The Inequity of it all

[crazyivan]

"Ah man dude if only you would have engaged those 10 bad guys and they weren't Spit16s,
you would have pwned them all.

Bruv, and Midway?

[Zoney]

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Bruv, and Midway?

LOL    and imagining them as they walk out to board their aircraft:

M - So can I fly left seat this time, can I can I can I huh ?

B - No.

M - But you said maybe I could when I asked before.

B - That's just because I wanted to meet your mother.

M- But I introduced you to her last week so can I can I can I huh ?

B - No.

M - Bbbbuttt whyyyyy notttttttt ? (half crying blubbery snot running voice)

B - I met your mother.

[HL117]

I don't use padlock, but i know some people do. 

I know of some that figured a way to use it in the MA especially certain ones that like the to fly the 262

 



Just saying

[des506]

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Bruv, and Midway?

 

[nrshida]

Despite Tyrannis' persistent complaint about the Spitfire Mark XVI (and I believe he is more complaining about the prison gang squad mentality more than the aircraft), I believe the current vogue at the Furball lake is actually the F4U-4. It does change from time to time. There was a time when the A6M5b was very popular. In the summer you see an awful lot of P-51Ds.

Regarding the F3 issue. HTC has a fair point to assist new players but the danger is that some become dependant on F3 and therefore never leave the DA (although in some cases you should be grateful about that  ).

I think to change the prevailing behaviour at the furball lake you would need to make a change to the setup, you cannot shift the norm through encouragement or derision.

For instance you could potentially solve two problems simultaneously, allow F3 mode but disable the System Victory messages. Then it encourages players to move into other arenas when they feel confident enough to try and build a run and also give incentive to move away from F3 mode.

The secondary advantage is it might remove or at least reduce the motivation for some of the DA dweebery, i.e. vulching, ganging, mindless HOing and all the rest.

[Bronk]

The ME262 is a jet within the World War 2 era plane set that i believe saw more action than the spit16. It is NOT in the DA because it is commonly stated that if it was put in the DA then the lake would become nothing more than a jet-filled furball.
If you were to take a tally of the most flown aircraft in the DA, i'd bet a couple perkies that you'd come up with the spit16 by a HUGE margin.We've both seen how bad that place becomes a spit16 horde.
The lake in the most part is nothing but spit16 territory.
So, in all technicality, the spit16 should be banned along the same lines that the ME262 is banned.

[Shane]

Heh - I use this as an avatar.... I love that pic.   

[Ack-Ack]

Kill them all was generally the tactic I preferred.  Your tactics may vary.

You can fly and fight whereas he cannot and is handicapped by his own lack of skill.

like i said before Guppy, how much do YOU fly in there? i dont remember ever seeing you in there. so are YOU really the best person to give advice on how to fight in an arena you never seem to fly in? 

Fighting a Spitfire XVI in the DA is no different than fighting one in the MA, the same tactics used to kill one in the MA apply in the DA as well. 



ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

But still, as ive been saying. the ME262 was banned because it would become too popular in the lake.

The Me 262 was being used by players to grief those in the lake and dueling fields and after it became really bad, the plane was removed.  It was not because it was too popular of a ride, please show a post from HiTech or Pyro stating such.


ack-ack

[Ack-Ack]

You can show me a bunch of charts all you want scca, but when i have spit16's outrunning my pony what does your charts prove? that the spit16 cant do that?

It just shows one of two things (or combination of both), 1) You're not as good as you think you are, 2) You misjudged the other bandit's energy state.

guess what buddy, they do 

No, they don't unless the Spitfire had an initial energy advantage at the start.

Going by the charts to judge what a plane is capable of is like going by someones score to determine how good they are at the game 

Those charts are based on real life flight data...

ack-ack

[Changeup]

I have a solution to this furball lake thingy and "us" vs "them".  How about this:

Each one of you invite the person you think is a good/great/excellent MA stick.  For two full evenings, load the lake up with your favorite MA best stick vs the DA regulars..can you imagine the carnage???

I'm reasonably certain no one will ask if someone else is the best person to give advice, lmao!!

As an example, could you imagine Del, Corkyjr, ACK, Fringe, and Shuffler winging in 38's, Grizz, Kappa, Sunbat, Krupnski and Sunsfan winging in K4's, TonyJoey, Dano, DrBone and Spek winging in 51Delta's?  DOH!!!  (No one get offended please...these are just the names I came up with quickly!! lol)...it wouldn't even be fair!!! But it would sure quiet down the DAers that think they know the lake...just sayin.  In fact...even if the afore mentioned players were capped at 9K it would still be DUMBUGLY....

Changeup

[Ack-Ack]

theres alot of things the brewster does in game it shouldnt do, and the charts say it cant do,

Name one thing in game that the Finnish B-239 shouldn't be able to do and what charts or other data do you have access to that you could show us that back up your claims?

ack-ack

[Karnak]

Tyrannis,

The Me262 most definitely did not see as much action as the Spitfire Mk XVI.  Not even close.

[LLogann]

Let me.......

[LLogann]

....make 3 posts.........