The problem with NOE's are they are over used. Some squads only do NOEs. These are the squads that give an NOE a bad name so to speak.
An NOE raid ...if done correctly is very hard to defend against. Once the base starts flashing you have less than 3 minutes to get up and defend. IF 3 guys are set to de-ack they can do it in two passes and then the base is capped. The rest take down the town and watch the goon come in. Piece of cake.
How ever, today its THE plan to use, why? because most people don't want to fight over a base...which is the reason there IS base capture in this game in the first place, to create a reason to FIGHT! Not wanting to fight gives these NOE squads a bad name because they fail on their attempt, and then run off to some other un-defended base. Wingnut mentioned how 3 LAs up and do nothing but hunt for the goon. The solution isn't running an NOE to an un defended base, its putting the goon out of reach! If the goon comes in at 10k how many defenders are going to get that high? NONE !! Can anybody tell me the speed with which you can rip the wings off of a goon in a dive? First, most most likely don't know a goon can go faster than that 250 or so they get on the deck, but I've never ripped the wings off a goon and have been over 500 in them.
Too many people look for the easy way, and its the biggest reason "game play" is so much worst than it use to be. No one wants to learn what the planes can do, how to fight, how to bomb, how to sneak up and fight from a GV WITHOUT spawn camping, how to put together missions that involve something other than getting a group of 110s and running NOE and hopping to have it clear when the goon gets there. I'd be willing to bet there isn't more than 5 % of the people flying today that knows how to set a way point in the mission planner let alone what the heck it is !
Spying??? who cares! Its not like your mission was any big deal anyway! Just another NOE busted, and you had to fight....sorrrrrryyy! Bomb a hidden CV?? no problem, it shouldn't be hidden in the first place. It's a mobile base, use it to attack more fields! I'll broad cast any CV I think someone is hidding. They are there to be used!! You don't want to loose it, DEFEND IT !!!
Everything in this game is geared toward one thing.....fighting !!! Whether its fighting plane to plane, plane to GV, base to base, or for the whole map, thats what its about... fighting!!! So get out there and fight !! Don't hide the CV and STOP the fighting, bring it in and fight!!! Make the other team FIGHT to get it back! Don't run away if your NOE fails, re-group, up in wings and FIGHT !! If you don't want to fight anyone go buy your self Flightsim X and run hops from one airfield to another.... I hear nobody shoots at you in that game!
