wat ever happended to pilots with honor

[Reaper90]

If you see an enemy fighting 2-3 of your allies.  Respect your enemy but more importantly, respect your allies, by finding someone else to shoot at.  Nothing weaker than being the 5th or 6th hero in on a fight.

+1

[Reaper90]

Bottom line is the only one I can control is me.  Accepting that fact and playing the game in a way that I believe is respectful of other players is all I can do.

That and not getting worked up because someone doesn't play it my way

+2

 

[guncrasher]

Here's for respect:

If you see an enemy fighting 2-3 of your allies.  Respect your enemy but more importantly, respect your allies, by finding someone else to shoot at.  Nothing weaker than being the 5th or 6th hero in on a fight.

that is true grizz, except sometimes I'll be the 4th or 20th guy when I realize that single con doesnt just roll over and die and I dont really want somebody on my six close to me trying to take down as many as he can before he dies.  i have gotten shot down by that single cons with 4 on his six who refused to die.  so now if I am gonna be nearby and that con is still up, i will come down and pick him.

seen you fly and you really dont horde or pile up as much as we do, but we are all trying to learn.

semp

[Reaper90]

How does a guy with 4 or more friendly planes on him manage to get on your 6?If he has enough speed and alt to come after you, then he wasn't engaged with those friendlies......

What is dweebish is one con on the deck with a friendly fighting it out, and three or more (or even one more if he doesn't ask first) countrymen diving in from above to gang the lone con. If the friendly is asking for help it's one thing, but more often than not it's just a race by all the green icons to see who can get the kill first, even if they are ruining someone else's fight.

I'll dive in on cons below with a friendly in a fight, but only if I'm coming to a call for help or if I ask the guy if he needs help first and he says yes.

What's the worst is a con running from a frienly, and that friendly is being chased by another con..... and all the other green icons dive in to try and kill the con that's being chased, not the con trying to clear the chaser!

But any rate, it's the MA. What the BBS filter likes to call "toejam" is gonna happen. Getting upset about it is stupid... it's best just to laugh, get a new plane, and have fun. You can set rules for yourself, but if you expect others to adhere to your set of standards you're just setting yourself up for frustration.

[Zoney]

There is one, and only one thing you have control of while you are playing.  Yourself.  Do what you know is right, be quiet and humble about your own actions, participate in the fight when it is appropriate to do so and consider every player to be your friend.  When called out by others, apologize that your actions upset him, be generous in your assement of the situation.  Should something upset you, get up, walk away for a bit.

As an example, (not to bang my own drum), just recently I was thumped a bit on vox by someone with a reputation for doing so, after I shot down 2 of his buffs and flew away to let the last one fly home.  I threw him a salute, apologized that I had upset him, then gently reminded him that I had always been respectful to him and his squad.  Result: situation diffused completely, and a short conversation thereafter forging maybe another friendship.

Control yourseves gentelmen, 

[Debrody]

Looks like a consensus is forming.
 

[craze079]

Blah blah blah...  It WOULD be nice if there was more honor and integrity in this game, but remember, the age range is whatever.  Anyone can fly, and looks like some squads let anyone in.  Gang, horde, odds, ho's.., most people can't fly alone, and being that they pay to play, and HT can't really adjust anything, it is what it is.  And as much as everyone preaches how to fly 'correctly', it's rarely seen in game.  Even pilots that normally don't ho, myself included, slip one in now and then.  There's a few that abide by the 'rules', but 500+ that don't, so......GOOD LUCK !!   
BA  

[whopper2]

Eight years ago and even far further back a landing aircraft, full plaps, gear down, damage/smoking or not was off limits.

Now, getting vulched on landing is a daily occurance.

[LLogann]

Wake up people....

Stop feeling sorry for yourselves....  

It's a game.....

AND...

It's a competitive, do anything to claim a scalp kind of game.  You people that talk about all these crazy things need to realize that is only here in the DA when it is set up that way, or perhaps  SEA as well.  All other times, all other places, it is a lock, stock and barrel throw down, no holds barred, MINE MINE MINE type of environment.  

So when you're done crying in your handkerchief, come back, and get better at being that much faster.  Or...   [ InsertAvAplug ]  Goto the AvA and get yourself a 1v1.  [ /InsertAvAplug ]

It's all very sad really. 

