Suggestion to deal with the ack huggers

[Ack-Ack]

puffy only and its only when the auto ack is firing at the enemy in front of you

friendly field acks can damage you as well.

ack-ack

[AWwrgwy]

"Suggestion to deal with the ack huggers"

De-ack the field?

Would it have made a difference if he simply ran away, not into the ack?


wrongway

[Imowface]

Due to my plane of choices fuel consumption in the MA, when ever someone dives to ack, I just follow them and kill them, I have no problem with it because they are going to die anyways, and whats the worst that could happen? I have to replane and im back in business

[68ZooM]

or, just fly away and find another fight.

best advice right there    

self policing would be bad, no one has the right to tell others how to play a game, people are going to play how they want that's just the way it is and will always be, you just have to make the best of it

[grizz441]

Sorry but it's true.

If you are going to fly a slow EW plane that has a ridiculous turn radius, then don't be surprised when you force your opponents into disengaging once you attain the advantage.  Yeah, I know it would be great if these aircraft that you completely dominate in a turn fight would mindlessly knife fight you until getting saddled and killed, but do you really expect them to just let you kill them? 

The solution, if you choose to fly the 109F4, is baiting them into thinking they can saddle you, or heck, even letting them saddle you, before initiating a reverse that will force them to get very slow.  And then killing them before they can evade and escape.

Crying about the fact that a player chose to live over inevitable death is what is really riduclous.

[Blooz]

Man, I wish, No! I demand that enemy planes in my gunsight hold still and do nothing to save themselves before I can kill them.

There. That should really help my K/D ratio.

[SunBat]

Did anyone else see that poor new guy last night asking which arena dogfighting was in?  The responses were as sad as what the question implied.

[DREDIOCK]

Sorry but it's true.

If you are going to fly a slow EW plane that has a ridiculous turn radius, then don't be surprised when you force your opponents into disengaging once you attain the advantage.  Yeah, I know it would be great if these aircraft that you completely dominate in a turn fight would mindlessly knife fight you until getting saddled and killed, but do you really expect them to just let you kill them? 

The solution, if you choose to fly the 109F4, is baiting them into thinking they can saddle you, or heck, even letting them saddle you, before initiating a reverse that will force them to get very slow.  And then killing them before they can evade and escape.

Crying about the fact that a player chose to live over inevitable death is what is really riduclous.

C'mon Grizz. you and I both know it wouldnt have mattered the plane I was in. I have spits do the same thing against my D9 too.
I used the 109 V  47 flight as an example of a plane that given the circumstances anyone with even a remote skill level should have been able to not only negate but turned around to their advantage.

Would YOU have run to the ack?

[Masherbrum]

A couple of the responses are funny because they make contradictory claims. 

Dred, you've been playing long enough to know that timidity will always be an option to some, even if they have the advantage.

[grizz441]

C'mon Grizz. you and I both know it wouldnt have mattered the plane I was in. I have spits do the same thing against my D9 too.
I used the 109 V  47 flight as an example of a plane that given the circumstances anyone with even a remote skill level should have been able to not only negate but turned around to their advantage.

Would YOU have run to the ack?

D9 can catch a spit.

I would have killed you, so no, I would not have ran

[dedalos]

LOL, Grizz, I had a spit9 in FB island run straight over all the ack fields for a full sector from a Ki84 after half a turn.  I broke off and as soon as engaged in the other fight that I found, he showed up on my six firing.  One of the Vets too.  He has been playing for at list 7 years.

The problem with the ack idea is that even though friendly ack can hurt you, it is aiming at the bad guy.  So, it could not only hit a friendly by accident or if I am in it  

[DREDIOCK]

best advice right there    

self policing would be bad, no one has the right to tell others how to play a game, people are going to play how they want that's just the way it is and will always be, you just have to make the best of it

Shall we make a list of changes that have been made to the game that forced people to play a different way? Or not play a certain way?

And much like ENY doesnt force you to another country. It does encourage you. What I am suggesting isnt forcing anyone. You want to fly gear down around your field, fine. you wan to go gear up. Ack wont intentionally target you just as IRL friendly fire wouldnt intentionally target you. But if you happen to be in the way when its firing at an enemy. Well then Thats on you.

If anything it would add to the realism of the game.

[321BAR]

friendly field acks can damage you as well.

ack-ack

i never had this happen to me you think if the field ack was less accurate, more deaths to ack huggers would happen?

[DREDIOCK]

D9 can catch a spit.

I would have killed you, so no, I would not have ran

Yea if given enough distance from the feild

Bah!! youve just been extremely lucky. 

[Lusche]

You want to fly gear down around your field, fine. you wan to go gear up. Ack wont intentionally target you just as IRL friendly fire wouldnt intentionally target you. But if you happen to be in the way when its firing at an enemy. Well then Thats on you.

You do not read the responses in this thread?