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Originally Posted by Madfish
This has nothing to do with survival or treachery. There have been many incidents or humanistic behavior and especially pilots aren't the murderous being you describe. There was in fact a lot of chivalry in the air and even bombing crews didn't tell the gory tales but usually they took pride in just downing planes. I believe that air combat is just not as involved as ground combat when it comes to really see the brutality. You usually just fought against "machines" and "pilots".
This said I might repeat that I wouldn't mind a little blood effect or two but things don't have to be overly gory just to show what happens. Also things don't have to be overly gory just to not be a traitor.
In fact downing a pilot and capturing him can be MUCH more useful than killing him mindlessly. A plane down is a plane down. What you describe, dozer, is only feasible in the act of attacking another country and thus fighting over enemy territory. Then it'd be reasonable to try hard and kill everything in side as they might go back home and get into another plane again.
Regards,
Madfish.
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Interesting thought Madfish!
In a mission a pilot gets shotdown and captured - after a suitable delay a message gets broadcast stating the location of their airfield and what planes and numbers were located there!
It would mean a pilot could make the ultimate sacrifice for their team by riding his plane down at the expense of his own K/D ratio! It would also give a sense of accomplishment getting your crippled plane over your own lines before bailing out!
Cheers!