I spent a bit of time in the MWA over the weekend, had an excellent fight with AKAK and a few with Cobia. IMO still the best place for overall quality of fights. At the same time its got its moments of minihoardome as well. At one point I was involved with "defending" one of our bases vs a stream of inbounds. I clipped this out of one exchange. I had knocked down a couple of planes and fought an on/off engagement with cobia in the 109E. He would extend as the sides got imbalanced then look to reengage once things died down. He's in almost all 35 minutes of this one and we never did really engage:).
Anyway at the time of this segment, I just about out of wep, missing a piece and being chased by what was a higher 205 and a zeke. I'm not looking to run but I really cant reverse the 205 without giving the zeke a setup. So....
http://www.az-dsl.com/snaphook/LetsJoust.ahfThe entire goal here is to try and kill the bad guys. I cant control what the zeke will do when I reverse. I do know that once I break back I dont have the option of getting cute with the rice rocket. Obviously I need to worry about the 205 1st but I cant get cute with the 205 unless I have some type of angular offset with the zeke.
So....once I skirt the 205 and pick up the zeke I have no issues trading 20mm with him. Now on the 2nd "HO" you'll notice how easy it is for me to avoid his HO attempt and that the combination of events allows me to get them out of sync on the final "merge"...
I'm not encouraging or condoning a "HO" as much as trying to follow up on Moots lead in using real clips to illustrate the realities of the game. Had the zeke reacted better any "HO" was removed and the fight was basically over. By being target fixated he both lessened his advantage and created a scenario where exchanging lead made the most sense to me. At the same time you can see how I avoided his "retaliation" and then got "skinny" on the 205...the combination of those choices allowed me to gain some equality in position. In the end I was able to eeek out a couple W's.
The reality is that a HO is basically a 50/50 coin flip. If you have skill or numbers on your side then avoiding that 50/50 bet is sound tactics. The 1st pass I knew that tactical reality forced my hand, but on both his "HO" attempt and the FQ guns pass by the 205 you'll notice I never squeezed of a round...simple reason is that it made no sense to either accept a coin flip or freeze my nose (angular position).