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Flying: Emergency Return

Started by Tembrawar [2647532] on in Suggestions.

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Tembrawar [2647532]

How many times have you clicked on the button to fly out and then immediately wanted to cancel?

 

My proposal is to add an Emergency Return Diversion feature to flying.

 

Easy to implement:  Basically like a cancel button that would turn your plan around right back to where it started.   Can only use the "Cancel Flight" button once to make an emergency return trip to your source location.

 

This could enable some interesting new strategies.  For example, this could be similar to a self-initiated "flight delay" but at a much lower cost.  Factions might have players "go fly" and then have them do the emergency return, basically to keep them in the air longer.  And, of course, this would be useful for those times when you set out to fly and remembered you forgot something before you boarded the plan.

 

Duration: the emergency return should be equal to the amount of time elapsed since your plane took off.

 

Cost: I suggest the fee should be 20x the standard cost.  This means more players might be holding extra cash when they fly, which will make foreign mugging fun again.

 

when flying to/from Mexico: $130,000

when flying to/from Cayman Island: $200,000 

when flying to/from Canada: $180,000 

when flying to/from Hawaii: $220,000

when flying to/from UK: $360,000

when flying to/from Argentina: $420,000

when flying to/from Switzerland: $540,000

when flying to/from Japan: $640,000

when flying to/from China: $700,000

when flying to/from UAE: $640,000

when flying to/from South Africa: $800,000

 

 

PJPro [2976986]

I think it's good .even for more than an year I am thinking why can't we fly from one city to another why need to return to torn everytime

GG4ming1 [2960765]

I like the idea of emergency returns, but I feel like the cost part of it is unrequired. most players just have their faction send their money wehen they need it instead of holding it anyway, so you wouldnt really get more mugs out of it.

 

plus with a pi, flights are free anyway, so returns would be too

 

ButtCumber [3304715]

Could be cool with a bit more depth, specifically taking into account the kind of plane you're flying with. If it's PI then logically you can just turn your plane around, no cost or trouble. On regular flights (and I guess BCT too) where you're on a plane w presumably other passengers, there could be a fine (functionally same as your extra cost) or even jail time for doing whatever you needed to do to get the plane to turn around.

 

Alternatively, to make it more interesting and balanced, this could be done using an item. Maybe like felovax putting you in hosp it's something that causes a medical emergency forcing a return, which logically only works if you're less than halfway through the flight (otherwise it's faster to just finish the flight), and you end up in hosp when you arrive. Or something criminal, like sabotaging the plane but then you end up in jail when you get home. Or even both to give options.