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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: waystin2 on June 17, 2009, 01:48:38 PM
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Do you or your squad fly only for a specific country? If so, which one and why? All answers are appreciated... :salute
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No, chess piece loyalty is for n00bs.
My squad, The Few, rotate every couple of months.
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yes! real men might change wife not country.
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Yes, almost solely in Rooks, because my countrymen are there :) (pun unintentional, but fitting)
In addition there is a nice connection to Finnish Defense Forces in real life:
(http://www.res.fi/extranet/ext/cms3/images/_p_200puolustusvoimat1.jpg)
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I switch sides. Sometimes it's because the low-numbered side needs help, sometimes it's because the fights are between the other two sides.
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I joined the game, I was Bishop. My squad stays Bishop.
In the last 12 months we moved to Rook's once....... For an hour.
Kazaa............ You make an empty attempt. Nothing to do with a board game, nor the characters in it. Aside from the squad's General Order's........ My loyalty is with the other squads that I regularly get the honor of flying with. Punk... :D
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All of them cause the grass is always greener on the other side.....until you die.
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No, chess piece loyalty is for n00bs.
My squad, The Few, rotate every couple of months.
Not what was asked for Kazaa. Please do not start a flame fest in those post as it was a set of honest questions intended to garner some information.
Thank you to the gentlemen who have taken the time to answer honestly and without any grade school rhetoric.
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Joined and was put on Bish. Switched to Rooks after a couple of months. Switched to Knights a little under 2 years ago to join JG11. We don't rotate so I've been Knights all that time.
I don't really feel any 'loyalty' to the Ke-nig-its.
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chess piece loyalty is over rated. I fly where the fights are...and sometimes that is for a different chess piece than I am currently flying on.
Switching around also has the added benefit of flying with many more people...not just against them.
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Yes I`m a knight and our squad 71 RAF stays knight
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9GIAP VVS RKKA once a bish always a bish
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Not what was asked for Kazaa. Please do not start a flame fest in those post as it was a set of honest questions intended to garner some information.
Thank you to the gentlemen who have taken the time to answer honestly and without any grade school rhetoric.
I answered your question seriously.
chess piece loyalty is over rated. I fly where the fights are...and sometimes that is for a different chess piece than I am currently flying on.
Switching around also has the added benefit of flying with many more people...not just against them.
I agree with KillnU. :aok
I joined the game, I was Bishop. My squad stays Bishop.
In the last 12 months we moved to Rook's once....... For an hour.
Kazaa............ You make an empty attempt. Nothing to do with a board game, nor the characters in it. Aside from the squad's General Order's........ My loyalty is with the other squads that I regularly get the honor of flying with. Punk... :D
N00b. :D
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I switch numerous times a day to follow the fight or even sides.
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I answered your question seriously.
after an edit
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Joined and default was Bish, I've flown Bish for 98% of my time on Aces High. I find rooks accept you with open arms and the knights scream bloody murder if you switch.
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Started knight and joined a squad that went to a different country each tour. Settled on rooks. Not in that squad any longer. Noticed at the time the knights would mostly take bases, the bish would furball and take bases, the rooks mostly furball until the nme gets a foothold. Above all it seems the rooks give the check 6 a lot more and and still has time for some good missions. Things could have changed since the last country switch I have made though. Those things are just what I noticed at the time during a world tour we made over 4 months.
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I fly whoever has the low numbers. I switch sides frequently, but always give my best effort to help whomever I'm flying with by giving Check 6's every opportunity I get.
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Started on day one and was assigned to the knights.... been here ever since.
(http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l273/woosle_2006/6623719_ddc82fd51c.jpg)
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waystin2
I came in as a Bishop by default in late 2000, immediately switched to Knights, as that was where my old AW squad was, flew there for years, then squad decided to transfer to the Rook side.
Been there ever since.
Not really a loyalty thing to country, more like a loyalty thing to fellow countrymen, many of whom I have met.
Each country has many of the same type people, some good, others not so much. Enjoy flying with almost everyone, and have been known to fly with friends in EW or MW, even if country change is mandated to do so, but will not switch to gang. Just my view.
Learned to not listen to 200. Made game much more enjoyable for me.
Pick a side, if you are comfortable there, stay. If not, switch. Suggest you find a squad that is a good fit for you, and if all is well after flying with them, join. Squads are a great source of information for someone who is fairly new. Just learn from anyone who offers valid information.
