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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: nimble on November 03, 2009, 06:29:03 PM
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With so many different playstyles and reasons for playing, it'd be nice to have a friendly thread of what you like to get out of your time in AH2. Hopefully we can keep it civil, HTC has made a very dynamic game for us to enjoy, I take that as all current styles are working as intended.
For me, it's the immersion. I like to fly the rides that I pilot with the idea that it is real combat with the intent being able to get home. Fighter sweeps are my favorite, with an especially strong love for buff hunting. As far as the war goes, I really don't pay much attention to that, I mean I'll help if I am around a base fight but porking/bombing anything other than radar is not my cup of tea. It's just a game mechanic that I don't enjoy, but certainly do not look down upon. Without it where would I find those bombers I so love to attack.
Basically, I just like to take up a fighter roll, and stick to that. It's the most fun for me for my buck! Never really got into gvs, I like to be in the air.
Represent your playstyle, yo. It always good to read what other people enjoy about this great game. Who knows, maybe someone will post something that someone else might like trying!
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1. Turn and burn
2. Out maneuver my oppenent
3. Kill him
4. Bask in my glory until someone picks me :( *(This has reduced a bit since Shreck retired :D)
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1. Turn and burn
2. Out maneuver my oppenent
3. Kill him
4. Bask in my glory until someone picks me :( *(This has reduced a bit since Shreck retired :D)
:confused: Shreck retired?
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I'm a furballing luftweenie.
Love the 190s and 109s, and I fly them very aggressive and to the death. Very rarely would you see me run from a fight, I'll take a spit 16 on in a Dora even if it means my death. I try not to BnZ because I hate when its done to me, and I do complain about it. No need for the kettle to call the pot black or what ever it is.
I will take one pass to burn off extra E, then on the next one I will try my best to latch on to your 6 until one of us are hitting dirt.
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fun
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1. Dogfights
Once in awhile ill run troops or get in a gv to help defend a base. Other than that you will see me in the air.
I fly for the fight first.
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:confused: Shreck retired?
Ya, like he won't be back though :lol
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Kill planes with my T34 and kill tanks and bombers with my Yak
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1. Dogfights
Once in awhile ill run troops or get in a gv to help defend a base. Other than that you will see me in the air.
I fly for the fight first.
Heck yea and it shows, great DA practice partner here folks!
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I like to fly the cartoon planes...
Thats as well as i can put it, i just like to have fun.
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BnZ/slashing style fighting unless in a turn fighter
max of 4v1 unless in an inferior plane when it drops to 1v1
don't fully commit to a fight untill you see your opponets fighting style
don't make/accept HO's (I consider HO'ing a desise :D)
don't sacrafice more than .5k alt for 1 kill
those are my general ROE for AH2
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I'm a furballing luftweenie.
Love the 190s and 109s, and I fly them very aggressive and to the death. Very rarely would you see me run from a fight, I'll take a spit 16 on in a Dora even if it means my death. I try not to BnZ because I hate when its done to me, and I do complain about it. No need for the kettle to call the pot black or what ever it is.
I will take one pass to burn off extra E, then on the next one I will try my best to latch on to your 6 until one of us are hitting dirt.
i like fighting angel666 in his fw's. in mw, he is the only pile-it i've seen yet, that will enter into an actual dog fight. i;ve vought him several times. he doesn't bnz, run to ack, ""extend", or anything else.
he flies it till its wings fall off. it's a friggin blast flyin against him.
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1. Dogfights
Once in awhile ill run troops or get in a gv to help defend a base. Other than that you will see me in the air.
I fly for the fight first.
any of you guys want a good fight against a 109 driver, look this dude up.
i had a couple white knuckle fights against him, a couple weeks back in the DA. every fight was good, FUN, and clean.,,,,,,well......'cept for my 38 parts littering the cartoon landscape. :headscratch:
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ok......my MAIN reason.....FUN. escape from reality for a little while. turn n burn, try to learn what i can and cannot get away with in my cartoon airplanes.
if i'm attacking buffs, i try to set up my attacks in such a way as to make it survivable for me. it's one of the few times i really care if i get home.
i don't much care about missions,........i sometimes will follow the land grabbers, because they almost always start a good fun fight.
