The way i see it slap is right to be disheartened by constant runing tactics but also the pilot who is running may well be doing the right thing if he isnt particularly good at furballing.
Slap what id say is i'd agree totally with you if the p51 pilot was a real expert flyer who 'decided' to run even though he is capable of turning and fighting. I completely understand why you got peeved by it. I often have faced the all to familiar 'chase for hours with no result' crap.It does indeed ruin the fun a bit.
ECKe is right for suggesting a move to trick the NIK and engage earlier but i really feel you guys should remember you have mostly been playing longer than the rest of us. Even though ive flown just AH for 3 years there are many who have had four or five years more on top of this time. If a guy arrives in AH and is tentative and is learning when to engage and when not to I cant see the justification in saying they should attempt ACM's that they are barely able to conceive, let alone perform.
Its just the way things are, and i for one think hogen flew ok in this fight. If i was the nik pilot in this I wouldnt have chased the p5 for that length of time.Id have turned my tail to him in the hope this tempts him to reverse for an attack. This would have meant a fight ensued earlier. I actually think the NIK pilots are more to blame for a dull fight than the p51.
They dived out in an equal e engagement tried to HO rather than use a decent attack, chased for ages with the slim hope the p51 would be stupid enough to turn and put himself at a disadvantage.
This, if anything was the cause of the stretched out and less thrilling fight. Im just glad hogen shot them down
good ol hogen served em up on a platter and they got annoyed at their own failure not his flying