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We rotate but for the longest time we stayed Bish, lots of friends that are Bish and I enjoy flying with them. Look forward to flying Bish again next month.
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waystin2
I came in as a Bishop by default in late 2000, immediately switched to Knights, as that was where my old AW squad was, flew there for years, then squad decided to transfer to the Rook side.
Been there ever since.
Not really a loyalty thing to country, more like a loyalty thing to fellow countrymen, many of whom I have met.
Each country has many of the same type people, some good, others not so much. Enjoy flying with almost everyone, and have been known to fly with friends in EW or MW, even if country change is mandated to do so, but will not switch to gang. Just my view.
Learned to not listen to 200. Made game much more enjoyable for me.
Pick a side, if you are comfortable there, stay. If not, switch. Suggest you find a squad that is a good fit for you, and if all is well after flying with them, join. Squads are a great source of information for someone who is fairly new. Just learn from anyone who offers valid information.
Thank you HB for your suggestions Sir. This post actually arose out of another conversation in a different post. I did not want to hi-jack that post. I have been Knight for two years now, and Pig on the Wing almost as long. I will go to my grave as Pig who flies Knight. I like what you said that there is a certain loyalty to those countrymen you have day in and day out entered into cartoon conflict with them at your side. You start to form some good friendships, partnerships, etc.
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For the most part I stay bishop. I've been bishop for quite a while, and really enjoy the guys there.
I do occasionally country hop. Flying with the Knights is alot of fun actually. I get frustrated fighting against them sometime because it can be hard to actually find a fight, but when you're on their side they really are a great group for the most part. Every side as far as gameplay/tactics is the same. I think people like LYNX and DREDger who make comments on 200 regarding beating up on one particular side are just ignorant, and the game could do without that.
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The squad flew bish for many years. However once the horde mentality took hold over there it began to get embarrassing and decided to go on a tour. after the warm welcome we recieved as rooks and the less than welcomeing reception we got with some nits we decided instead of going back bish we would stay rook and have been rook ever since. We have many bish friends we poke fun at on 200 and now and then some squad members will switch to bish to fly with old friends which always brings up the "SPIES" comments which doesnt hold a drop of water.We have no plans to return to bish at this time.
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smokey - you're a prime example of what I was talking about. All countries are the same. That is just your personal vendetta towards bishops causing you to be a bit close minded.
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Have to look and see which chess piece I am on.....everytime I login.
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Mainly bish for me, I do swap sides from time to time when things are quiet but do my best not to fight against bish. But I do.
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No vendetta at all i have alot of bish buds i talk to, we as a squad just felt that the rooks more than not flew the way we fly. Smaller missions, very few NOE missions more head to head battles. Thats the way we like it. Dont read more into it than that.
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smokey - you're a prime example of what I was talking about. All countries are the same. That is just your personal vendetta towards bishops causing you to be a bit close minded.
Are all countries really the same? I see this said a lot and I used to think so myself. However it does seem to me that, even though they are all largely similar, there are some differences between the general populations of the different countries... generally I mean... I know there are different attitudes on all countries.
But, I have tended to notice that the Bishops seem to fly more NOE missions... the rooks seem to fly higher, be better sticks... and they both seem to be better at 'teh wor' than the knights. That said I generally don't know who I'm flying against unless I make a point to look. The one thing I like about being on knights is that they generally have lower numbers and thus 262's and 163's are cheaper... at least when I'm on. Other than that though, ENY doesn't really effect me enough for it to be a huge benefit.
One thing that bugs me about the knights is that there're a lot of insanely paranoid people and armchair generals on that country. I don't know if this is normal throughout other countries, as it's been so long since I've switched, but it seems that there's almost always someone complaining about spies, cheating, how the knights never work together, how furballers are selfish or something, or how the game is rigged against the knights. It's funny at first but it gets old.
My only 'loyalty' is to my squad, and as far as the people around me go, I feel no real attachment to the knights at all. I don't consider myself a 'knight'.
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I Fly a different side in different arenas. i dont discriminate or move around alot . iot all depends on what my squad is doing at the time .Sometimes we swith to keep the numbers even ,somnetime to train and fight with each other
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my squad is currently flying on rooks side this month, next month bish, then back to knights (home).. Some squaddies had never flown other sides before, so we had a vote and here we are.. I think the ones who expected some big huge difference are figuring out everyone's pretty much the same on all sides..
