does jumping out of your plane actually do anything?

[kingjames488]

other than saving you the time of waiting to crash?

[Wandering Flare]

If you haven't been damaged by anyone, it can deny the kill if there's no one nearby to get the automatic reward. Otherwise yes, it's just to die faster.

[kingjames488]

seems like it'd be kinda nice to get a little bonus tho, like "yaaay, the pilot didn't burn in a firey wreck!"

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

seems like it'd be kinda nice to get a little bonus tho, like "yaaay, the pilot didn't burn in a firey wreck!"

You get a tiny bonus for safely landing, it's like 150 SL iirc.

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

seems like it'd be kinda nice to get a little bonus tho, like "yaaay, the pilot didn't burn in a firey wreck!"

You get a tiny bonus for safely landing, it's like 150 SL iirc.

thought that was only if you actually land? not just jump out

[Northy]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

other than saving you the time of waiting to crash?

It lowers the repair slightly usually by like 500-1k sl depending on be as it won't count as a pilot kill

[kingjames488]

Originally posted by Northy:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

other than saving you the time of waiting to crash?

It lowers the repair slightly usually by like 500-1k sl depending on be as it won't count as a pilot kill

oh, that's neat!

[Wandering Flare]

Originally posted by kingjames488:

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

You get a tiny bonus for safely landing, it's like 150 SL iirc.

thought that was only if you actually land? not just jump out

Yea if you land, even if it's just a belly landing as long as you come to a stop you get Soft Landing.

[Northy]

Originally posted by Wandering Flare:

Originally posted by kingjames488:

thought that was only if you actually land? not just jump out

Yea if you land, even if it's just a belly landing as long as you come to a stop you get Soft Landing.

Unless damaged in a way like broken engine, wingtip, etc then it's a crashed landing which is slightly more

[mogami_99]

I asked this question before and the official answer was no it does nothing as far as score.

[shadain597]

Originally posted by mogami_99:

I asked this question before and the official answer was no it does nothing as far as score.

I don't think it really changes your score, but that's not the only thing worth considering. The "crew replenishment" line in the battle report suggests that we pay for injured/KO'd crew, so I suspect that having crew survive the crash lowers the cost a little bit. Similarly, I think safely landing the plane rather than slamming it into the ground can reduce the repair cost a little bit.

I will say, it's also fun in low BR RB matches to watch 3 different enemies desperately try to KO your pilot even as the burning wreck plummets from the sky. Recently, I had a match where the 3 idiots actually crashed into each other, but sadly I did not think to save the replay. (the other sad part being that I was indirectly responsible for their deaths, but received 0 credit)

[Beast of War]

The main advantage used to be less repair time ( for when you don't use SL to repair it ) and if you repair it with SL lower costs.

This is true for a "soft landing" your crew survives or when bailing out.

You only get score rewarded for landings that can be repaired, and ofcourse on or very near airfields and airstrips.

[bastion of pragmatism]

You can prevent some dumbass from getting a kill.

[Hotschi48]

Just wait until we get the bill for purchasing a new parachute....

[Warlock]

IRL it definitely has an effect

[Foxtrot39]

Only reason to J out

-Not gonna make it to base either way

-Time saving

-Air battle only, allow to swap out your loadout/plane as long you're fully repaired on the runway