A Salute to 1wingovr

[mechanic]

a 3 on 1 means 3 enemy who are able to get guns on you, not floating above 3 noobs and vulching them.

It is perfectly acceptable to choose one plane over another, i dont hardly ever fly spitfires anymore. Not because i think they are below my skill level, but because its very unlikely i would find anyone willing to fight me.

What i dont agree with is that you have moved on 'beyond spitfire's skill level' and somehow feel you are justified to judge an entire genre of aircraft from your high alt perch in your super manly man planes.

[uberslet]

i havnt moved beyond the spits, i just dont fly them as my normal plane. i fly the occaisonal spixteen or spit9.

[Bear76]

Bat,

My view. If this were real life and whether I lived or died was on the line, a spit would be high on my list of planes to fly. There really isn't anything it doesn't do well. One of the best planes made in WWII no doubt about it.

In a game environment, where you can re-up as soon as you "die", the focus is more on skill. I hate to use that word. After all, it's a cartoon, but I think maybe a better term than "easy" is "forgiving". You can get away with things most other planes can't. A good pilot in a spit is always a handful. What frustrates me is when I fight someone in a spit who's idea of ACM is turning in a circle thinking they will eventually turn inside me. They don't, but I think this is part of the reason the "easy" attitude has prevailed over the years. My 2 cents anyhow 

[uberslet]

Bat,

My view. If this were real life and whether I lived or died was on the line, a spit would be high on my list of planes to fly. There really isn't anything it doesn't do well. One of the best planes made in WWII no doubt about it.

In a game environment, where you can re-up as soon as you "die", the focus is more on skill. I hate to use that word. After all, it's a cartoon, but I think maybe a better term than "easy" is "forgiving". You can get away with things most other planes can't. A good pilot in a spit is always a handful. What frustrates me is when I fight someone in a spit who's idea of ACM is turning in a circle thinking they will eventually turn inside me. They don't, but I think this is part of the reason the "easy" attitude has prevailed over the years. My 2 cents anyhow 

i agree on the part about flying it in real life wer its a life or death situation.

[mechanic]

Bear that is true and is also something that could be said about almost any plane. When a person gets good in any plane that isnt a comlpete washout. I could go through many planes in ah2 and find an angle to show why they are easy mode when flown in a certain manner. The Eny scale is there for a reason, you go compare a P51D to a SpitV or IX and then try and convince hitech that his system is balls.

The underlying points.

- A plane is a plane is a plane

- The player is being a dweeb whilst flying a [insert plane whine], not the [plane] being a dweeb.

- anything under ENY 20 ish is a distinct advantage in performance, not just the higher end spitfires and la7.

- i cant play aces high right now and i hate you all.

[mensa180]

We hate you too .

[uberslet]

- i cant play aces high right now and i hate you all.

now watd i do  

[mechanic]

but your hate is the kind smug 'i could log in and fly now if i wanted to' hate and it fuels my hate more 

[uberslet]

but your hate is the kind smug 'i could log in and fly now if i wanted to' hate and it fuels my hate more 

i cant login and fly now....brother is on desk top....

[mechanic]

so kick him off! this computer had trouble running ah1. i now know what it feels like to be thrown into rehab and forced off something hard, it hurts man. 

[uberslet]

so kick him off! this computer had trouble running ah1. i now know what it feels like to be thrown into rehab and forced off something hard, it hurts man. 

he 2X the size of me...cant beat his donut down 

[mechanic]

grab something of his quite big and show him then throw it up infront of him and punch him in the stomach as hard as you can when he catches it. should work. If not jump out the window.

[uberslet]

If not jump out the window.

and wen he runs me down....

[mechanic]

you hide and go play ah2 while he is looking.

[scot12b]