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But, I have tended to notice that the Bishops seem to fly more NOE missions... the rooks seem to fly higher, be better sticks... and they both seem to be better at 'teh wor' than the knights.
This is something I had mentioned a different thread. I am glad to hear others may have similar views on this.
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tried to go to bish for a bit only lasted for 10 minutes..Just felt awkward :salute
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Hey Bubi,
Now not all three sides can be exactly the same. smokey brought up hording...I can tell you having fought and flown on all sides...It is the same as far as that go.
I'll have to agree Bubi...atleast once a month a knight comes in here on the BBS and claims their CVs aren't as strong, ack not as accurate, or their planes get knocked down easier. Why that is? I have no idea. It doesn't happen on the bishop side but once in a blue moon.
waystin - you aren't alone...I think most people notice it
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One thing that bugs me about the knights is that there're a lot of insanely paranoid people and armchair generals on that country. I don't know if this is normal throughout other countries, as it's been so long since I've switched, but it seems that there's almost always someone complaining about spies, cheating, how the knights never work together, how furballers are selfish or something, or how the game is rigged against the knights. It's funny at first but it gets old.
This being the first time I've flown Nit for a solid month I noticed this more than the other two countries. Only thing that really annoyed me with the nits is capturing CV's then sending them 12 sectors away from the fight. Not much fun for the Navy Squads that like to use them and use them properly.
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I generally fly rook, unless im winging up with Jarbo or Goose19 for some 2 shipping, then I may be rook, or bish, since they are both bish we take turns switching.
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Yes I`m a knight and our squad 71 RAF stays knight
What he said.
Before joining a squad (that just happens to be strictly Knights), I thought about changing sides, but I'm not into HGTV, jewelry, and drinking cosmopolitans so I just figured I wouldn't fit in with the other two groups.... :lol
Seriously, I find about 110% of the fun I could possibly be looking for right where I am. Great squad, a group (knights as a whole, from my experiences so far) that is a lot of fun, very few whiners or people prone to outbursts, etc.
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Always been a Bish. We BoPs only fly Bish in the LW arenas, kind of a leftover from before the arena split. In MW & EW we can switch as much as we want, but I personally don't know if any of us have or do. We are perfectly content with our chess piece loyalty. Some players look down on this and state their reasons, but that is who and what we are, and are happy that way. To each their own.
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Only thing that really annoyed me with the nits is capturing CV's then sending them 12 sectors away from the fight.
Talk about a subject that can make me gnash my teeth! I have always considered them to be the ability to project force, start a fight, capture a field, not a treasure to be buried in case someone wants to take it from you.
(http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/nm_teeth_grinding_080826_mn.jpg)
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I too am a BoP, which means I stay Bish in the LW arenas. Like others have said, its not so much a loyality to a chess peice, but to the guys I have normal daily interaction with: The Flying Circus, Unforgiven, SEs, Ground Pounders, SwampDragons ect ect. That being said, when I pop into mid war, I go to the side with the least amount of people.
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Hey Bubi,
Now not all three sides can be exactly the same. smokey brought up hording...I can tell you having fought and flown on all sides...It is the same as far as that go.
I'll have to agree Bubi...atleast once a month a knight comes in here on the BBS and claims their CVs aren't as strong, ack not as accurate, or their planes get knocked down easier. Why that is? I have no idea. It doesn't happen on the bishop side but once in a blue moon.
waystin - you aren't alone...I think most people notice it
There is 2 types of hording. An organized and an unorganized horde. The organized being setting up of missions and 30+ going to smack some undefended base. The unorganized one of course being that friendlies just see the green dar bar and wanna piece of the action. What smokey is talking about are the organized missions. We used to be a bish born squad and we toured we noticed the sides did have a common theme among them.
Bish can really be considered the land grabbers of the game. They generaly post several missions per day or if the feild is deacked..will run some freindlies over to kill the town and run troops in.
Rooks are soley intent on killing you. More often then not, they look for the fight rather than reset the map.
Knights love the furballs, but on occasion once organized..are a jaugernaut. It all boils down to who is on and what mood they are in to do anything.
