The DA

[DoNKeY]

Actually just tonight I had a duel with Dedalos.  Of course he kicked my but lol.  The thing is he was totally ok with different planes.  I was watching two people duel 10 minutes before that with different planes.  It's not all just same plane same settings fights.

By the way Dedalos, thanks for dueling me and giving me a breakdown of how you got the kill.  100 times more beneficial than anything MA.  I appreciate the time to took to help me.

-Donkey

[humble]

Different plane dueling is very common in the DA. So so is multi plane engagements. In fact Bat, maha, SAD1 and I (with a few others) were flying 2,2-3-3 and FFA with 109 vs spit matchup switching off....

I fly non similiar plane duels all the time and as WW said they are of real value in learning true "dueling" skills.

IMO there is no such thing as an "even" remerge. what appears as neutral to one side isn't. Best personal story on that is a series of fights I've had with Vuduk over my last few DA sessions. We've had 7 or 8 great prolonged duels that started of those "even" remerges. Unfortunately I only could convert 1 or 2 out of those to my end even when I felt I had worked up an edge. In one I just chaulked it up to a missed shot but the other 5 or more he just flew my oscar into the ground (meaning he beat me not augered me) in the end.

Now Vudak has been asking, absorbing 411 and applying stuff in the DA for awhile now and it shows. As SKYROCK said all the "even" fights are winnable...or loseable:(....you have to apply yourself to learning the subtleties of ACM to get there however....

[dedalos]

Originally posted by BaldEagl
I almost never go to the DA as I don't find the format to be that fun.

I know the common rules:

Same plane and same fuel and ammo loadout
Merge cold at co-alt
Best of three is declared the winner

While these rules may indicate who's the better pilot of a specific aircraft they don't teach you anything about MA survival.

Why not change up the rules sometimes:

Fly whatever you want however you want it loaded
Merge however and at whatever altitude you want
Best of three is declared the winner.

I might even try it if these were the rules.  It seems to me it would be much more interesting.

Just food for thought.  Nothing more.

P.S.  I used to also prefer the AW DA where you took off from the same field in opposite directions then turned to fight after reaching an agreed upon seperation.

This is the dumbest think I ever heard.  However, you get to set the rules of engagement when you go there.  I get the feeling that since everyone things this is stupid and you cant get anyone to do that with you, you want to somehow force everyone to play like that by changing the rules?