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How Sad.....
« on: January 27, 2010, 04:27:15 PM »
Yesterday, i was flying in my P-47M, and after some fighters, and a P-47N making a pass at some tanks made some passes at the base, loosing my left gear, oil, and my aux fuel tank. After 1 min or so of flying, I realize there is a spit 16, and a Ki84 chasing me. They dogged me for two sectors till my engine finaly died, and the spit 16 got the kill after HO'ing me. How desperate for a kill do you have to be to follow someone for two whole sectors, for the CHANCE at getting a kill? It wasn't even a guarenteed kill for either of them, since there were 2.
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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 04:31:36 PM »
This game is all about the score...or did you miss that memo?   :D
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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2010, 04:33:48 PM »
He was flying a Spit16.  Why would you expect anything else?
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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2010, 04:42:56 PM »
OMG someone killed you... in a combat game????

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2010, 04:43:49 PM »
How desperate for a kill do you have to be to follow someone for two whole sectors, for the CHANCE at getting a kill? It wasn't even a guarenteed kill for either of them, since there were 2.

Of course, one could also ask..."how desperate to live do you have to be to run for 2 whole sectors in a broken plane?"

...just sayin'.... :banana:

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 04:44:01 PM »
2 sectors should have been enough to gain some speed and energy advantage I would think. Especially over those two rides, granted your advantage may be fleeting but you could have worked it !

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 04:45:15 PM »
This game is all about the score...or did you miss that memo?   :D


I was thinking the same Dot  :aok.  I mean really, without that kill what would the guy have done   :rofl   :rofl

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 04:52:31 PM »
2 sectors should have been enough to gain some speed and energy advantage I would think. Especially over those two rides, granted your advantage may be fleeting but you could have worked it !

my 1st thought as well.
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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 04:55:33 PM »
Yesterday, i was flying in my P-47M, and after some fighters, and a P-47N making a pass at some tanks made some passes at the base, loosing my left gear, oil, and my aux fuel tank. After 1 min or so of flying, I realize there is a spit 16, and a Ki84 chasing me. They dogged me for two sectors till my engine finaly died, and the spit 16 got the kill after HO'ing me. How desperate for a kill do you have to be to follow someone for two whole sectors, for the CHANCE at getting a kill? It wasn't even a guarenteed kill for either of them, since there were 2.

on the flip side of that/.........how desperate must one be to run for 2 whole sectors?


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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 04:59:34 PM »
What did you do to piss them off enough to chase you down for that long? Were you being a picker from 10k above the fight? vulching? HOing? (8x 50cals, right? Full ammo load, right?)

To be fair, sometimes I let a wounded bird go, but I may chase one down for vendetta, or spend 40 minutes chasing an intact bird just to piss him off because he won't engage.... You never know what you'll get.

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 05:03:04 PM »
First off, I have trouble believing that a Spitfire could have chased you for two sectors...
Second, you should have turned and fought.

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2010, 05:06:12 PM »
spit16 and ki84 have almost identical deck speeds on WEP, Ki a few mph faster off-wep.

You don't believe the spitty, but you buy the ki? hehe  :old:  :banana:  :bolt:

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2010, 05:08:25 PM »
I mean, fuel wise.

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2010, 05:14:11 PM »
just razzin' ya  :aok

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Re: How Sad.....
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2010, 05:14:24 PM »
They dogged me for two sectors till my engine finaly died, and the spit 16 got the kill after HO'ing me.
Yeah, how sad.
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