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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: SmokinLoon on December 03, 2008, 01:19:00 AM
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... It means you can cherry pick fighters in a furball with careful glee; it means you can camp an enemy spawn point at point blank range in your Firefly or up a Wirblewind and pluck out an aircraft or two as they dive at you on the Veh base; it means that you can point the 5in ack fun-guns towards the enemy bombers and pull the trigger; and it means you can do bomber milk runs in stukas w/ the 1800kg bomb (or B24's w/ the 4/5000lbs bombs) to cities just after the crack of dawn when there are 2 enemies on.
That is %95 of someone's rank. The other %5 is actually reflecting of someone's talent. If this average Joe like me can get a rank within the 90 "best" in the over all category, then anyone can do it. Sure, some guys are good and I wont hesitate to give them their due, but over all....
Ranks means nothing except it shows that one knows how to work the score/rank angle. That is it.
*looks at sig*
:D
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On the one hand, I agree there a lot of gaming is going on.
OTOH, do you honestly think just anyone could put up stats like say, Shawk or Steve do on their fighter score? (Without vulching a 2nd account.)?
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(http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa252/Husky3D/spanking-smilie.gif)
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Ranks means nothing except it shows that one knows how to work the score/rank angle. That is it.
I'm not any good, but even when I catch a score monkey alone they are dead meat.
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sniipped for ignorance
The most unskilled category is definitely the bomber category I will agree with you there since you can just bomb strats with stuka nuke to beef all your percentages but ranking in the other three takes skill. Overall Rank above 25 or so doesn't mean anything, but if you look into players in individual categories in the top 10, there is clear cut skill there. (Excluding bomber, although some very good bombers may be ranked high)
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Wow, your bait is dead and your hook is rusty. :rofl
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Wow, your bait is dead and your hook is rusty. :rofl
Lol, yeah I had to edit that, it was really pompous. I just came off from dueling for like 5 hours so I guess my testosterone levels are a little out of whack haha.
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... It means you can cherry pick fighters in a furball with careful glee; it means you can camp an enemy spawn point at point blank range in your Firefly or up a Wirblewind and pluck out an aircraft or two as they dive at you on the Veh base; it means that you can point the 5in ack fun-guns towards the enemy bombers and pull the trigger; and it means you can do bomber milk runs in stukas w/ the 1800kg bomb (or B24's w/ the 4/5000lbs bombs) to cities just after the crack of dawn when there are 2 enemies on.
That is %95 of someone's rank. The other %5 is actually reflecting of someone's talent. If this average Joe like me can get a rank within the 90 "best" in the over all category, then anyone can do it. Sure, some guys are good and I wont hesitate to give them their due, but over all....
Ranks means nothing except it shows that one knows how to work the score/rank angle. That is it.
*looks at sig*
:D
Nothing we already don't know. And if Delirium is no good, then I'm still on my 2 week free ride.
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I am always impressed to find some guy who ranks in the 500s who really knows how to fly. I never judge a person's ability by rank.
What I always wonder though is how a guy gets 10 to 15 kills per hour for the whole tour. A former wingie of mine who is a great pilot set out to see how many kills he could get per hour and ended up with about 6 kills per hour. He disregarded landings and took substantial risks as well.
Personally I set out the other day to rack up the kills. After 2 refuels I landed with one kill. It seems that the enemy I was fighting stayed at 22 to 30k the whole time. All 51s and tempests of course. :lol Every now and then they would just risk it all and take a swipe at some one at 18k before climbing back to their perch.
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This is what my "score" or "rank" mean to me -----> Nada, Nothing, Nowt, Niente - in other words, not a thing.
What makes this game for me is the people I get to interact with (and attempt to shoot down as often as possible) :D (C'mon, I did say attempt :D)
<S>
Wurzel
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What I always wonder though is how a guy gets 10 to 15 kills per hour for the whole tour. A former wingie of mine who is a great pilot set out to see how many kills he could get per hour and ended up with about 6 kills per hour. He disregarded landings and took substantial risks as well.
a successful killing run takes what? 15-20 minutes, 3 sorties per hour 5 kills per run no problem, Get one really good sortie in the double figures then voila that will push it up to cater for any deaths or not so good runs.
