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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Kirin on October 17, 2001, 03:55:00 PM
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<S> aces,
Right - spent all my perks in the 262. 1 lost due CTD, 1 due killshooter (hello my mate Glasses), 1 due collision... so far so good. I really worked hard for 1 week to afford me another one.
Took her off along Spincyc today. Dove into a low B17 popped it, received some pings, checked dmg list - ouch pilot wounded. Ok, RTB then... let her down perfectly on the runway in blackout... safe landing :D
Meanwhile Spincyc lost his vert stab in lvl flight with no cons around (overspeed??!?) He made the ditch in a flat spiral (WTG!!) I wanted to see that and "joined" him with the *.join XXX" command. Now I stare at the downed Schwalbe and have a good time. He exits so do I - end up in tower "LAST SORTIE -200 PERKS" WTF????????? Now that's really off - I DEMAND my perkies back!! And does that mean I can join Fester in flight to share his perks from a 20 kill sortie???
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH - another week of furballing 'till I can enter my precious little jet again... tsk... really p*ssed now!
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observer mode is screwed up.
if your host bails near enemy it will give them 2 kills instead of 1.
same deal in gunner mode.
pretty lame.
and if you disco in field gun you give enemy a kill.
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You mean if I join a 262 to watch and it dies....I LOSE PERKS...now that is messed up :eek:
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yup i was with my squaddie when 1.08 was first released before ht made perks free.
my stick was broke so i wanted tocheck out the 262. we upped got some kills he was rtb when ctd. he lost 200 so did I.
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Another good way is to attack a Turnfighter from the 6, close in fast to 1000 yards only to see him turn around going for a HO/Colission. Freaks me out, lost vert stab in the 262 that way last night. At a 1000 yard with a speed of 550Mph I didn't have anough time to avoid him turning right at me. Lost vert stab but he lost it all.
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I've lost 1 262 to-date. Dove in on a mossie who was tailing a squaddie. The mossie spots me, chops his throttle and pulls up into me as I blasted over his canopy. A short ram later, I am minus a wing. :mad: Whereas I will of course try kill any perkie that wants to mix it up. I get no pleasure from taking 200 points off someguy who may have spent ages working for his perkies. Seems many other people do :( and are prepared to do just about anything to deprive you of your points.
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Flt.Lt.Gremlin
56th Firebirds "Fighter" Squadron RAF.
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"Heavy Tiffies, 100% Fuel, Were on a mission."
[ 10-18-2001: Message edited by: Gremlin ]
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Lost an arado to a disco tonight...way too lose hard to come by perks..
Tronsky
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S! ya 262 Devils
The collision described here reminds me of a discussion on the collision system not to long ago. Where I described the impossibilty of trying to avoid a BnZ collision against a slow plane that cuts throttle and turns into U when U approach it from the high six. It was generaly pointed out to me to be my error (the BnZ plane) and that I should have anticipated enough space to BE able to pull away if I see this happen. Main problem is that you need to approach your target to say 700- yds to get any rounds into it. In a BnZ scenario from the rear, 700- yds will not give U much lateral spacing to avoid collision at a speed 550 mph.
The additional problem here is that even if you 'win' the collision U also lose 200 perks if the 262 is too damaged to make it back. Hence I don't BnZ from the rear anymore, I go for a lead shot in a BnZ scenario from 4 oc or 8 oc (high or not) where I will pass the con in his rear quarter after the lead shot. (P.S. dangerous against very good Bomber gunners)
[ 10-18-2001: Message edited by: Apar1 ]
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Hello folks.
I did not yet fly the 262 in the MA.
(Still waiting for a perked spit14 to show up, - saving my points)
I thought this thread was a good place to present a point about perk balance.
Have you noticed how a "high" perk plane gets chased everywhere. Itīs like a magnet, so strong, that some ppl use it tro draw attention while i.e. sneaking a base.
As soon as perks get lower, this is not so evident.
So, what I wanted to say is, that those planes are too high perked, like about double what they should be. Result: perk planes are a rare sight, they get chased and ambushed, and many fliers only have a chance flying them in tha T.A.
There are perhaps also unperked candidates, and many perk planes to come later also, so I think it is about time to revise the system.
CYA
Angus
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seems fair to me.
lazs
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That's weird, I had something similar happen but not in the 262, nor in the join. But, something equally odd.
I was in a Panzer, shelling a city we were going to capture. I was straffed, lost a track, then another guy dove in and finsihed me off. Can't recall his name but he did a good job.
2 bases away (and several minutes later, after visting the potty), I grab a P-38, hit the runway, hear pings and die. No cons anywhere near. WTF?
Well, maybe I can't see the con, but its the same guy who is 2 sectors away getting the credit for kill?
I try from another base, grab a Lanc and hit the runway. Ping ping ping and explode. Same guy gets kill. Huh?
How can the same guy, in 3 seperate areas, get me?
I re-logged, but prior to doing so, my net status was perfect.