Coop Respawn as Gunner Wish

[GrumpyGnome]

My small wish for SoW is that we might have the capability to respawn as a gunner in coops after getting shot down as a pilot or killed as a gunner.
And yes, I believe in SoW, Santa Clause, and sex after sixty

[LEXX]

An interesting possibility...

Say you are shot down as pilot, and are killed or captured. You *must* refly as gunner at least one mission (how long a mission)? Maybe you fly as gunner until you get a gun kill, then you can get to be ace fighter pilot again!

When I was planning my own dynamic campaign generator, I was going to offer the option of being forced to "come back" as gunner and THEN a pilot of an aircraft that is assigned to you (not by choice). Better, you could have option of being restricted to one nation only. ie...if you flew Axis on Easter Front, and if you fly CR.42 you "come back" as Italian gunner and later Italian pilot. Something like that. Or German, or Romanian...or any nation if that's what you choose at campaign start. I stopped playing FB/PF long before I was at this stage of development.

[zapatista]

Originally Posted by GrumpyGnome

My small wish for SoW is that we might have the capability to respawn as a gunner in coops after getting shot down as a pilot or killed as a gunner.

i think your wish might already have been granted for BoB

from what oleg has said in the past, in BoB you will be able to switch to other aircraft (for ex one flown by AI) while game play continues, and also be able to switch crew position (pilot, copilot, bombardier, gunner, etc..), and be able to take another crew position if you get killed.

i interpreted that as meaning that when you get killed as pilot of an aircraft in a coop, you could then take over the piloting of another aircraft that is piloted by friendly AI, or even become a crew member on an aircraft piloted by a friendly human.

i also see that as an essential new feature. coops can be long, and last several hrs even. if you get killed in the first 5 min, it can be a very boring afternoon waiting for them to progress to the next mission so you can rejoin.

another new feature oleg also confirmed, is refueling and re-arming, so coop missions could now last many hrs, have a higher fun factor, and be historically more correct.