So has anyone else noticed the dramatic increase in the WB's style defensive manuevers since the release of 1.04?
Now, don't get me wrong, overall I love 1.04
But one of the true joys of AH in the earlier versions was that you didn't see unrealistic defensive manuevers, where you did repeated Negative G manuevers and or rapid manuvers or cross controls intended to induced warping.
You just didn't have the E for it. You did one or two and if they didn't work you were left a wallowing pig and a easy target.
Thankfully, I don't see the microwarps or warp rolling in AH that I continually use to see in WB's. So at least its better in that respect.
But two WB's style manuevers I have seen on the rise lately:
1.) Continous Barrel Roll: Basically you just barrel roll your heart out, tightening and losening it, to avoid your attackers guns. Strangely, the aircraft that seems to be the best at this in AH is the N1K2. Last night several times I saw the old "congo line" of 5-6 aircraft chasing N1K2's for a couple of sectors while they merrily barrel rolled away. I sure wish Pyro would tweak the inverted lift profiles of our FM and this would probably go away.
2.)"The Elevator" or the "Porpoise": Ahh.. Isn't this one a classic? Where they continously yank the stick as hard as they can forward and backward, into blackout and redout, hoping to make you overshoot, or black/red out yourself to turn the tables. In real life, you could do that about twice before the pilot became so disoriented thru having the blood sucked out of his head and then slammed right back in rapidly, that he would quickly lose control.
Not a rant... just an observation.
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Vermillion
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