***** and whine from bomber pilot

[SixWhiskey]

OK, guys, let's review.

I'm lined up over my target and see no fewer than 10 friendly fighters through my bomb scope.  No reds, just greens.

And a bandit chews me up and spits me out.  Just one.  (1)

I'm at a whopping 5000 ft.  

Pop quiz:

Fighter pilots should:

a.) vulch the field for killz and scorez and screw the bomber pilots - they're on their own.

b.)  Support the effort to capture bases by protecting inbound bombers and goons.

*cough*

[Cooley]

well your about 10k too low IMO, and ask for a gunner well before target area

No matter what they were doing, they probably were not on an escort mission,

I choose C, All of above, do what they like and have fun

[SuperDud]

I don't "base capture", I don't try to "win the war", I fight and try to kill the bad guys. Basically it's your job to protect yourself out there. Like Cooley said, spend the extra 10 mins to get higher or get a gunner. So I'd have to go with answer A.


I do like to vulch though:aok

[Ratnick]

.... or they were expecting you to cover them with your guns, they weren't expecting you to actually drop bombs. (cancel this theory if you were in a lanc or b26)

[Kurt]

Yeah, I gotta agree, in all my two years in AH, if there is one rule of thumb I apply it is that (especially in a bomber) I don't expect much from anyone other than squadmates.

Altitude is at the pilot's discretion.. You can get shot at any altitude... But running in low over a hot target carries an inherent risk, its not their fault you came along right then, they might have been in the middle of supporting a squad operation that didn't involve you.

The most important rule of online gaming is to make your own fun, and never count on others to make it fun for you... The only exception to this rule is during a coordinated mission either with your squad or a public mission... In those cases I do have higher expectations on the people involved.

Kurt
(formerly KurtVW)
~~~FATE~~~

[Soulyss]

Sounds like you asume the people around you want to capture the field.  That's not the point of the game.  The point of the game is to have fun playing it in whatever fashion you see fit.

[Furball]

Originally posted by SixWhiskey
blah whine, blah blah whine whine

[Schaden]

Look at it this way - if it wasn't for kill shooter those friendly fighters probably would be jostling for a chance to kill you before the enemy do.

[CPorky]

There is nothing worse than having a buff pilot come in and kill a beautiful furball by killing the FH. I'm a furballer, not much more...

I give any bomber the benefit of the doubt and assist them, but if I hear 'I'm killing the FHs', you won't get a check 6, much less a clear.

Most of the time, these bomber pilots kill the FH and leave the VH up anyway. Even if you are an arm-chair general, it makes no sense...

[J_A_B]

Nevermind that planes vulching a field at 200 MPH (so low they're visible through the bomb sight) can't exactly zoom straight up 5K to pick off a con that is probably diving on the bombers at 400 MPH even if they wanted to anyway....

The guy above me said it right...all too often the bomber guys are flying in and doing nothing but ruining everyone else's fun....why should people protect him?  There were a lot of times I would have shot down the "friendly" bomber myself if I could have.


J_A_B

[Westy]

Fighter pilots should ... have thier online accounts provided for free by you if they're supposed to be your personal "body" guards.

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by SixWhiskey
OK, guys, let's review.

I'm lined up over my target and see no fewer than 10 friendly fighters through my bomb scope.  No reds, just greens.

And a bandit chews me up and spits me out.  Just one.  (1)

I'm at a whopping 5000 ft.  

Pop quiz:

Fighter pilots should:

a.) vulch the field for killz and scorez and screw the bomber pilots - they're on their own.

b.)  Support the effort to capture bases by protecting inbound bombers and goons.

*cough*

First, you're waaaaaaaaaaaay to low!  Second you're flying   waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay to low!  and third you need waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more altitude!  good luck!

[storch]

some of us dislike buffs so much that we go out of our way to ruin it for you guys the way you guys ruin it for us.  go bomb strats stop ruining furballs.

[FiLtH]

Yes 5k is too low. Also...since everyone flies their own way, we cant expect people to protect us. That guy you want to save you is likely thinking "I hope he doesnt kill the FHs before I can get some vulches in!"   Bring your own guns.

[FBBone]

Unless you and I happen to be in on the same mission, you're on your own.  I'd suggest recruiting some fighter escorts next time.