No offence to your great pilot friend but 6 Kph means he isnt getting stuck in enough (on average 1 kill every 10 minutes!!!). Of course this stat can be inflated by only going to vulch fests but you have to have the ability to read the map and seek out where the best fights are. People who play "off peak" are fairly limited in this area. Less players less fights less kills etc
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If this average Joe like me can get a rank within the 90 "best" in the over all category
What's your in game name?
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Im mixed on the score thing. I really didnt care about the score overall, but what I do like to see is the Hit%'s Im finnally holding steady in the 9 area, but cant seem to break 10, maybe this month. Other then that, if your into base captures, your scores gonna go to crap.
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People who play "off peak" are fairly limited in this area. Less players less fights less kills etc
Can I say that the average opposition is tougher at off peak hours? Is this the experience shared by others? Prime time seems to be filled with two-weekers, which really fattens that K/T stat. Also, K/T is influenced by what you fly. I seem to get 2 more kills per hour in a 190 than in a 109.
Im mixed on the score thing. I really didnt care about the score overall, but what I do like to see is the Hit%'s Im finnally holding steady in the 9 area, but cant seem to break 10, maybe this month. Other then that, if your into base captures, your scores gonna go to crap.
Get closer. Do you shoot down bombers? If you're not shooting down a bomber from time to time it should be very hard to get over 10. Also, if you're doing base captures, set your sortie to "attack." Then strafing ground targets won't hurt your gunnery %.
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For my part, the silliest score category is Field Captures under Attack.
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rank means squat, most of the time that is, I have killed many players who are in the top ranks, heck I remember killing one guy who was ranked 4, I belive I was ranked in the 3,000, which is where I am always in.
but I also know with out a doubt, some of the best players are ranked high.
so like ive said before I judge a players skill by, how he fights, in game, not by there score or rank.
and even if there skill is awesome if they are chumps, I treat them as such.
allthough I think I have come to feel most players who are really good, respect the game, have been around for awhile, treat most players with respect, and try to help others out, and are basicly good guys.
I think its those type players that make this game great , its the new Younger players that have no clue what respect even means, let alone give it to anyone. and these are the type of players that have dropped the class rating of AHers as a whole.
that of course is IMHO
<S> to those who fly with respect and Honor.
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On the one hand, I agree there a lot of gaming is going on.
OTOH, do you honestly think just anyone could put up stats like say, Shawk or Steve do on their fighter score? (Without vulching a 2nd account.)?
Yep, but they may die from boredom
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I'm not any good, but even when I catch a score monkey alone they are dead meat.
Yea, Del sucks. By the way, have we met? I'm the freaking Queen of England...
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<-- I pick and I r good at it. tyvm
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What's your in game name?
My final ranking was 86. ;) I've said who I am in game in other threads... it is no secret. :)
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my only concern with score is my K/D ratio. it is how i try to measure my improvements. when i make adjustments to my setup, buttons and stick configuration or style of flying ect, it gives me an honest point of measure.
now keeping in mind that it always sux to begin with, any change even a subtle one shows up quickly.
but of course because i do dumb things like upping from a capped base to defend it, jumping into groups of red guys that i stand no chance in, act as dragging bait for the friendly picks in the area ect, my K/D ratio stays horrible. but as long as i keep track of it before and after changes and testing then it seems to give me a good heads up on how something is working or failing for me.
the rest of it i don't pay any attention to.
Don't let Jetsom kid you though, he stays up late into the night crying because he cant be NUMBER ONE each month. its a sad thing to watch him sitting in the corner blubbering through the tears about how "unfair life is" and that "some day he will be NUMBER ONE in cartoon airplane land and that all of us mortals shall fear him and dread his appearance upon the battle field!"
i gotta give my respects to Stacy (his wife), when he has one of his bad moments she pats his back, changes his diaper, gives him a bubby and puts him to bed with love and compassion every time. personally i would have put cyanide in his bubby the first time! patience is a virtue isn't it brother.
