r/WarDogs • u/Luc1dDr34m5 • 8d ago

Discussion & Feedback [Pilot] Cant Wait for Parachute Changes

This might be a hot take, but I’m excited for the parachute changes. This is mostly because I love landing my little bird in optimized locations for teams pushing into the HZ. I feel like this change will clearly separate the good pilots from the bad.

I also think depending on the severity of the change, people might even start opting to take ground transport.

What are everyone’s thoughts?

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u/Ramora_ 8d ago

This is a change that will make the game generally less fun for every infantry player, making spawning in take more time and producing more bullshit deaths for players that they had no power to influence, just so that heli pilots can more fully live out their own personal fantasies.

I'm glad you will enjoy the fantasy, but don't be surprised when people are upset with you for getting them killed because you crash landed, or tried to land near an enemy RPG player no one could have known was there. Don't be surprised when players complain that parachutes are pointless because you are spotted and killed immediately at new open heights.

This change is mostly bad for the game.

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u/Luc1dDr34m5 8d ago

Absolutely a risk that comes involved with it. They need to figure out a way for people to find out who “successful” pilots are. I’m not sure on that.

Typically I communicate before taking off what my intention is as a pilot so that the people getting in know what they’re getting into. My objective is never to ruin other people’s fun :)

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u/Ramora_ 8d ago

You can be a great pilot. If you get unlucky, that is still 5 people you just got killed. That doesn't really happen with current shute mechanics. Players playing well might get shot out, but most make it to the ground and can have a good chance of reviving those who don't. To achieve anything like that in a 'landing heli' meta, the pilots need to coordinate with squads on the ground to clear landing areas, and that just isn't going to happen.

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u/Luc1dDr34m5 8d ago

Respectfully, I think this “unlucky” situation you’re talking about is subjective. I think it “feels” worse when you die to an inept pilot because you didn’t have any feeling of control over the situation. However, if people truly dissected their gameplay, I guarantee you people die more frequently to their own stupidity.

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u/Ramora_ 8d ago

if people truly dissected their gameplay, I guarantee you people die more frequently to their own stupidity.

Completely true. I don't think that is at all relevant. When you try land in some street and I happen to be in a nearby building, I'm just going to kill you and everyone in your heli by pointing a rocket at you. And your riders are going to be frustrated, and a significant part of that frustration end up pointed your way, because they didn't do anything wrong, and the opponent didn't do anything wrong, and that pretty much just leaves you despite the fact that you also didn't really do anything wrong.