High Score versus doing right for your team

[blackdog68]

First post, old Fighter Ace "Ace", been playing AH for about a month now.

Often, I find myself in a quandry:

1)  Do I take always take off from a safe field, get plenty of E, pick only advantageous fights, and score well personally (for my current skill level that would be about 2-1 kill ratio)

OR

2)  Do I do the missions that help the team regardless of personal score, such as taking out radar, solo jumping on a bomber/fighter pack, or take off (repeatedly at times) from a field under heavy enemy attack to save the field...Under these scenarios I'm probably 3-1 against!

Thoughts on balancing the 2 aspects?

BTW, thanks to everyone who participates here, I've been reading almost every post!

[fuzeman]

The stupid answer... do what makes you log off with the biggest smile.

What I do depends alot on the map and how I feel. I want to contribute I'll peek at the map and see what's going on. Ask where the hottest potato is and if anyone needs help. I just want to fly and have some good fights I'll be quiet and do my thing. If I want an instant headache, take a ton of grief from dolts or recruit more members to the 'I hate fuzman' fanclub I'll go into the Training Arena and mention the rules of engagement to the clueless.

[Dichotomy]

My answer, for what it's worth, is do what you're in the mood to do at any given time.  Sometimes I look for the hot fight and sometimes I'll gas up and go where the action isn't so I can get some alt and look for some tasty morsels.

Lots of the folks around here do a lot of different things from time to time.

[Virage]

It would be nice if the score system encouraged something other than spawn camping and milkrunning but you can still play the team game without becoming the plankton of the Aces High food chain.

A base is under heavy attack and you want to defend?  Don't up at that field but  1 back and come in around 7 k.. you still have advantage with plenty of low targets and help the team by relieving the base.

Better yet.. take off heavy and bomb something on the nmy base, then have fun shooting at the stream of nmy racing to vulch.  By hitting dar you practically insure that anyone else trying to bomb the base will get there.

Ok.. so you want to rack up kills in a good vulch too from time to time?  Ease your team playing conscience by dropping a bomb on the town before you race 20 of your closest friends for a kill.  The goon parked next to the map room will appreciate it.

[Patches1]

Do I play for me? Or, do I play for my Country? Or, do I have fun experimenting in both aspects?

Should I play for personal score, or play for Country Honor, or change sides and play for the underdog of the day, or always maintain Squad integrity?

I do it all!

And, yes... take off from a safe base and gain altitude...it gives you time to think about what you wish to do.



Patches

[Auger]

Score is nothing more than a d*ck sizing contest without anyone opening a fly.  It can be padded in so many ways that it is mostly meaningless.

By definition of team, I gather that you mean country.  The countries are only there to keep AH from being a giant king of the hill festival.  Most "coordinated" missions are strategically misguided at best, but they sure can be a heckuva lot of fun.  Don't let the good of the team make you feel obligated to do something boneheaded or even something you just don't feel like doing.

Sometimes I'll take off from a capped base just to see if I can defy the odds.  The odds usually win, but once in a while I shoot someone down, or manage to sneak away far enough to make it a fair fight.  It's fun, but only once in a while.

Writing from personal experience, if you let score determine how you fly it will impact your enjoyment of the game.  Once I stopped caring about my score, I had a lot fewer rage quits and shout at the screen a lot less.

[SlapShot]

Score is nothing more than a d*ck sizing contest without anyone opening a fly

... Best description I have ever seen.

[Bruv119]

Hi Blackdog,

Do whatever you enjoy.  If its your first year I would suggest learning the gameplay and try out all sorts of different planes.  Aces High is very different from FA.   I have adapted to pretty much everything after playing since Mayish 2005.  

The flight model is much more balanced and fairer a good pilot can fly the older planes and still rack up handsome amounts of kills.

As a side note what was your nick in FA?  

I had an old Aussie guy called blackdog in The Few there.

Bruv
~S~

[GooseAW]

Welcome!

All are right! IMO.

It is fun to join a large mission for a capture attempt. It is fun to up from a capped field and "defy the odds". It is fun to up 2 fields back grab a wingman and see how many you can land. The ground war can be a blast too! Especially since you didn't have that aspect in FA.

Mix it up and have fun! Just don't take the pressures from "The team" too seriously.

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by Dichotomy
My answer, for what it's worth, is do what you're in the mood to do at any given time.  

I agree with this.  There is no "correct" answer to your question, and don't let anyone (...well...maybe anyone except me...?) tell you otherwise.

- oldman

[Dichotomy]

Originally posted by Oldman731
I agree with this.  There is no "correct" answer to your question, and don't let anyone (...well...maybe anyone except me...?) tell you otherwise.

- oldman

HA!!!.. the only message I've ever gotten from you is 'SYSTEM Oldman shot you down'

[blackdog68]

As a side note what was your nick in FA?  
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AVG_Blackdog...although if you remember me from back then you would hav typically seen AVG_BLACKDOG ***

And thanks again everyone, I kind of came to the same conclusion, but wanted to see what others thoughts are.

As to FA v AH, the main tactical differences (in addition to relearning rusty skills) are the bombers and learning how the flight models are different.  For instance, I typically flew an LA-7 in FA but it was modeled differently.  I could never fly a Pony in FA but enjoy them in AH.