(remember, i will so tell on you if you hit me!)
FLOTSOM
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Yep, but they may die from boredom
I really enjoy the game. I don't find the way I fly boring at all. Tell me, where do you get this wonderful insight on how I play this game? How is it you know so much about how I play?
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I rarely even see some of the top ranked guys in the arena, much less even see them landing these kills. They must be on at odd times of the day, or off in the corner porking each other to get the rank. :eek:
No matter, I have as much fun getting killed as doing the killing, and when I get the fortuante experiece of catching one of the "elite ones" :lol alone, I usually lay the smack down on them, they really cant fight to well alone.
This is what my "score" or "rank" mean to me -----> Nada, Nothing, Nowt, Niente - in other words, not a thing.
What makes this game for me is the people I get to interact with (and attempt to shoot down as often as possible) :D (C'mon, I did say attempt :D)
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Wurzel
Wurzel, your are one of the best guys in this game no matter what your score is, :salute
Always a pleasure to fly against you even if I lose.
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I really enjoy the game. I don't find the way I fly boring at all. Tell me, where do you get this wonderful insight on how I play this game? How is it you know so much about how I play?
Damn right Steve, I found trying to stay alive in a furball area in a 190 is so much more statisfying. To me it's easy to go suicidal and die, but it's MUCH MUCH harder to kill crap at a good K/T ratio and bring your bird home alive. Each person have their own different way of enjoying the game. Other people that are trying to impose the way they fly and their style on other they are wrong! I enjoy furballing in a 109K4 as much as the next guys, but at the sametime I love flying in 190=)
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I really enjoy the game. I don't find the way I fly boring at all. Tell me, where do you get this wonderful insight on how I play this game? How is it you know so much about how I play?
Doesn't really matter Steve. As long as you are having fun. Who cares what anyone else thinks really... :aok
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... when I get the fortuante experiece of catching one of the "elite ones" :lol alone, I usually lay the smack down on them, they really cant fight to well alone.
Care to test that theory? While I'm not one of the better fighter rankers I do ok. I am usually around the top 15 overall though.
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Care to test that theory? While I'm not one of the better fighter rankers I do ok. I am usually around the top 15 overall though.
You can usually find me in the MA. Find your way there, if your not worried about your K/D.
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There are SO SO many different style of fighting and they're all require its own special technique. You got the bnzmer, the average mid alt tnbner, and the otd stall fighter. They all require different way of flying, throttle work, flaps work, and even gunning. To put them all in the same category and compare them it's hard. You got people who are really good at BnZming but can't do anything in TnB. You got folks that can TnB but once you put them in a 190 they can't do anything. Then you got folks that can BnZ and TnB with any planes (almost anyplane).
What I see a lot is people flying spitfires, hurricanes whining that a P-51 or a 190 will not turnfight with them. I got cheese to help you to get over that. People fly their plane to its best advantage. A 190 fight be able to out manuever a 1 weeker in a spit. However, up against any pilot that know what they r doing or have any kind of understanding of ACM in a spit, he/she would shot down a 190 in a heart beat if they work the 190 down and settle in. Fair? probably not, but that's why 190 are better off bnzming.
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What I always wonder though is how a guy gets 10 to 15 kills per hour for the whole tour.
It's easy.
ack-ack
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I really enjoy the game. I don't find the way I fly boring at all. Tell me, where do you get this wonderful insight on how I play this game? How is it you know so much about how I play?
Thats good. Obviously you enjoy it or you would not be playing. I find it boring though. Am I allowed to do that? As far as the insight, 5 years of encounters give me a little bit to form an opinion.
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It's easy.
ack-ack
Yea it is. However, there are two types. One that would ONLY fly a certain sorty in a certain score setting. For example fighter, they'd only fly that when they have an air field w/ low cons to pick or to vulch to maintain high kill per time. Then for every other sorties they fly as attack. That way they keep a high Kill/Time ratio in fighter.
The other type is people that just fly equal number of sorties in fighter and attack and still have similiar kill/time ratio. Usually though attack is always lowers in kill/time ratio because they have more priority such as taking out town etc then air to air kills. Which would lower the kill/time ratio.
