Radical Idea About HOing

[Debrody]

just. dodge.  

if you get shot down by a HO, its your own fault

unless your fight is picked by a tempest, you can turn to any direction, he will spray you down.

One more note: 109s get hoed. 190s, not nearly as much 

[zack1234]

Anyone who tries to Ho my Yak9T will get a big turnip in the face and if you try a head on and dive at the last minute I will do the same

Yat9T is a Typhoon that turns

Tempest is poo and is for girls

[RotBaron]

Fack it....I'm in....I'm getting a solid ride with heaps of bullets and I will just turn to ho every time...When I get good enough I won't even have to turn.... not sure how exciting this will be...probably lose interest quickly..but hey...the arenas are dead at my play time anyway....

 




The 190s great for it, are the 109's w/gondolas any good at it? I tend to avoid 'cause sneezing on a 109 makes something fall off, but if you get real good like hotard, well you'll be turning by the time he's getting a faceful of your 20mms

[The Fugitive]

that's nonsense.

everyone has always looked for easy kills.

Of course they did, but many also avoided the HO situation and went into a fight looking to survive as part of their conditions. People FOUGHT then, today they joust.

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,11391.0.html

YES THERE WERE HO'S BACK IN THE DAY! <----- do the big letters make it easier to read? However then it was along the lines of 1 in 10 fights started with a HO, today it is 1 in 1 see the difference? Then the players battled, today they just joust.

I have to hand it to you Fugi, you've been fighting your naïve crusade for so long now I'm starting to actually think you believe in it.

I certainly do believe it, and if you can't admit it then you have your head buried in the sand. See my reply above.

I love running into Sunbat, Latrobe, Grizz and many other "top tier" fighter not because I have much of a chance to win, but because I KNOW I'll have a fun fight.... however long it may last WITH OUT ANY HO's! Why is that? Maybe it is because these guys are in it for the fight, the thrill of out maneuvering the opponent and getting the kill shot all the while working to stay out of the guns of the same or many opponents. The vast majority of players today are "gamers" who want nothing more than the "kill". Picture "Call of Duty" in the air.

In the old days while score board watching wasn't that big a deal, kill to death and/or kill streaks where what more players went for and HOing wasn't the best way to make a good streak or make a good k/d number as even the best HOers could keep little over 50% in that category.

You may not want to admit it but game play is far weaker now than it was then. Even the missions run back then had far more skill involved. Remember running into any of the BOPs missions? They brought buffs, high caps that protected the buffs, advance fighter sweep that cleared the area and deacked, and they would even cap while the rest of the squad landed. Compare that to today were we see the horde of lawn darting P38 and ponies leveling a field THEN working to town trying to get the troops in BEFORE the hangers pop, because if they don't the mission is a bust and they move off to grab one someplace else.

Yes we had HOs in the old days, YES we had hordes in the old days, but it wasn't EVERY merge, or EVERY mission like it is now.  

[Wiley]

unless your fight is picked by a tempest, you can turn to any direction, he will spray you down.

One more note: 109s get hoed. 190s, not nearly as much 

But if he picked you from behind, that would be A-OK.   

You guys are weird.

Wiley.

[MickDono]

unless your fight is picked by a tempest, you can turn to any direction, he will spray you down.

One more note: 109s get hoed. 190s, not nearly as much 

Getting picked is another issue - but that boils down to being your own fault too!

[zack1234]

Are you wearing a syrup in your avatar Micky?

[MickDono]

yes this one is from my '90s collection

[kvuo75]

Yes we had HOs in the old days, YES we had hordes in the old days, but it wasn't EVERY merge, or EVERY mission like it is now.  

it isn't though.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is the tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. People also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position.

[zack1234]

HI Kvuo you are awesome

[kvuo75]

HI Kvuo you are awesome

  

[Arlo]

unless your fight is picked by a tempest, you can turn to any direction, he will spray you down.

One more note: 109s get hoed. 190s, not nearly as much 

Two guys in my squad proved otherwise last FSO frame. 

[Arlo]

YES THERE WERE HO'S BACK IN THE DAY! <----- do the big letters make it easier to read? However then it was along the lines of 1 in 10 fights started with a HO, today it is 1 in 1 see the difference? Then the players battled, today they just joust.

Neh. It was deemed 'whine on the forum worthy' then and some still resort to that now (only with, well back then we were all 'skilled gentlemen' bs). Hey, it's not unusual to reinvent .... then or now .... to suit our preferences and prejudices.

Yes we had HOs in the old days, YES we had hordes in the old days, but it wasn't EVERY merge, or EVERY mission like it is now.   

You're exaggerating both ends of this timeline. 

[Arlo]

it isn't though.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

Prezactly. 

[Bastid]

Ho, Ho, Ho



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