Ejection seats for fighter pilots!

[h0yer]

I thought about a simple mechanic on how to prevent pilots dying all the time because of their low fighter HP.

 

Make the fighter spawn some 'cargo' on destruction, cargo that holds the pilot, eg. an ejection seat, rescue capsule, pod, whatever, so the player can collect them after the battle ended, or even during the battle to send them off with a new fighter.

 

Eh, neh, bleh?

[cepheni]

Something like escape pods, that you can pick up afterwards, is planned by the devs :)

[cy414]

Something like escape pods, that you can pick up afterwards, is planned by the devs :)

that, kinda makes my last suggestion a moot point.

::)fair enough.

[h0yer]

Something like escape pods, that you can pick up afterwards, is planned by the devs :)

 

Oh awesome, didn't find anything about that, but cool nontheless, let's see what comes from it... :)

[Devious]

For me it's not really the crew that is a problem, I'd rather be able to repair the destroyed fighter.

Some fighters cost millions, while they are very easy to be destroyed.

[Blaine]

Fighters are a seriously underpowered money sink currently, but the devs are looking into it.

 

In my opinion, they should be survivable enough to last awhile even during large battles, and a mechanic wherein they beeline back to the carrier for repairs when they're below half health would be in order. At the end of a big battle, you might lose 5-15% of your fighters that didn't make it and a smaller fraction of your pilots whose pods were destroyed, unless you're in way over your head.