rod--
Good points, very good.
I never complain about how others fly, but let me give an example of some flying that was pretty silly. The other night on the Trinity map I was in an M-16 at a vehicle base in one of those deep valleys in the mountains. Radar showed a con approaching from the west...over the edge of the plateau way above me appeared a formation of B-17s, which began to dive steeply towards the vehicle hangers 100 yds to my right. Field ack blew up one just before it dropped; I got another just after the drop. The drones would have died anyway, I think, since the remaining bomber had to go into a sharp right turn to avoid the vertical cliff on the other side of the valley. I think the last B-17 died, but he and a drone did get all 3 vehicle hangers with a salvo of 24 x 500 lbers laid across them.
So, an utterly ridiculous tactic is "successful", and death is actually preferable so you can up again sooner. Too many attacks like that and the arena looks like a circus of talentless hacks.
Also, attacks like that produce engagements that provide little challenge, just a few seconds of arcade-esque blasting away. No thrill of the hunt or jockeying for position.
MRPLUTO
