I haven't been playing much at all lately, but a few days ago I decided to go for a quick sortie in the MA's to kill some time before dinner.
I lifted a Spit 16 into a couple of red dots at the edge of the darbar. As I approached within icon range I saw the lead guy was a Spit 8, with a Spit 9 trailing about 2.0k.
I set up nose to nose with the lead guy. As we rapidly closed it was obvious we both had a gun solution on one another.
Now you know the feeling. The other guy has his nose right on you, your finger is sitting on the trigger, maybe twitching a little bit, as you mentally ask yourself, "is he going to take the shot or not?"
Closer...closer...1.0k, 800, 600, 400 (and at this point, the urge to shoot was nearly overwhelming...) and then in a blur he's by.
Hey! That was pretty nice!
But the long guy was still a threat, and the guy I wanted to engage. So now I'm nose to nose with him. Gun solutions. Tracking. Finger getting twitchy again. I mean, what are the odds of two clean merges in a row?
Yet, as unbelievable at this may seem, this guy does another clean merge. Really, I don't think in 2 years of playing I've had two clean merges like that. And when I say we had two clear HO opportunities, I mean it was full-on. Like a DA merge.
Unfortunately for me, with all that build up, the ensuing fight didn't go so well and I was shot down pretty quickly. It was fun, but short.
The guy that shot me down was 050Cal (or something like that). His buddy shot me down later or earlier- EDHUNTER.
So, I just have to give a quick shout out. I was so pleasantly surprised and while I hate getting shot down, I love it when things like this happen.