if the GTVA values their pilots.

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Offline Setekh

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Offline NeoHunter

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That cannot be the answer though. X-Wing had ejection seats.

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Offline Setekh

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Well... suppose   had put in ejection seats. They would have to put in lots of work to add the effects and animations of an ejection, and then what would happen after you ejected? You don't have a space suit on, so I assume your entire cockpit would have to come with you. So then a support ship would probably have to pick you up and jump out with you... it's a lot of extra work that   would have to do, and it wouldn't add that much to gameplay - would it?  
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Offline NeoHunter

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Okay. Imagine this. If you knew you were about to be blown apart by a swarm of 8 Hornets, you eject. The cockpit most probably ejects with you inside like the Wing Commander movie. Now, if the enemy decides to shoot you with the ejection pod, you die and have to start the game all over again as a new pilot. If you get rescued by a support ship, you getr sent back to base, reprimanded and then sent back into battle. What you think?

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Offline Setekh

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You gonna write the code?  
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Offline Sushi

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No ejection seats please. It really wouldn't add anything to the game, and would sort of distract from some of the tension.

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Offline NeoHunter

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Originally posted by Setekh:
You gonna write the code?  

Singapore will snow if I could!  

 
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Originally posted by Shrike:
Don't die.

I always make it back to base 95 percent of the time in the worst shape possible.  

 
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Originally posted by Sushi:
No ejection seats please. It really wouldn't add anything to the game, and would sort of distract from some of the tension.

I spent the whole night pondering and now I would have to say I agree with you.

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Offline Setekh

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Originally posted by NeoHunter:
I always make it back to base 95 percent of the time in the worst shape possible.  

Are you saying you get back to base?  
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Offline Kazan

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even in WC i hardly ever ejected

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Offline Sushi

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Ejecting in any game is just another way to lose the mission. If things got hopeless, I've always had more going Kamikaze than trying to eject.

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Offline NeoHunter

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Originally posted by Sushi:
Ejecting in any game is just another way to lose the mission. If things got hopeless, I've always had more going Kamikaze than trying to eject.

Ouch!

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Offline NeoHunter

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Originally posted by Setekh:
Are you saying you get back to base?  

Hey! I'm not that bad a pilot!!  



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Offline NeoHunter

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Originally posted by Kazan:
even in WC i hardly ever ejected

Because you always get destroyed before you can ejected?  



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Offline Setekh

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I get back to base about 2/3 of the time...
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See I like "Into the Fire"'s idea.  Eject and see if your wingmen can complete it, if they can't you redo it.
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Jake Logan

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Maybe GTVA ships DO have egection seats and they eject right before the ship explodes and are beamed onto a nearby ship.

 

Offline NeoHunter

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Originally posted by Jake Logan:
Maybe GTVA ships DO have egection seats and they eject right before the ship explodes and are beamed onto a nearby ship.


Explain "beamed". This is FreeSpace remember?


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Originally posted by Sushi:
Ejecting in any game is just another way to lose the mission.

not neccessarily...

if were speaking in WC terms, ejecting creates plot branches (like if you eject on a bombing run & leave a carrier intact)

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