Best "pilots" in the game?

[Goth]

Karaya is just trying to blow smoke up my arse...he must want something. Anyway, I'm humble enough to realize that, although I feel that I am a good stick, I am far from the best.

Drex is just plain unreal at times. Has moves that are just scarey.

Fester has uncanny gunnery.

These guys and many more are at levels way above me. No way I could consistently take them out, yet be careful of the pedestals we place them on.

[dedalu]

I don't care about the best pilot. But, overall, AH's pilots are better today

[Creamo]

Soo... creamo.. who do you think is "the best"?   Or, do you simply feel that since flight sims are so simple.... everyone is equal?   Perhaps you feel that (lol) animal or central are good?  
lazs [/B]

Geez Laz, I was just yanking your chain, I'm a bit taken back you can be goofed on so easily.

Anyway, I don't think flightsims are easy. I played Empire Earth with a guy at work and he was bellybutton kicking. My civilization looked like a toejamcake, he had walls and stuff that looked like an architect was in charge.

I still don't know how you get good at flightsims other than basic ACM, really. That's a pretty easy to comprehend viewpoint.

In that regards, no one ever made me drop my jaw or pants, but I won't argue with your online experience.

And I'll stand by Animal and Central winning against a JU88 in a P38. It's mastering the obvious, not "jaw dropping" or saying who is good.

[TheManx]

I fought Animal for the first time today, and he didn't make any noticeable mistakes. We had a very fun Pony/Spitfire scissor fight to the deck, and I eventually had to bugger out because I couldn't get a line on him. He was even quite gracious after the fight.

My votes for the best players in the game go to Levi and Frenchy though. I was fighting Frenchy's P47 with my 38 a couple months back, and he pulled off a move I've never seen before to get me. Leviathn is in that group, because in my opinion he's the best in a plane that so many have spent so much time in. I'd also have to add AGJV into that muddle as my favourite LW pilot to fight (and to wing with). Very smart pilot.

Honorable mentions go to:

Leftfoot - Excellent p47 fighter
Specs - Great fighter in everything I've seen him fly
hblair - Had a few great 38/109 fights with him recently
Shane - He's silly at times but he's great in a pony (not so much in la7).

I've probably missed a lot of players, but off the top of my head...they're the ones who I enjoy fighting the most. It's just too bad I only get to run into them once or twice a month.

[Shane]

awwww gee, manx, thanks.     i've gotten way more comfy with the laffer now, tho'  perhaps we'll meet up again soon.

i agree levi is a great stick - he could do well in anything if he chose.. he just likes to dweeb out in the spit5. (i'm his damn chew toy)

nath is very good. i've yet to encounter drex, but i'll take levi's word.

hblair and frenchy both real good at throttle control to force overshoots in their respective rides.

wldthing is very good in a pony, altho i've rarely encountered him in MA.. we've done duels a lot.

urchin and moot come to mind. and hazed isn't afraid to engage and is pretty good.

nimitz of course when he's on his game and not rusty from real life distractions.

manx has come a good ways with his 38, as well as akak (altho akak is my personal chew toy, hehe)

there are quite a few others that will give you a good fight.  most tend to be around squaddies so it's not so easy to weigh them from my usual 1 on 1 or 2 perspective, but they do fly well with their wingies. nothing wrong with good "wing" tactics per se, but a loose mob isn't "wing" tactics.  

more keep coming up from the ranks every month.

now if ya'll could only learn a 3 on 1 isn't really necessary when you see a low la7 or pony off the main hamstard trail who's merely looking for a nice 1 on 1 or 2  - usually from a disadvantage. in furballs and base ops, anything goes.

i'm really a nice guy - it just frustrates me i don't see more people taking their lumps and getting better for themselves, instead taking the easy, read: gangbang way out.  the war *never* ends, and as the poopster says... it's the "fight" win or lose, that is to be lived for.

[moot]

I haven't played much anyone enough yet to know enough, I've still a lot of rust to get rid of since I stopped playing a year ago, and my computer setup is as slow as a dead snail and so clumsy it makes my aim as sloppy as a wet burrito.

But ill say this: Frenchy (and a few others, but they don't need to be mentionned here, that's another story) is the only player who will equilibrate fun and challenge.

He'll fly against you with different maneuvers and figures to make it fun; original tactics, but also not go direct for the killshot at the slightest mistake and end the match before foreplay is even done with; fun: you can end a fight with one shot down and both neither won nor lost.

Most players are too brutal by habit to let this happen.

[lazs2]

It's ok creamo..  I am sensitive but I will no doubt recover.

I think it is important tho for you to understand that with us straight guys... we can admire the skill of another male without "dropping to our knees"...  I don't condem yur lifestyle tho as I am very progressive and tolerant of you perverts.....as everyone knows.  I suppose it is simply a matter of preference.
lazs

[SirLoin]

Once Exile gets the head 2 head ladder up...

[eagl]

At this year's con, a few guys grabbed Drex and "forced" him to go online to show them how he does his reversal.  It went something like this:

Drex:  Ok here he comes, now I do this...  (joystick moves a little)
Host:  Kill of overshooting dweeb awarded to Drex
Drex:  See?  No?  Ok, I'll do it again... see how he dives in...
(Drex moves the stick a little, pulls trigger)
Host:  Kill of another overshooting dweeb awarded to Drex
Drex:  Did you get that?  No?  Ok, here comes another one...

*repeat x8*

Drex:  Hmmm I need a beer... *walks away*

Watching Crowd:  *&^$&^$%& did YOU see what he did?  No?  I didn't either!  Did he film it?  Damn, I think he's posessed...

8 kills trying to demonstrate a single defensive move.  I've only seen that before when Mili was demonstrating his stall-spin turn in the P-38 waaaaaay back in WB 1.x

[WldThing]

Yeah i seen 2 of Mr.Drexes movies..1 where he fights Tac in P38 vs Drex- Ju88 and the 1 where he goes around and gets kills by doing them creative reversals.  He can reverse very well.  Turns on the dime.  

Im impressed  

If anyone of you want to see any of these movies

-- P38 vs Ju88

-- Drex in P47

Post your email adress and will send you the movie.

[poopster]

I'll have a looksee

nopoops190@worldnet.att.net

Not trusting the boards email thingy of late.

Thanks

[Torque]

Who is this Drex guy, and why is he always killing me?

Bastige

[senna]

My 02 cents. The best pilots in AH in my humble opinion are Drex, Leviathon, Torque, and Fester.

They are all good and deadly as hell. Killing is not a problem for any of them as well as many others who I did not name. However these four can handle multiple bogey engagments. I listed them in that order because its what I have observed in the arena. Drex handles multiple bandits the best followed by Leviathon (though Spit is fantastic, levi is dam good also), then torque, and lastly fester.

Though fester doesnt handle multiple bandits like the others, his aim is UBER as hell and he has the nerves to pull off a f@king unbelievable kill string. That in itself is another catagory of achievment.

EDIT: In reality though, in the arena I think Leviathon can handle the most number of multiple banits though (as compared to Drex) because his Spitfire is more capable in that kinda fight than Drex P-38. I still think Drex has a tad bit more than Levi.

[lucky]

when was the last time these guys died so fast?

[hblair]

Whats your handle torque?