Chesspiece loyalty is ok if thats what you like to do..but I cant say enough how much you are missing out if you just stick to one. I like all 3 sides and the loyalty I have is to the squad and not country. We just adopted Rooks as ours because they fit more of what we like to do and dont scream bloody murder if we switch for a bit.
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Yes I fly for one country.....at a time :)
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I flew for the Rooks for all but the last month and maybe two weeks in the past...can't wait to get back.
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:aok
N00b. :D
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I hate all the countries we have therefore I now have no loyalty to anything but the furbie. I wanted to fly for Swaziland. Damn HTC leavin out Swaziland.
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80th generally flies low number side. If the numbers change while we are on we will switch again. In all my years in AH I have noted very little actual differences between any sides. Good and bad anywhere you go.
I will say that if you only fly one side your missing a lot of the game but to each his own.
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I was always an AZ in Air Warrior and have always been a Bish in Aces High except for one hour one night when I was PO'd that the Bish were letting some other country roll over us on one side of the map. My lone squaddie is and always has been a Bish too. Since we only see each other every couple of months I've always pretty much been a loner here so there's no particular loyalty to the country or the people in it. I don't generally join missions and I'm not much of a chatty Cathy on-line; I just want to kill some people and blow some stuff up. I guess I just don't see a point in changing because even if I do the red guys are still red.
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Started as a knight. Was in (JG)JV44 for a few years until the squad had some internal issues. Form a new squad with fellow 44th castaways and became CLAIM JUMPERS. CJs went on tour and I got to hit all chess pieces. Honestly the only side I didn't like was bish. Left CJs when it went from quality to quantity. At that time I was a rook. Formed my own five man squad 7th FS "Screaming Demons". Still a rook. I get many more check 6s and clears from rooks than I ever got anywhere else. And SHawk can't kill me if I'm rook. :noid
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Rooks are soley intent on killing you. More often then not, they look for the fight rather than reset the map.
Knights love the furballs, but on occasion once organized..are a jaugernaut.
Are you friggin kidding me? :rolleyes: I think each side be the same as any other, it's simple human nature! Each country is lookin for a furball, they just want it just out of field gun range at the other folks' base :rofl :rofl. Everyone does it, and has done it, from the bestest to the lamest. I find myself upping at gaynged bases more and more and on any given night there is NO shortage of bish bases getting gaynged! Likewise I'm sure there is no shortage of rook/nit bases being gaynged :aok I don't believe it is chess piece loyalty that keeps anyone in any certain country, I think it is a simple "what is the diff" mindset! After all tis just as easy to make friends and enemies across the chess board at any given time! Our squad just so happens to be discussing this now, "ironic"! The general concensus seems to be "what would be the difference"! Now as far as I'm concerned, I've spent some energy at creating a kind of cult horde following across the borders :aok Designed to bring the gayngtards to me and do all in their power to shoot me down, the amount of gaynging the little 38G endures is truely amazing. These gayngtards will stop at nothing to get me so I have a continuous bevy of augering heros desperate to kill me all night! When they do kill me (which is more often than not) they get a tremendous amount of joy and usually relay their feelings to me over 200! :aok So in a way I'm spreading great joy thru rooknitlandia! Why would I change countries and ruin their fun? would be very selfish of me indeed :aok
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all countries seem the same to me as I am flying against them...I shoot them, they blow up. Nothing different between them no matter the chess piece icon associated with the wreckage.
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I was a B-lander in AW from 1994/5? till the day it was killed. In AH I have switched sides once.... other than FSO's and events that is.
Letter and chess piece loyalty has worked well for me many years. Why change now?
Cavalry
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All of em, need to sink those enemy CV's after all.
:noid
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I switch sides. Sometimes it's because the low-numbered side needs help, sometimes it's because the fights are between the other two sides.
Ditto for me. :aok
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I switch to the sides with the lowest numbers and look for the biggest attackgin swarm... fun ensues.
Sidebar: to each his own, whether it's chess piece loyalty or side switching.
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I switch to the sides with the lowest numbers and look for the biggest attackgin swarm... fun ensues.
Sidebar: to each his own, whether it's chess piece loyalty or side switching.
