The Tower has ears

[rvflyer]

not really gaming the game truly...how many spies were there for WWII let alone over the years during wars?

Yes spying takes fairness out of gameplay, but to many spying is just another strategy here. It was done in real life, i can be done here...

I am not saying im backing spying. It is one thing i have never done and will never do <S>

  HOs were done in real life also but listen to the whines if it is done here.

[Shuffler]

  HOs were done in real life also but listen to the whines if it is done here.

Here you have the option to fight because it is a game. If you lose you get a new plane. If you don't want to play the game why even try to fly.
You actually have the chance to improve by at least trying to fight.

[rvflyer]

Here you have the option to fight because it is a game. If you lose you get a new plane. If you don't want to play the game why even try to fly.
You actually have the chance to improve by at least trying to fight.

  agreed Shuff, just saying, because someone else said spying was done in real life so it is ok to do here was my only point. Hoing was done in real life so why not do it here. To me it takes a lot of the fun out of the battle. Only a couple of situations I do it. 1 is if the town is all down and M3s and goons rolling and it is a desperate attempt to save base. 2 is after a couple time trying to avoid the ho and other person keeps doing it I will finally do it if I am in a plane that I am pretty sure can win the ho.

[4deck]

How the Hell did we go from Spying to God Blessed Hoing in the same thread.

Holy Crap.

Idiots.

[froger]

How the Hell did we go from Spying to God Blessed Hoing in the same thread.

Holy Crap.

Idiots.

You know it always goes that way.




froger

[321BAR]

  agreed Shuff, just saying, because someone else said spying was done in real life so it is ok to do here was my only point. Hoing was done in real life so why not do it here. To me it takes a lot of the fun out of the battle. Only a couple of situations I do it. 1 is if the town is all down and M3s and goons rolling and it is a desperate attempt to save base. 2 is after a couple time trying to avoid the ho and other person keeps doing it I will finally do it if I am in a plane that I am pretty sure can win the ho.

yet again, HOing is a noob tactic or last act of desparation most of the time, but when i need to HO i do it... And if i see a guy coming head on with me, i shoot first and ask questions later. If i get whined at, i tell them i wasnt taking the chance of getting shot down because of "honor". I learned long ago not to care about HOs, they happen. They always will, shoot the HOer first and get out alive...

[waystin2]

I have had people on other countries P.M. me info about missions or CV locations in the past.  I politely reply to never send such things to me again and of course never act on the info.

Ditto.  My policy always.

[stealth]

Well the flying tigers hoed Japanese planes plenty of times. They we're risking lives in that tactic obviously.  hoeing works you get a good shot and without maneuvering. I just think people hate getting killed by the more inexperienced players because then they get made fun of it. It's just a game though after all so who cares if you get hoed or not anyway. You can't really except not to get killed.

[Wiley]

Any way you cut it, it's gaming the game, borderline cheating.  There is no recourse the people on the side being spied upon to stop a spy.  There is no risk, there is nothing to be done about it other than ridicule them publically, which I believe would be a fine thing to do.

Wiley.

[jd]

What lame dinkus takes the time to do something that retarded? If winz teh warz is that important, turn off the computer and go outside for a while, read a book, do something to increase the shoesize IQ.


Must be a lot of Forrest Gumps around AH.

Cheating, not cheating, you play to fight,right, well fight and shut up or go outside (dont forget your helmet) like gyrene81 said. 

[Die Hard]

Hiding carriers is in it self lame and "gaming-the-game". I support anything that helps mitigating such lameness. Good players on all teams should help each other out to prevent lameness in our game. Sometimes that requires some fraternization.

[Soulyss]

I have had people on other countries P.M. me info about missions or CV locations in the past.  I politely reply to never send such things to me again and of course never act on the info.

That's actually a good policy, one that I should adopt moving forward.  Up until now when I do get the occasional PM I've just ignored it and gone about my business. 

[Ack-Ack]

Well the flying tigers hoed Japanese planes plenty of times. They we're risking lives in that tactic obviously.  hoeing works you get a good shot and without maneuvering. I just think people hate getting killed by the more inexperienced players because then they get made fun of it. It's just a game though after all so who cares if you get hoed or not anyway. You can't really except not to get killed.

Spoken like a true player that is seriously lacking in any skill. 

ack-ack

[Pongo]

Yes, there were spies in WW2, and what was done to them if they were caught?
I think friendly fire should be turned off for such a player for one month, and their dot should always appear on dar for a month, no matter the radar range or alt.
Maybe with a special yellow colour.
So all can see him, and all can shoot him with impunity.
Hell, give him a 10 mile icon too, with range always on, even in a GV.

its great that someone wants to play historically and be a spy. But there is a price if you are caught.
If they do it and never tell anyone, or do it and keep it tight between them and other like minded idiots, well and good.

[Tumor]

If spying to find the location of CV's is gaming the game, lame, cheating or whatever.... it's not very far in character from capturing enemy CV's and sending them off to remote locations "just in case" the original owners recapture their port.  Not long ago I saw 3 CV's (could have been more) having been captured by Rooks tooling around where they couldn't be found.  Sure, it makes sense in a strategic manner but it seems to happen most often in off hours... no or not many defenders around to notice or even care, so it's gaming the game too.

The maps are too freekin big to make much of a difference with hiding cv's anyway.

T.