Author Topic: A new low in the Main Arena balance (Read 1637 times)

gofaster · « **Reply #45 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:04:13 AM »

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Originally posted by Voss
Knights have always suicided. You can count on it in fact. It's very effective and there's almost no penalty for it.

Actually, kamikaze gets some pretty stiff penalties:

(a) cuts your score way, way down, including any perk points you get;
(b) your K/D ratio takes a tremendous hit; and
(c) you eliminate the possibility of vulching defenders upping from the field.

On a lesser scale, you also miss out on strafing the flak and the town after dumping your load on the hangars.

I'm "in the red" in the kill/death ratio because I keep getting hammered by flak or gv's while doing solo ground-pounding work in the P-38 and F4U-1D.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #46 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:08:22 AM »

Same here gofaster! the cut down by ack part.

Karaya2

Hussein · « **Reply #47 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:13:13 AM »

You seem to know an aweful lot about AH for not having an online name. Caught ya in a lie I see.

Not a lie, I used to play AH a lot but now I have no account.

Saddam out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Turbot · « **Reply #48 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:22:25 AM »

A rook numbers whine post, is it that time again already?

Last time it was a whine about "too many damn Bishops" "the Bishops yadda yadda yadda whaaa whaaa whaaa!" same stuff different day. Rooks did get alot of people to feel sorry for them last time. They got alot of people to switch to rooks, but it wasn't long before they all left rooks again.

gofaster · « **Reply #49 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:26:54 AM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
Two suicide P-38s where intercepted and killed before they could drop.

Objection! You contradicted yourself with a presupposition.

A suicide P-38 implies that the P-38 dropped its bombs and continued into the hangar/carrier. How could a P-38 be a "suicide", if it never even got into airfield range?

Goth · « **Reply #50 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:31:45 AM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Hehe, Goth, feeeeed your ego, feeeeeeeed it!

My ego is always hungry!

Masherbrum · « **Reply #51 on:** August 13, 2002, 10:40:17 AM »

"C is for Cookie, that's good enough for me!"

Goth

Karaya2

Widewing · « **Reply #52 on:** August 13, 2002, 11:18:52 AM »

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Originally posted by gofaster

Objection! You contradicted yourself with a presupposition.

A suicide P-38 implies that the P-38 dropped its bombs and continued into the hangar/carrier. How could a P-38 be a "suicide", if it never even got into airfield range?

The first P-38 arrived over the CV at 10k and rolled into a vertical dive. I killed it at or about 5k before he released his bombs. Another P-38 (turned out to be the same guy) arrived about 15 minutes later. Again, I got him in his dive. It was clear that this guy had no expectation of survival, even not bothering to avoid my Wildcat.

My regards,

Widewing

Ralph Wiggums · « **Reply #53 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:08:26 PM »

The doctor said I wouldn't have so many nosebleeds if I kept my finger out of there.

Masherbrum · « **Reply #54 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:10:26 PM »

So you pick your nose alot.

Karaya2

gofaster · « **Reply #55 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:19:47 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing

The first P-38 arrived over the CV at 10k and rolled into a vertical dive. I killed it at or about 5k before he released his bombs. Another P-38 (turned out to be the same guy) arrived about 15 minutes later. Again, I got him in his dive. It was clear that this guy had no expectation of survival, even not bothering to avoid my Wildcat.

My regards,

Widewing

5k is plenty of alt to recover in a P-38. He was probably counting on the fact that he could out last your barrage of gunfire with his "two engines means twice the durability" mentality.

Or he could've been a rookie and forgotten that the Wildcat can catch a Lightning in a dive.

Either way, it ain't a suicide until the moment of impact with the ground

runny · « **Reply #56 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:35:08 PM »

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Originally posted by gofaster

Either way, it ain't a suicide until the moment of impact with the ground

At least, not any more than divebombing a CV ever is....

-RY-

Fatty · « **Reply #57 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:38:45 PM »

Interesting suicide theory, let's get this straight...Instead of pulling up after dropping with 3400 rounds of vultching special, they purposefully nosed into the ground so they could spend 15 more minutes climbing back for another nose dive? And you're complaining about it?

You guys really crack me up.

Those guys augered on purpose so they could get back to their base instead of vultching us!

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #58 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:39:18 PM »

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Originally posted by gofaster

Objection! You contradicted yourself with a presupposition.

A suicide P-38 implies that the P-38 dropped its bombs and continued into the hangar/carrier. How could a P-38 be a "suicide", if it never even got into airfield range?

Because they fly staright to the airfield hoping you will not catch up with them.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #59 on:** August 13, 2002, 12:42:47 PM »

Last heard on AH VOX while a burning Rook came in on a suicide run over our CV...

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