It amazes me just how much I can get gaynged when bish have #s, and always a treat on who's doin the gaynging :aok :aok If bish have #s, shouldn't I be gaynging someone? :huh
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Do you or your squad fly only for a specific country? If so, which one and why? All answers are appreciated... :salute
Been Rook 4 or 5 yrs now so to has our squad. When we changed from Bish to Rook part of that decision was based on the Rooks having better skilled players and strategies. Having not fought against Rooks for years I don't know if that's true today but it was then. :)
In the years as a Rook I have built up a rapore`with the players. I am always pleased to receive their assistance when I put the call out for troops :D Also I have cultivated many enemies both respectfull and paranoid. Wouldn't want to burst that bubble by switching sides would I :lol
B4Buster
I think people like LYNX and DREDger who make comments on 200 regarding beating up on one particular side are just ignorant, and the game could do without that.
Speaking for myself I'd like to point out your off the map mate. 1) I don't initiate crap on 200. 2) I don't suffer fools lightly. So if some complete spanner spouts off I don't mind putting them straight. This much is true. What ever bee you have in your bonnet is your problem or your missunderstanding or both.
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just like that!
Very bad for the game
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It amazes me just how much I can get gaynged when bish have #s, and always a treat on who's doin the gaynging :aok :aok If bish have #s, shouldn't I be gaynging someone? :huh
I dunno.... do you typically fly bish with numbers? I saw you ganging a base the other day in your 38.... I think this was more of a function of a furball trickling out than it was a "horde", FWIW. I see you fly w/ squaddies regularly but wouldn't really call it a gang
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I've been Bish with the BOPs and my own first squad (201st) for five years. Very briefly I flew with the Knights, but came back to my friends in Bishland. My new squad, the 91st Bomb Group (H) "The Ragged Irregulars" will also stay Bish, so keep on the lookout for those escorted B17's.
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I started out a bish with the VF-31... went on tour to knights, then rook & we never went back.
(http://www.rya.org.uk/assets/webimages/Website%20Gallery/Racing/JPMorgan%20MR/rook.gif)
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always flown bish and have always been DFA
squad rules to fly only bish but i must admit i would like to run a muck on the other country's just to see how the other two thirds live...
froger
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started as a Knight and flew for about 5 years as a Knight. This year we started goin to low numbers, but have been bish for most of time, normally lowest numbers. Its more fun, flyin with guys you normally fight and vice versa
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Flew knights for a week when i first started not much help there and they where not very helpful. So i went to bish alot of help, missions and over all a good time been there ever since.
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The Few
The Partless
The Knights
(http://scrippsranchcastles.com/BlackKnight.jpg)
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:D ROOKS :rock
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when I first logged on and saw the three different countries, I changed to "Knights" as I prefer the name and Icon..Immediately I saw this as my allegiance to one side, similar to supporting a football/soccer team. I have stayed Knights ever since,
The only place I swap sides, is in the DA to balance teams,
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I joined the game, I was Bishop. My squad stays Bishop.
In the last 12 months we moved to Rook's once....... For an hour.
Kazaa............ You make an empty attempt. Nothing to do with a board game, nor the characters in it. Aside from the squad's General Order's........ My loyalty is with the other squads that I regularly get the honor of flying with. Punk... :D
:huh
You get really confusing sometimes. :lol
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Late War I always flew knight. Had no interest nor incentive to switch.
Although I had no problem with those who rotated on a regular basis.
Then I started flying Midwar.
With smaller numbers, more and more often I'd log on to find 12 - 15 knights, 3-6 bish and rooks.
So I started switching to the lowest country. Got tired of fighting the ENY, got tired of the endless land grab, roll the map, reset, do it again.
I have to admit, the more I do so, the less loyalty I have to any one chess piece.
Also the more I see how certain squadrons and groups of players are stuck in a single mindset.
Like they are at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and they can't even imagine what the view would be like from the Rim. Once you get up out of that hole, that loyalty, that mindset. You start realizing that anything is possible, that the options are near endless. That there are many different styles of game play, and they are all valid until they are taken to the extreme.
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Yes, I play only Rook... Which, 99% of the time, means
low numbers... Defending bases when outnumbered,
(sometimes 10vs1) gets old very quickly...
I'm a USMC vet... Switching sides is virtually unthinkable
for me... Just the nature of the beast!
So, due to getting gangbanged constantly, I don't play
as much as I used to... Oh well!!
RC
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just like that!
