Author Topic: Whats the Point of killing PTs? (Read 861 times)

DVDA · « **on:** October 12, 2004, 12:49:43 AM »

Ok so im wondering whats the point of killing a PT boat with a fighter?

You risk your prettythang flying threw a bunch of PTs picking them off while trying not to get killed and for what? When you look at you kills (fighter) they dont count.

If you start with 0 kills for your total stats for the tour and kill 100 PT boats you finish with 0 fighter kills....why?

DVDA · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2004, 12:55:24 AM »

what im saying is if you take off in a F6F and score as fighter and you kill 10 PTs you dont get any kills recorded, you look at your Fighter Score 0 kills 0 Assists....why?

Purzel · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2004, 01:05:10 AM »

Because its fun

TrueKill · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2004, 01:10:36 AM »

PTs are ground kills just like a GV

DVDA · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2004, 01:11:02 AM »

yeah but lets just say your trying to keep your Kills to death ratio up, there is a herd of PTs coming at your CV you know damn well if you fly into them you will probably kill one or two but die in the end, so you dont even try jeopardizing your CV

ccvi · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2004, 01:35:14 AM »

The PT's 40mm can hit and sink a CV from out of ack range.

Nilsen · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2004, 02:57:56 AM »

Besides the things mentioned here DVDA, it is (or was) actually one way of improving your hit % in fightermode and the same can be said for pinging gv's in fighter mode.

Don't remeber 100%, but i think i'm on solid ground here

Gixer · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2004, 05:25:16 AM »

Killing PT boats with the SB was always more fun. Some guy would spend a hour getting close to the shore and then boom.

Or if using a plane, cut the engine, they'll never hear you coming and probably never get to see you either.

~~...-Gixer~~

Kweassa · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2004, 05:42:17 AM »

The infinite PT spawning torp launching is a sheer terror for stupid people in command of TGs. On the other hand, it does give you about 20 kills in the 5" guns before the shi*load of torps sink all your ships.

Deth7 · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2004, 09:22:28 AM »

Because the explosion stands out real good against the blue water:cool:

ccvi · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2004, 01:25:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Gixer
Killing PT boats with the SB was always more fun. Some guy would spend a hour getting close to the shore and then boom.

And some other guy would spend an hour in an SB waiting for PTboats..

Gixer · « **Reply #11 on:** October 12, 2004, 03:31:57 PM »

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Originally posted by ccvi
And some other guy would spend an hour in an SB waiting for PTboats..

No, they are like sheep in that hour you've already raked up 20 kills on the rest of his squad.

~~...-Gixer~~

JB73 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 12, 2004, 03:50:50 PM »

PT's are gud fud!

scored as attack they rack up the hit % and stuff, ALSO they are a perk harvesting machine.

kill 3 PT's in a 110 and get more perks than 5 fighters.

also DVDA .. most know about sorting as "attack" and do so prior to attacking PT's i know i do it intentionally. message out CV sunk .... i up a 110 knowing full well 100's of PT's will spawn and i keel dem!

Widewing · « **Reply #13 on:** October 12, 2004, 07:26:08 PM »

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Originally posted by JB73
PT's are gud fud!

scored as attack they rack up the hit % and stuff, ALSO they are a perk harvesting machine.

kill 3 PT's in a 110 and get more perks than 5 fighters.

also DVDA .. most know about sorting as "attack" and do so prior to attacking PT's i know i do it intentionally. message out CV sunk .... i up a 110 knowing full well 100's of PT's will spawn and i keel dem!

I like the 190A-8 for clobbering PTs... great firepower, smaller target than a 110.

My regards,

Widewing

Blue Mako · « **Reply #14 on:** October 12, 2004, 07:38:03 PM »

Is it just me or is it strange that in all the work on AH2 they couldn't change the scoring system to count kills no matter what the vehicle type?