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Offline bozon

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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2016, 12:50:46 AM »
No.
Every player that switches to Rook is one less target and one more green that I need to race for the kills.

Rooks welcome C47 pilots that will switch and act as target magnets.
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Offline Randy1

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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2016, 08:28:28 AM »
The problem with the one hour rule is not the spies.  It is switching countries to find a fight that makes for low risk, easy kills.  Side switchers are rarely interested in winning a map.  There are those that switch to help defend bases but they are a minority.

I think a lot of the bish numbers comes from player just interested on being on the winning side.  Odd though, it has to be the most boring play in the game.  Often you will see giant red dar bars across the maps and no greens.  They are just hovering over their base waiting on a stray green or sweeping the area for  rare GVs.  I just as soon the bish and knits keep those players.

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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2016, 09:03:39 AM »
If you want to fly with high eny or fight with over whelming numbers and have to wait for a fight then by all means stay bish or knight. If you want more enemy to shoot at and more battle action and up all aircraft then I would strongly suggest flying rook for awhile. The more competitive the game becomes the better it is to play. The ones that live for easy kills should stay with the country that has a 2 or 3 to 1 advantage.

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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2016, 09:17:09 AM »
If you want to fly with high eny or fight with over whelming numbers and have to wait for a fight then by all means stay bish or knight. If you want more enemy to shoot at and more battle action and up all aircraft then I would strongly suggest flying rook for awhile. The more competitive the game becomes the better it is to play. The ones that live for easy kills should stay with the country that has a 2 or 3 to 1 advantage.

If you want to fly high ENY planes (and rack up crazy perks) against overwhelming numbers, fly rook.   :D
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2016, 11:36:16 AM »
I could have sworn that it was rooks attacking knights from A18 to A55 yesterday-and not watching their back door when bish took A18 while there were still rooks fighting knights--then knights where fighting knights from A18 to A55. rooks and knights fight every day.

so if I were to switch from knights to r or b I would be expected to spy? I don't play that way. I fly for the country I'm on.
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2016, 11:16:28 PM »
zero just throwing this out there, you ever wonder if the reason the rooks have low numbers is because those who left dont want you there?



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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2016, 12:02:53 AM »
All Countries need more numbers and More Cowbell!!!!! I flew Bish for a few months got used to high ENY loved it but my heart was a nit so went back home
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Offline bozon

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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2016, 03:24:04 AM »
I could have sworn that it was rooks attacking knights from A18 to A55 yesterday-and not watching their back door when bish took A18 while there were still rooks fighting knights--then knights where fighting knights from A18 to A55. rooks and knights fight every day.
Rooks were fighting Knit in the air over A55 and couldn't be bothered to defend against Bish GVs at A18. Then the Bish took A55 too with tanks, while the Rooks and Knights were still dogfighting in the air. For a few minutes we had a glorious 3-sided air combat.

The fun ended when the Bish capture A55 because the Knits did not have a nearby air base and the Bish don't put up much of a fight in the air.
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2016, 04:48:56 AM »
But we had a fun fight at V150 after that, i think i had my sherman parked under a tree for two hours picking off Bish tanks and M3:s rolling onto the base..
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2016, 06:24:19 AM »
zero just throwing this out there, you ever wonder if the reason the rooks have low numbers is because those who left dont want you there?



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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2016, 07:47:21 AM »
Rooks arent so bad, there are some pretty good sticks on the Rook side. And pipz.
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2016, 12:22:15 PM »
Truth.  Lol.  A squad that for the last 12 to 18 months made it a mission to piss off as many people as possible now asks for people to help out and make the game fun? How does that bed you made feel?

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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2016, 02:06:21 PM »
Rooks aren't going to fight the knights anyway so what difference does it make?
The sheer number of times i've been killed by dr7  at a spawn renders that statement moot for me  :x :rofl
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2016, 02:12:58 PM »
You got some very big squads that are loyal to one country. Why? I have no idea. When they have their squad nights or just nighttime US rooks do get out numbered. These squads should switch once a week month or something.
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Re: Need More Rooks
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2016, 03:23:32 PM »
You got some very big squads that are loyal to one country. Why? I have no idea. When they have their squad nights or just nighttime US rooks do get out numbered. These squads should switch once a week month or something.
The problem is when the switches happen they aren't cross squad cordinated so you end up with a lot on Knights or rooks or bish all at the same time. POTW switched rook a few months back because a lot of squads came to knight land.....right now the issue is arguably the 3 largest most active squads for prime time are all on Knights currently (JG11, POTW, G3MF) HTC couldn't control that....we just got to deal with it until side switch time is lowered...which absolutely would help ENY these days.
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