Claiming HO on 200 when you lose

[Shuffler]

Last night in MW so many were hoing that I just gave up and started returning once I saw them fire.

Once I moved to LW the fights were much better and way fewer hos.

[dev41]

What I really want to know is how many of you get "ho guilt?" I know I sure do. There I am flying around and doing my best trying not to ho and then I start getting into all of these engagements where the ugly red cons just fly right in while I am taking off and start hoing and vulching me. After a while I finally get my plane up to reasonable altitude and an enemy con comes in. I think to myself "self, you really know that you are not supposed to ho, don't you?" and I answer myself, "yes, but I am sick and tired of these d@#%ed bish(or rooks, I fly Knights, see?) coming in and hoing and vulching me." "Right," I think to myself, "surely this must be an honorable flyer coming in to engage and surely he will not ho, right?" So I fly toward the engagement, but he has alt and speed and comes swooping in on my twelve. I figure that he must be merging, but I am prepared for the ho. Right on cue the other pilot ho's, but this time I have anticipated and begun to turn away. But, I see his tracers going by and my blood boils. Next pilot I run into gets ho'd and dies... and then the remorse begins...

"Oh no, what if he whines on 200, I will look like a hotard. Maybe he was an honorable pilot and I have stained my own honor. Maybe he was a noob and now I have confirmed that hoing is acceptable. Maybe he is a vet and I have confirmed that I am a noob. What do I do? What have I done???"
 Ho guilt begins to creep and fester and soon enough I meet my next engagement. Sure enough I am rattled now and my nerves cause my sweaty fingers to fail at a critical moment as my new opponent shoots me in the face.

Breathing heavily in the tower I decide to save face and not to save "that film."

Now, after a blessed few moments of peace, I renew my vows to learn proper ACM and work on my skillz. Once more I punch into my brand new shiny plane ready to be that shining Knight (pun intended) who never picks, ho's or, as I learned from a rugged vet on 200 the other night, does not come charging in from 6k in a 109G6 in order to engage an enemy con (from the rear by the way). My sins are many, my guilt is great. Have mercy upon me great hero's of AHII.

[shiv]

What I really want to know is how many of you get "ho guilt?" I know I sure do. There I am flying around and doing my best trying not to ho and then I start getting into all of these engagements where the ugly red cons just fly right in while I am taking off and start hoing and vulching me. After a while I finally get my plane up to reasonable altitude and an enemy con comes in. I think to myself "self, you really know that you are not supposed to ho, don't you?" and I answer myself, "yes, but I am sick and tired of these d@#%ed bish(or rooks, I fly Knights, see?) coming in and hoing and vulching me." "Right," I think to myself, "surely this must be an honorable flyer coming in to engage and surely he will not ho, right?" So I fly toward the engagement, but he has alt and speed and comes swooping in on my twelve. I figure that he must be merging, but I am prepared for the ho. Right on cue the other pilot ho's, but this time I have anticipated and begun to turn away. But, I see his tracers going by and my blood boils. Next pilot I run into gets ho'd and dies... and then the remorse begins...

"Oh no, what if he whines on 200, I will look like a hotard. Maybe he was an honorable pilot and I have stained my own honor. Maybe he was a noob and now I have confirmed that hoing is acceptable. Maybe he is a vet and I have confirmed that I am a noob. What do I do? What have I done???"
 Ho guilt begins to creep and fester and soon enough I meet my next engagement. Sure enough I am rattled now and my nerves cause my sweaty fingers to fail at a critical moment as my new opponent shoots me in the face.

Breathing heavily in the tower I decide to save face and not to save "that film."

Now, after a blessed few moments of peace, I renew my vows to learn proper ACM and work on my skillz. Once more I punch into my brand new shiny plane ready to be that shining Knight (pun intended) who never picks, ho's or, as I learned from a rugged vet on 200 the other night, does not come charging in from 6k in a 109G6 in order to engage an enemy con (from the rear by the way). My sins are many, my guilt is great. Have mercy upon me great hero's of AHII.

I just PM FBLazy and apologize myself.

[coombz]

lol @ "HO guilt"       i know what you mean....

if they just desperately turn into me and start firing at 600 then I absolve myself though :]

[Shuffler]

lol @ "HO guilt"       i know what you mean....

if they just desperately turn into me and start firing at 600 then I absolve myself though :]

What I hate is the guy your fighting trying to ho you every time around...... so the fifth time or so as you come around you go... enough of this and shoot him. Problem is... that time he didn't shoot.  

Just last night I got into a fight. I upped off cv in a F6 and the other guy, who will remain nameless, came in about 4k above in a spit. He dove in and slowly lost his E. It turned into a T&B fight and he was getting on a shorter and shorted leash. Finally he gave up and went to trying for the ho. It took about 6 passes but he finally connected. One wingtip missing I went for a little swim wit da fishies.

[FBLazy1]

I just PM FBLazy and apologize myself.

  What did I do this time. 

[Bubbajj]

People do a lot of stupid crap that makes no sense what so ever. Like rolling undefended bases at 3am or driving tanks (    ). I don't get it. HO's have their place, but what I don't understand is when I'm 3K below a spit 8 in a 190 A5 and the ding dong rolls right into me head on, guns blazing. How stupid do you have to be to HO joust with a full armed 190, especially in the magnificently self disassembling Spitfire? In a 190 it's not hard to find yourself on the short end but people will still, even while holding all the cards, do a completely senseless HO. HOing with a Hurc is another thing I never understood. It will out turn 90% of the planeset but still people just bore right in with some kind of a strange suicide pact mentality on anything and everything. Makes for a lot of  moments.

[shiv]

What did I do this time. 

Just pre-apologizing for the next time I ho ya Lazy

[Big Rat]

I always seem to have a problem with my squaddies HOing me, does that mean something

 
BigRat

[dev41]

I always seem to have a problem with my squaddies HOing me, does that mean something

 
BigRat

It might, but I don't know you well enough to say for sure - LOL

[Dragon]

It's not a HO, more like a "shot of opportunity"



It's a game, it's kill or be killed, take the shot and move on.

[hyzer]

I always seem to have a problem with my squaddies HOing me, does that mean something

 
BigRat

Maybe next week at squad practice you can explain to me what I heard someone say.  It was krill shooter, or kill scooter.  Something like that.   

[dedalos]

Maybe next week at squad practice you can explain to me what I heard someone say.  It was krill shooter, or kill scooter.  Something like that.   

Do a search for Woooo Wooooo.  Very educational on that subject.

[SEraider]

Do a search for Woooo Wooooo.  Very educational on that subject.

You live?

[JUGgler]

You live?

That's debatable




JUGgler