Bomber damage

[Shuffler]

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[Ack-Ack]

This from a buff stick.

P-38 is not a bomber!  


ack-ack

[Bear76]

This from a buff stick.
Bombers do get attacked ,not like they don't have to fight.

Yes, I was just refering to having damage points in lights. If you get kills, that's another thing.

[Sunka]

Well to get damage points many times you have to fly into a field with many enemy,watch them as you try to get in bomber sight get lined up with a (small) hanger ,all the time watching all the buff killers, get it calibrated correctly make sure you have the correct bombs selected make sure doors are open.....look, still no enemy on you..or worse this is one,then line up drop your eggs,and maybe you live

I think if you make it home threw all that you might have some pride in how well you did.And I'm not saying all this because i fly buffs,i hardly ever.

[Jayhawk]

Sometimes bomb runs are easy, some bomb runs are intense. 

Vulchers still land their kills, campers still land their kills, with no way to differentiate how hard they fought for them.  Sometimes I'm thrilled to land a few thousand points because they were hard earned, other times I'm just satisfied with landing many more points that didn't involve fighting.

You want to get rid of the whole "name in lights" thing all together, fine, but don't tell me that the hour I spent upping those bombers, planning an attack, dropping targets, fighting off red guys, and making it out isn't worth anything.

[Chalenge]

B17s 14469
B24s 16999
Lancs 31199

[Zoney]

Sometimes bomb runs are easy, some bomb runs are intense.  

Vulchers still land their kills, campers still land their kills, with no way to differentiate how hard they fought for them.  Sometimes I'm thrilled to land a few thousand points because they were hard earned, other times I'm just satisfied with landing many more points that didn't involve fighting.

You want to get rid of the whole "name in lights" thing all together, fine, but don't tell me that the hour I spent upping those bombers, planning an attack, dropping targets, fighting off red guys, and making it out isn't worth anything.

SIr <S>, respectfully, I thank you for flying buffs and giving more to our game than you take away.
I enjoy hunting bombers but I do not fly them.  Truly when I happen upon one of you at 25k, or less even, I feel remorseful that you have spent your time to climb that high to produce a historic and fun mission for both of us as I attack.  I am also pleased that now "buff dudes" get the acknowledgment they have earned in the buffer.  You gents are seldom "easy" kills and you will always find a <S> from me when I break off no matter if I have shot down 1, 2, 3, or none.  It is obvious most "buff dudes" have more patience than many here and again <S> thanks for investing your time to make it more fun here.

Conversly, anyone who wants to grab some alt in a buff and have me escort them has only to ask.

[newz]

I'll run with 2 others and hit a base to pull pressure off a furball.

Furballs do not require pressure to be taken off. 

[Bronk]

Furballs do not require pressure to be taken off. 

The above gets "it".

[jdbecks]

P-38 is not a bomber!  


ack-ack

Warning All
Do not listen to the above propaganda.

[MadHatter]

Furballs do not require pressure to be taken off. 

OK, maybe my definition of a furball is different from yours, so lets try this again. If there are a whole bunch of fighters trying to swarm a base, and we have a problem getting guys off the ground or to there to defend it, then I go hit the base where the enemy is coming from. Conversely, if we're trying to take a base, then I'll hit hangars on outlying bases after hitting the base we're attacking. Those are tactical targets. If you guys are duking it out over the ocean somewhere or in between bases, but aren't really threatening anything, fine. Have fun, I won't interfere. As soon as you start threatening a base, then I'll get involved.

What I don't get is all the animosity towards Buff drivers. We hit hangars, we're stealing fun. We hit a VH, someone gets ticked off because now the spawn the have been camping is inactive. We fly more then 2 deep, we're a horde. If we hit a strat we're score padding.

[Lusche]

OK, maybe my definition of a furball is different from yours, so lets try this again. If there are a whole bunch of fighters trying to swarm a base, and we have a problem getting guys off the ground or to there to defend it

This is not a furball. This may have been a furball earlier, but turned into a vulchfest. It often is called "furball" by lil generals that are furious that nobody kills a town where they are waiting with troops - but that doesn't make it more correct

[MadHatter]

This is not a furball. This may have been a furball earlier, but turned into a vulchfest. It often is called "furball" by lil generals that are furious that nobody kills a town where they are waiting with troops - but that doesn't make it more correct

LOL, I had a pretty simple definition then: a whole bunch of fighters in one area.

[Jayhawk]

It often is called "furball" by lil generals that are furious that nobody kills a town where they are waiting with troops

GET THE TOWN GET THE TOWN  !

[E25280]

I'm glad to see it, no doubt fighters would be whining if they didn't get their name in lights.  But I'm all for a minimum, I'd make it way less than 10,000 though, probably somewhere between 1-3k.

I landed 1900 -some-odd points for downing a single VH and a barracks that sufferred from my poor aim.  That's not a very good run IMO, and not something that rises to the level of "getting your name in lights."

OTOH, I was in B-24s -- had I been in a Val, that would have been a very good run.

 

Perhaps a change from points to bombing accuracy?  Above 100% gets you an honorable mention?