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White knuckle, adrenaline pumping 1v1.
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Getting close and personal in a fight and the fun.
For immersion I look to FSO and Scenarios.
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Getting close and personal in a fight and the fun.
For immersion I look to FSO and Scenarios.
I really wish I could do FSO, unfortunately I work 2-10 eastern with wed-thurs being my days off :(
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I'm sorry man, thats gota suck...
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I like to try and fly as they didn't back in WWII. Take a plane, up from a field, gain altitude, get a few kills, and LAND them. The last part is a lot harder than it seems it should be. :o Most importantly though is to have fun! :salute
There's no better adrenaline rush than taking someone 1 on 1, having a tough 10 minute fight and coming out the victor. No matter what the out come though (win or lose) you always end up with sweating hands, sit back a bit, breathe deeply, and think about how awesome that fight just was. You then send a <S> to that player. :salute :aok
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I really wish I could do FSO, unfortunately I work 2-10 eastern with wed-thurs being my days off :(
I fill in on FSOs sometimes. Been lucky as we always run into a fight. Heard from some folks of flying a long while and no bogies.
My experinces in it have been great for immersion.
Nothing better than fighting against birds of another country. None of that pony on pony or such.
Hope you get a chance to participate sometime.
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I fill in on FSOs sometimes. Been lucky as we always run into a fight. Heard from some folks of flying a long while and no bogies.
My experinces in it have been great for immersion.
Nothing better than fighting against birds of another country. None of that pony on pony or such.
Hope you get a chance to participate sometime.
I really do as well. I've flown them once or twice before, found them to be great fun. Maybe next year, but for now I guess I'll have to stick to MA immersion :)
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I play, to just play. I love a good fight, I don't always put up a good fight, but I try. Be it on the ground, or in the air, I'm just looking for a white knuckle fight. Score means nothing, I just want a good fight, and have fun. To get away from reality and all the real world b!t@h!ng.
:airplane: and dying, then just get a new :airplane: What more could ya ask for, FSO is great too. Now if I could just figure out how tis damn :joystick: works, I'd have it made
:salute
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I find myself agreeing with j500. Bout the only think I would add is working with my squad, thats actally one of the high points of the game.
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I like shooting the bad guys with my machine guns.
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Personally, I love to be part of a group that is grabbing bases. I know that's not popular here, and something that seems to be on the way out, but I like the teamwork aspect of it. It's something that I grew up with in the old Air Warrior games and seems to give a purpose to the game. I like a good 1 vs. 1 fight, too, but that is VERY rare in the MA. FSOs (when there is a good scenario)are really great, too.
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My style: Have fun, enjoy the company I associate with and battle against, and enjoy the immersion into elements of WW2 history.
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IDK about that con, I've been in some intense 1v1s. I can name 3 occasions in 10 days were neither of us could get an edge on the other. I was in a fight with an Fw190A-5 while escorting my squadies. The fight lasted for 10 mins before we finaly broke off.
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Look for the fight, wade on in. Have at it low and slow on the deck tryng to keep that big old 38G alive while the baduns are working me over
My tactical philosophy comes from the real life Spitfire XII pilots of 41 and 91 Squadrons. They flew below the 109s and 190s hoping to suck them down where they could turn into them, outperform them and kill em. Best day being October 20, 1943 with they got 9 for no loss.
I prefer to troll along low hoping for someone to bite. With luck I can get them to come down, defeat their initial move, reverse it and knock them down.
THe bottom like for me though is we get unlimited lives and planes, which allows us to make mistakes going into cartoon air combat. What a gift that is. With that in mind, I'm going into the fight despite the odds in the hopes I might learn something and come out the otherside in pieces.
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I enjoy Ho'ing, toolshedding, ace piloting, asking for gunners for my 110, ack-diving, vulching, hording, alt-monkeying, chute-killing, spit-dweebing, spawn-camping, wirble-creeping, 5in spamming, and what-not.
