Deflection skills or ACM?

[Kweassa]

I'd rather be able to fly well then shoot well. Consitant good flying will wear down your opponents eventually, so you'll still get the kills. But you'll also have options. Good gunnery isn't going to save you from a higher or faster con. It isn't going to clear your 6. All its going to do is let you cherry-pick and punk, which get old fast.

 The more you maneuver, the more time you are taking to shoot someone down, which in turn, the more it exposes you to dangers from other aircraft.

 Typically, you can expect a spectacular fight against ONE enemy plane and probably shoot him down, and then get cornered by about 3~4 enemies and get shot down.. (and optionally, you can start ranting on ch.200; "LOL gangbangers" or "It only took five of you" stuff ).

 Even spectacular pilots like Levi can't survive 5 vs 1 odds. One way or another people start to depend less on ACM and more about conditioning the overall situation so they always have a clear chance to shoot, and a clear path to bugger out of harms way when they miss.

 Ofcourse, when pure 1vs1 dueling conditions emerge, I'm ready to accept that in such cases ACM might become a lot more important than it really is worth in multiple engagement conditions.

[JB73]

i wish i could film and post every sortie of mine in the MA


you'd truly see whewre in the MA (and the MA only) gunnery is most important. i can fly (and i have been told im not a piss-poor pilot) anyway i can fly my brains out, and spend 3/4 of my cannons on a shot on 1 con, all withing 200 yards, but withough a hit or damage to his plane.

but if i can stay, and keep getting D200 or closer shots aren't i doing "good ACM"????

but i lose the fight becaus i fire, and am bingo, and disnegage, only to get killed by someone else or something.

i can't count how many times in the MA i have taken off, flown, got on a pony's 6 in my dora, and fired off ALL my cannon, only to have the pony D200 in front of me, and i have nothing to kill him with.

gunnery is learned somewhat, but it is truly a trait that if you dont "have it" you never will i believe.

[Edbert1]

I have to disagree to a small detail...

Originally posted by Kweassa
Even spectacular pilots like Levi can't survive 5 vs 1 odds.

Even spectacular pilots like Levi can't survive 5 vs 1 odds indefinitely.

Watch this film (it is huge)

[Morpheus]

I killed that link Ed.

It now has a wmv extension but I'm not sure which directory I loaded it in. I will have to check on this.

Sorry

Morph

[Edbert1]

Originally posted by Morpheus
I killed that link Ed.

It now has a wmv extension but I'm not sure which directory I loaded it in. I will have to check on this.

Sorry

Morph

GAH!

It is still listed under your movies category. Let me know if you find it and I'll edit the link.

[Redd]

Originally posted by Zazen13
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In a 1 vs 1 duelling situation you have all the time in the world to work an opponent into a sure-fire position
 

Zazen [/B]

When you duel Osty's , do you have a no-fire on merge ? Or do you just go guns live ?

[Morpheus]

Ed here's the

New Link for Levi's Movie.

[Dead Man Flying]

Originally posted by JB73
gunnery is learned somewhat, but it is truly a trait that if you dont "have it" you never will i believe.

I really disagree with this.  I think some people have a natural talent for it, sure, but I don't think that people born without that talent must suffer with agonizingly poor aim.  It is something you can learn and improve.  I know I didn't start out shooting like I do now in Aces High; I had to work at it, practice, and try new things.  I got better, but I didn't start better.

Looking back, I see I shot about 6-7% from tours 12 through 15 or so.  Something had to happen between then and now to improve my gunnery almost threefold, and it wasn't natural talent.

-- Todd/Leviathn