I know a lot of people just fly 4-5 vulch missions. Lock in their 18% hit percent, 15 kill/time. 20kill/death ratio and then stop flying it the ENTIRE campaign. Which to me I think it's gaming the game. I look at that stat vs someone who have 100 sorties in fighter and maintain 10+kill/time. That is more accurate of their performance.
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Yea it is. However, there are two types. One that would ONLY fly a certain sorty in a certain score setting. For example fighter, they'd only fly that when they have an air field w/ low cons to pick or to vulch to maintain high kill per time. Then for every other sorties they fly as attack. That way they keep a high Kill/Time ratio in fighter.
The other type is people that just fly equal number of sorties in fighter and attack and still have similiar kill/time ratio. Usually though attack is always lowers in kill/time ratio because they have more priority such as taking out town etc then air to air kills. Which would lower the kill/time ratio.
I know a lot of people just fly 4-5 vulch missions. Lock in their 18% hit percent, 15 kill/time. 20kill/death ratio and then stop flying it the ENTIRE campaign. Which to me I think it's gaming the game. I look at that stat vs someone who have 100 sorties in fighter and maintain 10+kill/time. That is more accurate of their performance.
Could this be the secret to gaming the game...... :noid
:D
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=D I found at least two in the top 11 fighters ranks of camp 106 that did that :D
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Yea it is. However, there are two types. One that would ONLY fly a certain sorty in a certain score setting. For example fighter, they'd only fly that when they have an air field w/ low cons to pick or to vulch to maintain high kill per time. Then for every other sorties they fly as attack. That way they keep a high Kill/Time ratio in fighter.
The other type is people that just fly equal number of sorties in fighter and attack and still have similiar kill/time ratio. Usually though attack is always lowers in kill/time ratio because they have more priority such as taking out town etc then air to air kills. Which would lower the kill/time ratio.
Some of us just fly around in fighter mode all the time, killin stuff.
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Yargh but sometime I like solely avoid fighters and take down towns =) and VHs
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In my opinion, score means nothing unless you fly a single aircraft series, and its varients, for a full tour or more.
Just how you rate against others is really dependent upon what you fly, and against what you fly, how well you fly what you fly against those flying against you in various aircraft, and their varients, your understanding and execution of BFM and ACM in your aircraft vs others in their aircraft, and how well others counter your moves utilizing BFM and ACM in the aircraft they fly against you.
That's just the fighter/JABO aircraft side (and not well defined).
For the GV, Bomber, Bomber Torpedoes, PT rockets and or torpedoes, GV Capture, Goon Capture...it's pretty simple...but dependent upon how well you can read a map (when and where can you execute safely)...and how much you really want to score well overall...and this is the area where the greatest amount of scoring (i.e. the reduction of score) takes place, overall. How do I know? I've done it.
If you want score to mean something, make it personal.
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Incoming message for you guys preoccupied with rank...
WE DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR RANK IS - IT DOES NOT MATTER. YOU PROBABLY DON'T MATTER AS A PILOT!
WT
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Yea it is. However, there are two types. One that would ONLY fly a certain sorty in a certain score setting. For example fighter, they'd only fly that when they have an air field w/ low cons to pick or to vulch to maintain high kill per time. Then for every other sorties they fly as attack. That way they keep a high Kill/Time ratio in fighter.
The other type is people that just fly equal number of sorties in fighter and attack and still have similiar kill/time ratio. Usually though attack is always lowers in kill/time ratio because they have more priority such as taking out town etc then air to air kills. Which would lower the kill/time ratio.
There are also people that get that high of a kill per hour without having to resort to any of that dweebery you've described and do it through normal game play. I never do what you describe but yet manage to average 14 to 16 kills per hour.
author=Yenny
I know a lot of people just fly 4-5 vulch missions. Lock in their 18% hit percent, 15 kill/time. 20kill/death ratio and then stop flying it the ENTIRE campaign. Which to me I think it's gaming the game. I look at that stat vs someone who have 100 sorties in fighter and maintain 10+kill/time. That is more accurate of their performance.
