Gangbanging Theater?

[Raubvogel]

WTF is up with all the gangbanging in the CT? I flew 2 sorties last night...both times I engage one con...look around and next thing I know there are 5-10 cons engaging just me. The second time I said screw and just bailed out. Got tired of wiggling around while they BBed me to death.

Take it as a whine or whatever you want to make out of it. I logged right of it and probably won't give it another shot for a long time.

[Samm]

Gangbanging Theatre ?
Is this a new adult channel ?

[Staga]

hmm I was there last night and when I was having a dogfigh against a 110 a friendly came close and asked if I needed any help. I did answer "no thanks" and he did stay away

[Oldman731]

Originally posted by Raubvogel
WTF is up with all the gangbanging in the CT?

Must have been a squad nite or something.  I kept getting vulched trying to take off from Cherbourg - nearest non-capped base was way over at Caen.  (Can't ever figure out why someone would not want to have people to fly against.)

Anyway, it was noticeable because it was unusual.  So far it hasn't been the norm for CT.

- Oldman

[hblair]

After you left Raub, the roster started evening out at 30 to 33. The imbalance was caused when the MA dumped. For whatever reason most people were axis. 20-30 minutes after the big influx the numbers were evened out.

[Sabre]

I believe Bishop (Axis) is the default country in the CT.  Everytime I've been on, it stayed pretty even -- within two or three people.  However, I can gaurantee it isn't any better in the MA, and is usually a lot worse.  Don't base you opinion on one or two isolated events.  If things like this happen on occasion, log out and go to the main.  After a while, things settle down and just come back.  That's the great thing about having more than one viable theater to play in.

Sabre

[eskimo2]

I hate to tell you this Raubvogel, but this is a whine.

If you are aware of your suroundings, you should know that little dots coming from an enemy base soon become enemy aircraft looking for someone to kill.  If you are low and engaged, you can only expect a front-line 1 on 1 to become a 1 on 6.  We have all been there and you have been around long enough to know what to expect in this game.  If you don't like being gang-banged, fly more cautiously and avoid areas with multiple cons.  Have an escape plan, or just be satisfied that you did as well as you did while being so out-numbered.

eskimo

[Raubvogel]

Eskimo, I said it was probably a whine. I'm well aware of the "you should have better SA-blah-blah-you suck-its all-yer-fault-blah-blah" rants.

My point is that why would 4 more cons jump in when I'm already engaged with 3 of their teammates? It was retardedly stupid. There's very little dar in the arena. Dot dar is almost non-existant on the German side. In each case I engaged a single con at the fringe of the engagement areas.

SA means squat when you end up with 5-10 enemy swarming you. I know when I'm flying along and see 3 teammates engaged with a single con, I don't even think about jumping into the fray. I keep flying and looking for a decent fight. I guess to each his own. I'll stay in the MA until the next CT setup.

[eskimo2]

Raubvogel,
I didn't say or mean to impy that you suck.  I know that you don't and on the contrary am simply surprised that you are complaining about something that is so ingrained in the game.  I fly both the CT and MA a lot.  IMO, I do't see any difference in the amount of gang-banging between the CT and MA.  If anything, I've had more uninterupted 1 on 1s in the CT than in the MA.  I had one of my best streaks in a long time the other night in the CT, through most of it I was out-numbered.  All I did was: hit and run, hit and run, hit and run.  You have to expect in either the MA or CT, that 90% of all players will attack the one enemy that they have an icon on.  You know the advantages of not engauging.  Benifit from that and expect everyone else to do what they always do.

eskimo

[Wotan]

thats all ya ever get...........

you need better SA.......

well the main down a few times yesterday so the ct had some big numbers however they reached 3 to 1 at 1 point for axis so much so that most of the allied players were in a fact guys from axis squads.

They enter the arena pick the plane the percieve to be the "best" and proceed to gangbang.

I just logged 8 guys chasin round 1 hurri is no fun at all.

but its not isolated to times when the main was down.

I have came in the arena where it was 12 axis to 3 allied guys. I went allied and after witnessing 6 axis gangbang 1 guy over and over I had enough. I had gotten several kills and wasnt the 1 banged but its bs.