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1. Turn and burn
2. Out maneuver my oppenent
3. Kill him
4. Bask in my glory until someone picks me :( *(This has reduced a bit since Shreck retired :D)
Ditto. Bear, I think it's why the two of us end up PM'ing each other out of boredom in game. :devil
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I'm in it for the planes. After landing, I'll go to external pan mode and admire the skin. The AH community has some true artists out there. :salute
Also appealing is the rock/paper/scissors decision on what to up. Is speed required? Climb rate? Big guns? I fly just about everything. Sometimes I pick a plane just for the paint job.
Edit: For an adrenaline rush:FSO and BE's dueling tournament. Both have left me physically drained. Nice work by the scenario designers and BaldEagl. :salute
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I play to win.
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hi,
i fly loose deuce, the squdron name is the fighting style
R.L. Shaw introduced a wing doctrine, which he called the "double attack" doctrine. This is basically a system whereby each of the two section members provides support to the other, but neither one is bound into the leader/follower paradigm. They are both offensive units, and both are generally free to maneouver as the circumstances demand, each one covering the other. This does not mean, that the section disintegrates upon contact with the enemy - its stays together, but in a looser fashion than "welded wing" would dictate, and the roles of primary attacker and supporter may change back and forth, depending upon, who has the best shooting solution. This doctrine is sometimes referred to as the "loose deuce" system. While "welded wing" historically was a doctrin, where an "Ace" leads a "Freshman" into the fight, "loose deuce" is based on to a trustworthy relationship between "Aces".
We are going on the runway together, fly in formation into the battle, fight and always keep an eye on your wingman, fianally returning together to base. You watch others get engaged, and if they get in trouble, you can often help them by swooping down and nailing the bandit. You can nail bandits, which they are dragging. That's basically what "loose deuce" is - only when you are doing it with a dedicated wingman, it is even more effective than the impromptu wingmen you get in the arena. Being in a different tactical situation than your wingman gives you a good chance to make a good shot at the enemy.
Flying "loose deuce" allows both members of the section to act offensively and to come home with their fair share of kills - and there is no better reason for flying "loose deuce" than that.
For me, there is nothing better, playing with some good wingman together! Working as a unit, enjoy the perfect timing
:salute
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hi,
i fly loose deuce, the squdron name is the fighting style
R.L. Shaw introduced a wing doctrine, which he called the "double attack" doctrine. This is basically a system whereby each of the two section members provides support to the other, but neither one is bound into the leader/follower paradigm. They are both offensive units, and both are generally free to maneouver as the circumstances demand, each one covering the other. This does not mean, that the section disintegrates upon contact with the enemy - its stays together, but in a looser fashion than "welded wing" would dictate, and the roles of primary attacker and supporter may change back and forth, depending upon, who has the best shooting solution. This doctrine is sometimes referred to as the "loose deuce" system. While "welded wing" historically was a doctrin, where an "Ace" leads a "Freshman" into the fight, "loose deuce" is based on to a trustworthy relationship between "Aces".
We are going on the runway together, fly in formation into the battle, fight and always keep an eye on your wingman, fianally returning together to base. You watch others get engaged, and if they get in trouble, you can often help them by swooping down and nailing the bandit. You can nail bandits, which they are dragging. That's basically what "loose deuce" is - only when you are doing it with a dedicated wingman, it is even more effective than the impromptu wingmen you get in the arena. Being in a different tactical situation than your wingman gives you a good chance to make a good shot at the enemy.
Flying "loose deuce" allows both members of the section to act offensively and to come home with their fair share of kills - and there is no better reason for flying "loose deuce" than that.
For me, there is nothing better, playing with some good wingman together! Working as a unit, enjoy the perfect timing
:salute
:salute
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1. Have fun.
