Real quick as i am off to launch
Kev367th
Field gun kills arent included in your rank. Even if someone does the dual account thing they still have to deack a field and respawn over and over to get kills. You can get kills faster doing a regular vulch. Read above about k/t and Fighter rank to understand.
Ripsnort
Wrong
you cant strafe your own hanger to improve your hit % in fighters. The only hit % that counts for fighter rank is hit % vrs nme (includes planes bombers and even gvs). Hits against objects are not counted in fighter rank.
Sirloin you are porkin bomber rank that way. If you just drop the 4k on the twn it would be better for your rank because 1 bomb will kill multiple targets and your hit % will be well above 100 %. To kill a hanger with 1 k 4k bomb is 1 bomb for 1 object destroyed and your hit % will be 100%. If you use 2 2ks then it will be 2 bombs to kill1 structure, or if you use 1ks its 3 bombs per 1 structure and you hit % goes down below 100%. Yes you screw your bomb rank up that way.
Midnight
In real war bombers sorties are planned in detail with primary and alt targets. Sometimes bombers turned back with out dropping on anything.
Fighters flew 6 hour sorties many times never seeing a an nme. In rl war dieing was feared and the guys who could get kills and bring his aircraft home was rewarded.
But this a game like you said.
This following is not directed at anyone person. I have to include this disclaimer because I will get 10 guys telling me that it doesnt aply to them as if I said it did.
Anyone can maintain a high k/d flying the fastest plane in ah and flying 5 k above the nearest enemy. These tactics make sense in a real war, Aces High is a game about air combat. Spending an hour cruising around looking for ez kills so you can practice "aerial straffing" runs is not combat. Imagine if the main were full of these types. I would quit ah out of boredom.
K/t, k/s and k/d all help ensure that folks fight. Its not "gaming" to enter furball and shoot 5 people in a few minutes and rtb. Whats gamey is taking the fastest plane in the arena (one which in the whole scheme of ww2 was rare) and refusing to engage except when you have an advantage.
I dont care how anyone flies. Have fun. But the "score" system should reward players that fight and who "risk" something.
My personal k/t is never higher then about 7. I am not that good and my gunnery is horrible. My fighter rank is rarely in the top 100 as a result.
But overall rank is not dependent upon fighter rank. If you dont "do it all" then you wont be rewarded with a higher overall rank. That means bombers, attack and gv sorties. I think bombers are a complete bore. GVS are just wrong and I usually end up pissed off at the end of a sortie.
But what does rank mean? Nothing. Why do you feel cheated? Rank until this "contest" was simply away to gain control of a fleet.....Big deal. Everyone who chooses to take part in the contest lives by the same rules. No one gets "cheated".
No one looks at the scores and says "look this guy sucks because he ranked 211". People arent that stupid. The top 15 guys dont go around all cocky saying "look how much better I am then you"
As for this contest, who cares. Either you make effort to win it or you dont. It has no impact unless you choose to participate. This post was about the easiest way to advance your rank. Its not the only way. Theres a balance that can be achieved between playing for rank and having fun.
You dont need to finish in the top 15 of any category just in the top 15 overall.
Heres the number ranked pilot last tour. I hope AG doesnt mind. And please dont take this as a reason to jump all over him.
AG had 1300 kill and like 200 odd some deaths
Heres some of the planes he flew (he flew almost all of umm btw.)
Now put anyone else stats up and tell me why you think they should be ranked higher?
Look at his fighter scores. Could his k/d be higher if he fly at 25k? Yup easily. But he flies lo and heads to the nearest furball and shoots lotsa guys down and rtbs to land his kills. Yup he vulches just like you all the guys that are ranked lower. Just like I do.
As for bombers, well thats how it works kill more structures with less ord you hit % goes up. Getting to target and puttting bombs there gets you a reward in the bomber rank. Ack starrin, missing your drops and gettin killed hurts you. Its that simple. If wanna call it gaming go ahead its no more gamey then capture the flag/map room or any other number of things.
This it for me in this thread as the last few posts are the same "you rank higher then me so you are a dual account own hanger straffing cheater". Its the same tired bs from the other threads.
I would have liked to have seen an award given for events and for the upcoming mission theater. If this had been added for the ct it may have helped make it a better alternative for the main. But the way it is you can take it or leave it. Play or dont its up to you.
