Defining bad game-play

[Getback]

Do you you expect me to Talk?! No Mr. Bond, I expect you to die!

[Saurdaukar]

Pee51 ran from a co-E, 1v1 engagement and I had to chase him for three sectors and through the AAA of two airfields and one vehicle base.

That count as "bad gameplay?"

[waystin2]

Pee51 ran from a co-E, 1v1 engagement and I had to chase him for three sectors and through the AAA of two airfields and one vehicle base.

That count as "bad gameplay?"

Nope.  That's called running scared!  Silly pony.

[BnZs]

Pee51 ran from a co-E, 1v1 engagement and I had to chase him for three sectors and through the AAA of two airfields and one vehicle base.

That count as "bad gameplay?"

First, what were you flying? 'Cause if you were flying a 109G variant, he had reason to run. If you were flying a 190 version, he didn't have reason run...that he knows of.  And if you were in a D9, he wouldn't have had the *ability* to run.

Second, there is no such thing as certainty that an engagement will *stay* 1v1 in the MA. Usually it does not. That colors one's choice to engage or not.

[detch01]

Pee51 ran from a co-E, 1v1 engagement and I had to chase him for three sectors and through the AAA of two airfields and one vehicle base.

That count as "bad gameplay?"

Nope. Chasing a player that far across a map and through that much AAA does seem just a tad silly, but I wouldn't call it "bad gameplay". My bet is that the P51 you were chasing was having a ball dragging you around on a leash 



asw

[moot]

Was it yellow?

[StokesAk]

Oh, the funny thing is that im color blind so most of the planes look really wierd against the water. And when someone asks me if im the "Redtailed P51" ill say its green.

[Saurdaukar]

Second, there is no such thing as certainty that an engagement will *stay* 1v1 in the MA. Usually it does not. That colors one's choice to engage or not.

No cons for miles.  Literally all alone.  I should clarify, though.  We never actually "engaged."  He saw me, turned around and ran.

My bet is that the P51 you were chasing was having a ball dragging you around on a leash 

Nah, if so, he would have responded to my 200 taunting.

Should it have been the case, however, Ill count myself lucky that Im not so easily amused.  I log in to mix it up.  Not sure about his motivation.

Wish I would have kept the film; riot.

[Lusche]

My bet is that the P51 you were chasing was having a ball dragging you around on a leash 

I plead guilty.
I do that sometimes to La-7's when flying a Tempest. I fly at 7.5k, where I can fly faster at MIL than they can do at WEP, then I just keep 'em at D1000... and drag 'em deeper and deeper into my country's territory, looking back over my shoulder with a big smile on my face. More sooner than later they run out of fuel and I tune to CH200...

 

[StokesAk]

 

[Saurdaukar]

Sounds like a great use of time.   

[SkyRock]

I plead guilty.
I do that sometimes to La-7's when flying a Tempest. I fly at 7.5k, where I can fly faster at MIL than they can do at WEP, then I just keep 'em at D1000... and drag 'em deeper and deeper into my country's territory, looking back over my shoulder with a big smile on my face. More sooner than later they run out of fuel and I tune to CH200...

 

utterly lame.....not that I'm amazed....coming from you. 

[mechanic]

 More sooner than later they run out of fuel and I tune to CH200...

 

 

[DamnedRen]

I guess your one of those bitter old guys that just rolls over and settles for whats there. Why should we have to "settle" for poor game play? Why not try to educate the masses that there is a better way? We all know what happened the last time HTC "fixed" the slums the arena was becoming, what will his next fix be?

Bitter? Please get yer head outa yer 6. Why would I be bitter? I enjoy every single flight. Maybe that's where we differ.
If yer not liken what yer doing then what are you even doing here?

The most lame thing that could happen in this game is for someone to say how lame everyone is.

Glad I don't do it.


Ren

[Murdr]

You missed the point. A dogfight happens to have an objective. Otherwise why be there? If you are loosing the fight then you find a way to reset the fight. If that means you extend to gain an advantage from a disadvantage then that is part of a dogfight. To sit there and say, "well he got on my 6 so I'll just go level and die because both I and he deserve what's about to happen" is pure BS (spelled bolshevik). If I extend and retake the initiative and shoot him done then guess what...He died. I didn't. That is a dogfight.