Mossy Bomber

[Lusche]

You pay $15 a month to go afk?  

Ah wells, your money.

Can't follow your logic.

Actually, each moment you do not play AH at all, you are "AFK" too. You pay $15 per month just to not play most of the time?

I don't pay more money just because I opt to have a B-29 flying while I clean the appartment, wash the dishes, do shopping, practice playing the bass, compile AH stats and so on

[titanic3]

Still sounds boring. 

[chaser]

Nice one, can be real sweaty-palm stuff when someone chases.

Luckily I didn't come across any enemy planes on this mission.

Nice!  Way to go.  Like it has already been mentioned if you are able to minimize the game and check out speed charts on the web site while in flight, that too will help you plan out your egress if you are being intercepted or chased.  Whatever you do not give up much of you altitude to gain any more speed.  Altitude and speed are your only defensive weapons.   

Indeed I can. I have a smart phone that I use to. I haven't tried but I'm sure it'll work. Then I can keep an eye on the attacker and look at flight charts to 

How do you guys have the patience to fly for 1 hour or more watching blue and green roll by...

Heh I wished it was only an hour.. I flew a 2-1/2 hour 33K B17 mission the other day. Some of my bomber missions have come very close to 3 hours before. I don't really get bored because A) if I'm in a bomber its generally because I can't find anything else to do and B) I'm usually AFK for the climbout playing on FB, listening to music, cleaning, ect..

[BaldEagl]

... practice playing the bass...

I knew we were kindered spirits.  I played base in a band from age 13-22.  I had a red pre-CBS Fender Precision base (always used flat wounds) that I wish I still had and a double stack Marshall amp.  At the same time I had a cheap Apollo semi-acoustic base (round wounds) and a Fender Baseman amp.  Our lead guitar player had a sunburst Epiphone solid body that today I'd die for.  Some of the best times of my life but oh so long ago.

There days I noodle on a hand built Asturias C-140S classical guitar (yes, I've always been a finger picker) that I bought in the '70's.  Beautiful instrument.

[Debrody]

Can't follow your logic.

He is even younger than me, he plays to fight. A perked yet unarmed bomber wont really inspire anyone to find a fight...
This simple 

[Karnak]

He is even younger than me, he plays to fight. A perked yet unarmed bomber wont really inspire anyone to find a fight...
This simple 

The cat and mouse of a good chase is quite a fight, just of a different sort.

[bozon]

How do you guys have the patience to fly for 1 hour or more watching blue and green roll by...

I go into F3 view, look at my Mossie from all angles and go ahhhhh....
26 viewing directions is a lot of sighing to do.

Besides, you take the B-Moss because with any other bomber the same trip will be 2 hours.

Just imagine if we had the Mk XXX,similar performance but with guns!
   Wouldnt be very good at low alt dogfights but it would be in the running for best bomber killer.

I'd love to have the XXX. Just from its model mark you know it is pure pr0n.
While inferior to the VI on the deck, it catches up very fast in altitude, especially performance on MIL power. The Moss VI has super WEP, but lousy MIL power. The big question is will XXX fall apart at 480 TAS like the VI because that it awfully close to its max level speed at alt.

[Debrody]

The cat and mouse of a good chase is quite a fight, just of a different sort.

If you find fun in it, do it. I dont have the rights to judge on anyone.

[titanic3]

He is even younger than me, he plays to fight. A perked yet unarmed bomber wont really inspire anyone to find a fight...
This simple 

I did take one up before on the deck, had some fun trying to make people auger. One La-7 did, too bad I got jumped by just about every red con in the area.

Now if you do that, and I can understand the thrill of the chase. But at 30K? Meh.

[Lusche]

Now if you do that, and I can understand the thrill of the chase. But at 30K? Meh.

I don't take a mossy when I'm specifically looking (and have the time) for a "thrill"

That being said, the game has lost most of it's "thrills" to me anyway, but that's to be expected after >10,000 hours of play time  

I knew we were kindered spirits.  I played base in a band from age 13-22.

I only started a week ago 

[Lusche]

Oh, and by the way: When talking about Strat Runs, my Mossy missions are actually quite short compared to "regular" bomber runs. My average Mossie strat sortie takes 53 minutes. My B-29 strat runs are twice as long