There are a few guys and squadrons that do that in the MW, guys like biggamer, fireplug and some of the class act guys.
ack-ack
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yea i know how u fly ur 38 kinda like how i fly d9 but a lot more flexible.
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Wurzel, your are one of the best guys in this game no matter what your score is, :salute
Always a pleasure to fly against you even if I lose.
Thanks Dadguns, always a pleasure fighting with or against ya fella :salute (and I dont remember beating ya yet :D)
Wurzel
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... It means you can cherry pick fighters in a furball with careful glee; it means you can camp an enemy spawn point at point blank range in your Firefly or up a Wirblewind and pluck out an aircraft or two as they dive at you on the Veh base; it means that you can point the 5in ack fun-guns towards the enemy bombers and pull the trigger; and it means you can do bomber milk runs in stukas w/ the 1800kg bomb (or B24's w/ the 4/5000lbs bombs) to cities just after the crack of dawn when there are 2 enemies on.
That is %95 of someone's rank. The other %5 is actually reflecting of someone's talent. If this average Joe like me can get a rank within the 90 "best" in the over all category, then anyone can do it. Sure, some guys are good and I wont hesitate to give them their due, but over all....
Ranks means nothing except it shows that one knows how to work the score/rank angle. That is it.
*looks at sig*
:D
You left out one important component of score achievement:
You have 300 spare hours a week to play the game. :D
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I am always impressed to find some guy who ranks in the 500s who really knows how to fly. I never judge a person's ability by rank.
Yep. We all KNOW who the "good sticks are" regardless of the numerals designating "CV Grabbing Rank" and I don't even consider myself above "Average" in this game.
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"knows how to fly" :rofl :rofl
let's ummm...call it what it is
knows how to PLAY A GAME :aok
Stop kidding yourself :rolleyes:
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My final ranking was 86. ;) I've said who I am in game in other threads... it is no secret. :)
So why the big smoke and mirrors? Out with it already, or are you chicken?
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You have 300 spare hours a week to play the game. :D
Vanscrew took 2nd overall in Tour 106 only flying 32 hours. There goes that theory. :aok
"knows how to fly" :rofl :rofl
let's ummm...call it what it is
knows how to PLAY A GAME :aok
Stop kidding yourself :rolleyes:
<insert sarcastic condescending tone here> If anyone ever says "nice flying" to you after a "fight" (wait it's not a fight, it's just a game), be sure you respond with a comment about how it technically isn't flying and is more of just video game skills. Or if someone owns you, be sure and say "nice video game skills." Never utter the words "pilot" "fly" or anything pertaining to airplanes because it's all fake right? :rolleyes:
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Wurzel, your are one of the best guys in this game no matter what your score is, :salute
Always a pleasure to fly against you even if I lose.
Agreed wurzel...#S#
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" Never utter the words "pilot" "fly" or anything pertaining to airplanes because it's all fake right? :rolleyes:
Ummm..........YEP :aok
Glad you got it :rock
Let you in on another secret....
HE-MAN looks different in Real life also(http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/12/95%20He-Man%20Looks%20Different%20In%20Real%20Life.jpg)
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Ummm..........YEP :aok
Glad you got it :rock
Let you in on another secret....
HE-MAN looks different in Real life also(http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/12/95%20He-Man%20Looks%20Different%20In%20Real%20Life.jpg)
Well aren't you a party pooper.
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Btw....NO I don't wear that everyday. Only when I'm tryin to pick up chicks. :rofl
for those of you wondering HELL no thats not me, I was kidding
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BUMPAGE...
I just checked my rank for the December tour... I was ranked below 50.
It just goes to show... rank does not mean jack squat! :) Ultimately, it means one takes the least amount of risk to get shot down and only attacks when the situation is in your favor. I've watched some of the other "better" ranked guys and they simply follow that code: they dont up at a hot field; they dont risk an attack vs a FLAK 1v1; they dont do bombing raids when there is a better than average chance of being intercepted; and they dont attempt to engage enemy fighters when they have less E, a lower alt, etc.
:salute
:)
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On the one hand, I agree there a lot of gaming is going on.