Very bad for the game
What? :huh
Putting a complete spanner straight :rolleyes:
Clarifying in this instance. You initiated this on page 2 which if we are to believe your rhetoric is not only ironic but hypocritical. My replies to you here are similar and supportive of what I said, to quote "1) I don't initiate crap on 200." but by the psychic powers invested in me before you go (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-think005.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org) and choose to ignore or side step this very point. Perhaps you'd care to stick with the topic at hand instead of beating yourself up with your double standards. (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-cool18.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org)
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first login on my 2 week trial and I was put in Knits. joined 71sqn a few weeks later so have never flown another country. apart from the server crash a week or so back - got dumped into bish for some reason :uhoh thought I'd fly a couple of sorties for novelty value so said hi on country and ... was completely ignored, so switched back to Knits straight away :(
as for the differences, the only thing I can say for sure is that Knits run less posted missions than the other 2 sides, and Rooks really do fly higher than the others. very rarely see Knits or Bish arriving at a fight with 20k+ under em ...
edit: I'll be happy to switch and fly with BOSS when the Beau arrives though ;)
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as for the differences, the only thing I can say for sure is that Knits run less posted missions than the other 2 sides, and Rooks really do fly higher than the others. very rarely see Knits or Bish arriving at a fight with 20k+ under em ...
FLy rook for some time before making such statements. You will be surprised how often you will see knights above you at 20 k too ;)
One thing that bugs me about the knights is that there're a lot of insanely paranoid people and armchair generals on that country. I don't know if this is normal throughout other countries, as it's been so long since I've switched, but it seems that there's almost always someone complaining about spies, cheating, how the knights never work together, how
..atleast once a month a knight comes in here on the BBS and claims their CVs aren't as strong, ack not as accurate, or their planes get knocked down easier. Why that is? I have no idea. It doesn't happen on the bishop side but once in a blue moon.
And that's exactly the stuff that did drive me away from Knights back in the day when I was flying for one country only. Every chesspiece has it's lil generals and crybabies, but the amount of paranoia spewed by a reletively large group of "vets" was getting beyond all limits :rolleyes:
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yeah there are a small bunch of us Knits prepared to play alt-tennis with the Rooks. Doesnt bother me too much - it got me flying the XIV regularly ;)
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I'm Bish, and I always will be Bish.
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Only Bish since I started last year, quite happy there, I like the people. If I did change, it would be to the Nits, but would never go Rook....
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I was not disrespectful about it LYNX, unlike your response :aok
Bad for the game.
I didn't rezlize that's why you left the Knights Snailman. Must be even worse than I thought. Don't go to Knights often enough to really see it first hand.
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yeah there are a small bunch of us Knits prepared to play alt-tennis with the Rooks. Doesnt bother me too much - it got me flying the XIV regularly ;)
It certainly has become my perk ride of choice for the high alt fighting scenarios we run into now and then.
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I fly with my squad (The Few) which is where my loyalty lies. When we switch (after the initial outburts on country ho hum) I fight to the best of my ability (see sig for details lol...) for that country.
I'll goon, resupp, gv, whatever whenever.
Each to their own, each country has the same problems and the same advantages. We all have the same planeset too :D
Wurzel
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I was not disrespectful about it LYNX, unlike your response :aok
So long as you accuse me of doing something wrong respectfully that's OK then. I think people like LYNX and DREDger who make comments on 200 regarding beating up on one particular side are just ignorant, and the game could do without that.
However, when I point out respectfully that your wrong
Speaking for myself I'd like to point out your off the map mate.
What ever bee you have in your bonnet is your problem or your missunderstanding or both.
that's "bad for the game"
Respectfully your replies seems to be applying a rule of principle more strictly to one than the other. Further more in a fashion simulating the virtues of goodness.
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Definately not LYNX. I am just pointing out known country bashers. You must not even realize you guys do it :lol
"chess piece loyalty!!11" - LYNX
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You can't characterize the countries. You might be able to characterise players or squads, but as we've already seen, the countries those players and squads are on varies from day to day and month to month.
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BZ=Rook Always
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Definately not LYNX. So you don't see that by initiating this interaction that its both hypocritical and double stand to your "bad for the game" ethos. erm OK
I am just pointing out known country bashers. May I again draw your attention to the reply I made earlier "1) I don't initiate crap on 200. 2) I don't suffer fools lightly. So if some complete spanner spouts off I don't mind putting them straight. This much is true". You must not even realize you guys do it :lol Yer I guess I'm Bish bashing every evening and at each Bish mission / country roll. Pahlease! Respectfully....Are you sure your not misconstruing things when I'm replying to other folk.
