So are Rooks the most timid country?

[g00b]

Mmmmmaybe. It's a hotly contested position though.

I'd say k/t is the best indicator of pilot skill and aggression. Yes better pilots may not get very high k/t but they don't deserve any repect because they are pansies. Anyone with a high k/t has the SA to find a good fight, the balls to get into it, and the skills to capitalize on it.


g00b

[thrila]

If stats are your thing good for- IMO stats are entirely subjective.

Last tour in fighter my stats were pretty poor- less than 1:1 k/d and k/s, i think all were poor except for hit %.  But then i only flew the spit 1 from fields that were being vulched or heavily out-numbered.  OTOH my attack stats were good- mainly flying the mossie hunting buffs.  I think i had  something around 6/1 k/d and a k/t of 10.  My stats are complete opposites but it does't mean that i was flying poorly when under fighter and great under attacker.  

I'm positive i could maintain a k/d of 10/1 with a k/t 10 and a k/s of 2.0 (think i have in some tours) if i wanted.    All i would have to do is fly in a decent plane, in a horde and cherry pick + vulch every now and then.  However i don't believe this would make me a better pilot  despite having better stats.

I fly from vulched fields in an awful fighter because i find it challenging and fun.  I hunt buffs in a mossie despite it ruining my k/t.  I also enjoy furballing in the mossie despite it harming my k/d.      Poor stats does not make you a poor pilot.  Poor stats means you have poor stats- that's all it proves.

I do have to mention that when i was a  newbie i was a stats freak.  Every month i tried to achieve a higher k/d and i'm sure it motivated me to improve.  However i'm past that and now i'm more focused on things i find fun.  Wheter it be hunting buffs, killing gv's with a hurri 2d or upping from a vulched base in a spit 1.

[Urchin]

Goob... I'm sure I should know who you are, but I don't.  Probably some timid Rook La7 flier.  

Righty.. I completely understand your point about "running" if someone higher than you shows up with an E advantage.  I don't understand when the HIGH guy runs .. it makes very little sense to me.  Sometimes the brave ones will make one or two limp wristed bore n zoom passes if they've only got 2 to 3 on 1 odds, but usually they just miss a timid girlish pass and run.  

The most common "defensive move" I see is flopping, in every plane, while running and praying their friends get there in time.  All in all, it is pretty pathetic.  

This is true for most of the people playing AH, but Rooks seem to have made it their MO.

[LazerTED]

Yup.. I can see gOOb zooming around the MA right now, in his lgay7 or his tempest, looking for a vulch to boost his K/T.

[DoKGonZo]

Originally posted by Urchin
... but Rooks seem to embody all of the bad things about this game to me.

I'm sure the feeling is mutual.

[Urchin]

 That dumb son of a ***** doesn't blow up buildings OR fight 5 on 1, man, he makes this game ****!

Don't think there is a whole helluva lot I do they don't like, unless they are jealous that I can fight and they can't.  Not really anything I can do about that.  Think I'm out for good after this scenario.. hell, I wouldn't have even come back except someone wanted me to fly.  

This game is just to far gone from what I used to play, I can't even begin to understand why people would choose to suck.  And better still, to be proud of the fact that they suck.  It is mind-boggling to me.  

The Ki-84 is fun, but the gameplay still sucks the root.  Like I said in the other thread, there ain't a whole helluva lot HTC can do about that, they can't control the lame-ass behaviour that seems to be self-perpetuating.

[Stang]

Yup, HT can't fly the plane for them, he does all he can.  MA gameplay suckiness is on us not HTC.

[Trippy]

Originally posted by XrightyX
Urchin,

the only stat I consider to be a worthy indicator of pilot skill
 

[Pongo]

Urchin, your an idiot.
Carry on.

[Pongo]

Did I say that?
I meant to say
Urchin your a pilot.
carry on.

[eskimo2]

Has anyone else noticed that Urchin’s whine rate seems to increase significantly every 28 days?  
It seems to be on some kind of a near monthly cycle.
Check out this graph:



I’m not a doctor, but I feel safe in prescribing the following to help even out Urchin’s cycle:



Sorry Urchin,

I just couldn’t resist.  

Your pal,

eskimo

[airbumba]

Hand grenade fishing.

[airbumba]

Hand grenade fishing.

[airbumba]

Hand grenade fishing.

[Shane]

i know the movies say you're supposed to count to 3 before you toss one, but.....

Gunny says BS!!!