OTOH, do you honestly think just anyone could put up stats like say, Shawk or Steve do on their fighter score? (Without vulching a second account)?
ill be the first (if someone hasnt already) say that SHawk does not. look at the new stats page, his kills on people are as clean as can be.
back to OP, Loon, i agree about your thoughts. sure, to some degree we are all "score hores" i check my rank when i go on to see if i went up or down, but dont otherwise care, i check my k/d, k/s and hit points too, thats about as much as ill do though.
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... It means you can cherry pick fighters in a furball with careful glee; it means you can camp an enemy spawn point at point blank range in your Firefly or up a Wirblewind and pluck out an aircraft or two as they dive at you on the Veh base; it means that you can point the 5in ack fun-guns towards the enemy bombers and pull the trigger;
for anyone who does not already know, nobody gets any "score" or "rank" for manning a gun -- 8", 5" or 40mm. our only glory is name in lights or pm's and 200 complaints. :aok
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SRI...thought there was something new here.......nevermind. :rolleyes:
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BUMPAGE...
I just checked my rank for the December tour... I was ranked below 50.
It just goes to show... rank does not mean jack squat! :) Ultimately, it means one takes the least amount of risk to get shot down and only attacks when the situation is in your favor. I've watched some of the other "better" ranked guys and they simply follow that code: they dont up at a hot field; they dont risk an attack vs a FLAK 1v1; they dont do bombing raids when there is a better than average chance of being intercepted; and they dont attempt to engage enemy fighters when they have less E, a lower alt, etc.
:salute
:)
Rank 50 for a thread bump? :huh Maybe if you would have said top 20 it would have been more warranted. Try harder next camp or spend some time in the TA with Texture. :devil
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BUMPAGE...
I just checked my rank for the December tour... I was ranked below 50.
It just goes to show... rank does not mean jack squat! :) Ultimately, it means one takes the least amount of risk to get shot down and only attacks when the situation is in your favor. I've watched some of the other "better" ranked guys and they simply follow that code: they dont up at a hot field; they dont risk an attack vs a FLAK 1v1; they dont do bombing raids when there is a better than average chance of being intercepted; and they dont attempt to engage enemy fighters when they have less E, a lower alt, etc.
:salute
:)
You are slipping this month; get your behind in gear mister! ;)
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I'm not sure what this thread means, but I can only conclude I'm the best cartoon pilot ever.
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only one word IN so many rules broken trying to resist from commenting on this so i too not get the skuzzy smack down
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BUMPAGE...
I just checked my rank for the December tour... I was ranked below 50.
It just goes to show... rank does not mean jack squat! :) Ultimately, it means one takes the least amount of risk to get shot down and only attacks when the situation is in your favor. I've watched some of the other "better" ranked guys and they simply follow that code: they dont up at a hot field; they dont risk an attack vs a FLAK 1v1; they dont do bombing raids when there is a better than average chance of being intercepted; and they dont attempt to engage enemy fighters when they have less E, a lower alt, etc.
:salute
:)
Well!.....I'm the exception to your rule or your rule is complete bollocks. One of the two.
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... It means you can cherry pick fighters in a furball with careful glee; it means you can camp an enemy spawn point at point blank range in your Firefly or up a Wirblewind and pluck out an aircraft or two as they dive at you on the Veh base; it means that you can point the 5in ack fun-guns towards the enemy bombers and pull the trigger; and it means you can do bomber milk runs in stukas w/ the 1800kg bomb (or B24's w/ the 4/5000lbs bombs) to cities just after the crack of dawn when there are 2 enemies on.
That is %95 of someone's rank. The other %5 is actually reflecting of someone's talent. If this average Joe like me can get a rank within the 90 "best" in the over all category, then anyone can do it. Sure, some guys are good and I wont hesitate to give them their due, but over all....
Ranks means nothing except it shows that one knows how to work the score/rank angle. That is it.
