which is best and which is worst

[storch]

Originally posted by ink
the best- being out #erd and killing them all,or most, and wondering where the others ran off to
the worst- being shot down by a zip code in a 1vs 1.

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by Delirium


Worst: Egos- made even worse by so many 'vets' that have them now. From challenging someone to the DA and 'the loser cancels his account' to the numerous chest thumping idiocy that gives nothing back to the community.

Weenies like you that try and deny you have an ego, are more harmful to the community because you are not being honest!:aok

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by Gooss
Best:  Finding a Corsair in the hangar.

Worst.  Not having the time to find a Corsair in the hangar.

HONK!
Gooss

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by Vudak
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa - "gives nothing back to the community?  

What the heck do you do on your climbout?

 

ty VUDAK!:aok

[Vudak]

Originally posted by SkyRock
Weenies like you that try and deny you have an ego, are more harmful to the community because you are not being honest!:aok

I dunno.  I was in Del's squad for a good long time and have had a few beers with him in real life.  He's a laid back guy who just generally likes to shut up and fly

Not saying there aren't types like you said, but I think you're off the mark with him

[MajWoody]

Best -  Good 1v1 close, even, go either way fights.

Worst - The guy that will run for a sector & a half until you break off & all of a sudden he has the courage to engage you. Then after you reverse him he runs another sector & a half, rinse....repeat. THEY DISGUST ME.

[shamroc]

Originally posted by MajWoody
Best -  Good 1v1 close, even, go either way fights.

Worst - The guy that will run for a sector & a half until you break off & all of a sudden he has the courage to engage you. Then after you reverse him he runs another sector & a half, rinse....repeat. THEY DISGUST ME.

Why chase the guy a sector and a half before turning around and sucking him back into the fight ?

Shamroc

[humble]

Trundeling along at medium alt in a "2nd rate plane"...only to find another guy moseying your way in another bird from the disgard pile. D11 vs Ki-61, 205 vs G2, P38G vs A-20....etc

It's like forrest gumps box of chocolates with all the bad ones taken out. You dont know what your getting but you know it'll be good....

The bad is unfortunately the majority of the squads, including a number I have great respect for historically. Sadly more and more often I see 4,6 or even more ganging a single con. Not only is it bad form but its counterproductive. I wont compare squads or name names beyond the statement that "we" (71st) never break of more then 2 guys for a single if we're flying a sweep. If we have 12-16 guys outbound then we'll break of two and continue on...which is how it was...and should be.

When I "grew up" in the game the major squads were the backbone of "proper game play". They set the standard and challenged everyone to live up to it. It used to take 2-3 years before some squads would even consider considering you for an invite.

Now the majority of the big squads are leading the way in the wrong direction (not all thank god).

[Grayeagle]

Best: shootin Storch down in AvA over the 'channel', and listening to him whine on 200 about it ..for a *long* . . *long* .. time.

also best: an AW3 dogfight tween 262's starting at co-alt, degrading to on the deck, both of us with holes, and he ran outta gas and hit the water before I did ..just a tremendous fight.
*Then* finding out he was a flight trainer in the USAF (was an awesome fight, kid) ..
..or even earlier, chewin on Mac in AWDos ..he was always at 20k+ in a spit in half time, and I would nail him in my zeke, flyin along at 200ft, 150ias .. as he dove down he was so stiff he couldnt manuever and I knew where he would be, so I shot him as he went by ..over and over again. Then finding out he was an F-15 pilot .. and tellin him he needed to get better to help his 'day job' ..LOL.

Another best: Lee Lauderback sayin I 'wear the airplane' as we return from beatin up the Naval Weapons Training Center in Florida ..in 'Crazy Horse' ..and me knowing it was due to all the years of flyin AW's Mustang, I felt at home doin the pop ups, roll to target, pull off, Immelman, split-S, cuban-eight, loops, etc.
..because I had done them for years in AW.. and the speeds matched.

Yassir . . the fights ..the scenarios .. singles, team, takin one for the team or just plain dishin it out.. hunting a bandit ..meeting people face-to-face and the planar shift that takes place when the stranger says his call sign and all of a sudden ..he's no stranger at all .. Fun stuff.

The Worst: Gettin fragged by a wannabe 'Colonel' squad leader, for laffs, durin a good mission, then bein booted from the squad after being asked to return.
Just about the most idiotic sequence of events I have ever been subjected to.

-Frank aka GE

[uptown]

The best for me are the people in the game.All the different counties people are from.
2nd best is when you kill the con on your squadies six.

The worst for me is when i take the game too serious and get pissed when i got pawned out there. My wife and kids tell me i play too much and cuss alot sometimes.

[SkyRock]

Originally posted by Vudak
I dunno.  I was in Del's squad for a good long time and have had a few beers with him in real life.  He's a laid back guy who just generally likes to shut up and fly

Not saying there aren't types like you said, but I think you're off the mark with him

Just giving him he11 and yes, I believe he has an ego!

[Delirium]

That is why I only land proxies... trust me, I am not any good and whatever stats I have can probably back that up.

I can't fight my way out of a wet, ripped paper bag.

[NHawk]

Best: Teamwork

Worst: No teamwork.

I want to say a couple of things. This quote from HT is over used.

Originally posted by hitech
This is a false assumption.


The game was designed to have fun at different types of combat. Conquering bases is just a means to promote combat and hence fun. But by no means is it more or less justified than going out and just mixing it up.


HiTech

Do you expect him to say "WAIT... a few of you are playing my game wrong!"? He's not a stupid man. He wouldn't do that.

The game has always been mainly about aerial combat. We can all agree on that.

What many disagree about is the objective of the aerial combat. Or, if there should even be an objective.

In the beginning (I am not talking about beta tests), most of the combat that took place was with the objective of winning the war. There were some furballs taking place, but the overall gameplay was in the direction of winning the war.

Somewhere along the line, the gameplay shifted to mostly furballs and little towards winning the war. I'll never forget the time when an enemy CV was shelling our base and I sunk it from the shore battery. A ton of people started screaming at me for sinking the CV. They were furballing with the planes upping off of the CV. Totally ignoring the fact that the base was about to be destroyed. With that shift in gameplay I can think of at least 8 players and some entire squads that left the game, never to return.

Now, gameplay is in flux again. I'm guessing there is about a 50-50 split in the type of players in the game. And this, if anything is causing some problems in and of itself. The battle of which way the game should be played intensifies and I don't ever see it ending.

The only solution I see is for separate arenas for the furballers and the win the war crowd. But, that would never happen voluntarily. Someone would scream "Why should I be limited to arena X" and "I want to play in arena Y".

I see nothing wrong with either style of gameplay. Both have their good and bad points. Gameplay will always shift back and forth. Play what you like, but don't bash the other type of player for doing what he likes. If your furball base gets taken, it's part of the game. On the other side, if a furball/TT base is available and another is too, go after the other base first. Furballers, if you see a reset will happen with the capture of FT/TT bases...you know what's going to happen. I DO disagree with FT/TT bases being taken early in the map. They should be the last bases taken for a reset.

[thndregg]

I've helped swipe bases where the opposition leasts expects it, with the idea that "this will really p!ss them off"-meaning that this will provoke a fight to get it back. And so it does, and usually the fights are pretty damn good.

That to me is the best of both worlds: The fog of war, and and then an all out fight for us to progress, or for them to get thier base back. It can go either way, but it's fun.

[storch]

thundregg, in other words (not putting words in your post but merely attempting to clarify)  you don't prefer to actually fight people, you prefer to fight sheds and then watch others fight?

did I understand you correctly?