Slapshot/Rude et al. OK, now I get it. You're talking about weed-wacking being the only "real" fights, and you want me to do some time in a weed-wacker of my own. Well I'd like to see you guys wacking off in the weeds, but it wouldn't work for me, and here's why. I have no squad. My squad was a buff squad and the guys in it became disillusioned with gameplay for them, cancelled their accounts and left. You guys, however, often post about various squad events, and about what a "blast" you had on such and such night. I have even seen posts about joint TAS and BK ops, and there is much uniformity with the avatars etc., and it's patently obvious that you fly as a sizeable and well coordinated group. Fine - I'm happy for you.
I, on the other hand, have a very different set of problems to deal with. I fly alone. I take off alone, go to a base where I think the "action" might be, with
no intelligence report... I have no idea who else will be there when I get there, and no idea of the number, alt, and types of planes that will be there when I get there. So I just assume P51/LA7/Spit ix/YAK9U (also N1K but that's no real threat), and that works for me. In the fighting that follows, there will be almost NO voxx communication, NO 6-calls, NO real coordination, and
absolutely no way I could survive in a FM2 or Spit V at 6K, or down in the weeds, especially with no voxx and no other communication. You have to remember that in the hours that I play, many of the guys online do not speak English. Some do speak English, but it's not always their first language. Also, the arena is not without its tardz.
I envy you guys that can team up. Believe me, it makes a world of difference. In my last days at Brand-W, I used to team with the Scanian Griffins in 190A4s -rudu- (great leader) and -sach- (possibly best wing man in the game). And my results would skyrocket. Key ingregients: Well not skill, obviously, as I have none, as Lazs has pointed out. But organisation, communication and coordination. Didn't need many of us - just three or four, and we could really clean up.
That is why I won't be jumping in any slow planes and hovering in the weeds at 6K. But you have a point, and I hate having to use uberity. (But what's a guy to do, on his own, against an arena full of late war monsters?) That is why I've been trying the lesser 109s lately, the F4 and G2. That might seem to be no challenge to you, but it is for me. I found the 109s the hardest planes to learn, and was possibly the worst 109 pilot known to Brand-W, until BBGun started helping me. Of course, were we to have an RPS as Rude and Apache would like, that would change matters entirely.
But let's reverse things a moment, Slapshot. You take the role you have in mind for me. Get up in a Spit V during Euro hours, on your own, fly to where you think the action is, at 6K, and see how long you last. See how many 6-kill sorties you get. And film it. And then we'll have something to talk about.Steve! OK, for your next plane, would you be happy to choose the 109E?
Of course k/t is determined by other factors. That's why I have to listen to all your freaking whines about the pizza map, fields too far apart, "no fights"... I also note that some of you guys are disdainful of landing sorties, and simply auger rather than waste time RTB, thus boosting k/t. Besides, in previous tours I have been a jabo pilot (ranked at 3 or 4 in the damage stakes one time, would you believe) so I'm not looking for k/t on those flights, but looking to lay my eggs and then convert the sortie into a fighter sortie. Of course, I'd be wasting my virtual breath discussing that in the company of fighter jocks who see no point to field capture, so let's move on.
Run w/ my P51 crutch.. lol it's slower than your plane of choice.. ironic you should try to say something like that.
Hehe, well your plane of choice turns and rolls better! Besides, I have flown a veriety of types in this tour. My favourites these days are 109 (G10,G2,F4), P47D25, F4U(1D and 1C) F6F and 190A5. Just confirm which is my plane of choice? I don't fly any of the above as exclusively as you fly your Pony. By the way, what kind of 6K weed-wacking results do you get in that? But you're right. I have never killed you in the air. Hardly likely to happen when we're on the same side.