"chess piece loyalty!!11" - LYNX
Getting back on topic. In my opinion most country loyal squads are basically strat playing squads. Most squads that have a preference to change sides tend to be fighter squads. Either seeking the best fights or to even the sides out. Note that I said most and not all.
As a strat player with a goal to reset it would be redundant of me to switch sides to recapture the base I once helped capture. A tad pointless don't ya think. I would suspect the majority of country loyal folk would share the same opinion.
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apart from the server crash a week or so back - got dumped into bish for some reason :uhoh thought I'd fly a couple of sorties for novelty value so said hi on country and ... was completely ignored, so switched back to Knits straight away :(
Had the same issue but I always a bish, got dumped to the Rooks, said hello 5 times...never a response.
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I fly in one country, when I first came into the game I had switched from country to country and had received a very cold reception, "now I'm 52 yrs old" so the squeaker factor is out but still I did not get any type of good reception from players until I got into the Bish and I have been there ever since. While I was going through my initial learning curve I had developed contacts and relationships with fellow county mates so I would consider myself to loyal to them more than anything else. I have made contacts with some Knights and Rooks and when they are respectfull I am too, I see good sticks on all sides but do enjoy having a enemy that is very good stick and trying to get kill on them kinda like a nemisis, for example Lynx he kills me allot but I'll keep coming back and try to get the better of him, I haven't yet but I will a some point.
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I fly in one country, when I first came into the game I had switched from country to country and had received a very cold reception, "now I'm 52 yrs old" so the squeaker factor is out but still I did not get any type of good reception from players until I got into the Bish and I have been there ever since. While I was going through my initial learning curve I had developed contacts and relationships with fellow county mates so I would consider myself to loyal to them more than anything else. I have made contacts with some Knights and Rooks and when they are respectfull I am too,
This pretty much mirrors my experience. The day I started AH2, I was automatically put on the Knights. I stayed there for a pretty short period of time before I decided the Knights who were on at that time were egomaniacal "rear ends". So, before uninstalling the game entirely, I tried switching to Bishops. There were people on the Bishops side who were friendly and explained some of the game mechanics to me. Made friends, joined a Bishop squadron. Sometimes I think that I wouldn't mind it if the squad did a tour of the countries, but I would never switch without the squad.
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wow LYNX, you really are bent out of shape :)
You can't seem to take what you dish out. I suggest you take a few weeks off from the game sir! Will do you wonders.
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wow LYNX, you really are bent out of shape :)
You can't seem to take what you dish out. I suggest you take a few weeks off from the game sir! Will do you wonders.
No I am not bent out shape and I can take what I dish out, :huh I don't know where you getting this from :confused:
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Had the same issue but I always a bish, got dumped to the Rooks, said hello 5 times...never a response.
You werent dumped to the rooks 5point you were lifted to the rooks. :rofl
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70% Rook, 30% Knight, If the Rook front is boring then I change to Knights looking for some fights vs bishops ^^ :rock
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I think people like LYNX and DREDger who make comments on 200 regarding beating up on one particular side are just ignorant, and the game could do without that.
I've never seen LYNX comment on 200 about one country beating up on another, and I've flown with the guy for years. Frankly, it astounds me how far he'll go out of his way to help new players and offer assistance or answer questions.
I on the other hand am fine with it. A little good natured teasing isn't a capital offence. It doesn't particularly bother me when my chess piece is losing and the other side does the same. Everyone in this game gets got, and every side loses at sometime.
Anyway, enjoy the game is my advice, and try not to be too sensitive.
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one side only, for about 4 years now
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Im Knight most of the time....sometimes late at knight there isnt a fight to be found there so I cross over for a little furball action. Pigs on the Wing dont have a loyalty to knights but a loyalty to a sqaud which has been around for over 7 years now. The "new" Knight sqauds are all about taking bases which I really dont like, some of the other all Knight sqauds JG2, JG11, JG26, and 71st all fight very similar to the pigs I believe in that yea they may help take bases but its not their sole mission in gaming :salute
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LYNX is great in the fact that he DOES go out of his way to help new players. I see him on the help channel all the time...saying and re-saying what he said until the guy gets it. I just think the country bashing is bad for the game. Nothing personal to anyone!
