HTs thoughts on camping

[EskimoJoe]

From Murdr's post in the Wishlist (first link)

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,259337.0.html

HT's thoughts on Vulching, if none of you have heard before. It's new to me.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?jd1453zqmjx

Thank you, Murdr! Now, community, what are YOUR thoughts?

[Chalenge]

Vulching for me is just a way to keep the enemy from getting up to stop a capture. Its not a habit for me like it is so many people but yes I think it must be like Hitech says a reward for doing something like dropping ack or organizing a mission to capture a field.

[MrMeanie]

[Tr0jan]

I kinda agree with HTC on that aspect.. "Its like a Reward"

[Tilt]

if an airfield is under attack and its defence has failed/been lost then dont expect to take off unmolested.

[Oldman731]

I kinda agree with HTC on that aspect.. "Its like a Reward"

What kind of reward is that, for crying out loud?  Shooting up planes on the runway?  Give me a break.

- oldman

[whiteman]

Vulching for me is just a way to keep the enemy from getting up to stop a capture. Its not a habit for me like it is so many people but yes I think it must be like Hitech says a reward for doing something like dropping ack or organizing a mission to capture a field.

agree 100%. If our capturing the field it's fair game but vulching a field in a 190 while 10 guys are flying around and a single one of those 10 is engaged is comedy.

[Anaxogoras]

Vulching can be be a necessary tool for field capture, but otherwise it's not a rewarding way to play the game.

There are pilots who deack a field simply to vulch and make no attempt to capture.

[chewiex]

How many times in WW2 were the Axis/Allied airfeilds hit while planes were taking off or landing? Not a lot....but it did happen. So, in my opinion, whats fair in war is fair here in AH2. Though I HATE getting vulched and camped, I will, if the time comes or is right, do unto others as they have done unto me. While it sux getting picked off the runway 20 times in a row, if you let that happen, then thats your bad.

SALUTE everyone.
A8Chewey

[Anaxogoras]

Just listened to HT's opinion.  It explains a lot about AH gameplay!

How many times in WW2 were the Axis/Allied airfeilds hit while planes were taking off or landing? Not a lot....but it did happen. So, in my opinion, whats fair in war is fair here in AH2. Though I HATE getting vulched and camped, I will, if the time comes or is right, do unto others as they have done unto me. While it sux getting picked off the runway 20 times in a row, if you let that happen, then thats your bad.

SALUTE everyone.
A8Chewey

The "if they did it in the war it's necessarily ok in the game" argument has been refuted many, many times.

[Rolex]

This reminds me, we really need to set up a training clinic on vulching. 60 minutes on the art of setting up the vulch, preferred planes and ammo load, how to fly Cuban 8's on runway headings and last, but not least... how to laugh and have fun. 

[moot]

To the victors the spoils (and indigestion if you don't pay attention to darbars).

[Stampf]

agree 100%. If our capturing the field it's fair game but vulching a field in a 190 while 10 guys are flying around and a single one of those 10 is engaged is comedy.

It's ok in any other plane though...

[ImADot]

How many times in WW2 were the Axis/Allied airfeilds hit while planes were taking off or landing? Not a lot....but it did happen. So, in my opinion, whats fair in war is fair here in AH2.

Only difference is that in war, the vulched is dead and cannot re-up to kill anyone ever again.  In AH2 nobody dies and the vulched can re-up as many times as they feel like doing so.  So, vulching in AH2 has nothing to do with real war tactics and any argument to the contrary is meaningless.  As far as gameplay goes, vulching in support of a field capture is justified - vulching to pad your score and puff up your ego is dweebery.

[Ghosth]

First off if you up from a capped field and get vulched the shames on you. Period.
If your not savvy enough to take a look around in the tower and see if you can get up or not, you deserve what you get.
I can't improve on the way Hitech said it. However like anything, it gets carried to extremes at times. Little generals screaming about kill the town while they sit over the field and vulch etc. There are guys who really want to do nothing else. However they are often the same guys who won't deack, because they might get killed, or use ammo they could need to rack up another easy kill. Thats where the AH community comes in. We need to first educate, and then police our own.

On the flip side, instead of taking off from that vulched field, up from the next one over, bring something fast, and go vulch the vulchers! They are almost always low, often low on fuel and ammo waiting for the capture. So scream in, kill the troops, vulch the vulchers, and land your kills! There is nothing more satisfying.