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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: hogenbor on January 19, 2004, 04:11:50 AM
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I moved to another house last month. No big deal, but I haven't been playing for weeks as a result. Last week I started playing again and boy, did I suck! Having mastered the Bf-109-G10 to a reasonable extent I started flying whatever I liked again. But even in my favourite rides (P-51B, FM-2) I was humiliated time and time again. Shooting is still ok but my 'sixth sense' does not work anymore it seems. My feeling for a tactical situation (when to engage en when to get the heck out of here) has detoriated. Had a few good one on one fights but in a multi bandit environment I make silly mistakes. Anyone ever noticed the same problem before, after a time from the game?
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Yes. I experience this very problem after 2 days, let alone a few weeks.
But then I suck at the best of times.
Because Saw taught me everything he knows. The Bastard.
palef
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I agree with you both. Those of us for whom Aces High is just a part of life are clearly at a disadvantage to those for whom Aces High is life itself.
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Judging on the number of posts and the hours on-line of some people, combined by the rabid 'passion' with which they play, discuss, defend and flame, occasional players will always be at a disadvantage. Heck, I even avoid playing most nights because I am too tired!
A few months ago I shot down a very well known AH player (I got lucky, I'm a reasonable AH-pilot but no match for the fanatical core). I checked his stats, he had over a 100 fighter kills with one (!) death. It still is beyond me how anyone can manage that with a decent K/H too. If I take a month off, only fly a P-51D and only engage when everything is in my favour, I still can only HOPE of matching a 100 to 1 K/D. How do they do it? Squad tactics? More favourable 'prime time' hours (meaning more and more inexperienced players)? Cheating? I don't understand. Point is, last night I shot him down again, he was happily vulching among a pack of countrymen and I dove in with a large height advantage. Like the first time I got him his SA seemed overloaded. But if I can shoot him down twice by surprising him, why can't others? Luck? Anybody can see that this tour my stats are very average at best...
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Paaaaaleffff??! :D
Since I play this game on & off ... I regularly do s*ck, yes... however I discovered it to be a patern like this over a month:
Day 1 -> 5 : Baaaaad
Day 6 -> 8 : Doing good! It's comming back... remember to throttle back when saddoling on the prey!
Day 8 -> Day 31 : Baaad baaad Baaad... old bad habits kick in again. (this and greed is what gets me most killed)
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Originally posted by hogenbor
A few months ago I shot down a very well known AH player (I got lucky, I'm a reasonable AH-pilot but no match for the fanatical core). I checked his stats, he had over a 100 fighter kills with one (!) death. It still is beyond me how anyone can manage that with a decent K/H too. ... Point is, last night I shot him down again, he was happily vulching among a pack of countrymen
Mystery solved. He probably flies where the vulch is being set up, bags a bunch of kills until the town is captured, then lands.
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Originally posted by Saintaw
Paaaaaleffff??! :D
Since I play this game on & off ... I regularly do s*ck, yes... however I discovered it to be a patern like this over a month:
Day 1 -> 5 : Baaaaad
Day 6 -> 8 : Doing good! It's comming back... remember to throttle back when saddoling on the prey!
Day 8 -> Day 31 : Baaad baaad Baaad... old bad habits kick in again. (this and greed is what gets me most killed)
Wondered if you were paying attention! :)
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Well... with a topic like "Lost the edge" ... one would expect me to show up :)
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well i lose the edge when i get frustracted and i decide to go jumping off cliffs into canyons on pizza map.
does that count?
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Originally posted by B17Skull12
well i lose the edge when i get frustracted and i decide to go jumping off cliffs into canyons on pizza map.
does that count?
Only if its a downhill run in an M8.