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Offline crockett

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« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2007, 03:42:59 PM »
I did 7 the last tour in vehicles. All were LW areanas.  In reality I should have had two more in vehicles on Monday. I sat at two seprate bases with a m3 at the towns waiting on people to drop only a hand full of buildings each time. The bases were ours but too many people were busy vulching to drop 5 buildings one time and 3 the other.

I fight most of the time, but if a base needs goon I'll take them in, so I could see someone getting 30 in a month with out to much issues. It just gets annoying when people are asking for goon at a base, so you take the time to get them there and then they don't finish off the job at the base.
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« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2007, 03:43:25 PM »
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Originally posted by DREDger
I never really understood how ranking was accomplished.  I asked HTC about it at the convention.

I said 'shouldn't you get better 'fighter' rank for not dying....so the ones who don't die get the better rank'

He said (paraphrased) "the problem with that is then everyone starts running away and not engaging in the fight"

I said, "I know some guys like to take a stuka, load it with a big bomb, then hit a city or town and blast alot of buildings."

He said "thats what you should do"

Anyway, I still have no clue how to get the uber rank, if I get over 50 that is what I consider super good for me.

I have tried the stuka thing, not die in fighter thing, so on so forth...other times I just say screw it and fly like a maniac.  Funny thing is last time when I didn't try, my rank was better than when I did try.

So I don't know.  Here is my take on.

If you are ranked better, ur a dweeb who spends too much time playing this game and knows 'little' gamey secrets.

If you are ranked worse, it is because I just have more skill and should justifiably be ranked higher.


Dredjur, its really simple.  You really do have to be dweeeby to get overall high rank.  Just ask SHawk.  Now if your achieving high rank in fighters by "gaming the rank system" then your probably going to get called out on it by folks who have put time into crafting their cartoon airplane dogfighting skills.  Just like the guy who "stuka bombs the factory" but can't hit both FH's lined up on a pad from 15k, yet he gets #1 in bombers.  It's not that folks lose sleep over it, they just occasionally call a dweeeb a dweeeb!  Very simple! :)
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« Reply #47 on: March 01, 2007, 03:44:38 PM »
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Originally posted by killnu
Is that wrong?  Maybe this is what I have been doing wrong.:furious   Why has nobody told me?!?!:mad:  Next thing your gonna tell me is quit flying with a keyboard and mouse!!!!:mad:

:lol :rofl :eek: :confused: :huh





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« Reply #48 on: March 01, 2007, 04:32:39 PM »
As stated before, {and why im not in ma} the new arenas will/have brought the skill level down, as well as the prestige  in being able to take a base in the first place.
Its no ones fault



 why bother taking a base?< if you log off and back on the country may be unreachable, and thus all your gains for not...
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« Reply #49 on: March 01, 2007, 05:12:49 PM »
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Originally posted by BaldEagl
On a similar note, I check into and fly in the EW arena occasionally (2-3 flights a week on average).  When I check the roster I see that most of the arena is populated by very highly ranked players but, when I go head to head with them they don't show much for their high rankings.

Granted, that doesn't apply to all of them.  I've had some great fun against NB, even though I've lost a few too many of those and had a couple of good fights against KONG just the other night, but overall most of these guys aren't as good as their rankings.

Just an observation.


Rank isn't a good indicator of one's skill level.


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« Reply #50 on: March 01, 2007, 05:16:32 PM »
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Originally posted by LTARghst
Just go into EW and MW! You will find the same  people in there all the time taking undefended bases. Funny thing is once you kill em a few times they either go to another base or log. I like going in there to foil their plans and they know who they are hehe.


GRILLMAN does this.  He'll ask for volunteers to go with him to the EWA or MWA to milk run the undefended bases.  it's one of the reason why I don't really fly in the MWA anymore.  Got tired of chasing the milk runners across the map.


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« Reply #51 on: March 01, 2007, 05:27:55 PM »
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Originally posted by DREDger
I never really understood how ranking was accomplished.  I asked HTC about it at the convention.

I said 'shouldn't you get better 'fighter' rank for not dying....so the ones who don't die get the better rank'

He said (paraphrased) "the problem with that is then everyone starts running away and not engaging in the fight"

I said, "I know some guys like to take a stuka, load it with a big bomb, then hit a city or town and blast alot of buildings."

He said "thats what you should do"

Anyway, I still have no clue how to get the uber rank, if I get over 50 that is what I consider super good for me.

I have tried the stuka thing, not die in fighter thing, so on so forth...other times I just say screw it and fly like a maniac.  Funny thing is last time when I didn't try, my rank was better than when I did try.

So I don't know.  Here is my take on.

If you are ranked better, ur a dweeb who spends too much time playing this game and knows 'little' gamey secrets.

If you are ranked worse, it is because I just have more skill and should justifiably be ranked higher.


Get some base captures scored under Attack and you'll be swimming in uber high rank.


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« Reply #52 on: March 01, 2007, 05:29:43 PM »
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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Rank isn't a good indicator of one's skill level.


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Aint that the TRUTH!!!!
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« Reply #53 on: March 01, 2007, 05:32:31 PM »
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Rank isn't a good indicator of one's skill level.


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That was the point I was making.
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« Reply #54 on: March 01, 2007, 05:33:42 PM »
now WTH is goose steppin flyboy? (arms crossed tapping toe....)

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« Reply #55 on: March 01, 2007, 05:40:25 PM »
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That was the point I was making.


Don't let your short time there influence your judgement of skill level of the pilots in the EW. There are dweebs in every arena. There are also very experienced pilots in all arenas. If you keep looking you will find great fights in the EW. I think most of the whiners don't even dare show up in the EW because they cant get the new rides there.

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« Reply #56 on: March 01, 2007, 05:41:30 PM »
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now WTH is goose steppin flyboy? (arms crossed tapping toe....)

:noid


Its hard to do the goose step in a little 109. :D
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« Reply #57 on: March 01, 2007, 05:41:52 PM »
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now WTH is goose steppin flyboy? (arms crossed tapping toe....)

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I'll have to find you the link....LMAO!
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« Reply #58 on: March 01, 2007, 05:58:18 PM »
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Originally posted by 4XTCH
SHawk??:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

Actually, it was a young tart named SASKID who's always said "Rank don't mean Squat"
I find this to be quite true. I know where I stand against the good sticks in this game, that is what motivates me to get better, not rank...
When some one says to me on 200 "I knew it was you.. I know how good you are... thats why I was running"...( Yes!! it actually happened).. That means more to me than rank.


4XTCH


I didn't say that, I said I know how bad you are and didn't want you to feel bad.

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« Reply #59 on: March 01, 2007, 05:59:30 PM »
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GRILLMAN does this.  He'll ask for volunteers to go with him to the EWA or MWA to milk run the undefended bases.  it's one of the reason why I don't really fly in the MWA anymore.  Got tired of chasing the milk runners across the map.


ack-ack


Only to have them bail when you get within Icon range of them.....
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