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Post by: cav58d on April 24, 2007, 12:42:32 AM
Gotta love the new caliber of players in the MA....

Ya fight 262 v 262 for 15 minutes straight....Each pass going back and fourth for position....One jet clearly bugs out, while the other one flies off.  The one that bugs out comes in for a landing, and the other jet comes back to vultch....  For the circumstances of jet v jet fighting, thats a pretty pathetic way to ened it.

And the saddest part is, it wasn't a noob.  Thanks Herb!
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Post by: mussie on April 24, 2007, 12:46:14 AM
Hmm Cav...

I know how you feel, a good fight ending that way.... but to be honest, If I get vulched i think its no ones fault by my own....

Just my view on it...

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Post by: cav58d on April 24, 2007, 12:55:17 AM
unfortunately nothing I could do to avoid the vultch.  I ran out of fuel on final....The two jets were fighting that long, that my fuel went bye bye.  I don't really care that much, it's just more of an annoyance that you have a good fight with someone who people consider to be a good stick, and then they come and vultch you on landing.  I just think thats sorta corny....

but hey.  It's your world.  I'm just living in it =)
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Post by: Captain Virgil Hilts on April 24, 2007, 01:09:24 AM
I had a guy do something similar not long ago. I had a P-38J, and was in enemy territory, at about 15-18K. I saw a Spit, a 16 I think, climbing to me. I actually let him get co-alt for a while and level for speed. When we merged, I went vertical and tried to take him up. He'd go up a little, then dive way trying to drag me down, probably hoping I'd lock up in a dive. I just went back up. This went on until I ran low of fuel 2 sectors from base. I had started with tanks and even held them, but let them go and ran the 50% internal. When I finally tired of him diving away, especially to a couple of friends, I climbed up and rtb'd. I waited till I got to base to descend, and spiraled down with about 3 -5 minutes of fuel left. As I came out of the spiral and burned enough speed to land, here comes the Spit for the vulch. I throttled up to WEP and tried to turn into him, but I was down to around 75 knots and at idle when I saw him. He went for a from quarter shot (looking for the HO) and I pinged him as he went by, and the AAA finished him. But wait, there's more. His buddies both showed up to try for the vulch, I shot one down, and one augered trying to HO me, so I landed three kills. Sad, but sort of funny, I guess. I had film, but I can't get it until I rescue my old hard drive.
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Post by: Stang on April 24, 2007, 01:39:54 AM
Maybe you should have shot Herbie down.  That would have solved it right there.
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Post by: Furball on April 24, 2007, 01:43:32 AM
I would criticise, but unless had told me you were outta fuel, i would have vulched your arse too.

I would have figured you just didnt want to lose your jet and was being cowardly, so would risk mine in the ack just to get yours :)
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Post by: cav58d on April 24, 2007, 01:57:19 AM
ohhh no way furby....I wish I had more fuel, it was a fun fight.  Just a pretty gay ending
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Post by: Yeager on April 24, 2007, 01:57:44 AM
yu noobs are inna combat gaym. Kiil ur be kiild....foos
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Post by: Furball on April 24, 2007, 02:13:19 AM
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Originally posted by cav58d
ohhh no way furby....I wish I had more fuel, it was a fun fight.  Just a pretty gay ending


did you over 200 or anything?

i would always try to make contact with them over 200, if they didnt reply, thou shalt be vulched!
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Post by: SuperDud on April 24, 2007, 02:38:10 AM
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Originally posted by Furball
I would criticise, but unless had told me you were outta fuel, i would have vulched your arse too.

I would have figured you just didnt want to lose your jet and was being cowardly, so would risk mine in the ack just to get yours :)
My thoughts too. He probably didn't know you were outta fuel cav. Probably just thought you was runnin and he wasn't gonna let that happen:t
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Post by: Platano on April 24, 2007, 03:13:04 AM
I hope he wasnt Talkin bout me
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Post by: Viking on April 24, 2007, 05:33:24 AM
This is one of the things I don't like about the behavior of players in this game. Some people go to suicidal lengths to vultch people trying to land. I find this behavior both strange and unsportsmanlike.
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Post by: megadud on April 24, 2007, 07:15:27 AM
i would have vulched either way because i m an ahole :aok but sux that he did it...terrible, shame on u herbie :furious
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Post by: scottydawg on April 24, 2007, 07:30:35 AM
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Originally posted by megadud
i would have vulched either way because i m an ahole


We know.
;)
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Post by: Shuffler on April 24, 2007, 08:38:13 AM
It is well known that jets and rocket driven aircraft were most vulnerable during take off and landing. So historically... it happened!
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Post by: Kermit de frog on April 24, 2007, 10:04:09 AM
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i would have vulched either way because i m an ahole :aok but sux that he did it...terrible, shame on u herbie :furious


BORING!
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Post by: Stang on April 24, 2007, 10:05:59 AM
Kermit would have vulched you too.

:p
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Post by: Kermit de frog on April 24, 2007, 10:18:29 AM
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Post by: Pyro on April 24, 2007, 10:37:28 AM
Timeout! I have to get some more fuel.  Wait here, brb.

:lol
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Post by: Stang on April 24, 2007, 10:43:15 AM
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Originally posted by Pyro
Timeout! I have to get some more fuel.  Wait here, brb.

:lol
:rofl
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Post by: hubsonfire on April 24, 2007, 12:53:55 PM
On a related note, the only thing better than vulching a guy landing, is getting him on the rearm pad, preferably with a rocket.
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Post by: scottydawg on April 24, 2007, 01:06:44 PM
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
On a related note, the only thing better than vulching a guy landing, is getting him on the rearm pad, preferably with a rocket.


I'd love to see a film of that.
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Post by: croduh on April 24, 2007, 01:07:57 PM
Or if you pass right above him he might get a you have collided message and die.
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Post by: 68slayr on April 24, 2007, 04:18:48 PM
lol duh i had a "you have collided" message and i died ....before i had even started my engine....vulcher flys off fine.    


I had a 10 min fight for with a P38 in my 262 last night...at a couple points i had flaps out...finally got him on final i had a pony try to pick me but ack got him befor he could get me...i landed 2 kills  :D
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Post by: kamilyun on April 24, 2007, 06:15:08 PM
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Originally posted by hubsonfire
On a related note, the only thing better than vulching a guy landing, is getting him on the rearm pad, preferably with a rocket.


And along those lines...

I hope to the AH gods that one day, through shear luck and impecable timing, I might drop my excess ords from a flight of 20K Lancs, onto 25 plane missunz readying for take-off.  The ensuing whinestorm and PMs alluding to spies, double accounts, etc would be of legendary proportions.

Will probably never happen, but a girl can dream, right? :D
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Post by: scottydawg on April 24, 2007, 06:49:07 PM
I remember seeing an ahf film where someone dropped a bomb and it took out a fighter.  Was it during the BoB scenario?
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Post by: freezman on April 25, 2007, 10:36:40 AM
yah it was in BOB ju88 fropped a bomb on a rearm pad at a field killed something like 10-12 hurris and spits on the pad i was Rofl it was amazing and the whineing that ensued whew!

ps i woulda vulched you to as i am a spinless bastige :)