Author Topic: If you had an hour or less to fly... (Read 394 times)

mauser · « **on:** March 19, 2002, 03:37:47 PM »

.. per day... how would you spend it?

Not everyone has the time to fly AH for various reasons obviously. I can manage only about an hour on weeknights and maybe a couple on weekend nights. This is a far cry from when I played during the beta... come home from school around 3 pm, fly till dinner, then after dinner fly some more till 11pm. Now it's more like come home from work at 4 pm, prep/cook dinner (since I'm home first), possibly fly for an hour after dinner, then sleep around 9 pm (I get up at 4:30 am and start work at 6:30 am).

I spend my hour by first paying homage to my fav plane, the Dora (be it the MA or the CT), taking it up for a sortie or two and try to get kills AND rtb. Then whatever time I have remaining I'll grab something else and mess around. This has meant upping a Spit V at a capped field, or like last night bringing a 110C or 109E into a low alt furball. I like to put in GV time during the mess around period too, but opportunities are rare.

I've tried just flying the SpitV or Seafire or A6M in furballs for the majority of a tour, but it feels kinda empty (for me). Conversely, since the 190's are my fav aircraft I hate to crash them and tend to take the time to grab alt and pick my targets. However this takes up time. Doing a little of both styles of fighting seems to be more satisfying for me and makes better use of my limited time. So how do/would you spend your hour (or less)?

mauser

Nifty · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2002, 03:46:45 PM »

easy.

log on. find squaddies, fly with squaddies, kill and die with squaddies. log off.

no squaddies on? JABO something, shoot at some planes, check clock. enough time? do it again. not enough time? furball.

thankfully, I never have that problem though. I usually can spend at least 2 hours playing when I log on.

Raubvogel · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2002, 03:54:13 PM »

If I have less than an hour, I don't bother to log in. I go play some other type of game.

MrLars · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2002, 04:30:40 PM »

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Originally posted by Raubvogel
If I have less than an hour, I don't bother to log in. I go play some other type of game.

One hour is my minimum. Too many times I've had a 10 or more kill sortie ended not by a lucky snapshot or a sudden loss of SA but by the "one who must be obeyed".
Most of my weekday flying is in the 1-1 1/2 hour range, that's why I don't listen to the GeNEraLz in the MA. I'd rather find a fight and have fun in my limited time online. Strat, for me, is something only for the weekends when I have the time to care.

Fatty · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2002, 04:32:43 PM »

Look for big bar. Take off. Kill. Repeat until time remaining is less than 5 minutes.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #5 on:** March 19, 2002, 05:04:03 PM »

who cares what the score etc..
I often fly for shorter periods than an hour.

just look for whatever action I can.

furball, base def, VH's, or my favorite.. VULCHING

Kieran · « **Reply #6 on:** March 19, 2002, 05:42:27 PM »

This is precisely my predicament now. I have flown maybe 5 hours in 2 months, so when I go on I just look for the furball. Now there are many that will tell me I cannot have fun or that I am mindless for doing it this way, but screw 'em, it's my 5 hours...

streakeagle · « **Reply #7 on:** March 19, 2002, 05:58:36 PM »

If I have time and there are enough people, I fly CT, otherwise I mostly fly HtH. It is rare that both HtH and CT are so poor and I want to fly so bad that I fly MA.

dtango · « **Reply #8 on:** March 19, 2002, 06:14:56 PM »

Similar situation here. That's why I've been a proponent of the dar bar etc. etc.

I'm like you Mauser. P-51D, 75% fuel will last me around 45 minutes - more if I have drop tanks to start. I'll do the same as you- get alt and pick my targets.

If my squaddies are on I'll wing up with them. This may last me an hour since we may land to re-arm & re-fuel for the guy who is low on ammo and fuel.

If I have time left over sometimes I'll run around in a GV, man a field or fleet gun that is under attack, or run supplies or troops as needed until I leave.

Tango, XO
412th FS "Braunco Mustangs"

Wlfgng · « **Reply #9 on:** March 19, 2002, 07:52:50 PM »

you guys grab alt ?

Kieran · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2002, 08:07:11 PM »

Beggars aren't choosers, Wlf. I either furball or I don't fly, time makes that a necessity. Nope, I won't be using oxygen in a tour any day soon...

J_A_B · « **Reply #11 on:** March 19, 2002, 10:19:05 PM »

I am also among those who don't usually have more than an hour to fly at a time (often it's well under an hour).

I wish the MA had somewhat closer fields, no NIGHT, and undestroyable DARBARS and un-resettable countries. Why? Because those are the settings I require to maximize the value AH has to me.

OTOH I well know that a lot of guys DO have more time to fly and perhaps want to see different settings. This is yet ANOTHER reason why having more than one "main arena" would be a positive step for AH--everyone can be happy.

J_A_B

Tumor · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2002, 11:26:09 PM »

This thread looks to me like a call for a "Furballer's" arena. Not saying anything is bad about that type of flying. For the occasional times I fly to furball, or when my time was very limited, It would be nice to know I could jump into an arena, take off, fly to the middle of the map and duke it out. 3 close together fields that are safe from destruction, Dar always on...that'd be just the ticket.

J_A_B · « **Reply #13 on:** March 19, 2002, 11:58:07 PM »

I'm only speaking for myself here, but I LIKE the "arena". I just don't care for the "play-limiting" settings like NODAR and nighttime and such.

AW had a "fightertown" and I didn't care for it; not enough variety in the action.

J_A_B

Seeker · « **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2002, 05:22:52 AM »

What Tumour said....

The beauty of fighter town was that there was a core of fighter jocks milling around in the arena ready for when the buffs had grabbed enough alt to start the out ward leg. We could have our fun while they were climbing, and then meet up for a roundezvous.

Every one happy, strat types and furballers alike.

You can't get that with a seperate arena.

(can we please have KS turned off in the DA? It's been a nice experiment having it enabled, but after a year of empty operation I'd hesitate to call it a success......)