Country jumping & ENY Fact or Fiction

[Morpheus]

I will say when the ENY limiter does kick in and I happen to be on that side, I do enjoy flying the higher ENY planes. Most of the time I am in a PJ, or a 47, so I rarely am bothered by any ENY restrictions.

Last night the numbers were so out of proportion that getting a P47D25 out of the hanger was tough. So I started flying SBD's... and planes that clearly have no advantage whatso ever other than maybe a tail gun. But what fun it was to shoot someone down with 2x50 cals.. or use the dive breaks on the SBD to make a spit5 over shoot when you are already doing 150mph.
Sure, you die alot, and may not get as many kills in a plane like that, but it is some great fun.

There are plenty of things in life to piss and maon about. This is a game. One that is here for your enjoyment. To let something so silly as not being able to fly a Nik, a P51, or take a tiger out of the hanger should be the last thing for anyone to get peeved about. Just make the best out of any situation. Laugh when everything is going bad, and you are dying repeatedly. And when you are forced to fly planes that you think suck... think of how fun it will be when you get a chance to shoot someone down with a D3A.

[ghi]

Originally posted by Morpheus
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Btw, Ghi, when was the last time you flew for another country other than Bish? [/B]

  I was talking about players changing side just b4 reset, for 20 perks that's cheap in my oppinion

 I fight for my country , i'm soldier not mercenary, not for score or personal glory,
 
 If all bish switch country i don't care i'll be the last 1 to defend,

 I love Bishland, sexy sheeps, tall trees, just few reasons to defend it, lol
 
What to do now?  should join the Knits horde, and help them vulch the poor newbs Bish??
 I would feel like helping a bunch of horny gangsters rape my handicaped sister
 I flew rook,they call me "spy", last year i think,  (i was drunk  in map room  and puke on wrong switches),

[dedalos]

Don;t get me wrong.  I am not complaining about not being able to fly what I like.  KI61 is fine for me and I don;t really need the ENY to make me fly a 202 or SBD.  Just saing, it does not really work.  It was a good idea trying to do somethng about a problem.  It just did not fix it.  Maybe it improved things a little but not fix.  Here is why I think it will never fix the problem.

Look at it from the side of the people that want to win the war.  Now, half the time, I am not even aware there is a war going on until I get yelled at for not strafing a town, but the majority of the people do.  They are in the MA to fight and win the war.  (I know we may not like it, but thats how things look to me).  Asking a person to switch sides 2 hours before the war he fought so hard for is won, is redicilus.  Why would they do it?  Some of them spent days milking and porking fields to help in the 'bigger cause'.  

So, again, ENY is not going to fix things because of the mentality of the MA (right or wrong is up to you to decide how you like to play the game).  As for me, I actually did have fun tring to dodge the pickers and fighters.  Lasting 20 or 30 seconds in those conditions is a win in my book

[AKFokerFoder+]

Yep the ENY worked great last night.

Many of my squad members just logged off.  When you are in a squad, you can't change sides.  If you don't like flying Spit 1's against Tempests, well, you just log off.

And maybe when you log off because of ENY, you will play another game, and maybe you will find you like it more than AH.

I can see ENY getting down to say 10 maybe 12 at max.  Or just scrap it.  Neither will happen.

Or just find another game to play when you can't play this one.

Tonight the AK's switch to Rook.  We will fly with them for a month, no mattter what the ENY value or numbers get to be.  That is our reward for being consistantly on one side; we get screwed by the ENY, or banged by the Hordes.

Like most attempts to control human behavior, the innocent get screwed by the laws more than the guilty.  

Why should AH2 be any different.???

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by AKFokerFoder+
Yep the ENY worked great last night.

Many of my squad members just logged off.  When you are in a squad, you can't change sides.  If you don't like flying Spit 1's against Tempests, well, you just log off.

And maybe when you log off because of ENY, you will play another game, and maybe you will find you like it more than AH.

I can see ENY getting down to say 10 maybe 12 at max.  Or just scrap it.  Neither will happen.

Or just find another game to play when you can't play this one.

Tonight the AK's switch to Rook.  We fly them for a month. No mattter what the ENY value or numbers get to be.  That is our reward for being consistantly on one side.  We get screwed by the ENY, or banged by the Hordes.

Like most attempts to control human behavior, the innocent get screwed by the laws more than the guilty.  

Why should AH2 be any different.???

Why can't you switch sides if you are in a squad?  I see any number of squads that do this and often see guys from the same squad flying for two different sides at the same time.