 

[The Fugitive]

Wake up people....

Stop feeling sorry for yourselves....  

It's a game.....

AND...

It's a competitive, do anything to claim a scalp kind of game.  You people that talk about all these crazy things need to realize that is only here in the DA when it is set up that way, or perhaps  SEA as well.  All other times, all other places, it is a lock, stock and barrel throw down, no holds barred, MINE MINE MINE type of environment.  

So when you're done crying in your handkerchief, come back, and get better at being that much faster.  Or...   [ InsertAvAplug ]  Goto the AvA and get yourself a 1v1.  [ /InsertAvAplug ]

It's all very sad really. 

 

The bolded section is what the game has BECOME, due to people who either don't give a crap, or have given up on players/society. Too many people/players are ok with going through life as an dork and so this is what you run into more  and more often these days.

As far as the competition, about the only competition I see is to get your name in lights any way you can (HOin, vulchin, ganging), win the map any way you can (hordes, endless NOE hordes), or stay at the top of the scoreboard any way you can ( killing squadies, or shade accounts, bombing town centers, or using your squad mates as "chum" to pick easy kills).

[Tr1gg22]

The only thing thay has changed in my opinion since 06 is the graphics game play has alway's been this way in MA.. DA is what has changed

[Wiley]

The bolded section is what the game has BECOME, due to people who either don't give a crap, or have given up on players/society. Too many people/players are ok with going through life as an dork and so this is what you run into more  and more often these days.

As far as the competition, about the only competition I see is to get your name in lights any way you can (HOin, vulchin, ganging), win the map any way you can (hordes, endless NOE hordes), or stay at the top of the scoreboard any way you can ( killing squadies, or shade accounts, bombing town centers, or using your squad mates as "chum" to pick easy kills).

So what you're saying is, you don't want a maximum effort from your opponents?  You want people to fight against, but you don't want them to take 'unfair' advantages (whatever your definition of those may be)?

Where's the fun in that?  Why demand your opponents limit themselves?  What's the difference between getting fussy because you got ganged, and getting fussy because your opponent turns both left and right when they fly?  Both are arbitrary limitations.  Maybe I should start whining on the boards about the people who turn right when they're fighting against me.  It has about the same amount of meaning as whining about the other side not playing fairsies.

Wiley.

[TwinBoom]

where has pilot who when it 2v1 3v1 will stay outa fight or wont ho ya or when ur out of ammo and runnin on fumes will let ya go land. i dont claim to be a very good pilot but when ur facing 3 against 1 and they all ho watever happend to wanting the thrill of a greta dogfight rather then just killen someoen who really mean no harm

Thats what happens when you have score and two types of players simmers and gamers

[The Fugitive]

WOW what a stupid pile of drivel! Sure lets say you can carry your ball to the green in golf and count it as one stroke. OH I know lets say when the linebacker runs down the sideline and a player off the field trips him he still down because his knee hit the ground.

Ya I can make wild and ridiculous statements as well. The point being is if two of your squadies are working a single con and nobody else is around your a dork if you dive in to help. While it may be fun to you ..... "LOL!!!! we sure showed him!"   It most likely wasn't fun for the other guy when the 3rd guy dove in.  Holding off in that situation makes it fun for the single con as well as the 2 fighting him. In the end even if the single dies he would be more likely to come back and try again knowing the extra guy will stay out.

How is a horde fun? 50 guys rolling a base in 3 minutes is a waste. Sure you can up a cannon bird and HO a bunch of them as they come in and drop bomb hither and yon hoping to hit EVERYTHING, but there is no fight in it, just kills on a scoreboard. From the horde side, the last 15 guys into the base have nothing left to drop on, nor vulch (FHs are down), and those few that did get up where ganged to death already. Wheres the fun for them?

A leader with a little "sportsmanship" might split his force creating 2 fights, giving those last 15 guys a target or two to hit, as well as the defenders a little more of a chance to fight and maybe have fun. They are still working together, still taking bases, still having fun a long with a bunch of other who other wise would have just turned away from "another horde mission"

Its a game, it's suppose to be fun. Playing a game with a little class, honor, sportsmanship to me, makes it more fun, kinda how life is.

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