I entered the MA last evening, just in time to see a HUGE rook dar bar, and see notices that this was a memorial flight for Earl's wife. There were some doubters, but the majority, myself included said no, let them fly.
Boy was I surprised when rook 51s started dropping on the large group that was flying way lower, and not bothering the flight AND the Rook 29s leveled our strats. This is my opinion only, but I found it to be a dastardly stunt to do that under the guise of a memorial flight for a revered player's wife. Shame on you rooks!
I am embarrassed to say the least! This is not the way I operate! I normally fly bomber missions at 13K to promote air combat, which is what this game is all about! I would point out that we were bounced about 3/4 sector away from the strats and that is when the discussion started about dropping bombs. My intention the whole time and that is why I announced it here in the forum, was to fly to strats, RTB to a friendly base A41, then turn and attack some close by base as we had a huge horde of bombers and fighters.
It was never MY intention for things to develop the way that they did, and if I had it to over again, would have done it in the training arena as someone has pointed out. The problem with that is guys have to back out of the main arena and then rejoin and we had several squads represented in the flight.
Barbara's Memorial was held at church yesterday at 3PM and with the memorial flight last night, I felt I was doing what she wanted me to do to honor her!
All I can say is " I am truly sorry for the way it played out"!