Aiming In Ostwind: An End to Vulching as a Viable Method of Score Padding

[Drunky]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

He's calling you a whiney stupid person.

Is he right?

[Cooley]

Good Info , thanks
Question- Do you page up all the way and save head position?

[Pongo]

so it is now gamey to bail befor you die and save the death of yourself and deny the victory to the enemy?
Wow this being cool thing is a weird moving target.

[MOIL]

Good post Zazen!

We used to be the Knights "anti-vulch" squad.

If it's your field,    protect it !

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by Cooley
Good Info , thanks
Question- Do you page up all the way and save head position?

Yes, permanently page up the view so the protective side panel graphical does not obscure your view of the target travelling parallel to the ground as much.

Zazen

[MOIL]

Originally posted by KurtVW
ZAZ, I'm not faulting you for makint the original post... I appreciated the info...

I just think its funny that vulching is an on going debate here, since the victim ALWAYS makes the choice to try to fly from a capped base..

'The game engine should protect me from my poor decisions... Why do I keep dieing?  I'm too stupid to change!!! waaaaa!!!"

NO, the "game engine" shouldn't protect you, squadmates & countrymen should!

We did it all the time.

[Darkish]

Anyone dumb enough to keep upping to get vulched isn't smart enough to operate an osti anyhow.

This was pretty much my position, until last night.  Thought to hell with it - nits not getting 28 without a fight.  Boy, we held that field (isolated from bishland) for 5 hrs straight and were still going strong when I had to call it a night.  I have to say it was the most fun I've had in months.  I feared the game was getting stale, but all that's needed was a slight attitude adjustment; as the man says "frankly my dear, I don't give a.... ".  Getting a wheels down plane kill - easy: getting up from a vulched base and taking a few of the buggers with you - priceless.

Thanks for the aiming tips Zazen.

[parker00]

In the end, we tend to see ourselves as noble knights of the sky; our wives, kids, co-workers and friends, however, see us as computer dorks who play “airplane”.

  Oh so true

[eskimo2]

Originally posted by Darkish
This was pretty much my position, until last night.  Thought to hell with it - nits not getting 28 without a fight.  Boy, we held that field (isolated from bishland) for 5 hrs straight and were still going strong when I had to call it a night.  I have to say it was the most fun I've had in months.  I feared the game was getting stale, but all that's needed was a slight attitude adjustment; as the man says "frankly my dear, I don't give a.... ".  Getting a wheels down plane kill - easy: getting up from a vulched base and taking a few of the buggers with you - priceless.

Thanks for the aiming tips Zazen.

There really are hundreds of ways to “win” in this game.  If you had fun last night defending and getting some quick action, then you won.

eskimo

[68DevilM]

i use my curser as my sight.

[Easyscor]

Thanks for the info Zazen.  Maybe it will improve my dismal aim.

As for upping at a CAPPED field.  I loved upping a Spit when Moils' LTAR were there.  Some of the most fun I had in the game.

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by Easyscor
Thanks for the info Zazen.  Maybe it will improve my dismal aim.

As for upping at a CAPPED field.  I loved upping a Spit when Moils' LTAR were there.  Some of the most fun I had in the game.

Yup, people don't mind upping when they see me at the field in the Ostwind, because they know how to 'use' me. Nine times out of ten anyone who attempts to vulch them is going to die. At the very least they are given a fighting chance to get their wheels up and some manuevering E. If alot of people became proficient in the use of the Ostwind, fights near fields would take on an entirely different complexion. No more would the focus be on overwhelming the base and making vulching passes at the take-off spots, as that would surely be fatal. Overall, good Ostwind snipers equates to better and more interesting actual fighting conditions for all parties.

Zazen

[Zazen13]

Originally posted by 68DevilM
i use my curser as my sight.

I don't use graphical sites at all for anything, I have all my views page-up'd maximally in everything. I have a small square piece of transparent tape with a red pen-inked crosshair drawn on it permanently on my screen. All bullets go to the exact same location in everything, it never changes. In this way the maximum nose-low deflection view can be achieved and I still have the freedom to move the mouse cursor around without losing my aiming spot. I tried the mouse cursor thingy, it didn't make a good sight, it was opaque, the transparent tape is 'see-thru' so does not obscure the view of the target in any way.

Zazen

[Furball]

one thing i LOVE in gv..

When you are defending a v-base, and someone goes to drop their ord on you rather than disable the VH, just exit and respawn after bombs go off.

Its so funny to watch them hissy fit over wasting their ord.

[nopoop]

Originally posted by Darkish
Getting a wheels down plane kill - easy: getting up from a vulched base and taking a few of the buggers with you - priceless

LOL !! Taking off then killin 2 or 3 and then landing when the rest are coming down the runway for a strafing run makes my butt tight.

..and you exit as the bullets just start to hit ??

Great stuff.

Not good as a steady diet tho...well unless you enjoy breaking furniture..