I think this is a good idea, and gives the community a good place to talk about these things. I have not read every post, and instead just wanted to write what I thought.
It comes down to those who play this in true WWII style, and those who want to kill such and such as fast as possible without real skill because it doesn't matter what happens to them.
HO's are real, but HO's happen here like 50-60% of the time, while in WWII, most pilots would avoid a HO simpley because they wish to ensure they live. They wouldn't turn away from it if they could win and all that, but it was used WAY less. Also, alot of pilots in AH don't care about landing, there is even a squad based on this. They jump sides and just want to rake in kills, and bailing the moment they need ammo/fuel. Alot of pilots regulate thier fuel so they can make it home, a real part of war.
The RAM was used in kamikazi attacks with great effect, but those pilots never refined the skill, nor did they regularly use it on fighters, why? THEY DIED. Now, the Germans rammed too at the end of the war, but they did it to Bombers 99% of the time, and were trained to bail. One try, none of this ram, turn, ram, turn ram, you die, they live even having rammed you 3 times (I have a video of someone doing this, and staying airborn long enough to kill me again then land, he hasn't been on since I sent HT the video) But the idea remains. It was a one shot deal, and the bombers went down more often than not, but the pilot died about 60% of the time too, and 100% of the time lost his plane.
Spies were a normal practice in WWII, but they also had the ability to counter act the practices. In AH, I can PM the other side and tell them what's going on, and if the other end is a close friend, NO ONE would ever know, and this creates a problem. In War, a spy is caught and killed, here, we can't even catch them. Not because we're dumb, but because we do not have the means to do such, IE this gives an unfair advantage, and should be a bannable offense for all parties. And as much as I know I'll get flak, I think PM's between sides should be stopped. you can tune to 200 or switch sides IMO.
Vulching is one of those problems no one should whine about. Why? If you're dumb enough to up on a capped, or even semi capped feild and get vulched.. well, too bad, shouldn't have done that. It's like saying: I'm immune to your cap so I can break it here instead of having to come from another base to reinforce. Deal with the vulch.
The most unethical of all though IMO is the graphics turn down with GV's. I have many videos of people blatently using this as a tactical advantage, that can't be counter-acted. Here's why: I'm in a forest 3.5k from base. Enemy GV is on base. Because I am in the trees, even if I had graphics turned down, I can't see dude because I'm so close to the trees, they won't vanish, but dude can see me. The very thing I'm trying to use as cover has become my worst enemy. Now, this game requires two things with GV's a faster finger and a good ranger.. it no longer requires hiding, placement and the like, or to a minimal extent. I have a very nice and fast computer, I want to see the graphics, and I want to use trees like they did in WWII, as cover, not as a target on me saying kill me. With this, it's actually more benificial to have a slow crappy computer. This happens to be the only game I've ever played that gives advantage to crappy computers and punishes good ones.
With that said, I'lll remind you all of one last tidbit. Ramming, while not nice, isn';t always the players fault. Remember, each of us is in our own world in the game, and because of slight lag, we each exist in a slightly diffrent location than we see. That is how you get the one sided collisions 99% of the time. The others come from stupid people running into you in stalls, as they try to rip you up, or HO you (remember, HOing is a form of chicken, and few on AH are willing to turn because they don't care if they die). So, next time you whine about ramming, ask yourself: how did it happen, before you tell someone they suck because they ram you (now if they were stupid, came in at 450, fired and rammed into you, yeah, they are salamanders, but if it was a HO or something like that..l. whatcha gonna do)
