New Bomber Tactic (not so new)

[LLogann]

So as a pure fighter pilot you've never gone after a bomber?  You strictly just dogfight?

oh I think I got the point, you want it set up so you won't miss out on getting 60 more kills added to your score. It's really pretty simple.

It is very bothersome to spend 5-10 minutes trailing buffs just to have them bail.

In no way does this have to do with score padding, it has to do with time spent.  What if you've been having a 1 on 1 for a few moments, made a few passes but no shots hit............  Then the enemy decides to bail out 3.5k from you? 

How would you feel sir? 

[The Fugitive]

So as a pure fighter pilot you've never gone after a bomber?  You strictly just dogfight?

It is very bothersome to spend 5-10 minutes trailing buffs just to have them bail.

In no way does this have to do with score padding, it has to do with time spent.  What if you've been having a 1 on 1 for a few moments, made a few passes but no shots hit............  Then the enemy decides to bail out 3.5k from you? 

How would you feel sir? 

Much the same as I would running into your horde of a squad. However I would NOT "wish" for HTC to change his code so that your horde couldn't get together. I DO suggest that your horde.... err squadmates step outside the horde to see what they are missing, to learn how better to play the game and so make it more fun for everyone.

See you just dont get it but low man on the totem never does (ergo: NOOB).

Bombers at 30k are NOT slow. You cannot make a slashing attack on bombers at 30k with any assurance of hitting the line you intend. Its not possible because of the speeds involved and therefore you prove you have never done it.

I never said I did do it, I've never been to 30k. Come to think of it I don't think I've ever been to 20k. I just don't have the time. I DO attack buff groups all the time. Some I win, some I loose, but in none of them would I really call it a fight. You choose to play the game  by climbing to 30k and hope to "pick" newbs trying to milk strats. The price you pay is sometimes they bail on you before you can get close enough to grab the proxy. I like to fly lower to get into more fights more often. The price I pay is I have to fight LLogann and his horde/squad.

The difference is while you whine to HTC to change the code so you can get your proxies, I don't look to HTC to fix the hordes, I just fly some place else.

[Chalenge]

Then plain and simple you have no business replying in this topic. End of story.

You are not a fighter pilot you are a spit-baller. You dont know a good fight... period.

[Bubbajj]

And whilst we're being crass, what is all of this "wongless spinning"? It sounds downright scandalous, if you ask me.

[Chalenge]

Thats what happens when someone doesnt have the stones to fight it out (re: wongless spinning).

[LLogann]

   Where you been?  We stopped large group attacks months ago.

I DO suggest that your horde.... err squadmates step outside the horde to see what they are missing, to learn how better to play the game and so make it more fun for everyone.

[Chalenge]

Yesterday thndrEGG made another run at rook strats (mission) for which the 99th escorted (and I just happened to tag along). I saw the same guy up an F4U (auger) and then a 262 (killed outright) and finally a P-47M (shot down) and altogether there were three 262s that died at least 5 152s and a dozen P-47s (Ms and Ns). I think we lost four or five bombers.

This is a great deal more fun than fighting spits at 2k I can tell you and it teaches you more about handling an airplane than you would ever learn flying at tree level.

[Stoney]

This is a great deal more fun than fighting spits at 2k I can tell you and it teaches you more about handling an airplane than you would ever learn flying at tree level.

In the interest of the entire community, they are both different skill sets that contribute to the full spectrum of flying that makes up Aces High.  I'm just glad there's both a catalyst for it finally, and players that enjoy the high altitude combat.

[Yossarian]

+1 on the OP.

[The Fugitive]

Then plain and simple you have no business replying in this topic. End of story.

You are not a fighter pilot you are a spit-baller. You dont know a good fight... period.

I just love how you ignore the whole point, you want HTC to code it so people can't play the game the way they want. You WANT to fly to 30k and pick newbs, thats fine. If someone "wishes" that nobody be allowed over 20k you would loose all that fun should HTC implement that wish. Your wish is as stupid as that one.

As for "a fight" I'm beginning to think you wouldn't know what to do if you actually got into one, thats why you fly up there picking off newbs.

[Ack-Ack]

Then plain and simple you have no business replying in this topic. End of story.

You are not a fighter pilot you are a spit-baller. You dont know a good fight... period.

No offense but if you think flying at 30k hunting buffs is an example of a good fight, you're the one that doesn't know what a good fight is.


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[Dream Child]

The only problem with that is that the bomber pilot may have bailed just cause hes a "bomb and bail" dweeb... the fighter pilot may have had nothing to do with it.   If any penalty should be assessed to the bomber pilot for bailing... how about this:

Enemy con must be within icon range for 3 or more minutes. If the pilot bails after the 3 minute mark while there is an enemy aircraft within icon range, the closest enemy pilot gets the kill.

This could be applied to ANY aircraft... not just bombers.  And its fair.  You could make the range whatever works best... 6K, 3K, 1K... as long as it is the same across the board.

What is fair is for a fighter in range to get the kill if someone bails. If he's a bomb-n-bail dweeb, then he gives others some free kills.

[Chalenge]

No offense but if you think flying at 30k hunting buffs is an example of a good fight, you're the one that doesn't know what a good fight is.


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Pretty poor of you to assume that since I was talking about the escorting perspective which if you are a true P-38 pilot should interest you in particular but... obviously you are a dweeb. 

[Chalenge]

I just love how you ignore the whole point, you want HTC to code it so people can't play the game the way they want. You WANT to fly to 30k and pick newbs, thats fine. If someone "wishes" that nobody be allowed over 20k you would loose all that fun should HTC implement that wish. Your wish is as stupid as that one.

As for "a fight" I'm beginning to think you wouldn't know what to do if you actually got into one, thats why you fly up there picking off newbs.

Yes! If bailing from a fight is what they want it should be prohibited.

[Ack-Ack]

Pretty poor of you to assume that since I was talking about the escorting perspective which if you are a true P-38 pilot should interest you in particular but... obviously you are a dweeb. 

Ahh...the insults go flying.  No, I just know what the difference between what a good fight is and isn't.  Chasing escorts and bombers at 30k isn't my definition of a good fight, though the immersion factor may make it enjoyable for someone that likes to spend the time climbing that high.


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