why does everyone whine about being HOed?

[YUCCA]

I usually only whine when they extend then come back in HO.  Extend then come back for HO.  Extend come back for HO. Extend and come back for HO.  Extend and comeback for HO.Extend come back for HO. Extend and come back for HO.  Extend and comeback for HO.Extend come back for HO. Extend and come back for HO.  Extend and comeback for HO.Extend come back for HO. Extend and come back for HO.  Extend and comeback for HO. Extend come back for HO. Extend and come back for HO.  Extend and comeback for HO.Extend come back for HO. Extend and come back for HO.  Extend and comeback for HO.

See isn't that annoying to you as well?

[SunKing]

My Yucca plant is coming along nicely. Loves the sun from the window. Doesnt like to be watered much.

[Nilsen]

Can you post a pic of it SunKing?

[YUCCA]

That's nice SUNKING lol.

[Nilsen]

Yeah, that was kinda funny

[Ack-Ack]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
HO was a perfectly valid WW2 tatic wasn't it? i was in a seafire defending a cv we had in the south. i was at an alt disadvantage to everyone they were diving so i would just HO them. over channel 1.all i hear is whning about it.whine here whine there whine here. BAH!so i have a spit dive on my 6 when is 3k away i flip around and HO him. i get his engine smoking. then he starts whining over channel 1 that i HOed him. and he has 5 kills to. i am getting gang by the whole bish mafia at this time and he is still whining. i die he is still flying. "Bulzeye:im still flying your not" BS you will flying for long. WTF do you expect me to do when im at almost ever disadvantage to you. and when you lose a HO dont whine. whining just makes you seem like a fool IMO.


skull12

As Furball said, maneuvering for the HO shot is usually an indicator of a lack of any type of skill.  If you have to use a tactic where the success rate is less than 50%, then you really need to visit with a trainer or maybe think about playing another game like Bunny Love.

You'll have far more success and maybe even get more than a kill or two if you learn and use a little ACM.


ack-ack

[Nilsen]

Do you ever visit H2H arenas Ack-Ack ?

[GunnerCAF]

As Furball said, maneuvering for the HO shot is usually an indicator of a lack of any type of skill.

If the HOers have a lack of skill, why do so many people get upset about HOers?  

I agree and think HOer are and easy kill, they give up all their angles for that one shot.  Take advantage of it.  People who don't know how should quit complaining and, get training. (oohh that rimes )

Gunner

[Max]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
HO was a perfectly valid WW2 tatic wasn't it?skull12

Yeah...perhaps by some poor SOB Bf109 pilot who had his squadron reduced to flaming wrecks by a flight of B-17's, along with their' P-51 canopy.

It was a "last resort" for those who were foolish enough to give it a shot. Better buff up on your WW2 air combat history, Skull.

DmdMax
The Damned MKXX

[B17Skull12]

Originally posted by DMax
Yeah...perhaps by some poor SOB Bf109 pilot who had his squadron reduced to flaming wrecks by a flight of B-17's, along with their' P-51 canopy.

It was a "last resort" for those who were foolish enough to give it a shot. Better buff up on your WW2 air combat history, Skull.

DmdMax
The Damned MKXX

to my understanging in pacific theater during the early stage of the war it was a perfectly valid tatic to HO and ram! the japanese planes were made out of some weak material i dont remeber so i just call it cardboard. our metal planes would just silce through wing of the enemy planes and only lose a little bit of it's wing.

[Shiva]

Originally posted by DMax
Yeah...perhaps by some poor SOB Bf109 pilot who had his squadron reduced to flaming wrecks by a flight of B-17's, along with their' P-51 canopy.

It was a "last resort" for those who were foolish enough to give it a shot. Better buff up on your WW2 air combat history, Skull.

Actually, until the introduction of the Bendix chin turret in the later F models, head-on attacks against bombers were preferred by the Luftwaffe, as they got you through the bomber formation faster, and the firepower of the B-17 straight ahead was much less than from any other angle. The two .50s in the chin turret changed the equation, making it less attractive, but the head-on attack was still a viable tactic, particularly with the shift to larger-caliber cannon in the Luftwaffe interceptors.

Fighter vs. fighter, it was another story, but the fighters designated to attack the bombers would normally ignore the escort fighters as much as possible, relying on their fighter cover to keep the escorts off them.

[Karnak]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
to my understanging in pacific theater during the early stage of the war it was a perfectly valid tatic to HO and ram! the japanese planes were made out of some weak material i dont remeber so i just call it cardboard. our metal planes would just silce through wing of the enemy planes and only lose a little bit of it's wing.

You REALLY need to read up on your WWII aviation history.

Yes, HOs against the Japanese aircraft were reasonably common.  No, the Japanese aircraft were not made out of anything abnormaly weak.  Actually the Japanese aluminium alloy was stronger pound for pound than what we were using.

[vorticon]

because HO-s are normally used by people who are about to getthere arsed whooped severely and thats the only way out

i do it to if i know the chance of me surviving without it is under 30%...ill take my chances with the HO


not that there hard to avoid...couple rolls untill your 250 out and a few well aimed shots to the tail section and you win...

[Guppy35]

If there is an AW connection to the 'whining" I think it has to do with how it was hammered home again and again about what a classless move it was to head on shoot in that game.

As one who has only been flying AH for about a month now having finally found the desire to fly again, I find that old theme is still stuck in my head.  I grit my teeth and keep my mouth shut when someone gets the head on shot in on me, but I'm having to relearn the 'rules' as in this case it is different in AH.

I still can't bring myself to pull the trigger in a head on, but I'm working damn hard to avoid getting blasted as it seems to be the preferred tactic of many in AH.  Not that my ACM skills have ever amounted to much

Dan/Slack

[Golfer]

Originally posted by B17Skull12
to my understanging in pacific theater during the early stage of the war it was a perfectly valid tatic to HO and ram! the japanese planes were made out of some weak material i dont remeber so i just call it cardboard. our metal planes would just silce through wing of the enemy planes and only lose a little bit of it's wing.

OUCH OUCH OUCH!

I just lost IQ points.