The Cycle of life and death above the city by the Volga

[=LD=Hethwill]

Let's start with one assumption - the Pilot ( character ) achievements from the moment he enters a plane until the moment he is either dead or captured.

 

All ground targets destroyed, air kills and shared ones, planes wrecked, etecetera... Count from "birth" to death/capture of the pilot and also for bomber crewmen.

 

Now, taking a quote that comes along like this - from all the pilots, only 5% scored air kills at all, and from those only 5% achieved 5 or more air kills - and given the flight characteristics we see so far but not getting locked into any particular duel set or early/late models in the air, can we expect a genuine exchange of kill/death ratio that could eventually mirror the conflict the game tries to simulate ?

 

As I said in the start, only 1 avatar-pilot lifespan achievements, not the whole player achievements.

[Bando]

It would probably be dull at a given moment for players like most of us.

I guess we do have the opportunity to "insert new coin" and start again.

When dead is really dead, the odds are different.

The planes themselves were maybe a bit less reliable compared to what we have in the sim, the weather could change at any given time. The cold was there and real. Excitement enough if you realize they knew they were flying war duties.

It is unsimmable. (is that a good word?)

 

Let's have fun at least and know that the guys (and gals) that flew there and then were heroes. No matter what side they flew for..

[Panzerlang]

It's a good benchmark though. How many of us have done it in a new sim? Counted the hours for our very first pilot/persona?

[migmadmarine]

My first beta career pilot in RoF survived only 7 missions in Airco Dh.2s and Nieuport 17's. 

[=LD=Hethwill]

Let's say you could paint the victories on your plane, but the marks would disappear once you got your pilot dead or captured. Would certainly add some flair. Also would be, in itself, a very distinguishable thing. And, coming back to the crazy "proverb" not many of us would carry the marks of an entire commission with at least 5 kills ? Well perhaps.

[=38=Tatarenko]

The problem is that our pilot might be the 508th pilot we have created. We have snuck into East Germany in the F-117, trapped on carriers in Jane's Navy Fighters, buzzed Paris in Heroes of the 357th and bombed the Sinai in IAF. Our "new" pilot has already landed with oil leaks and broken wings, learned how to balance a plane on one wheel and checked the sun for the hun (and learned the consequences of assuming you're clear on the flight home). We have dive-bombed, skip-bombed and torpedoed the seven seas.

 

And we have ended up as smoky wreckage in the forest more times than we care to remember.

 

A real first life pilot has never done all that. Many had never dropped a bomb or fired their guns.`

 

I wonder how long our first virtual life lasted? Not long, I'd wager.