Author Topic: k/t needs to be taken with a pinch of NaCl (Read 5108 times)

Steve · « **Reply #180 on:** June 19, 2003, 03:04:10 PM »

Hmmm, well the ch1 dig was unexpected but...whatever. I must be doing at least some fighting, my K/T is at least average in
fighters (9 per hour), better in attack. (11 per hour)
Anyway, I should have left out the comment about kills in the last two sorties, it sounds like bragging. Really, I was just excited to see that someone else enjoys flying the FM2. Fast and furious action, and a smile on my face the whole time... I really have fun in it. I dunno about being any good in it, you'd surely spank me. My point was that I have found another way to have a great time in the game, and that it's a nice change of pace from the mustang. Like I said, the FM2 is a lot of fun, wish I'd tried it sooner.

MANDOBLE · « **Reply #181 on:** June 19, 2003, 07:14:48 PM »

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Originally posted by muckmaw
Honest question: If the LA-7, Spit, Niki and Pony are not "uber"

Is not obvious they all are uber? Cmon ignorant dweebs, come here and tell me they are not.

Karnak · « **Reply #182 on:** June 19, 2003, 08:13:54 PM »

lazs,

You are flying relatively manuevable aircraft, particularly the FM2.

Try fighting in a Bf110G-2, P-38L or Mosquito Mk VI from a lower altitude than your opponent. Heavy fighters are hard to survive in from that position.

As I fly the Mosquito more than any other aircraft I have to spend time climbing, and it doesn't climb very well, therefore my K/T will never be very good, even though I am pretty agressive once it comes time to fight.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #183 on:** June 19, 2003, 11:53:31 PM »

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Originally posted by MANDOBLE
Is not obvious they all are uber? Cmon ignorant dweebs, come here and tell me they are not.

They are only uber to those that don't have the necessary skills or knowledge to fight them.

Ack-Ack

Karnak · « **Reply #184 on:** June 20, 2003, 12:23:40 AM »

MANDOBLE,

I find the N1K2 and Spitfire Mk IX to be relatively easy kills and I fly a big assed heavy fighter. They are clearly not "uber".

The La-7 and P-51D on the other hand are much closer to "uber".

MANDOBLE · « **Reply #185 on:** June 20, 2003, 01:59:45 AM »

These planes are uber, not the pilots inside. I find all of them as easy targets, but is because the pilots, not the plane.

Steve · « **Reply #186 on:** June 20, 2003, 02:11:43 AM »

D9 is just as uber as any plane you listed... faster than pony, out climbs it, better guns.

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #187 on:** June 20, 2003, 02:31:11 AM »

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Originally posted by MANDOBLE
These planes are uber, not the pilots inside. I find all of them as easy targets, but is because the pilots, not the plane.

Then if you find them to be so easy, then how can they be uber?

Ack-Ack

Dead Man Flying · « **Reply #188 on:** June 20, 2003, 02:39:35 AM »

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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Then if you find them to be so easy, then how can they be uber?

Careful, AKAK, you're falling into MANDOBLE's wonderful world of self-promotion. See, if the planes themselves are uber but their pilots possess vastly inferior abilities compared to MANDOBLE, then what does that tell us about MANDOBLE?

Why, he must be the most incredible pilot out there, of course! He flies a non-uber plane and kills uber planes only because he's better than everybody who flies those planes. Just wish you were him and move on.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Karnak · « **Reply #189 on:** June 20, 2003, 03:14:39 AM »

MANDOBLE,

No. They're easy kills because they're slow and the only way they can get me is if I screw up. It takes a good pilot in one of them to get me without me screwing up majorly.

Slow = easy kill.

I'm sorry that you can't see that, but it is the truth.

beet1e · « **Reply #190 on:** June 20, 2003, 05:20:28 AM »

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Originally posted by Rude
Whew....made it through all four pages!

I would just like to say that if some of you could fight as well as you type, well, Beetle would be the best online virtual dude ever to hit the planet.

Just play the way ya want to...however, if ya run from fights like a girlscout, then don't be suprised when folks call ya out on it.

Regarding K/T, it does indicate how busy one is fighting rather than sightseeing...not that anything is wrong with sightseeing, it just is boring to those of us who have seen the sights for some 10-12 years.

Make any sense?

Rude - thank you for your kind words.

You have a point with k/t - it's an indicator of how busy you are, and not how good you are. And the number of players in the MA varies widely in the course of 24 hours, with further variance at weekends. The map in use will also play a part.

If I wanted "action", and measured my prowess on the hallowed k/t, I'd place great value on sorties like the 9 kill job I got in US prime time a few weeks ago. But I honestly tire of this crap. Sure, I got 7 kills and RTB to the carrier - which some bastage sank! So back to the field which I was led to believe would be ours very soon. Erm, no... got 2 more kills and then got whacked by another F4U I didn't see till too late.
Film here - 2.52MB, 20 mins play time

I much preferred the P47 sortie I flew on the pizza map, when there were only 61 people online. (Film in Manedew's pizza whine thread) OK, only 4 kills in about 14 minutes, but a chance to use the P47 at high alt/high speed - closer to RL than that F4U furball.

Steve · « **Reply #191 on:** June 20, 2003, 12:08:42 PM »

Geez Beet1e, Nuke is right. Just about all your posts have some self promoting reference in them. You got this many kills, and were magnificent, you got that many kills and were magnificent. You even post the films...lol. You are attention deprived, aren't you?
With all the chest pounding you do, one would think you're some kind of killing machine. I ran into your 109 the other day and put you away in seconds.... gave you an ~~and got no reply. Come back down to earth Beet1e like I sent you to earth in the virtual world.. for some of us, 7-10 kill missions are a daily occurance.~~

Shane · « **Reply #192 on:** June 20, 2003, 12:21:08 PM »

yeah! 7-10 a daily occurance!!! now if i only landed more of those to get the so depserately needed backslapping i desire from you all ...

without that how can i validate my meager existence?

Steve · « **Reply #193 on:** June 20, 2003, 12:25:12 PM »

Shane, you're going to have to post some films bro. Just remember though, your films are probably going to have several sequences where you've either turned the tables or forced your opponent into a fatal mistake. I know this because I've seen you do it, and you've done it to me, lol. So, with that in mind, do you really want to embarrass all those nice people? And ummm.. you didn't film that one where ya got me over the water after I erred did ya?(quite a while ago but memorable..it was pretty)

MANDOBLE · « **Reply #194 on:** June 20, 2003, 02:17:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Karnak
MANDOBLE,
No. They're easy kills because they're slow

Really? Are the La7 and P51 slow planes? BTW, what means slow for you? slow diving? slow climbing? slow leveled? slow low? slow high? slow after turning 360 dgrees? slow with WEP? slow without WEP? Do you mean that their TOP speeds are "slow" at sea level? Do you know how many seconds (mins) do they need to reach their top speeds from a predefined "slow" start speed and fuel load?

RAW top speed is usefull only to reach a destination faster, flying straight and level. Acceleration, climb rate, controls authority, weapons and E retention is what make a fighter uber.