Regarding parachutes in WW1

Battlefield 1 General Discussion
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They’ll probably put parachutes in.

Its not like these planes are going to be as strong as jets in BF4. Far from it.
It already seems like a bit of risk picking the pilot class (which i’m guessing would be far less useful on the ground) so why not allow them to bail out safely. It will surely be fairly easy to kill them if you are running any other class.

It may not be authentic, but it wont harm the game in any way. Unless you are a WW1 enthusiast, in which case you’ll probably find many things to moan about.

This is a game.

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Well… I am WW1 enthusiast :smiley: And I would love to see parachutes, experimental weapons, tank prototypes and all the unrealistic stuff…

But they should not call it WW1 game… Maybe something like Alternative history WW1 wolfenstein-like inspired fps.. Then I would look forward to anything they could think of

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Vehicles are going to have dynamic damage, so it makes even risker, just image a plane could lose part of wing and still be 80% health.

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Now we’re talking! I really like that idea.

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I have a suggestion; I’m not a “fan” of everyone having a parachute but I understand it is a Battlefield staple and will probably be included for ground troops and pilots alike. Fine.

Parachutes were in their infancy back in the Great War. They were a last resort. How about making it so the parachute has a chance of failure? Say… 1 in 4? If you’re in a plane or Zep that’s on fire; sure, take the chance. Best case you survive to fight another day. Worst case you’re just as dead as you would have been burning up, you just have to wait for it as you plummet to the earth for the sudden stop at the end. I’d take that chance.

If you’re a ground pounder though, you might think twice about using it to get he jump on that guy on street level if you’re on the forth floor.

“Hehehe… He’ll never see this coming! Hey, why isn’t my chute… ah …" (splat)

Just a suggestion… :slight_smile:

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Historical accuracy back in the duty to remind you, that parachutes were not “last resort”, they simply did not exist, except for observation balloons, which would be quite boring to play :smiley:

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To an extent. Someone flies to a hill jumps out and then all his sniper mates spawn in on him! Trust me the scrubs will find a way!!

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I gues we will have para, we cant follow WWI to strict. adding in a para is probably okay, but they can add a function that sometimes youre just stuck in the plane if you are trying to jump out.. like in Bf4 air superiority where you cant jump out cause “malfunction”.

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Actually, they did. The pilots weren’t given them for the most part because the big brass sitting in their chateau’s directing the lowly troops while drinking sherry felt it would foster “cowardice”. They thought pilots would be too quick to bail out if they got in trouble and by not giving them chutes, they would be more likely to stick it out and try and get the plane back in one piece (or pieces… they were fabric and plywood after all…). The plane was more important than the pilot early on. It took them a while to realize pilots were a finite resource and protecting them was more important, especially once production ramped up and planes were reaching the front in sufficient numbers.

As for playing in observation balloons… That would be a heck of a sniper’s pearch… :wink:

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If by “malfunction” you mean something like “Oh god, oh god, I’m on fire!!!”, I’m all for that! :slight_smile:

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Lol, you might be right on that :smiley:

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I stated this somewhere above… Sure, they “could be” implemented much sooner, but they were not… So they were non existent = not used during most of the war..

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Hmmm I’m not so sure. That would require more teamwork than any bushwookie is capable of.

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I interpreted “non-existent’ to mean they didn’t exist at that time which was factually incorrect. Hence my correction. It’s not that they were “non existent”, it’s more accurate to say they were not implemented.

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My bad… I just want everyone to know that parachutes were simply not a common thing back then… So saying “okay, infantry will not have parachutes, ONLY pilots will have them” is like saying it was normal for a pilot to have one

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Whatever they do with parachutes I don’t think it’s something that you’re gonna see and think : Damn that doesn’t fit the WW1 theme. It has also a fun factor to it.

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But it simply does not fit… Being a pilot was nearly a death sentence in WW1. When something went bad, you could to nothing but die… Jumping out was not an option… And even that happened.. Pilots used to jump out to their death, because it was better than dying in flaming plane

As bbc stated: In 1915 the average life expectancy for an Allied pilot was just 11 days…

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Whilst thats true, it gives little incentive to get in the plane in the first place.
I cant imagine they would have much firepower, so getting kills will more than likely be harder than it is in BF4

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Well… At least sky wont be spammed by ramming planes.

And for the firepower - it was pretty easy to shoot down other planes, they were not that sturdy.

Then there was strafing - this was used to shoot unarmored vehicles and personnel. There were even planes designed for this role.

And last - balloons and airships were easy target for planes - some even used simple rockets for this

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One last thought… Those planes were slow and ground attacks were kinda easy because of that. AA guns were useless, when the plane was flying low, so only danger came from other planes, or soldiers with rifles