I have never understood the HO whine. In over a year of WB and here. I have never, not ever, been forced to HO. There is allways an option if you look. I HO all the time simply because it takes skill to do it with out getting killed. I use rudder shots mostly (works great). Im working on doing a barrel roll during the HO, in a 190, at the moment (needs more work. Got a few kills though.) If I think the other guy is good at HO,s I use other ACM. It takes next to nothing to ruin an HO shot. It is just a type of merge, and a predictable one at that. Its pretty easy to set up for your 6 shot if you know what the guy is going to do.