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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Anaxogoras on August 30, 2008, 01:17:45 AM
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The wirbelwind is one of the best things in AH simply because it takes down vultures so quickly. With all of the noe base sneaking, ganging and vultching that goes on, here's something that keeps 'em honest.:aok It should NEVER be perked.
Discuss amongst yourselves. ;)
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Perk that ummmm Thing :D
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Depends, they lose the point of Tank Town now though. Idiots now will gain their kills by sitting at their base and try to get kills in the WW. There's people who can hit you from 1k out easily in a WW.
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nah
Any self respecting NOE hoard/vultcher crowd drops the VH first.
Wirble nuetralized.
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I like the wirbelwind too, but not that I'm all that good in it. I just think it gives the GVs a bit of a chance. It's still pretty easy to kill with bombs when attacking from the air, but it's not as easy to avoid as the Ostwind is. GVs used to be total sitting ducks to aircraft, now with the wirbelwind, the GVs have more of a chance. The planes will usually still win, but it's at least a contest now.
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I both love and hate that friggin malevolent beetle of death.
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I don't play the real estate agent often, so anything that helps the friendly ground pounders hold their ground suits me nicely. The weeble wobble is a versatile and tough machine too, so it's handy for a fighter jock like myself.
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<=Can't hit dick in a wirby :(
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Remember the m16?
Don't see it anymore. :(
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Guys have adjusted and somehow the house hasnt burned down due to the unperked wirbel.
It is however a terrific GV.
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Remember the m16?
Don't see it anymore. :(
lets warmly welcome the new queen of the hangar !
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lets warmly welcome the new queen of the hangar !
We use it in the ava.
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Depends, they lose the point of Tank Town now though. Idiots now will gain their kills by sitting at their base and try to get kills in the WW. There's people who can hit you from 1k out easily in a WW.
when i first started playing, i liked the tank town that was in the middle island..don't know the map, but it was in mw a few nights ago.
i sucked, and still do in tanks, but it was a blast. almost like a furball for tanks.
i never see a lot anymore though, as when we're there fighting, we get egged, or straffed by guys in planes looking for easy quick kills. it got so bad, i just stopped going to tank town alltogether.
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Wirby vs Attacking Jabos is one of the best matchups in the game...
If you are a jabo driver, a wirby can ruin your day, if you don't have
the wirbydodge manuever down pat...
Seen several good ones, have a good one in my bag of tricks myself...
Whats funny tho, is that you can ID a pilot, by his style of wirbydodge...
Its a fact tho, that the days of flyin straight down their gunbarrel
and passing between the osti shells are over...
Then you have the really good wirbygunners, who can kill ya on the move...
That is devastating to the lankstukas at a Vbase...
Don't see those low lanks so often anymore... Ppl have learned how to
time their drop, and make them miss.... Then tear the crap out of them
as they pass overhead...
Toughest targets for wirby IMO, IL2, F6F, and to a lesser degree A20..
Wirby is good, revel in it my friends...:aok
RC
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I have only used the Wirble twice. Both times, it was too easy to hit enemy A/C. I prefer challenging myself with doing more with less, so it's either the Osti or M16. Same with my choice of planes- I'll take one with less performance in some aspect anytime over some "training-wheel" ride.
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I still don't get it. I can pick wings off at 2-3K with an osti but I so totally suck in the wirby.
:cry
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I understand what you are sayin brotha...
But when there is a PACK of hungry redguys
and 1 or 2 flaks, hangars are down, wirby evens
the odds, somewhat... If they are any good, they
pull a one/two punch on ya... One draws fire, other
bombs ya, or straffes your guns down...
1v1, you have a point... But how often is it 1v1????
RC
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I still don't get it. I can pick wings off at 2-3K with an osti but I so totally suck in the wirby.
:cry
yap.. me too.. ostie forever!! :rock
might be harder to hit with for some ppl, but when you hit, it is conclusive :)
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I still use osti sometimes...
It seems to be a matter of familiarity for me...
I can't jump from one to the other, if I do, I
hit NOTHING in either one...
My mind takes awile to get the drop,
lead, and range to target down...
Ballistics are very different between the two...
So generally, I stick to one or the other..
But I like them both, no doubt...
RC
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Depends, they lose the point of Tank Town now though. Idiots now will gain their kills by sitting at their base and try to get kills in the WW. There's people who can hit you from 1k out easily in a WW.
So the point of tank town was to gain rank?
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I still prefer the Osti. It's much better at "reaching out and touching someone". :t
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Remember the m16?
Don't see it anymore. :(
I honestly only pull out the M16 when I absolutely positively have to get to a town or a field for defense in a hurry. Still a fun vehicle!
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So the point of tank town was to gain rank?
No, but if they were to put up Ozkansas tommorow, and you spawned out to the nearest base close to action (GV base) you'll see 10 people on the field in WWs...
Kinda sad honestly. I usualy dont pay attention to it, but sometimes, there are some wirbelwind 'experts' who'll get me from 1k out no sweat.
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<=Can't hit dick in a wirby :(
Is it that small?
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I still prefer the Osti. It's much better at "reaching out and touching someone". :t
:aok
It is especially fun to break a jabo into small pieces because they assume you are a WW and get too close.
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When I see an Osti out it's a sign of relief that I might actually have a fighting chance at living. I really, really think the Wirble needs to be perked. Sure it's easy to turret it, and people say to work in teams to do it, but what if theres 10 wirbles out, and 1 of you. Might as well just fly home and take what you have.
Edit: I also hate flying over TT now, you get in a good fight once in a while and end up getting raped by a wirble.
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I still don't get it. I can pick wings off at 2-3K with an osti but I so totally suck in the wirby.
:cry
I am with you SD67. I dont get it either :huh
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I still don't get it. I can pick wings off at 2-3K with an osti but I so totally suck in the wirby.
:cry
I am just the opposite cant hit nothing in an osti. But get within 1.5 of my WW and your gonna get hit. Specially tracking shots. I like to sit off the side runway and when the vulchers come flying down the runway boom!
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to some degree i feel it should be perked, just because of the lethality if you hit with it consistently, but its turret goes so easily that it shouldnt be perked. but with the 4 20's anything is that lethal, i agree about your post anaxo
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Is it that small?
It's so impossibly large it really hinders the gunners' movement. :p
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I like the Ostwind more.
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It's so impossibly large it really hinders the gunners' movement. :p
Touché :aok
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I don't care how good the Wirble is for AH, it's bad for my B-25.
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I like the Ostwind more.
Same here always in ostwind! Someone other day said they would love to have an WW on the CV. AH's minds at work.(http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/indifferent/indifferent0025.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net/free-msn-smileys.php)