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Knights are like chihuahua wwaa's they bark and bark and bark, and their bite is but a nip.
Cough Cough they all know who they are. ;)
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I fly all six country's.
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we fly on all sides. why you ask? because it is just a game and it is ment to have fun and we have fun with all sides
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wow LYNX, you really are bent out of shape :) hardly
You can't seem to take what you dish out. You'll have to enlighten me as to what I'm dishing out for me to best understand what it is you perceive as me not taking
I suggest you take a few weeks off from the game sir! Will do you wonders. Your thoughtful recommendations for my well being are duly noted but at this juncture I feel I have the stamina to preserver
LYNX is great in the fact that he DOES go out of his way to help new players. I see him on the help channel all the time...saying and re-saying what he said until the guy gets it. Thank you for these kind words but I have to admit some of the new guys make me go (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-think001.gif) (http://www.freesmileys.org) and I've vented at a few of them.
I just think the country bashing is bad for the game. Nothing personal to anyone! From my perspective I don't do what you accuse me of. Therefore I think your off the map. Somehow you have misconstrued events. That's to say my reality is different to yours. My reality doesn't consist of me on 200 saying Bish are bad or Bish are this or that. My reality consists of some guy gobbing off and me putting him straight or at least trying to. For those less equipped than others it's hard for them to comprehend their downfall. It's quite a conundrum to overcome I must say.
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I mostly fly Rook, but I will switch to Knight if they have a better fight going. Not sure why, but I don't like the Bish. Not the people flying for Bish, just it's goverment and ways of life. :D
My first 2 weeks in AHII I was a Knight, but after the free trial I changed to Rook, so according to most people who play AHII I've been a spy for the Knights for over 3 years now! Haven't been caught yet! :P
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Bish don't need me, knights don't trust me, so the Rooks are stuck with me :(
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I used to feel a certain loyalty to one chess piece... flew rooks when I first started way back when... back then the knights didn't even really exist probably 95% of the players were either bish or rook. The knight territory of the map was ignored by both sides. As the game grew the knights filled out and I switched and stay there for many many years. Then I grew and realized that I was missing out on a lot of the game, and by that I mean a lot of the people by not flying for all sides. Everyone likes to talk about squad loyalty and I agree that what makes this game fun is the friendships that are made while playing it. I just wonder why someone would want to miss out on 2/3rds of the people out there.
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I think Zazen did an interesting pyscho analysis on the traits of each "team" one time.
Everyone who starts the game new gets "attached" to their chess piece and as far as they are concerned the other two are heathen scum. All teams are fairly similair whilst some squads who play a certain way do stamp their own sort of culture on the others around them. That has built up over years.
I myself started Knight, had help from various people (they know who they are) and I am grateful to them. We moved rook stayed there for awhile until the LCA missions got too heavy for our tastes. Eventually we tried Bish as they were always our hated enemy. Last year we did 4 monthly swaps and reduced this to 2 months.
EVERY team has its fair share of good, bad and ugly guys, aswell as squeakers, but limiting yourself to never ever fly any other team is just a little crazy in my eyes. It is a pitchfork mentality. Loyalty to a chess piece in a GAME absurd!! i tell you.
All this crap about Rooks flying at 20k BS , ive seen all teams do it, Bish like to horde some fields, but knights and rooks do the same given half a chance. As long as people enjoy each others company and have FUN that is all that matters.
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i have never had a problem with LYNX. then again if i kill him i dont whine about, simply salute him. i have never seen him whine when i shoot him down. sometimes he will salute bme sometimes he wont. does not bother me either way. he should know after this many years that he has my respect. :aok
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I switch to whatever side had to lower numbers or to the one that want to pay the most. (I only take sheep as payment) And when I do switch I always tell the new side where the enemy CVs are and where the NOE missuns are going. I love to spy its so fun and I will never get caught!!!
:noid
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Was bish first off. then I went knight....... for an hour. and then i went to Rook. And have been there ever since changing only when the CJs do .
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Started the game as a Bishop, went rook after about a year went to knights after another year then kept rotating in between friends/friendly squads then joined The Uber squad AKA The Few, Rotation is good for the mind, Keeps you from bordem and helps you meet new friends and aquire new skills.
~T