2. Get better at the art.
Greatest joy killing uber planes and pilots in non-uber planes. :-)
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I live for the pick. I love to get up to 20k, and lurk in my spixteen-o-death. I couldn't live without vulching, and I HO every chance I get. If I finally lose my alt advantage, I will run to my friends. If I ever get shot down, I will PM you and tell you that you suck and so does your mother.
Wait, no! I like to kill people like that :devil
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A mullet with frosted tips and some subtle streaks. Sometimes I wear clip on curls on my sideburns.
Oh, Play-style. Nevermind. As you were.
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-Fly as part of a team in FSO and Scenarios in a humble attempt to vaguely represent real WW2 combat. :airplane:
-Avoid the main arena unless I'm really desperate for action.
For my part, this is how I remain true to what got me into combat flight sim in the first place, i.e. the history.
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Lesser plane, less advantage, vs superior plane, superior advantage and see who wins. Im not a fan of letting your plane's power dictate the fight, by either running or climbing away. I like fighting people who lock horns and try their best to gain yor six as you do the same.
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Find a bunch of red icon guys and fly/drive in like it's the Thunderdome. I am not usually the one to leave, but it's fun! :aok
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Well I said I would never post here again because there is nothing worth talking about here, I have just been proven wrong, here is a thread with 3 full pages and no one has stooped to name calling or childish behavior.
First and foremost I enjoy the dogfight 1 v 1, this is my favorite aspect of the game.
Landing kills is not my goal when I leave an airfield one of my weaknesses is staying in the fight far too long.
Probably my favorite is dragging a persuing spit away from the heart of the fight then drawing him in and killing him, for some reason I enjoy killing Spit8's and 16's most of all then Ponies.
However the dogfight and the few and far between honorable fights aren't enough to keep me interested for what has now been I think 6 or 7 years?
So at the end of the day it is the people on AH that keep me coming back.
Firstly my squaddies a better group of people I have never met.
Many bish are just an absolute blast to talk to.
And many of my opponents have helped to keep my interest.
Guys like Skyrock, Bruv119 and yes even Lynx who I never thought i would say this about but I actually miss Lynx.
These guys are obviously not the only ones who give me fits from time to time but just the ones that come to mind first.
Organizing towards a common goal has always been a strength of mine in real life and here so i also quite enjoy hearing all the whines my missions ultimately inspire.
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Depends on what I'm flying. If I'm in a 109 or yak -
1. Start out at a disadvantage, preferably with significantly less E or 2 co-E enemies.
2. Slowly turn the fight into my favor.
3. Come out on top. Look for the next nose up fight. :rock
P-51 B or 47 M
1. Find a big old cluster of red dots.
2. Start at the top / best climbers, work my way down. This is not over a furball, but a group of unengaged cons. (over a base, for example)
Hurri Mk I
1. Find CV attack happening at a friendly base.
2. Laugh at the seafires trying to out-turn me.
3. Pour .303 death all over the poor (see what I did there?) little CV planes.
Buffs (Generally 17's)
1. Blow stuff up.
2. Come about, repeat step 1 until out of bombs.
3. Come in nice and low, hop in the tail gun and look for fighters. :t
Each activity is fun in it's own right. Each another reason why I'm still here years later.
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Kill the red things.
Chase the running red things.
Try not to shoot the green things in the process.
Get killed by the red thing I didn't see.
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Lesser plane, less advantage, vs superior plane, superior advantage and see who wins. Im not a fan of letting your plane's power dictate the fight, by either running or climbing away. I like fighting people who lock horns and try their best to gain yor six as you do the same.
Very well said, Filth. I agree wholeheartedly.
- oldman (PLUS it is very important that the aircraft be from historically opposite sides of the war.)
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For me, it's the immersion. I like to fly the rides that I pilot with the idea that it is real combat with the intent being able to get home. Fighter sweeps are my favorite, with an especially strong love for buff hunting. As far as the war goes, I really don't pay much attention to that, I mean I'll help if I am around a base fight but porking/bombing anything other than radar is not my cup of tea. It's just a game mechanic that I don't enjoy, but certainly do not look down upon. Without it where would I find those bombers I so love to attack.
