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Offline Treize69

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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #15 on: May 29, 2009, 12:00:48 PM »
Spending two hours singlehandedly defending a CV group only to be killed by your own puffy ack right after you disengage and try to land.

Or having an M3 sneak through the GV cordon and grab a base while you are on final after an epic base defense.

Or my favorite- an even matchup well away from the horde with a damn good stick and the servers start acting up, booting you both out after you FRs drop to 2.
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2009, 12:03:53 PM »
Shooting someone's tail off, then getting shot down as their aircraft rears up on it's behind and the guy opens up with everything he has.  I have been hit a few times by this, but only shot down once, when i was in a Mossie and the guy set me on fire with one ping.

Getting shot down by friendly ack or puffy ack while defending a base is also pretty demoralising.

Explaining to noobs what the: (delete as appropriate) Bestest/Fastest/Bestest Turner aircraft is.
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2009, 12:06:10 PM »
Explaining to noobs what the: (delete as appropriate) Bestest/Fastest/Bestest Turner aircraft is.

I usually just try to talk them into upping a Spit I or an A6M2.
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2009, 12:09:30 PM »
RTBing with 8 kills in an F4U-4 while about out of gas, and about 5 miles from my landing approach, field in site, when:

*The War has been won by the Bishops*

Bases immediately change, and I'm now about 200 miles from the nearest friendly field and without enough gas to make it anywhere. I fly as far as I can out of dar so I'm no longer flashing the base and set down in the field to wait out the disco.

An enemy P-51 (NOT the country who owns the field) flies ~5000yds overhead, pursued by a friendly in a 262. Somehow that P-51 is  outrunning a 262 travelling at over 500mph level flight. P-51 flies past, then decides to come back to pick me off, (the 262 still on his 6) and crashes into me. And he gets a kill on me 30 seconds before the boot to desktop.

 :furious :furious :furious :furious :furious :furious :furious :furious :furious :furious

HTC PLEASE FIX THE BASE RESETS!
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2009, 12:10:18 PM »
I usually just try to talk them into upping a Spit I or an A6M2.

Yeah, D3a is usually my answer to the fastest.  Shame we don't have Km/h on the German aircraft dials, may be able to fool them that their 110C is actually doing 500+ mph.

Another demoralizing moment is getting a join request off someone you do not know.  I usually up a jeep or m3, accept, then go on a nice scenic drive somewhere, possibly even base jump off some nice big hills.
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #20 on: May 29, 2009, 12:24:21 PM »
What is the worst of the worst situations you can be in?
1) Being mainguned by a tank in your fighter..I know this happens a lot, still stinks when it does though
2) Having your AC shot down by the SB
3) Having your 262 chased by a 234
4)Trying to vulch the runway and having that guy parked on the runway shoot you down
5) ^^^ same as above, but augering
6) shot down by me  :D..the noobiest of the noobs

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1.Being shot down by a 234
2.crash trying to kill a C-47, and then watching him land 2 kills knowing your one of them
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #21 on: May 29, 2009, 12:45:50 PM »
RTBing with 8 kills in an F4U-4 while about out of gas, and about 5 miles from my landing approach, field in site, when:

*The War has been won by the Bishops*

Bases immediately change, and I'm now about 200 miles from the nearest friendly field and without enough gas to make it anywhere. I fly as far as I can out of dar so I'm no longer flashing the base and set down in the field to wait out the disco.

HTC PLEASE FIX THE BASE RESETS!

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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #22 on: May 29, 2009, 01:47:56 PM »
Posting mission, launching mission, disco, "This arena is full, please choose another."
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #23 on: May 29, 2009, 02:14:09 PM »
dogfighting someone and having your vertical stab shot off taking no other damage i hate that always feels like the guy got lucky
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #24 on: May 29, 2009, 02:17:14 PM »
Having your wingman bounced out of nowhere, then hearing him screaming on squad vox "Watch out, its Kermit!"

Makes me curl into a ball and cry every time.  :cry
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #25 on: May 29, 2009, 02:36:35 PM »
Last night i was doing some GV spotting at a V base in my Bird, and a M3 drove under me and in two snapshots my engine went my gear got hit and i got a pilot wound,trying to land i blacked out and hit a mountain.That's a film worth keeping.And whoever got that kill congrats.
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #26 on: May 29, 2009, 02:40:06 PM »
getting my 8th kill in a B-24 then returning to base just to run out of gas and land 20ft from the end of the runway and ditch :furious  :rofl
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #27 on: May 29, 2009, 02:44:12 PM »
getting my 8th kill in a B-24 then returning to base just to run out of gas and land 20ft from the end of the runway and ditch :furious  :rofl
That should to be fixed.I get that a lot 2 feet off the runway and ditch!Can we not call the ground crew out to push it to the hanger please.
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2009, 03:04:01 PM »
I'll never have another one.

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now THAT is funny!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Most demoralizing moments?
« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2009, 03:49:41 PM »

2) Having your AC shot down by the SB

4)Trying to vulch the runway and having that guy parked on the runway shoot you down
5) ^^^ same as above, but augering


1.Being shot down by a 234
2.crash trying to kill a C-47, and then watching him land 2 kills knowing your one of them


 :lol
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