A new low has been reached.....

[BlauK]

I love attacking the buffs. If I saw a bunch of them bail out before I got engaged, I surely would be upset as well.

However, I understand why they did it if their goal was to capture that base. Had they flown back home and landed, the damage made would have been magically repaired by that time. It is the game mechanic that encourages such action

I'd love to see bombing made more meaningful, because I want to hunt them down

[Strip]

Anyone remember Americas Army? They had a group votekick to boot people. I used to get booted for being the only one left simply because I wasnt going to suicide myself.

I think if you start getting more .report commands they are going to get misused more often. I mean right now if you piss a squad off you can get muted.....having never said a word!

Whatever you do it needs to be HTC controlled and NOT player controlled.

Strip(er)

[1Boner]

At least one film must be provided of the "alleged" incident.

[gpwurzel]

Was there for that one at 100 - dont much care about the bomb n bail crew - did see some b17's coming back low over the field straffing (didnt see the one that shot me down tho...lol).

Got frustrated with a wingless, burning f6f and f4u that just would not die (after a 12 hour night shift, cranky n tired is not the way to play!). Logged off, went to bed.


Wurzel

[WMLute]

They will grow out of it.

Wait untill they've flown for a year or two.  Maybe they participated in a SnapShot, KOTH, FSO or Scenario hosted by our wonderfull Special Events CM staff (Shameless plug), "see the light" and change their ways.

The player that bombs/ bails is the same player that flys around face shooting and ramming into everything they see not even trying to actually "fight".

They are that nme con that flys over 2-3 potential fights to die in the field ack vulching.

It is a "stage" nothing more.  Where they are "at" on the "learning curve".  (or even "Food Chain" if ya' think about it)  They will either quit or grow out of it.

Maybe they happen to go to a King of the Hill event (like the one THIS saturday night 9pm EST in the Special Events Arena) and discover how much more you can do in this game other than face shoot.  Where ho/ram flying means you are in the tower most the KOTH watching those who use ACM fight.  Which is a GREAT place to watch the fights from CM Eye mode and learn a few tricks.  Heck, KOTH is worth it to go and JUST watch in CM Eye mode.

Possibly they got involved in one of our weekly SnapShot events (like we run every Wed. night 10pm EST and Thur. day 3pm EST) or a Scenario like Der Gross Schlagg (DGS was one of the better Scenario's ever done imho.  we are STILL talking about the immersion factor it had). 

I flew in the past Wed. SnapShot and it was INCREDIBLY fun.  Not to mentions it was NIGHT TIME!  <S> Hornet.  When our Ki-61's finally ran across the 6 ish B-24 formations with F4U escorts @ 20k it was quite the white knuckle rush.  With a one or multi life event like that where every plane is worth points it is important to get 'em home and land.  They might finally understand that a "successful" mission means you get it back home and succesfully.

Don't EVEN get me started on how much fun high alt bomber missions with escorts are.  Getting to target and blowing the heck out of it and back home again all the while battlin' bad guys and flying in formation is a BLAST!  Half the fun is the chatter during the climb out.

I mentioned to a squaddie the other night how well we all were doing in a particular fight vs. overwhelming odds.  "Yeah we're killing them in droves" said Proploss, "but we aren't LANDING them!".

And to be honest, I agree with that 100%.  Sure we all had 4-10 k/d ratio's vs. the bad guys.  We weren't LANDING them, and that matters.

I always take off with the intent of landing that sortie succesfully.  If I don't make it home it wasn't, well, succesfull.  I failed or lost if you will.

Even from a fully capped field I will take off with my normal "battle" loadout on that particular plane.  I plan on getting out of there, getting alt, killing bad guys along the way, and eventually landing a ton of scalps and saving the field.  (that's my INTENT.  granted i'm just as likely to get vulched)

Anyhoo it's just a "stage" a pilot goes through.  They will either grow out of it or grow bored and quit.
(it CAN'T be fun dying 10 times to get one kill. that gets old after a few weeks)

[FrodeMk3]

I think HTC rejoyces in the thought of having to look at all these "lame gameplay" reports - or what any individual consider as such. 

As much as they do, reading all these threads' about it? With everyone screaming at HTC to fix it?

Of course, the upside to this is, once they fix it, the complaints' stop. At least, until people complain about the fix.

[chancevought]

I say enjoy this new low...a newer low is just around the corner.

[Strip]

Sadly your not the first to say that and the first for it to come true....

Strip(er)

[Widewing]

He's got a point though...lay off the tab button.


ack-ack

Actually, he has selected the "Right Align" text option. If he clicks the "Left Align" text option button his text will revert to what most are using.

My regards,

Widewing

[Masherbrum]

                               You are a fool you know that boy? A silly, arrogant, babbling, little fool.

                               Only a pampered Mommies boy could possibly even consider spinning up a post like that, directed at a stranger, for a reason I cant even fathom. Im really surprised this Aces High company puts up with silly children like you.

Why?   I can type a grammatically correct sentence.    Babbling?   I think you're looking at your own reflection.    You missed commas, used improper indentions, not to mention a missing apostrophe.   

I despise arrogance and hypocrisy.   I may be silly, but I'm no fool.   

[Rich46yo]

Why?   I can type a grammatically correct sentence.    Babbling?   I think you're looking at your own reflection.    You missed commas, used improper indentions, not to mention a missing apostrophe.   

I despise arrogance and hypocrisy.   I may be silly, but I'm no fool.   

                        No not at all. Its all perfectly normal to be a self anointed grammar Queen in an internet game forum.

[Halo46]

It is a shame this happens, but it is not reserved for one side and is not as bad as the guy who shall remain nameless who leaves a furball to trail a damaged plane all the way back to it's base to shoot it down while it is landing, or shooting at chutes, or dive-bombing with heavies I guess.

[Redd]

Around 3:15 a.m.  today I saw the lamest thing yet.  The knights, upped a 7 formation bomber +escorts raid at A100 on the ozkanasa map, then after they dropped, they bailed from the bombers and upped from a CV to capture the base after they flattend it. 

   I would like to skin and dip in salt these players,  some of us actually bothered to up planes to engage them only to be meet with this new low. 


Shame on the knights who took part in that crap mission.

You do have to be sympathetic to the complete drudgery of flying a buff though ,  20 minute boring flight there, zzzzzz , press button 3 times ,zzzzz,  20 minute boring flight home. I'd probably skip the boring flight home part as well 

[kilz]

so what. who are we to tell everyone how to play this game. its their 14.95 let them play it the way they feel like.

i dont do it cause i like to kill all the dweebs that come close to me.

but other then that who cares. seems like to me that you should have had alt and could have stopped the LVTs long enough for hangers to pop.

[LYNX]

one mans Muhjadeen is another mans Taliban