What would you do....?

[-kier-]

Anyone who shoots at me is fair game.

Anyone who doesn't shoot at me is fair game.

Anyone who thought about shooting me is fair game.

Anyone who didn't think about shooting me is fair game.

Anyone who finds themselves at an E disadvantage is fair game.

Whether or not I attack is determined by a combination of: mood, position, and relative risk.  

[Thunder]

-kier-

I think you have captured my feelings on this subject quite eliquently! There is never an easy stock answer to weighty question like this.   In general if you kill the enemy be it 1 v 1
or 5 v 1 you have accomlished your goal. As for all this namby pambly, honor, do-gooder stuff and impose your rules and moral flight code crap on me types... well I say "kill the enemy" and get on with it! Oh, and have a good time and enjoy the Game.. after all thats what is is!   I don't need ne stinkin pilot to tell me I shouda done this or that! If he is a squadie or somebody I have flown with we probably knows exactly what we  expect from each other. I have learned over a long period that you generally create your own circumstances and I don't expect a fellow pilot to come into a situation that is in his mind going to jeopordize him due to a careless mistake or poor judgement on my part. I clear my buddy's six and expect him to do the same but as to the fine etiquite of what to do.... thats an individual matter! If the real question is should I jump into someone elses 1 v 1 fight ... depends on who it is and how I feel at the time!

Thunder

[shower]

i'm not talking about committing certain suicide, i'm talking about even fights where your airframe could make the difference.  i was in the Navy for 7 years including desert shield, desert storm, and others. in real life you have to be willing to put yourself in harm's way to accomplish the objective.  obviously you want to minimize the risks if possible, but if not you still have the objective to meet.  and no matter what branch you're in or for that matter what country you fight for, the number one rule is PROTECT YOUR BUDDIES.  there's a reason for this.

-shower

[Udie]

  A, B and C  and also what eagl said.  Although I had D happen to me many times yesterday.  

 There's  nothing I hate more than working a bandit for 2 or 3 min taking an advantage away from him, only to have somebody come hit his stalled plane 2 seconds before I can get around to kill him myself.  This happens alot too.  Remember, just because the bogie's on my 6 doesn't meen he has the advantage  

  I think it's always better to stay about 1500 ft. or so above the fight (if your bud has the advantage) and protect him.  If the fight is neutral, I will usualy make a NON-shooting pass to distract the bogie and hopefuly give my friend the advantage.  Otherwise I stay high and wait for more bogies or for my friend to lose the advantage.  Just by being there though, you can cause the bandit to turn with you in mind which can give your wingman the break he needs.

 Then ofcourse there are the times when I NEEEEEED that kill and I just go in guns-a-blazing....

Udie

[Thunder]

Shower,

I served in 1966 thru 1972 and in "Real Life" I agree with you in principle. When I mentioned that it depends on who it is and how I feel at the time. I wasn't refering to what you are by helping your fellow countrymen. Example:# (1) A experienced squadmate and or a pilot whos loyalties are primarily to your country and have been exhibited as such.#(2) A newbie pilot that hasn't got a clue as to what he is getting himself into. #(3) A experienced pilot from another country who is visiting because the odds seem to favor him but will leave as soon as this changes hehe (scoremonger)! I might look at the fight and make my decision to help emediatly or standbye or not help based a number of factors and they all change. Just as in battle, "you earn the respect and trust of those you go into harms way with". In a "game" I may not always help a "rookie" that continually doesn't learn from his mistakes. This prolongs his learning by always saving his butt and puts you in needless risk hehe. Likewise I may not always be there "Johnie on the spot" if I am going to help protect someone elses K/D ratio that who most likely going to try and kill me or foil my next mission in a few minutes. In real life the Germans didn't come to England to shoot down the Lufftwaffe when the numbers got bad and there kill streaks could be inhanced. I like an aspect of realism but don't get hung up in it because it is impossible to totally acheive from any number of aspects. Playability and having fun are a great part of this game. I guess if I am honest each time I fly I feel different, numbers and players are different and so are the desissions I make.

Salute,

Thunder

[shower]

good point thunder.  perhaps HTC can devise a way to motivate people to stay with one country.  perhaps a point system with seperate scores for each country, so if someone divides his time between country A and country B, he will have roughly half the points (in each score) as someone he plays solely for country A ==> lower in rankings...

-shower

[Yeager]

Three steps to aid my buddy:

Go nose down and grab supersonic in my pony.

Fly like a BAT OUT OF HELL *through* the fight (if I remeber, shoot my guns) thereby throwing everyone into a tizzy.

Lose all control and gently blend into surrounding terrain.

Yeager

[eagl]

Yeager,

Just reverse the controls and she'll fly right out.  You of all people should know that  


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