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Offline mrfish

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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2001, 11:50:00 AM »
i got strafed last night ditching - know why?

i knew i was low on fuel and instead of using it to extend to safety(the smart move)i went for the kill!(the fish move)

ya get what ya get! usally the straffee is pissed at himself for fighting with a missing aileron or on low fuel or whatever and looking to displace blame to the strafer.

what do you do get on ch 1 and tell the guy you mismanaged your fuel could he please go away? "hey attacker my roll rate is off or something could you leave...mmmmbuh bye thanks ciao!"- heck no!~ take yer medicine i say - even if its a damage ditch the object is to kill the guy and you did the right thing - he's gotta know the rules and risks - and live and die by them -

ever get in a bar fight and get your tooth knocked out - "ok ok guy hold on a sec..." no way they just keep hammerin ya till they get tired right?

war is hell - strafe strafe strafe strafe!!!  
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Offline Toad

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« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2001, 11:59:00 AM »
I allow ditches if I am out of ammo or if I just can't get around in time to finish him.
 
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« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2001, 12:00:00 PM »
As far as I'm concerned if he jumps to his chute I leave him alone (Don't want to revive the chute shooting threads, but a guy in a chute isn't a threat)   but if his plane is complete enough to manage a landing there is enough of it left to have another pop at me, Shoot him down everytime.

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« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2001, 12:01:00 PM »
Not many things piss me off more than someone leaving me alone to ditch in peace.  

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Offline J_A_B

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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2001, 12:16:00 PM »
I won't usually attack planes with the black "no engine" smoke pouring out, as there are generally more important things to attend to.  

However, every time I have ever needed to ditch with enemies nearby they try to kill me.  Sometimes they auger though and give me the last laugh      I don't mind very much though as it's only a game and if I'm trying to ditch it means the flight's about to end anyway.

In fact I've seen as many as 3 or 4 enemies all blow their alt to shoot my helpless plane, in the process giving my buddies the advantage.  Seems silly to me, but people do it.  I've picked off people doing that, too.

I assume that most people in the game consider anything with a red ICON to be fair game, and actually I do too whether I shoot it or not.

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« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2001, 12:27:00 PM »
I handle it like USAAF and a lot of other forces handled it:  If he's not going to be captured, make sure he doesn't survive.

If guys don't want to die, they can always bail and open their chute low, and they'll almost always survive.

But if they don't bail, then survival is not the issue.  The only purpose that ditching could serve is to deny me a kill.  And I am not going to let them do that.

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« Reply #21 on: April 25, 2001, 12:32:00 PM »
If it were a real human in the plane, I would prolly leave him alone since he is now out of the fite.  

Since this is a game, however, and we all have unlimited lives and fly to get the kill message, strafe the bastage.  You won the fite, he didnt.  Take your award.

If he was pissed that he ended getting killed instead of ditched, he should have bailed.

Whenever I ditch, I entirely expect to get strafed by enemy.  If he gets me nice job.  If he doesnt, oh well.  We both will be back up to try again  

On the other hand, if he bails, I will leave him alone.  

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Offline Zippatuh

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« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2001, 12:33:00 PM »
If it has a red icon and is in my AO – I’m shooting at it!  

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« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2001, 02:26:00 PM »
If it ain't dead, your job isn't finished.

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Offline Dago

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« Reply #24 on: April 25, 2001, 02:28:00 PM »
Kill the ditchers!

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« Reply #25 on: April 25, 2001, 02:32:00 PM »
I've been known to let someone ditch, especially if it was a really good fight and I feel like the other pilot deserves it or especially if taking the time to go after him will put me or my flight in more danger.  And I've been known to wind the bastage's clock from time to time especially if he's caused a lot of trouble lately (i.e., whining or killing fellow pilots).  Also depends upon whether or not it's someone I respect or not.

Fickle me ...

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Offline Russian

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« Reply #26 on: April 25, 2001, 02:45:00 PM »
Once I chased beaten down p38 for 5 min untill he tryed to ditch, what a foolish mistake that was  
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Offline Fester'

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« Reply #27 on: April 25, 2001, 02:51:00 PM »
If I decide to let someone ditch after a fight, its my decision.  Just like if I was ditching its his decision wether he sends me back to the tower in fast fashion.  If someone whined about my decision to shoot them down Id probably make a point of shooting them in their chute just to spread the hate  
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« Reply #28 on: April 25, 2001, 02:57:00 PM »
This makes a great case for HTC modeling NAPALM.
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« Reply #29 on: April 25, 2001, 03:01:00 PM »
Fester, Ripsnort here (BBS ate my user name in the last crash), I'm sitting here laughing at your 'Location'...
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