Author Topic: what is your favorite AH moment? (Read 1703 times)

Ghosth · « **Reply #15 on:** January 02, 2006, 08:52:09 AM »

Last night, rolled a La5, grabbed to 7k. See a high pony (15k or better) no one else around, just him & me. He proceeds to line me up takes several passes at me. Each time I duck, dodge, split S or otherwise evade. Finally he's getting closer to my alt, the time is ripe. I start a shallow dive & hang my tail out away from him. He takes the bait, pitch nose down, duck his shot, pull up onto his 6.

Now its all MY game, hes zoomin, & divin, rolling & turning but I'm stuck like glue.
800, 600, 400 finally he's almost on the deck, running out of E. He crosses my nose, take a blind snap shot. Roll in behind him, and see he's smoking, couple more turns and he's pieces, toast, burnt toast. Shoot him a (and meant it)
Wow, a good one on one fight in the main with 600 on. FANTASITC!

Climb, grab towards our field, get up to 7k again. Here comes a 109G14.

Same story as the pony, ended up landing em both.

Was only 2 kills but hey, they were all MINE! No gimmees, no ez mode, both had major alt & position advantages, and both died.

Thats as good as it gets in my book.

Kurt · « **Reply #16 on:** January 02, 2006, 10:56:23 AM »

It was back in AH1, I was up in a Zeke, and I don't know why because I hate those things, probabaly a squad mission or something.

I got shot down and was re-upping to catch up with the guys when I got jumped by a 262 who was coming down from low-earth orbit at about warp 7. I jerked the zeke right and the 262 overshot, he went up hill and reversed but on his return he was in a bad firing position so he started a moderate right hand bank to bring guns to me.

Since he was in another severe overshoot he was never able to get the nose pointed at me, but as he passed by I got off a ridiculous deflection snap shot and sheered his wing off.

I laughed so hard I nearly crashed.

I get special joy from snuffing 262's. Thinking about it my second favorite was killing a 262 from the ball turret of a B24 while he thought he was creeping up underneath me...

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #17 on:** January 02, 2006, 11:37:34 AM »

I'm serious, Storch. I get shot down all the time in Aces High by everyone from the elite to the utter noob. If I wind up making someone's millenium for it, then all the better. We can all feel good about it.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Zazen13 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 02, 2006, 11:43:22 AM »

My favorite moment was about 6 months ago. I was in an Ostwind defending one of the Rooks last bases. Bish were trying to reset us. They were all over our HQ base like hair on a bear, they were vulching en masse. I got in my Ostwind and shot down 58 vulchers in 13 minutes, this turned the tide, Bish failed to capture the base, failed to reset the Rooks and the Rooks came back the next day to reset the Bishops. This was my favorite moment because it's unusual for 1 person out of 500 online to have such a profound impact on the gameplay of the entire arena, made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside..

Zazen

storch · « **Reply #19 on:** January 02, 2006, 11:54:25 AM »

See Rule #4

simshell · « **Reply #20 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:01:01 PM »

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Originally posted by cpxxx
It was a fine morning in the main arena. Any activity was mostly 'tip and run' raiders from across the channel on the next island. So I signed out a Spitfire IX and took off climbing and circling the field into the clouds floating above. All the while keeping an eye out for any rogue raiders flashing across the water.

It was really quite enjoyable to fly for the sake of it for a change rather than become engaged in a hectic fight right after take off
This may only be simple game with cartoon aeroplanes but sometimes it hits the right spot.

i enjoyed doing that alot in the TA-152 looking for high cons or flying deep into rook land it was fun being so high and alone it was relaxing

Guppy35 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:07:01 PM »

Flew a Snapshot a while back, shortly after the new Spits arrived. We were in Spit IXs escorting 26s to France, with the 109s and 190s tasked with stopping us.

There we were, a bunch of Spits with the 26s in sight, headed out over the Channel. It was 1943 out of Tangmere for me.

As we cross the coast, the first 109s show up trying to suck off the Spits so the 190s can hit the bombers. A few of the Spit drivers fall for it and the 190s roll in on the Marauders.

Soon some bombers are hit and burning. My wingman and I have stuck with the bombers and soon I've hit a 190 and he's going down smoking. Smoke starts to rise from the target as the remaining bombers turn for home. The 109s and 190s keep coming and I end up in a turning fight down to the deck with another 190, ultimately I get him and head out over the Channel, hooking up with a pair of 26s headed for home on the deck.

It's those flights that remind me of the history that really suck me in. I can probably remember all of those kind of flights. For those moments it really sucks me into the cockpit and is as real as my imagination and the computer can make it.

Morpheus · « **Reply #22 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:09:08 PM »

See Rule #5

Flatbar · « **Reply #23 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:14:50 PM »

My most memorable moment was my first flight in AH, it was Beta tour 3.

I took off in a P51 and started to climb, got to 17K and spotted a B17 at about 21K. Started climbing and got enough alt for an attack just as he started to drop his eggs. My first pass, and my last, didn't do any damage too speak of but while trying to reverse for another attack I got into a spin.

From 22K down to 7K I fought the spin with sweaty palms and a racing heart I finaly got the bird straightened out but the engine had died. I was about 5 miles from my base at 6K. I successfully deadsticked the landing and just sat there on the runway thinking to myself 'This Aces High is going to be a great ride'.

It still is.

storch · « **Reply #24 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:26:21 PM »

See Rule #5

Morpheus · « **Reply #25 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:31:47 PM »

Thank you for proving my point.

I rest my case.

storch · « **Reply #26 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:39:20 PM »

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Originally posted by Morpheus

Thank you for proving my point.

I rest my case.

you are very welcome.

culero · « **Reply #27 on:** January 02, 2006, 12:56:32 PM »

I usually get disgusted seeing cool threads get diverted and degenerate into me/us vs you/them pissing matches, but I did get a grin here at storch's reference "leblowathn"

He is right about that bastard, yanno. He's just as bad as Gray Eagle was in Air Warrior about ganging up on people.....all by himself.....

culero: GE there's 5 bogeys over there, need help?
GE: nah, I got 'em surrounded
dweeb shot down
dweeb2 shot down
etc....

culero

MajWoody · « **Reply #28 on:** January 02, 2006, 01:07:17 PM »

I was a pretty new baby seal in ah1. Was flying all by myself in a ponyB with one kill in the bag & out of nowhere a spit comes in firing & lighting me up. I was trailing smoke & figured I was dead meat but had to go for broke. I poped flaps & somehow managed to fluke in behind the spitty & killed it. "YOU SHOT DOWN HITECH". I had to get back to land this kill & had not landed but a few in game so far. I was on cloud 9 because like I said, I haven't landed but a couple of kills period & here I had a chance to land Hitech. All of a sudden my engine quit & I was a glider. I was trying to stretch my glide the best I could but knew I wasn't going to make the field. I was bummed. I dropped gear & touched down & was bouncing along & almost to a stop when all of a sudden I was rolling down a steep hill with the base right below me. I was able to lift off again & floated right over & touched down in the grass in the middle of the field. I rolled across to the runway & landed the kills.
I know that doesn't sound like much but for a baby seal in his first flight sim it was pretty awsome at the time.

storch · « **Reply #29 on:** January 02, 2006, 01:16:40 PM »

See Rule #4, #5