Even the fediddlein the numbers up when you come in or go to the fediddlein main. All these guys flying 110s never even fly lw stuff anywhere else. Well hmm this plane beats 303s ha ha ha I guess i know what I'm flying.........I've read that numerous times on channel 1.

I dont mind switching to allies even though all I ever fly is lw planes.

Between the gangbangers and the cv parking its starting to take away from the fun.

This is all player related. The setup itself is a good one.

Check the numbers when ya enter the arena if it more then 5 on one side go to the side with less. How hard is that........

There aint nothing wrong with 303s.

And to the fek heads who up tbms and ju88s to ack star go fediddlein somewhere else for that crap.......pos's

Anyway I see where your coming from Raub

[Shane]

lol am I the only one who finds this totally 100% hilarious and hypocritical?  99% of my so-called whines have revolved around the issue of lame and unnecessary ganging, be it in CT or MA.

sooo.... lol Raub, you gonna add yourself to your own perma-squelch list?

and while i'm on my soapbox, i'm one who will always go to a side which is outnumbered, no matter the arena or planeset.

and that "you had poor SA" line, i agree is total BS.

[hazed-]

well i gotta agree here.

I thought the whole point of the CT was to try to have a different arena.
few more missions, bit of chivalry with concerns for fighting instead of just gaming for kills.

I crave realistic behaviour in this arena myself but i'll also leave 2 cons to duke it out if they dont need help.With the 110 vs spits and hurris though you cannot fight 1 on 1 for very long so in this situation i will always go 2 on 1 to help.

if im in missions as escort ill chase cons off rather than dissapear myself for a kill.I'll also leave guys to ditch.

If its base capture i will vultch though and probably if ive killed all the ack ill vulch as i feel i deserve it after the risk.

today i was lower than a spit and a hurricane who chased me in a 110.After turning to fight several times and coming off worse and worse i ran for fleet and was taunted to come and fight.I replied i cant fight 2 of you and they said i could.Neither backed off and eventually i was killed.
I got a which i replied to with a but to be honest i was pretty bugged by it.There really is no need for it.However each plays how they like and i wont demand they dont.
Just think its a bit lame is all.

guess ill never see the type of game id like to play online. may as well give up hoping for it.Im not gonna change my behaviour though.In CT:

I dont kamakazi,
I dont gangbang
I warn fleet to leave area before i shell it.
I set up missions as often as possible.
I try to fight rather than run but i wont fight gangs of players.
I often
I try to help newbies

I can sympaphise with what raub feels here and to be honest, if you dont why not go do gangbanging in MA where you'll be appreciated.

[Raubvogel]

Originally posted by Shane
lol am I the only one who finds this totally 100% hilarious and hypocritical?  99% of my so-called whines have revolved around the issue of lame and unnecessary ganging, be it in CT or MA.

 

I'm not sure what you're talking about. I don't think I have ever even replied to any of your BBS posts. The only reason I've ever squelched you in the arena is because you start talking trash non-stop. You trying to say I've been "pro gangbanging" in the past and now I'm a hypocrite?

Anyways.....flew in there a bit tonight and saw more of the same. Some guy had a CV parked about 10ft off the French coast. As soon as I put my gear up the flak started in on me. Can't the CVs have flak and planes disabled or something? It's like a mix of Midway and BoB in there.

The planeset is good, the idea is good...just needs some fine tuning I think.

[Shane]

lol, no you fool, my "trash-talking" is 95% directed at gangers, the remaining 4% to lamer runners in (usually in FW's and la7's) and 1% at those who are simply too timid to even try in a game of aggression.  

use the 1 remaining braincell you have to figure it out what i mean by hypocritical.

[Wotan]

me then? I dont gang I have more kills in allied stuff then lw. And I never fly allies ever. Other ct set ups I would log rather the go allied so I dunno.........

whos the ganger?

I have said squeakin about on channel aint cool and I dont think I would have even posted I a thread of my own like this but since it was here I offered my reply. People whos choose to read the thread. Channel 1 its right in front of your face the same stuff over and over.  Theres a bit of a difference. Not much but some