Author Topic: Head on shots should burnin hayell (Read 1481 times)

Wolfala · « **Reply #30 on:** September 15, 2005, 01:04:44 PM »

All I can say is, thank god for girlfriends.

Gloves · « **Reply #31 on:** September 15, 2005, 02:38:25 PM »

The only way one can be HO'd is by HO'ing. If you don't like them, don't do them.

btw, my definition of a HO is when the noses of both planes are pointing at each other.

Glove

FiLtH · « **Reply #32 on:** September 16, 2005, 10:28:25 AM »

Been outta town for a few days. Tilt it wasnt the A8. I started out in the Ki84, then P38, then F6F, and ended in the 109K for its murderous fire and forget technology

Ive found that most AW guys who liked to dogfight like ww1 pilots enjoyed the no-ho rule. The others who wanted to bnz and snipe hated it, and probably are supporters of it here. C'est la veal.

Murdr · « **Reply #33 on:** September 23, 2005, 03:02:27 PM »

/cm gunnery HeadonDamageChance = 0.030000
/cm gunnery BuffHeadonDamageChance = 0.300000
/cm gunnery HeadonAngle = -0.707000
/cm gunnery HeadonCutoffDist = 100
/cm gunnery UseScalarHeadonDamage = 0.000000

I did not remember correctly....it was 3% chance of a head on hit aginst fighters, and 30% aginst buffs for AW. Just happen to stumble across my old CM stuff lol.

TDeacon · « **Reply #34 on:** September 23, 2005, 07:25:59 PM »

FiLtH,

This is a common recurring topic, as you can see if you search the boards.

The point made in most of them is that head-ons are almost always avoidable. I assume you do not believe this statement?

If this is the case, there are lots of experienced players who would probably be willing to demonstrate this avoidability to you, either in the TA or the DA. Once they convince you that head-ons ARE avoidable, I assume that you would drop your request that they be artificially prohibited.

Remember, that in the WWII "real world", head-ons were not uncommon. Prohibiting them in AH would not only violate real-world physics, but would be historically wrong.

FiLtH · « **Reply #35 on:** September 23, 2005, 09:11:18 PM »

Deacon, if you re-read my post, the main reason for my complaint isnt so much the HO (which im not a fan of though) its the way my graphics show a guy going one way, and then reverse, without me seeing anyother flight path change by him in the turn, and suddenly tracers are coming at me, when I expect him to still be going the other way. It happens to me alot, not just once in awhile.

TDeacon · « **Reply #36 on:** September 24, 2005, 08:23:02 AM »

Sorry if I misinterpreted your emphasis. However, th thread overall did seem to stray into the "let's ban HOs" area.

If this happens a lot to you, why couldn't you send a film to HTC?

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #37 on:** September 24, 2005, 09:10:35 AM »

I just point em out to the world on 200.
"Nice HO (insert pilot name)"

The ones that crack me up are the ones that come back with "low angle deflection shot" cause they may be off by a few degrees of a true nose to nose encounter

Gimme a break, its an HO shot. if we were exactly dead on (which probably happens about 1% of the time) you still would have taken the HO shot. You know it. And I know it. So please stop trying to justify your lameness. Your not kidding anyone.

another one that really cracks me up is when I have 3,4,5 all trying to gangbang me, and every one of then is trying for the HO,,every pass.
Even more comical is as often as not they still manage to miss.
If you and 4,5 of your buddies are ganging up on one plane, and you still have to try the HO shot. Either your very much hard up for kills, Your very frustrated, or you truely do lack skill of any kind.

Now what I'm going to do is what I did last night. The moment someone tries the HO All bets are off.

If I see you firing at me on the merge I will now fire back and kill you or let you ram into me. then announce it to he world
"You wanted to HO (insert pilot name),OK we went HO"

I prefer not to HO any time in the fight and as a rule I dont and wont unless you have first tried to HO me.

I'd much rather have an honorable fight. Win loose or draw.
Much more fun.

There are times when an HO is acceptable I think.

Your being gangbanged by 3 or more planes,
Your being vulchedon takeoff and are otherwise defenceless
When attacking bombers

Outside of that. I think its a pretty lame way to get kills.
If you concentrated on your ACMs as much as you do in trying to HO. You would find yourself a much better pilot in the long run and you wont find yourself outflown as often when you've missed

FiLtH · « **Reply #38 on:** September 24, 2005, 10:29:02 AM »

I rarely film as I never do anything spectacular. The only films I have are of bomber formations. I may start filming more when in fighters so I can catch one of these sights for you guys to see. Its rather odd. Its as if the plane doesnt turn..it seems to rotate. Its when the plane is over 1k out. Any closer and I will see the plane turn...but when its past 1k is when I see this.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #39 on:** September 24, 2005, 08:09:04 PM »

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Originally posted by FiLtH
I rarely film as I never do anything spectacular. The only films I have are of bomber formations. I may start filming more when in fighters so I can catch one of these sights for you guys to see. Its rather odd. Its as if the plane doesnt turn..it seems to rotate. Its when the plane is over 1k out. Any closer and I will see the plane turn...but when its past 1k is when I see this.

I know what your talking about I think.
I even mentioned it in another thread where to me it looked like the plane was flying backwards at me.

I intitially thought I was manuvering and getting ready to set up on his 6 then I noticed he was comming at me butt end first from my 2:00 as I was trying to manuver fo a shot. then his plane flips around and he's facing me. Really screwed up my timeing and what I was going to do

Krusty · « **Reply #40 on:** September 24, 2005, 09:19:57 PM »

Deleted Rule 8.