*looks at sig*
THATS FUNNY i don't bomb strats and don't spawn camp and always in top 5 mid war and near top when i flew late war. and when we got paid for top rank was number 1 4 out of 5 months
:D
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... It means you can cherry pick fighters in a furball with careful glee; it means you can camp an enemy spawn point at point blank range in your Firefly or up a Wirblewind and pluck out an aircraft or two as they dive at you on the Veh base; it means that you can point the 5in ack fun-guns towards the enemy bombers and pull the trigger; and it means you can do bomber milk runs in stukas w/ the 1800kg bomb (or B24's w/ the 4/5000lbs bombs) to cities just after the crack of dawn when there are 2 enemies on.
That is %95 of someone's rank. The other %5 is actually reflecting of someone's talent. If this average Joe like me can get a rank within the 90 "best" in the over all category, then anyone can do it. Sure, some guys are good and I wont hesitate to give them their due, but over all....
Ranks means nothing except it shows that one knows how to work the score/rank angle. That is it.
*looks at sig*
:D
Well for 1. Fireing 5" doesnt do anything for your rank 2. B-24's max layout of 4 2000lb bombs not 5000lb :D
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Well for 1. Fireing 5" doesnt do anything for your rank 2. B-24's max layout of 4 2000lb bombs not 5000lb :D
1. True.
2. By bad. Typo.
btw: I didnt bump this thread to show off MY rank, but rather to point out the fallacy of associating rank with skill to those who hawk over their score and claim their uber-ness (OMGWTF I just shot u downz!) after getting a few campin'-vulchin'-pickin' kills or milk runnin' points.
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Can I say that the average opposition is tougher at off peak hours? Is this the experience shared by others? Prime time seems to be filled with two-weekers, which really fattens that K/T stat. Also, K/T is influenced by what you fly. I seem to get 2 more kills per hour in a 190 than in a 109.
Get closer. Do you shoot down bombers? If you're not shooting down a bomber from time to time it should be very hard to get over 10. Also, if you're doing base captures, set your sortie to "attack." Then strafing ground targets won't hurt your gunnery %.
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For my part, the silliest score category is Field Captures under Attack.
Agree a 100% there sir.
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On the one hand, I agree there a lot of gaming is going on.
OTOH, do you honestly think just anyone could put up stats like say, Shawk or Steve do on their fighter score? (Without vulching a 2nd account.)?
You mention these two in the same sentence?
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btw: I didnt bump this thread to show off MY rank, but rather to point out the fallacy of associating rank with skill to those who hawk over their score and claim their uber-ness (OMGWTF I just shot u downz!) after getting a few campin'-vulchin'-pickin' kills or milk runnin' points.
You do realize what Tour 108 means don't you? Exactly 9 years of regular tours, plus almost a year of beta tours. Did you think you're the first to come to this conclusion? Your conclusion is flawed anyways. Rank does not necessarily equal skill, but a good rank does not also equal a lack of skill. A good rank does not necessarily equal gamey tactics.
These threads are a dime a dozen, consiting of:
"I ranked and I suck, therefore ranking is invalid".
"I can't rank, but I know guys that do who that use gamey tactics. Therefore ranking is invalid. So I feel better about my ranking."
That's nice. Move along because there are 8 more rank threads due to arrive this month.
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You do realize what Tour 108 means don't you? Exactly 9 years of regular tours, plus almost a year of beta tours. Did you think you're the first to come to this conclusion? Your conclusion is flawed anyways. Rank does not necessarily equal skill, but a good rank does not also equal a lack of skill. A good rank does not necessarily equal gamey tactics.
These threads are a dime a dozen, consiting of:
"I ranked and I suck, therefore ranking is invalid".
"I can't rank, but I know guys that do who that use gamey tactics. Therefore ranking is invalid. So I feel better about my ranking."
That's nice. Move along because there are 8 more rank threads due to arrive this month.
Pwned?
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Peels eyelid back,........"see any concern in there?".......no??? What could that mean???
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btw: I didnt bump this thread to show off MY rank, but rather to point out the fallacy of associating rank with skill to those who hawk over their score and claim their uber-ness (OMGWTF I just shot u downz!) after getting a few campin'-vulchin'-pickin' kills or milk runnin' points.
You just cracked the 'da vinci code' :aok :lol