Rank Whining :again:

[sax]

Rudes a stud in the 51.

I always have to stop running and come back and save him:)

13th Tas has changed a lot in the last couple a months.

[Hornet]

I've winged with Rude a coupla times in the last few weeks...we always end up bout 1-2k on the deck with our hair on fire, all kinds of rooks or knits pissed at us, we've got re-ups and their friends coming with alt...ammo mags virtually empty, my plane is usually leaking something that looks important and I always gotta be the guy sayin, "yo rude maybe we should out"

...and I'm the guy driving the f6

[CornGiveAway]

Midnight,very nice film,loved watching it.You fly the pony to its potential,for sure.

   How did the good pilots fly in WW2? Divin for the first furball they saw?Nope.

  If some guys get fun outa SA and working the situation,and making it home without some dweeb killing them,more power to them!

  The yank and bank dweebs that cry when they cant slug home,be damned.Life is full of trade offs.

Corn

[Blue Mako]

To hear Lazs talk you'd think everyone who ever flies a pony (or a late war plane for that matter) wears high heels and only ever slips them off to run away.  Some pony drivers must be hanging around to fight though, otherwise Lazs wouldn't have such an inferiority complex...

Anyway, getting back on topic, I think that the rank system at the moment is pretty hosed, but as it only effects who drives the CV I'm not too stressed about it.  I play during off peak times mainly so my k/t is hopeless as I usually have to spend ages finding another plane, let alone shoot one down.

[Shane]

Originally posted by Blue Mako
I usually have to spend ages finding another plane, let alone shoot one down.

pssssttt... HTC provides us with a map (press your esc key) - usable in flight, even -  the big colored squares in the upper left land corners of sectors represent relative enemy activity... if your country has working radar, global and local, you may also see small colored dots that represent individual planes.

red color = bad guys.
green color = good guys.

glad to be of help to noobs.

[Blue Mako]

lol Shane, thx for the tip...


P.S.  Most of the time when I'm online there are less than 60 ppl.  Couple that with the pizza map and there is virtually nil chance of a furball.

[Load]

Some guys find very atractive wining the war. Others just are happy when they capture a field or they dont let the enemy capture a friendly base. Others just want to spend a while in front of their screen wasting adrenaline. Others are happy when they get a kill and angry when they are shot down. So scores describe only a low % on the guys in the arena,but.....

Ok ..if we only take thist last sort of guys, also you can imagine that several of this guys have a high rank just because they dont want to die, whatever the price...it is their fun of the game, and maybe they are even not thinking in scores when they fly. Ahhhh "This guy only vulchs and fites when he has advtage blah blah blah....he IS a score adiccted!!!!.....maybe not. Maybe he just dont want to die......is his target not to die...just for fun ..not for score. So, lets give a chance to the guys who vulch, gangbang, run home, etc...and lets forget about the score system.

Of course..I vulch and I fite as often as it is possible with numbers and alt...now, Am I missing something?

Salute ..... friend of AH skies.

[lazs2]

I stand by what I've said... you don't need to fly the fast plane every sortie and use it as an excuse for being timid in the main.

I talked to rude and toad and co. at the con.. they said they had changed a lot in their views... I was sceptical but it is true.   they even fly planes that have to fight once in a while.
lazs

[Midnight]

Lazs

I wish we could settle this dispute like neanderthals, but alas we must abide by the laws set forth by our forefathers.

To that end, I realize that I cannot win this aurgument as long as you choose to try and keep lowering it to a mud slinging contest.

It is obvious that you do not care about score, or getting your plane home safely. Personally, I don't care how you fly, or what you fly, however I take offense when you try to berate my flying methods and preferances.

The Mustang is fast, everyone knows it. There are also several other planes that are just as fast and faster. Even though the Mustang has better top speeds, it accelerates poorly and does not hold E as well as the LA7, N1K, 109G-10.

The 412th uses this A/C in a role it is best suited. Apparently, we are the only ones who realize that we get down in the muck and slug it out with bandits, while the rest of you seem to think we spend all of our time at 25K. What is fact and what is fiction will be seen as time goes on, but if scores are any indication, the 412th either flies 'at risk' a lot more than preceived, or there are a lot of bandits flying at 25k with us.

[Fatty]

Then why do you have such a problem with k/t?

[Midnight]

I'll just have to live with K/T and figure out how to improve my numbers

[Fatty]

Then fight faster.

No one criticized your flying until you said theirs should not be rewarded.

[Rude]

The great thing about diversity, is that folks are different. (Yogiism)

C'mon guys...who cares how anyone flies? For our squad, the trick is to kill folks and live to laugh about it.

Last night, Fish, WT and myself bagged 22 kills in one hop....it was FUN...remember that word anyone?

Midnight....

The 13th is no where near the same squad as it was when you were in it...that's neither a good thing or a bad thing...just a different thing. I hate to admit it, but I admired the way some guys in this game can yank and bank, so I decided to broaden the squads horizon a bit. Many of the 13th had at one time some knife fighten skills, it's just that when you've flown for 12 years, ya tend to forget things and get rusty.

We now have more fun not worrying so much about survival and just plain gettin it on! Our goal as a squad, is to fly aggressively while taking risks and to still survive. Face it...dyin just plain sucks. Anyone who doesn't mind gettin their butt handed to them is a girlscout.

Just do what ya want...it's always made me grin when folks tell me how I should fly.

Ya know, I get all warm and fuzzy inside just reflecting on how wonderful it is that we have a place where we can come together and laugh, cry, get angry, share our opinions and deepest feelings with each other all the while, killing, disrupting and tormenting our fellow players.

It truly is a fine thing that Dale has given us. All of you should learn to count your blessings.

[Turbot]

Originally posted by Midnight
The Mustang is fast, everyone knows it. There are also several other planes that are just as fast and faster.

He is right you know   I have found 152 interesting against the pony.  

Turbot has 6 kills and has been killed 1 time in the Ta 152H against the P-51D.

Back on topic:   I tried to do the rank thing this tour.  I got into the 20's at my best.  I don't think I will try that again, too much work!  BUt it was nice to be able to take CV anywhere I wanted for once

P.S. (This camp I also set out to learn the 152 best I could, at all altitudes.  I am sort of over the whole "152 is porked thing".  It actually seems to be a quite capable plane - outruns the LA7 at 6k alt even.   Just takes alot of patience to fly.)

[Wotan]

Midnight I dont get it. If your happy with your style and tactics what does k/t make a difference?

The only use rank has is to control the cv.......

The rest of it doesnt matter. The sats allow you to track your how you are doing and thats about all they are good for.

As long as you have fun then I dont see where it matters.

I dont think anybody really puts much stock in rank anyway.

Atleast dont let it detract from your fun.