Fighter Score system

[Masherbrum]

Vulching is fun, great fun actually.  One of my fondest vulch memories is of me and Murdr in P-38Ls using our HVARs, I only managed around 4 kills or so but Murdr was on fire that night, recall him scoring a kill with each rocket.  After we exhausted the rockets, we dove in to give some of our 20mm love to the poor helpless dweebs trying in vain to take off.

Personally, I like to wait until their wheels leave the ground before striking because it gives them a slim bit of false hope that they may not get vulched.  Destroying that small glimmer of hope is just as enjoyable as destroying their plane and waiting until they take off lessens the likelihood of them being able to ditch.

ack-ack

 

[1Boner]

regardless of what your opinion is on vulching, it is combat whether you like it or not.  while it might not be a 'fight', it certainly is combat.

ack-ack

So, then it is avoiding a fight?

Combat and fighting are 2 separate things?

Don't get me wrong either, if vulching is taking place while trying to take a base, thats one thing.

But hovering over a base just to shoot guys on the runway as they try to get up to fight is another.

That takes about as much skill as running an NOE to an undefended base.


Oh and thanks for letting me know that my opinion is wrong.

[Ack-Ack]

Ah yes, having a beer in otherwise empty bar now equates to bar fight? 

I guess you can tell by this thread who the vultures are and who the victims.   


ack-ack

[Yeager]

Vulching aint easy.  Takes a certain "Pinache" with both energy AND timing to get it right.  But when its right its generally Golden

[Ardy123]

I guess you can tell by this thread who the vultures are and who the victims.   


ack-ack

you should just change your sig to ...

I'm ack-ack and I can put up a good fight, but I prefer to vulch; its great for the score.  

[Masherbrum]

Vulching aint easy.  Takes a certain "Pinache" with both energy AND timing to get it right.  But when its right its generally Golden

 

[1Boner]

I used to love sneaking in from a nearby base under the radar to surprise the vulchers.

Amazing how cowardly most of them were.

They would immediatly turn tail and run when presented with actual "combat".

You can tell by this thread who most of them are.

[Ack-Ack]

So, then it is avoiding a fight?

Sometimes it can be and sometimes it's not.  It all depends how the vulch started to begin with.

Combat and fighting are 2 separate things?

Yes.  

Don't get me wrong either, if vulching is taking place while trying to take a base, thats one thing.

But hovering over a base just to shoot guys on the runway as they try to get up to fight is another.

I actually agree but there are some occasions where it's just plain fun.  For example, you're on a Dweeb Hunt and you bag your Dweeb and then decide to vulch him repeatedly just to drive and twist the knife into his gut further.  Times like those are priceless and the memories last a life time.

In short, when it's done to piss the other guy off, vulching is perfectly acceptable in my opinion.

That takes about as much skill as running an NOE to an undefended base.

Never said it took skill, anyone (well almost anyone, VANDALS collided with me as he tried to vulch me  ) can vulch but when done with some creativity and flair, it's a beautiful thing to behold.

Oh and thanks for letting me know that my opinion is wrong.

You're welcome, glad I could have been of some measurable assistance.  


ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

you should just change your sig to ...

I'm ack-ack and I can put up a good fight, but I prefer to vulch; its great for the score.  

That doesn't describe me at all.  1) I rarely vulch but I do enjoy the times that I do and I don't bemoan others doing it and 2) I haven't played for score since at least a decade before you started playing these types of games.  The only thing you've got accurate is my fighting prowess.  1 out of 3 ain't bad I guess though you can do better.

ack-ack

[Ardy123]

That doesn't describe me at all.  1) I rarely vulch but I do enjoy the times that I do and I don't bemoan others doing it and 2) I haven't played for score since at least a decade before you started playing these types of games.  The only thing you've got accurate is my fighting prowess.  1 out of 3 ain't bad I guess though you can do better.

ack-ack

well lets see...
reasons to vulch
1) to cap an airfiled
2) to pad your score
3) to pad your ego

case in point


I suppose this statement by you

I guess you can tell by this thread who the vultures are and who the victims.

you were intending to imply that you do the vulching and others saying its lame are getting killed by your vulching.

[gyrene81]

Excellent, so we agree that NOE base taking is also combat 

Hey, I never said it wasn't.

Ah yes, having a beer in otherwise empty bar now equates to bar fight?  

I get it, you're saying that if I sent a UAV somewhere and dropped bombs on a target, that wouldn't be combat since there isn't anyone physically in the plane.

Maybe fighting a fire isn't really "fighting" or "combatting" a fire either since there is no human opposition.

Nice job running all the way out into 1delta10tangoville.  

[kilo2]

Fun is relative to the individual.

And I vulch, pick, rope, come in with alt, fly planes with cannons, used to do noes, fly in hordes, fly against hordes, gv, toolshed,1v1 etc....
I have fun doing it all. Why would I limit my game play just because others think a certain aspect is lame.

[Ack-Ack]

well lets see...
reasons to vulch
1) to cap an airfiled
2) to pad your score
3) to pad your ego

case in point

My reasons to vulch have pretty much followed the reasons it was done in AW.

1) It pisses off the other guy
2) It's fun
3) It really pisses off the other guy

Can't find any better reasons then those three.

I suppose this statement by you  you were intending to imply that you do the vulching and others saying its lame are getting killed by your vulching.

Not necessarily my vulching but you get the general idea.  

It's funny, in all the years I've been playing I can honestly say that I've rarely been vulched.  Maybe it's because I learned after the first couple of times being the victim that maybe I should take off from another base and hunt the vultures down.  It's a lesson that has served me very well in all these years.

ack-ack

[hitech]

well lets see...
reasons to vulch
1) to cap an airfiled
2) to pad your score
3) to pad your ego

case in point


I suppose this statement by you  you were intending to imply that you do the vulching and others saying its lame are getting killed by your vulching.

4) To have great fun pissing of the vulchee.
5) To see if you can beet your previous record of vulches.
6) To determine exactly how long one guy will continue to take off.
7) To see how precisely you can fly a perfect circle loop and kill the guy at the bottom with the exact same speed as the previous loop.
8) To see how many head shots you can do in a row.
9) To enjoy the radio traffic that can follows.

HiTech

[hitech]

Dang ack you beet me to it.
HiTech
( Vulcher extraordinaire for the last 20 years )