Originally posted by B@tfinkV
so if you dont need cartoon 'balls' (your words, not mine) then why do so many people run away when they might lose??
Why do you spend all day BnZ in a 109 without dying whrn you could be turn fighting on the deck and killing/dying alot more?
i never mentioned cartoon balls, my point was gameplay.
let me try and explain for those of you that still dont get it:
I played for a long time another online game that was first person shooter. i got quite into it, really enjoyed it for a few months..... then after a while i realised that i was just straight out killing. there was no point to it, i couldnt take films and learn from my mistakes, i couldnt ever make shooting someone with a rifle an art form in the cartoon world, so eventually i got bored and i dont play it anymore.
there are some who are just playing aces high the same way, killl, kill, kill with no talent for how you kill.
and you would be surprised how many long term players are infact scared of going to the DA incase it shows them how bad they are.
how many times do i have to explain why this stuff matters, its about a worthwhile fight rather than the only two planes in the sector flying ho at each other just for the sake of the fastest 'kill'.
I don't B&Z all day ina 109. I fly other planes as well and can be found just as often down low as high alt.
You want a worthwhile fight? Probably work better if you SET one up somewhere.
I mean come on! In the arena we see NO name, we see an plane type. So how do we KNOW the other plane isn't going to HO when it comes at us?
MOST OFTEN they DO HO when they get nose on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How many times does it take? Don't matter if it's 1 v 1 or 10 v 1, how many times does it take to realize that SOME people will HO no matter what? And unless you KNOW who the other plane is, how you gonna KNOW the other person isn't gonna HO?
BTW, Major Richard Ira Bong was said to prefer the HO against IJ aircraft.
Chuck Yeager was shot down in a HO.
So IMHO the HO is valid ACM.
You or anyone else claiming it's lame or a lamer tactic does NOT make it so.
IMHO this sounds VERY much like a effort to get others to fly the way you want them to fly.
Sorry but it's their $14.95.
Why not look at it another way? Why not rejoice when you unexpectedly find another flying right at you and doesn't ho you 1st merge?
You are flying off alone in a sector looking for a 1 v 1 fight, but how do you KNOW what you've found isn't a noob uppin away from the action and just trying to learn?
You do know some fly in here that just LOVE to go hunt those types right?