Attaboys for buffs

[Bronk]

Have you fought against a bomber formation? Some of the best, reputable, and patient fighter pilots in this game fight against bomber formations as well as against other fighters. Simaril and Lusche come to mind in my experience.

1 pilot 1 plane wanna try it?

[Lye-El]

 B-17 AUTO GUNNER, #2 DRONE LANDED TWO KILLS.

B-17 AUTO GUNNER,  #1 DRONE GETS ASSIST.

B-17 PILOT, MISSED TOWN BUILDINGS BY A MILE.

[Treize69]

How about attaboys for things that 90% of buff pilots never do?

"soandso landed a sortie without losing his drones to excessive stickstirring and high-g maneuvers that would rip the wings off a real bomber"

"soandso landed a sortie without diving his buffs 10,000 feet and pickling all his ords to kill one tank"

"soandso landed a sortie without spending 3/4 of his fuel flying offmap to come in from the rear at 35,000 feet and drop on an undefended strat 5 sectors away from the nearest fight"

"soandso managed to fly a whole sortie without getting killed while AFK or alt-tabbing to surf the net while climbing out from 4 sectors away"

[FYB]

B-17 AUTO GUNNER, #2 DRONE LANDED TWO KILLS.

B-17 AUTO GUNNER,  #1 DRONE GETS ASSIST.

B-17 PILOT, MISSED TOWN BUILDINGS BY A MILE.

 

-FYB

[321BAR]

"999000 landed 3 kills, 2 FHs, 3 BHs, 1 VH, 20 Town buildings, 2 ammo bunkers, 3 fuel bunkers in a B17G"

u know there IS actually a numbers guy named 999000 
and id like this idea but i really prefer the "321BAR gets 5 kills in a Ju88" over 321BAR gets crap points for killing an ordinance bunker and two auto acks

[Treize69]

u know there IS actually a numbers guy named 999000 

That was the joke.

And hes not really a "numbers guy", hes been the best buff gunner in the game for years.

[321BAR]

That was the joke.

And hes not really a "numbers guy", hes been the best buff gunner in the game for years.

oooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhh completely forgot who 999000 was...i c numbers and i need to joke...  

[trigger2]

You miss the point. The game can easily be played without bombers...since most fighters can fulfill that role. Now, imagine trying to intercept a formation of Ju-88's in a formation of B-17's.......

Please, don't misunderstand me...bombers do have relevance in the game. They are the most entertaining moving targets in the game....now THAT's relevant!

An experianced buff pilot would kick any fighter that swarmed him. With their laser guided gunsights, and auto gunners, I wish you luck. I've landed many kills in the b-24, hell, I remember one sortie I took down a 262, where the guy upped another 262, then a 163, then he cussed me out for being a bomber noob. xD
Best sortie in a b-24? 8 kills on a lone bomber raid, no drones, just straight fly it out, no bomber sortie is ever complete without a couple of holes to show for it.

[NoBaddy]

An experianced buff pilot would kick any fighter that swarmed him. With their laser guided gunsights, and auto gunners, I wish you luck. I've landed many kills in the b-24, hell, I remember one sortie I took down a 262, where the guy upped another 262, then a 163, then he cussed me out for being a bomber noob. xD
Best sortie in a b-24? 8 kills on a lone bomber raid, no drones, just straight fly it out, no bomber sortie is ever complete without a couple of holes to show for it.

Whoa there white-eyes....that's what Custer told the Indians and look at what happened to him. 

If you killed 8 folks in a lone bomber...all I can say is the level of competition where you were must have really sucked. While there are a few good buff driver/gunner's that I know of that can give me a good fight.....you aren't one of them. No insult intended...just a statement of fact. If you think I am kidding, go look at what I have killed over the years...generally, 50% of my kills will be bombers Oh, I usually run better than a 10 kills to 1 death ratio against them also. There is nothing hard about killing bombers. All that is required is patience.

[stodd]

SYSTEM: Pacerr owned 19 strat buildings in a Ju-87G

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[BnZs]

     It makes me giggle to hear buffers try to make themselves relevant 

But you see...as the game is set up, buffs are the MOST relevant to moving the map, if one actually gives a crap about that

Fighter to fighter kills are semi-irrelevant because there is no attrition of planes and pilots. Jabos are semi-irrelevant because a flight of buffs can do the same job better, because the only fighter-bomber that can take out a hanger single-handed is the Jug and buffs can get to altitude and then the target almost as fast as the heavy 47.

Escort is almost irrelevant because the way the speed of buffs and the guns are set up, they can defend themselves without escorts.

Intercept is almost irrelevant because even if someone wants to climb to alts above normal AHII fighter and sit there for buffs, to quite possibly waste 30-40 minutes of their playing time for nothing, they still stand as good a chance of getting their oil shot out before they can stop all 3 buffs from arriving on target as not. Much easier to go into a furball and shoot down 3 fighters.

[Oleg]

because the only fighter-bomber that can take out a hanger single-handed is the Jug

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F6F5
F4U-1D
F4U-4
P-38L
P-51D

Bombers can do bomber job better, but they cannt do anything else.

[Tilt]

By re addressing attaboys in general bombers could get more mentions.

Consider a perk point threshold mixed with a kill count.

To get an Attaboy a player has to land more than (e.g) 5 combined perks and kills from a mission. (2 kills + 3 perks)

Then ships gunners have to land 5 plus kills and a buff pilot has to land 5 plus perks (if he/she got no kills).

Deleting the squad name from the attaboy then gives space for the report. (Its always renders poor english any way)

Then give the attaboys names like service medals that escalate in value until the player "dies"

"Goober 1 lands a B17 to win a DFC"

[Bronk]

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F6F5
F4U-1D
F4U-4
P-38L
P-51D

Bombers can do bomber job better, but they cannt do anything else.

You forget the noe fad fave 110-g.

[BnZs]

I was under the impression it took more than 2x1000 lbers and six rockets to take out a hangar...