Author Topic: I had a good fight last night (Read 772 times)

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #15 on:** February 17, 2005, 04:07:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Stang
Try flying a P40 into a crowded area. Every oportunistic dweebs goes for you because they think you are an "easy" kill. I've never understood this, the dweebs should go for the best planes first or the biggest threats to hold the advantage in the situation.

There's actually a pretty simple (and logical) rationale for going for the P-40 first. Any plane in the air poses a threat, from the best plane to the poorest. The more planes in the air, the greater the SA load, the more likely that someone gets "lucky," one more plane to dodge, etc. By removing one threat, no matter how minor, the whole situation becomes a little bit easier.

So typically you'll see folks go for the best or the worst planes first.

-- Todd/Leviathn

SlapShot · « **Reply #16 on:** February 17, 2005, 04:12:19 PM »

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Originally posted by Elfie
Howi we talked about this same subject via PM one night, albeit briefly. Last night when I logged off I was 24-2 in fighters, tonight I cant seem to get a kill without being jumped by 5 or 6 planes

Cool ... then I guess I will fly tonight. The bad mojo that I have been experiencing as of late has been exorcized and transferred to you.

Hope ya have fun with it ...

Stang · « **Reply #17 on:** February 17, 2005, 05:42:33 PM »

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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
There's actually a pretty simple (and logical) rationale for going for the P-40 first. Any plane in the air poses a threat, from the best plane to the poorest. The more planes in the air, the greater the SA load, the more likely that someone gets "lucky," one more plane to dodge, etc. By removing one threat, no matter how minor, the whole situation becomes a little bit easier.

So typically you'll see folks go for the best or the worst planes first.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Good point Todd,, but I don't think most people rationalize it that way. I wouldn't mind getting ganged as much if that was how people operated. Most just think easy kill when they see an early war bird and go for it, then get the hell outta Dodge when they get a couple quick cherry picks.

Sikboy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 17, 2005, 05:56:43 PM »

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Originally posted by Stang
Good point Todd,, but I don't think most people rationalize it that way. I wouldn't mind getting ganged as much if that was how people operated. Most just think easy kill when they see an early war bird and go for it, then get the hell outta Dodge when they get a couple quick cherry picks.

I usually pick my targets by relative E state. A living P-40 is usually going to have a high E-state, and become a target. I also tend to presume that EVERY P-40 I see is an Ace.

-Sik

Stang · « **Reply #19 on:** February 17, 2005, 06:03:08 PM »

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Originally posted by Sikboy
I also tend to presume that EVERY P-40 I see is an Ace.

-Sik

No!!! We are all Ben Affleck wanna be noObs! Leave us be we are no threat!

dedalos · « **Reply #20 on:** February 18, 2005, 08:59:20 AM »

Some one here is tooooooo sexy for his clothes