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Title: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: Bosco123 on June 18, 2009, 08:58:36 AM
I've thought of some ideas that would excuse someone of having no other choice but to HO,I have only a couple, but if you can fill in, more than welcome:

1. your in a 1v1 and your having a good fight with this guy. Some picker comes in tries you. Your slow enough to fall out of the sky, but you have one good shot, and it becomes a HO shot.
 
2. your in a 1v1 and the guy continues to HO you, but you don't HO back, until you get sick of it and wile he has more E than you, you take the HO shot.

3. HOing when you have a vulched field to stop the vulchers

4. When your being ganged (more than two)

Any other reasons that would make a HOing rule exceptional?
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: AirFlyer on June 18, 2009, 09:03:08 AM
I might agree with three, thats about it.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: B4Buster on June 18, 2009, 09:06:15 AM
Bosco, I think you're a good guy and an excellent fight...but these posts really are becoming redundant. Not just this post, but all of them on the subject of HOing
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: Bosco123 on June 18, 2009, 09:11:39 AM
I just had this Idea after I got HOed after 30 times in almost all of these situations were I could have done something, but I didn't.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: waystin2 on June 18, 2009, 09:16:47 AM
First of all this is going to turn into...
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm134/waystin2/AnotherUglyHOthread.jpg)

I say HO when your front windscreen looks like this...
(http://www.avsim.com/pages/1208/Shockwave/P-47D%20Head%20on.jpg)
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: xtyger on June 18, 2009, 09:38:39 AM
Head ons are RIGHTEOUS!!! :rock
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: 1pLUs44 on June 18, 2009, 09:46:33 AM
You're med-alt, only high cons who are picking you. One swoops down after ya, you nose up, give him a face full of lead.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: Yossarian on June 18, 2009, 09:59:16 AM
If you REALLY wanna teach the HO'ers a lesson, delicately insert a few 5" rockets into their cockpit, specifically where the gunsight is :D  :x :x
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: Helm on June 18, 2009, 10:05:26 AM
As a boxing referee would say:  "Defend yourself at all times" ......  end of story



Helm ...out
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: BillyD on June 18, 2009, 10:08:33 AM
I was gonna say when you need extra money.......but that is neither here nor there  :D
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: R 105 on June 18, 2009, 10:11:24 AM
It is not a HO it is the John Wayne Merge. Not a thing wrong with it.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: TilDeath on June 18, 2009, 11:10:27 AM
Nothing wrong with a HO... If you look at WWII Gun camera's the "HO" was an ACM.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: sunfan1121 on June 18, 2009, 11:15:52 AM
Why put your self in a situation where your opponent can shoot back? I almost always avoid the HO for the simple fact that you give up a huge chance of survival, even if the guy misses the shot you put your self in a bad position to win the fight. Against multiple cons i see no reason to invite them to shoot you in the face. A HO is admitting that your dead, even if you already are you should try and give your self the highest probability of survival.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: sunfan1121 on June 18, 2009, 11:17:11 AM
Nothing wrong with a HO... If you look at WWII Gun camera's the "HO" was an ACM.
spoken like an easy kill
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: vonKrimm on June 18, 2009, 02:11:20 PM
Good reasons to HO:

1) You have more guns than he does (ie P47x vs. P51B)

2) You have bigger guns than he does (ie N1K1 vs. FM2)

3) Your plane does not meet 1 or 2 above but is smaller than his (ie. Hurri2 vs. Mossie)

4) You are climbing & he is decending (+E for him, -E for you)

5) You want to try & keep your ords & get to the target
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: PewterC5 on June 18, 2009, 02:24:44 PM
I fire when an enemy aircraft comes into my gun sight, regardless of the direction it came from  :devil.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: strong10 on June 18, 2009, 02:34:26 PM
More Good reasons to HO:

1.  You suck at ACM and that is your only time you'll have the red guy in front of you.

2.  You're flying an ILL
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: 68Wooley on June 18, 2009, 03:53:43 PM
When he's in a warp speed P51/190/Typhie heading for town to kill the troops that just got released.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: LCCajun on June 18, 2009, 05:25:07 PM
I got rammed/hoed the other day. I was flying on the deck when two nit cons came in and were trying to pick me. I kept turning out of the way. Finally one of them got my engine smoking. Despite that I was damaged they still tried to pick me and were unsucessful. I then dodged one of the picks only to turn back and see him turn directly in for a ram and ho. I was freaking pissed. I don't mind being in a 2vs1 even if I don't have the adv. I just hate to see someone who can't fly worth a damn go the route to ho a damaged outnumbered plane. There are starting to be nothing but lame players in here. Also to mention the guy that did this is part of a squad that all they did was ho me the day before. I try not to fight knits anymore b/c I am finding they are the country that have the most lame donut players. They do have some good sticks though.
Title: Re: Good reasons why it's the right time to HO
Post by: RTHolmes on June 19, 2009, 02:24:54 PM
I say HO when your front windscreen looks like this...
(http://www.avsim.com/pages/1208/Shockwave/P-47D%20Head%20on.jpg)

I'd say thats exactly what you dont want to be looking at if you're considering a HO ...  :uhoh