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Offline RTHolmes

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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #135 on: March 19, 2012, 05:57:14 PM »
1 in 16?

against a zeppelin from a mile out on a clear, calm day maybe :D
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #136 on: March 19, 2012, 06:02:32 PM »

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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #137 on: March 19, 2012, 06:17:08 PM »
"No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'!" :D
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #138 on: March 19, 2012, 06:45:02 PM »
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #139 on: March 19, 2012, 06:47:06 PM »
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #140 on: March 19, 2012, 06:57:42 PM »
If you take this thread on an empty stomach, nausea and vomiting can occur.  Other possible side affects are rectal itching, excessive groin sweating, balled fists, chipped teeth from gritting and a piapism.  If your priapism lasts longer than 4 hours, please seek medical attention immediately as permanent damage can occur.

AH Puffy Ack...when the time is right...
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #141 on: March 19, 2012, 07:34:20 PM »
I avoid flying near CVs because of how ridiculous the puffy ack is, except for the odd bit of base defense on the deck

Today I flew over a CV at about 15k because I didn't know it was there, the first indication of my predicament was *boom* engine gone

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After I rage quit I remembered this thread and thought I should have saved the film :bhead
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #142 on: March 19, 2012, 07:47:10 PM »
Quote from: The Fugitive on March 17, 2012, 08:25:09 AM
Personally  I have no trouble with puffy ack and I have rarely been shot down by it.

I don't KNOW how it works in the game other than how Hitech explained it recently in a thread. Fester is very good telling stories. Once an idea blooms in his mind it become HIS reality in which he uses as the basis of his arguments. While entertaining, they are only accurate in his mind. Hitech has said that the ack will target the closest guy over 3k to the cv. I try to keep someone between me and the CV at all times and have no trouble. Once that person is shot down it's time to move out. Long swooping moves that continually change me alt and direction with out blowing much "E" until I find another guy that gets closer taking the ack from me.

Can the ack be made better? heck yes! I think buffs should be hit far more easily, bigger target, steady slower speed, less maneuvering so easier to target. All factors that logic says they should be the one targeted, but a fighter escort will go down long before the buffs will.


I have had many times other friendly a/c and i am not talking just one between myself and cv and 1 ping poof gone....explain?
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #143 on: March 19, 2012, 08:03:16 PM »
How can puffy ack be good for game play if 99% of the players hate it?  This unanswerable question trumps all explanations.
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #144 on: March 19, 2012, 08:06:06 PM »
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #145 on: March 19, 2012, 08:07:51 PM »
Quote from: HawkerMKII on March 19, 2012, 07:47:10 PM


I have had many times other friendly a/c and i am not talking just one between myself and cv and 1 ping poof gone....explain?

Could be a manned 5 inch gun, could be before the bug fix, or it could be that the ack targeted the closer aircraft, missed and hit you. Hard to say without film.

Quote from: grizz441 on March 19, 2012, 08:03:16 PM
How can puffy ack be good for game play if 99% of the players hate it?  This unanswerable question trumps all explanations.

Making up percentages is about as useful as insulting people when trying to have a productive discussion.
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #146 on: March 19, 2012, 08:15:27 PM »
Quote from: FLS on March 19, 2012, 08:07:51 PM
Could be a manned 5 inch gun, could be before the bug fix, or it could be that the ack targeted the closer aircraft, missed and hit you. Hard to say without film.

Making up percentages is about as useful as insulting people when trying to have a productive discussion.

Sorry, I don't need to conduct an experiment using the scientific method to deduce that the vast majority of the players hate the puffy ack.  If it is under 90% who hate it then hurl poop at me and call me a monkey's uncle, because that's what monkey's do, they throw poop.
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #147 on: March 19, 2012, 08:32:44 PM »
The only time players hate it is when is shooting at them. They love it when the ack is providing cover for them. But getting anyone to admit that is a different story. \


Haven't we all ran to the boat ack when we're in over our heads?  Be honest  :old:
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #148 on: March 19, 2012, 08:33:42 PM »
Quote from: uptown on March 19, 2012, 08:32:44 PM
The only time players hate it is when is shooting at them. They love it when the ack is providing cover for them. But getting anyone to admit that is a different story.

Provide cover?  My own ack shoots me just as much as any cover it provides for me.
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Re: Puffy ack needs to go after 10 years of BS
« Reply #149 on: March 19, 2012, 08:40:29 PM »
Oh c'mon now Grizz. If friendly fire gets you as much as the enemy ack does then you're the unluckiest guy in the game.  Yeah it's gotten me too, but not near as much the enemy stuff.
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