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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Howitzer on March 28, 2005, 11:11:40 PM
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The other day, Shawk (of all people) comes up with this idea that, in order to make the game more interesting, those of us in our squad should try and land 2 kills in every plane (minus the heavy bombers). This doesn't include dropping bombs on GVs. I really thought this was a great idea, and we even made a little competition out of it, so I thought I would run it by you guys for next tour. How long do you think it will take some of the best sticks in the game to get these kills? =) Might be fun to try it out. So, if you guys are up for it... give it a try, and post here when you get it. I don't have any prizes in mind because this is a hard thing to check, but would be neat to see who gets it first.
Would be every plane except: C47, b26, b24, b17, ju88, ki67, boston (i.e. anything you can up in a formation)
I only flew one run tonight, and I started at the top with an a20... haven't flown one in months, and never in a heavy dogfight.. man is that tough =) B5N is next!
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B5N has no forward guns, you realize that right? :)
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It's actually been done a bunch of times....hopefully some who have will post. I know someone went thru the whole set with 2 landed kills per plane (fighter/attack) with no deaths....
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Isnt a Boston just a Brit A20? And cant you take a formation of A20's, which would invalidate it in your own rules?
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Why not include everything with forward firing guns? Getting kills with the Bostons should be rather challenging, not as much as the B5N though:D
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Originally posted by Grits
B5N has no forward guns, you realize that right? :)
But can it fly backwards ? ;)
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Originally posted by Howitzer
Would be every plane except: C47, b26, b24, b17, ju88, ki67, boston (i.e. anything you can up in a formation)
I only flew one run tonight, and I started at the top with an a20... haven't flown one in months, and never in a heavy dogfight.. man is that tough =) B5N is next!
I dunno, could probably include B26 on the "to do" list...bunch of guns (6) for the pilot to shoot, and it doesn't turn that bad when light. Can really surprise people. Make SHawk fly tail gunner while you're furballing :)
I'm game. April is now "2 kills in every plane month" for me.
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Originally posted by Howitzer
I don't have any prizes in mind because this is a hard thing to check, but would be neat to see who gets it first.
Not a hard thing to check..first person that posts they've completed wins. Have them post their Game ID and check it in the stats for "Kills In". Now..lets here what ya got in mind for prizes! :)
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i believe that FX1 has offered a bottle of Wild Turkey as the prize and i'll enjoy drinking it :D
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Make it five kills per plane without dying and you're on. You can get two kills just by having vulchers auger near you. Five kills, however... you'll probably have to earn some of those.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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2 kills... laff.
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Originally posted by Nath_____
2 kills... laff.
Landing 2 kills in a B5N2 is not nearly the same as landing 10 kills in your Fw190A-8. The 2 kills, assuming they are real kills and not proxies, in the B5N2 almost certainly are harder to obtain.
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Ok... well no you can't take a formation of a20s, you can only take a formation of Boston's which used to have the A20 tag. They have 303s instead of the 50s.
Alright then, make it 5 kills. Lets switch it up a bit. I look forward to seeing the posts that you guys have done it :D
Maybe the b5n isn't a good plane to have included, I forgot about the no front firing guns, lets throw that out.
What do you think now Nath, Levi? Up for it?
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A few thoughts.
First, let's hammer down the list of what we should fly. I think the B5N does not belong on the list, nor do any planes that can only be flown in bomber mode.
Second, let the competition begin at the start of next tour. This is only a couple of days away, but it at least gives potential competitors a chance to read this thread and decide if they want to join in the fun. It also does not disadvantage anyone who stumbles across the thread tomorrow. In addition, verifying the results will be much easier at the beginning of a tour than at the end of a tour.
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
A few thoughts.
First, let's hammer down the list of what we should fly. I think the B5N does not belong on the list, nor do any planes that can only be flown in bomber mode.
Second, let the competition begin at the start of next tour. This is only a couple of days away, but it at least gives potential competitors a chance to read this thread and decide if they want to join in the fun. It also does not disadvantage anyone who stumbles across the thread tomorrow. In addition, verifying the results will be much easier at the beginning of a tour than at the end of a tour.
-- Todd/Leviathn
Levi,
I agree with you 100%. B5N is dropped, and I am going to change the requirement to not allow anything that can ONLY be flown as a bomber. SO, new rules below.
1. Land 5 kills in all planes with a designation other than just "bomber". This includes all attack planes that COULD be scored as bombers (i.e. a20) I'll post a full list when I get home tonight in this thread.
2. Dropping bombs on or straffing GVs does not count as a kill
3. Tallies start at the beginning of next tour on April 1st.
How's that look?
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And the goal is to be the one to do it first?
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I R teh SUck I accept.
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Should make it really interesting and makeit so you are only allowed 1 plane to get your 5 kills in. 2 Sorties in the same plane and your OUT!
Just a though. :P
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Originally posted by Morpheus
Should make it really interesting and makeit so you are only allowed 1 plane to get your 5 kills in. 2 Sorties in the same plane and your OUT!
Just a though. :P
I'm not sure that would be a good idea. That is fine for the potent fighters, but doing that in a D3A1 or Ju87D-3 is asking a bit much I think.
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Re-arm.
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Originally posted by Morpheus
Re-arm.
I wasn't refering to a lack of firepower.
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Originally posted by Nath_____
And the goal is to be the one to do it first?
