FIF Rules Questions Archive

I see these in the "Primary Target" category (basically the same for Entente): Destroy Entente train [target of opportunity] Destroy On-Road Entente Convoy [target of opportunity] Since these are listed as Primary targets, are they only to be attacked by Bombers?

First of all thanks for this cool mission design utilizing many of the FC features and for the very comprehensive objective description. Anyhow, based on the objectives descriptions ...and also on the ruleset there still some things not completely clear to me which I'd like to clarify: Q1: Will the refligth rule of 5 Minutes now be enforced by server settings? I think this would make sense now, and based on the re-arm and re-fuel feature now pilots who land the plane on an active field and manage to reach the service area will benefit accordingly. And as FC shows after every mission clearly if you are captured or killed, it is much clearer for the pilots…

Please forgive my ignorance, but could someone explain to me what, or show me where I can find the key to what the map icons mean. Last Saturday I was assigned to cap the HQ, for the life of me I couldn't figure out what was what. Danke

In most of the mission descriptions for the 2-seater primary objectives I found a statement like e.g.: Recon aircraft may carry ordinance and are allowed to bomb secondary objective targets, as well as supply trains and supply convoys. They may not bomb Icon targets. That role is strictly relegated to pure Bombers. ​​I am interpreting the "secondary objective Targets" as those targets that are activated after primary objectives are completed, now just to make it clear: Is (for example) the recon plane allowed to bomb any secondary target, even it was not activated with this specific plane and pilot, but from anyone else? Or is this rule specially dedicated to…

Hi All, I recently received a question regarding the Refly Rules (Friendly Territory and No Man's Land), found within the tournament ruleset: http://forum.jg1.org/topic/2216-flanders-in-flames-ruleset/?p=17545&do=findComment&comment=17545 The person who asked was kind enough to allow me to post this. I thought it might help people. . . . Question #1: If I landed my scout aircraft at an active friendly two-seater base, would I lose my plane? If you're in a scout, and you land at a bomber base, the answer is yes. You'd lose it. All of this has to do with aircraft numbers at the bases, and whether or not you pull from those numbers when …

....and last Question (a very short one this time *g*): I do not understand, what the "Odd" and the "Even" Maps are for => which of the maps is used when?

Hi All, I wanted to post a bit about No Man's Land, and our rules regarding it. Up until last weekend (2/25/2017), our tournament ruleset stated the following: The idea was that a crashed pilot who came down in No Man's Land (and survived the crash) would ask a Team commander first before hitting refly, thereby getting a verification that they weren't captured. And additionally, my general rule of thumb had always been that landing in the brown dirt meant that you were safe to fly again, while landing in the green grass of the enemy meant that you were captured, regardless of what the FIF stats said. Even though these rules seem weird, t…

Hi All, Within Mission 7 of FIFXXV, we had a pilot using a "captured skin". That is, a paint scheme which shows the wrong country, and thus the wrong side. For example: http://riseofflight.com/forum/topic/38922-disturbing-skin/ Whether intentional or not, using a "captured skin" during tournament play is a violation of our code of conduct regarding fair play. However, because we failed to predict "captured skins", it was never mentioned in our FIF ruleset. I have fixed this error, and amended the tournament rules. Moving forward, the use of a "captured skin" holds the same penalty as other code of conduct violations. Here it is in English: I've done my best…

S! All, We had a few discos last night, and at least one of them happened in enemy territory. Traditionally, discos in enemy territory have been viewed as a pilot capture. The reason for this has been to close a loophole that would allow a doomed pilot (destined to be KIA or POW) to exit the game during combat, claim a disco and then respawn unhurt. However, when Butzzell looked closely at the rules during Session 1, we quickly realized that they actually didn't specifically state that a disco in enemy territory is a capture. So, the question for the community is how to move forward on this issue? Do we self regulate, and use the honor system to sa…