Horde

[wil3ur]

It was actually pretty damn awesome to see them all inbound.  If anyone would have responded to my howling on country channel, I figure 8 defenders could have made quick work of them.  Especially since they came in NOE.

[skribetm]

my suggestion,

localize ENY to the nearest large airfield!

[caldera]

ENY IS A JOKE WHEN IT DOES NOT ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH WHAT IT IS DESIGNED TO DO.

"Automatic Side Balancing" ought to level the playing field and encourage even-sided fights.
It's not actually "five more knits" than rooks when you count that both knitwitss and bishes were hording both fronts of the wookies.

but, whatever ...

I feel your pain dude, but there is no local ENY and realistically no practical way to implement it or it would already be.  Automatic side balancing would be fine with me but not with most country-loyal and squad-loyal players, would it? 

Would be nice if the side switch time wasn't 12 hours, effectively discouraging switching at all (provided you are playing longer than an hour or multiple times in a day).  If one hour was a problem, why not try two hours instead of twelve?  I used to switch to the low numbered side every day, but have only once since the change.  After that switch, I was stuck on a side that went from low numbered to high numbered in short order.  So now, I stay put on the country that is usually less populated during my prime playing time. 

People have been asking for local ENY for years and there is no plan yet that doesn't cause more offsetting problems.

[TnDep]

Is 28 b17's a horde?

[JOACH1M]

Is 28 b17's a horde?

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Must be the horde you guys always fly in ey?

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haha in a 262....flying that against a "hoard" is just as easy as being in the hoard.



that's for you JO

[JOACH1M]

Heheheehe 

[skribetm]

where's the muppets when ya need 'em.
i've heard rumours. 

[TnDep]

haha in a 262....flying that against a "hoard" is just as easy as being in the hoard.



that's for you JO

I get more kills in my k4 then I do the 262 I have yet to figure that plane out, only a hand full of people can get alot of kills in that bird.  Flying a 262 into 84 b17's I wouldn't call an easy task to say the least.  Got 8 kills and had to set down a wounded bird, maybe a more experienced jet pilot like grizz would have racked up

[JUGgler]

where's the muppets when ya need 'em.
i've heard rumours.  

There were 2 of us in jets last night, the funny thing was some dood named deuce gave us crap for pickin in jets  


BTW he said this while he was with about 30 friendlies and the only rooks within a sector was changeup and I, in jets  

We eventually got HOGANGRAPED to oblivian  



again EYE-ROW-KNEE




JUGgler

[wil3ur]

I get more kills in my k4 then I do the 262 I have yet to figure that plane out, only a hand full of people can get alot of kills in that bird.  Flying a 262 into 84 b17's I wouldn't call an easy task to say the least.  Got 8 kills and had to set down a wounded bird, maybe a more experienced jet pilot like grizz would have racked up

Flying with Thndregg in a group of B17's has taught me one thing when flying a 262 into a group...  Pick on the straggler.  If there is no straggler, go for the flanks and try and slash through and cause seperation.  it's already hard enough to hit a group of 3 17's without getting pinged up, going after a gaggle is going to be suicide.  I have had some really fun fights though stumbling upon a mission and picking and chosing targets.  It normally is mixed in with keeping an eye on the 30K ponies providing escort and getting them broken apart too.  Most I've been able to muster was 9 kills, and those were mostly off of different sets of buffs, rather than taking down 3.

As for the K4, I've actually used the 262 to help my K4 gunnery more than the other way around.  I've learned what angles work great for the 30mm, and it's a lot easier to set those up in a K4 than a 262...  unfortunately I don't see the translation back the other way on any aspect of flying the two planes.

[TnDep]

Flying with Thndregg in a group of B17's has taught me one thing when flying a 262 into a group...  Pick on the straggler.  If there is no straggler, go for the flanks and try and slash through and cause seperation.  it's already hard enough to hit a group of 3 17's without getting pinged up, going after a gaggle is going to be suicide.  I have had some really fun fights though stumbling upon a mission and picking and chosing targets.  It normally is mixed in with keeping an eye on the 30K ponies providing escort and getting them broken apart too.  Most I've been able to muster was 9 kills, and those were mostly off of different sets of buffs, rather than taking down 3.

As for the K4, I've actually used the 262 to help my K4 gunnery more than the other way around.  I've learned what angles work great for the 30mm, and it's a lot easier to set those up in a K4 than a 262...  unfortunately I don't see the translation back the other way on any aspect of flying the two planes.

It might be flying styles I don't know, I landed 10 in k4 two nights ago no rearms and I barely get 5 to 7 kills without rearm in 262 it's just that I don't have the practice in them I suppose to set the angles and the difference in speed between the planes.  All I know is I get more kills in the k4. 

[wil3ur]

It might be flying styles I don't know, I landed 10 in k4 two nights ago no rearms and I barely get 5 to 7 kills without rearm in 262 it's just that I don't have the practice in them I suppose to set the angles and the difference in speed between the planes.  All I know is I get more kills in the k4. 

Definately different styles, which is what I was trying to point out.  The only similarity is the guns, and traveling at 500mph, you have a lot less of a chance to correct with. 

I wish I was better in the K4; I quit using it to fly the P38 here recently, and am trying to get back into the plane.  They're both phenomenal planes, but the flying style is completely different.  My point was if you can setup a good angle in a 262 for an attack and learn how to get good crossing shots, it helps makeup for (my) subpar skill in the K4 simply due to reaction time and manuverability.

[ttflier]

In the words of Gunny Tom Highway "Improvise, adapt, overcome"

[ttflier]

In the words of Gunny Tom Highway "Improvise, adapt, overcome"  

Sorry, lag and double post