Originally posted by Flyboy
the reason we see so much "hording" and building battlers those days is simple.
people just gave up on the challenge of actualy winning a fair fight.
Perhaps there are other FNGs that that grab a fighter, fly for fifteen minutes, see a red guy, he goes this way, you go that way, *BOOM* you are back in the tower saying "Gee, that was fun" NOT!
Now, I'm not trying to imply anything here, you guys are speculating about why people stay with a pack and I am giving you one from a noobs point of view. In my case rather go with hordes, I went with base defense, acks and Ostis. If I can take out 5 attackers, some times more with reups, I.
1: live longer
2: get to watch the enemas come apart
3: help the fighters get up in the air
4: blunt the attack
5: help prevent the base from being captured.
6: get a sense of accomplishment when I see messages saying: Are we gonna lose A***
Yup...
And we don't because we held until the bad guys give up or help finally arrives.
But I digress, back to the point, I would guess, safety in numbers would be a primary reason for the horde, getting your head handed to you, knowing that you don't stand much of a chance individually causes you to go with a group. You still see action, after a fact, and you don't die as quick.
The school of fish theroy, a lone fish is a single target for the shark, in a school of fish your chances of being the target is reduced.
Now I know people are going to be saying "You need to fly and die to learn ACM" This is probably true to some extent. And I do fly and I die. If I attack inbound bombers and I get one before I die or I have oil all over my screen, I have had a good attack. I see others take flight after flight of bombers out on a single base defense mission so I know it can be done. Eventually, I hope to get there. If I get a fighter I am surprised if I get a kill and it was probably a HO and I got lucky if I survived it. It also usually means I'll be dead in thirty seconds. I don't think I landed any kills in a fighter, which is no big deal Most of my landings have been out of gas or just about out of gas. I try to stay too light I guess.
Anyway, I have fun jumping from attacked base to attacked base as long as the Ack or VH is up so I can get an Osti. Be nice if the targeting was better.
I'm sure I'll grow tired of this aspect of the game and spend more time in the air as I aquire skills. But it sure is fun when I can take out several aircraft vulching a base and imagining those guys whineing about get shot down by the ack....