Yeah. I think this is going to come down to how much time you can spend in the game... but who knows? I see a lot of guys requesting a ton of new planes, when they never fly the majority of the ones we have. Good to break the monotony.
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Just a slight change:
1. Land 5 kills at one time, unlimited rearms, in all planes with a designation other than just "bomber". This includes all attack planes that COULD be scored as bombers (i.e. a20) I'll post a full list when I get home tonight in this thread.
2. Dropping bombs on or straffing GVs does not count as a kill
3. Tallies start at the beginning of next tour on April 1st.
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woot!
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You guys aren't gonna have a life at all next camp ROFL
:p
Fun idea though, laptop warrior will have to bow out though.
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This is going to be rough =)
The good part about this is flying planes that you normally don't fly. So I started out with an A20. I saw a guy about 5k underneath me with a con trailing him, so I dove in trying to catch them. I was pushing 450, but the plane didn't seem to compress so I thought as long as I didn't make any sudden moves, I would be alright. NOPE! Freakin ailerons and elevators rip off and the plane's nose goes flying straight up. That was magical.
I only got 2 in a p40 with 3 assists before I ran out of ammo and couldn't reload because the fight was just about dead. Had 3 in an f4f, but got wasted by a spitV because I couldn't see him through the 4 feet of iron padding behind my seat.
I spoke to wadke last night, and I don't think his night was going any better. I think he got vulched by a panzer while trying to take off in his a20. =)
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Howi,
Do deaths factor in here at all?
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We could go the route of having Howie pick one type of aircraft to fly each week. See who has the best score with it. That would be much easier to prove. It would also be much easier to show the score for that one aircraft.
So like one week, we could do the A20, then the next week we do the SBD, so on and so on.
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Get Screenshots of your landed kill messages! NO PHOTOSHOPPING....JERKS! :p
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Originally posted by Morpheus
Howi,
Do deaths factor in here at all?
Nope... try till you succeed. Just pretty rough go of it last night =)
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Didn't Lazs already do this a year or two ago?
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A couple years ago I set out to get at least one kill with every unit in the game at the time. The hardest was the Ar234. I flew so many Ar234 sorties before finally managing to hit a GV with a bomb.
But there were fewer units back then and I was only trying for one or more kills, not a five kill sortie in each.
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Sound like fun :aok
Anyway we could keep track of this properly
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Citabria did this already, and he skipped none of the AC in the hanger (to include the Kate and the C-47).
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Originally posted by -ammo-
Citabria did this already, and he skipped none of the AC in the hanger (to include the Kate and the C-47).
Yeah, but most of us don't have 300 hours a month to spend playing AH. :P
-- Todd/Leviathn
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Fantastic if someone else has already done this. Leviathn's well on his way, and Fester's already done it. Kudos for them. This is just something our squad is doing, and if more people want to get out of their standard rides and add some much needed variety to the arena, great. For the other 4900 of us who aren't in the top .001 percentile, maybe it will be fun.
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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Yeah, but most of us don't have 300 hours a month to spend playing AH. :P
-- Todd/Leviathn
LOL True:D
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Originally posted by -ammo-
Citabria did this already, and he skipped none of the AC in the hanger (to include the Kate and the C-47).
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maybe I am misinterpreting this but how did he get kills in a c 47
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Originally posted by mussie
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Originally posted by -ammo-
Citabria did this already, and he skipped none of the AC in the hanger (to include the Kate and the C-47).
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maybe I am misinterpreting this but how did he get kills in a c 47
Manuever kills. Fly NOTE and force the aggressor to make a mistake. He probably died 20 times befoe he got his 2 kills as well.
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like the time I ran out of ammo in a typh whilst chasing a guy. I kept on chasing him and he eventually ate dirt :lol
(DAM I WHISH THE CAMERA WAS ON FOR THAT ONE)
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How about someone makes the list of planes and posts it.
And a short rules paragraph
When you land 5, take a screenshot of it. Cut out the sentence saying you killed 5, and post those in order.
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Originally posted by Howitzer
Just a slight change:
1. Land 5 kills at one time, unlimited rearms, in all planes with a designation other than just "bomber". This includes all attack planes that COULD be scored as bombers (i.e. a20) I'll post a full list when I get home tonight in this thread.
2. Dropping bombs on or straffing GVs does not count as a kill
3. Tallies start at the beginning of next tour on April 1st.
Rules above.
As per the planeset, everything except: C47, b26, b24, b17, ju88, ki67, boston, and B5N.
I thought this was easier than posting every plane =) Notice though, that this includes ju87, a20, d3a and other rides that you normally don't take into a furball.
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Originally posted by -ammo-
Manuever kills. Fly NOTE and force the aggressor to make a mistake. He probably died 20 times befoe he got his 2 kills as well.
When I did it I got two kills in the C-47 on my first sortie in the C-47.
Citabria is vastly better than I am.
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Saw this thread the night of the 1st. No point in trying... The winner is the guy that's off work on the 1st and maybe the 2nd (if it even takes that long).
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This is pretty cool. I’d like to suggest a parallel challenge for those with less time: Get five kills in every type suggested with unlimited deaths and sorties. I think that would tap the AH time allotment for most players. First to finish: post in this thread.
eskimo
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PS,
Tour 7: eskimo has 22 kills and has been killed 8 times in the C-47A.