Dan/CorkyJr

[Dead Man Flying]

Dan's right, AKFoder.  I've always felt that one of the great innovations of Aces High was allowing squads and squad members to change countries without penalty or difficulty.  On some nights where you can't find a fight, you can make a fight.

And fratricide rules!

-- Todd/Leviathn

[dedalos]

Originally posted by AKFokerFoder+
That is our reward for being consistantly on one side; we get screwed by the ENY, or banged by the Hordes.

Why do you need a reward for staing with one side?

[DipStick]

NEVER have switched to the 'winning' side. Most nights like last night, Rooks were badly outnumbered so I switched to Rook. When numbers are basically even I usually fly Knits. I think it is about the same for most BKs.

[AKFokerFoder+]

Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Dan's right, AKFoder.  I've always felt that one of the great innovations of Aces High was allowing squads and squad members to change countries without penalty or difficulty.  On some nights where you can't find a fight, you can make a fight.

And fratricide rules!

-- Todd/Leviathn

The AK's go back well over 10 years.  I have been an AK for over 7.  We fight together, we protect each other, we have fun together.  We are more than just a few guys who have the same squad name.  I really don't expect non-AK's to understand.  I have cleared AK's sixes and they mine in Flying Circus, Red Baron 3D, and now Aces High.  We have shared many a triumph and many a defeat together.  I have met many of them in person.  I have had the heartbreak of having some of them die.

I seriously don't expect too many of you to understand what it is like to be an Arabian Knight.  We decided to keep our name in spite of anti-Arab sentiments after 9-11.  We are more than an on-line squad.

We fight together, we fly together.  We do have the occasionaly planned even when we fly against each other.  But other than planned events we don't kill each other.

To switch sides and fly against our brother and sister AK's would be to spit on all we believe in, and who we are.

[AKFokerFoder+]

Originally posted by dedalos
Why do you need a reward for staing with one side?

Yep, and the reward we get is having a certain integrity.  One that comes from making a commitment.  To our fellow squadmates, and to the side we are flying on this month.  If you are flying Rook this month, the AKs will be there with you.  If you are flying Bishop or Knight, we will have the pleasure of being your opponent.  We will not turn against the side we are flying with.

Our American society no longer believes in loyalty or commitment. But it is an AK tradition.

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by AKFokerFoder+
The AK's go back well over 10 years.  I have been an AK for over 7.  We fight together, we protect each other, we have fun together.  We are more than just a few guys who have the same squad name.  I really don't expect non-AK's to understand.  I have cleared AK's sixes and they mine in Flying Circus, Red Baron 3D, and now Aces High.  We have shared many a triumph and many a defeat together.  I have met many of them in person.  I have had the heartbreak of having some of them die.

I seriously don't expect too many of you to understand what it is like to be an Arabian Knight.  We decided to keep our name in spite of anti-Arab sentiments after 9-11.  We are more than an on-line squad.

We fight together, we fly together.  We do have the occasionaly planned even when we fly against each other.  But other than planned events we don't kill each other.

To switch sides and fly against our brother and sister AK's would be to spit on all we believe in, and who we are.

Yer serious about this?  There are numerous squads that go back 10 years or more.  I don't know what that has to do with anything.

Having fun in a game should be what it's all about.  The loyalty is to the fun folks are having.  Since no one is really dying, what's the differenice?

One of the great things back in Airwarrior for the squad I was a part of was shooting each other down when you least expected it.  It made for a good laugh

Kinda miss that in AH

Ah well, to each his own I guess

Dan/CorkyJr

[Dead Man Flying]

Holy way too much seriousness, Batman!

-- Todd/Leviathn

[Guppy35]

Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Holy way too much seriousness, Batman!

-- Todd/Leviathn

Bet they never ever took a mass YAK flight and tried to talk mock Russian the entire time

Dan/CorkyJr
Waxing nostalgic for just a sec

[AKFokerFoder+]

Originally posted by Guppy35
Yer serious about this?  There are numerous squads that go back 10 years or more.  I don't know what that has to do with anything.

Dan/CorkyJr

Each on-line squad has it's own traditions.

Ours includes loyalty to each other during on-line play.

That does not mean that squads that fly against each other on-line lack loyalty.  Certainly how other squads like to have fun, is up to them.  If they enjoy such activities as flying against each other in the MA, I certainly have no prejorative opinions of what they are doing.

On the other hand, when it was suggested that we AK's individually switch sides because of HT's ENY or to balance numbers.  I just tried to explain to the community that is not what we AK's do.

[SCDR]

Originally posted by Morpheus
LOL:lol

Dweeb!!  

SCDR