Ditto...exactly how most of my squadmates and I enjoy the virtual skies. The special events make it even better.
Thanks for starting this thread. :salute
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Kill the red things.
Chase the running red things.
Try not to shoot the green things in the process.
Get killed by the red thing I didn't see.
Forgot to mention...
Go Afk to add hops to the boil...
Get shot down....
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I like 1 V 1's when ever possible. I don't run, I try not to vulch, and I only Ho if i see tracers first.
I like the mid-war, with fewer players players, but better quality fights.
I like the organization, cunning and tactical skill that my squad has for taking bases.
I like the base taking and the GV'ing that we do on occasion.
It's a well rounded mix of activities. makes every night a fun night.
I like talking to people on vox, even to those who do not care for me, because I find they are nicer on Vox then here in the forums.
I like working with all the players for a common cause when going after a big base.
I don't take this game any more serious then just a game, but i try to treat each and every person I come in contact with, with respect.
I like the AVA for the 2 sided conflict and the different scenario's and for its (what I consider) better quality of players and most of the time better, more realistic gameplay.
i enjoy flying the FSO's with the 353rd and someday hope to fly it again with JG54.
I'd love to be a real pilot, so this game is the next best thing. I get killed alot but, all i have to do is hit the reset button. You don't have that luxury in real life.
I like to win, but i enjoy teamwork, cameraderie, and friendly banter win or lose. It's the social aspect that makes it fun!
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Lesser plane, less advantage, vs superior plane, superior advantage and see who wins. Im not a fan of letting your plane's power dictate the fight, by either running or climbing away. I like fighting people who lock horns and try their best to gain yor six as you do the same.
+1
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I keep coming back to the game because I enjoy cartoon fighter planes duking it out in the skies. Every time I take off I'm actually trying to make it back home in more or less one piece and hopefully a lot of victories, but I temper that with the idea that hopefully I'll have to work for them and that's why most my sorties end with a smoking crater and debris field somewhere on the side of a hill in the MA. Lately I've switched from my usual 38J to the 38G and since apparently I'm a masochist the P-39D as well (all my squaddies think I'm nuts). I find success in these planes from earlier in the war a lot more satisfying. Plus they also serve the purpose of feeding the other thing that keeps me playing this silly game, I'm currently obsessed with learning everything I can about the war in New Guinea during 1942 and 1943.
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Lesser plane, less advantage, vs superior plane, superior advantage and see who wins. Im not a fan of letting your plane's power dictate the fight, by either running or climbing away. I like fighting people who lock horns and try their best to gain yor six as you do the same.
+2
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I fly the Corsair, and I fly to her strengths: If I'm one on one I'll get in and mix it up, but if it's a large furball I work from the top and the edges, slashing through, working the drags and setups. I kill, then I go home. I hate getting shot down, but guaranteed you're going to find me in the middle of the fight.
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My philosophy on flying Aces High? It's to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
ack-ack
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Did someone mention sheep?? :x
I LIKE sheep!
Do YOU like sheep??
I'm here for the sheep eh! :D
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Lesser plane, less advantage, vs superior plane, superior advantage and see who wins. Im not a fan of letting your plane's power dictate the fight, by either running or climbing away. I like fighting people who lock horns and try their best to gain yor six as you do the same.
Yes, but that really only is smart in evenly matched planes. Turnfighting a zeke is just stupid.
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fun
:aok
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Nemesis you would be surprised what you can do with enough practice doing stupid stuff. Eventually you start shooting down the zeke. :)
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1.Use Bear as bait
2. Steal his kills
3. Curse anyone who kills me as a coward and have my squad mass chat report him ( someday you'll learn AKAK)
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shoot them when they are not looking and run away before the rest knew what hit them.
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Nemesis you would be surprised what you can do with enough practice doing stupid stuff. Eventually you start shooting down the Zeke. :)
I've killed Zeke's before, but pure turnfighting isn't the smartest thing you can do, you'd do much better to slash him, and keep him low and slow. In the weeds if possible, he has no room to maneuver, and not enough E to take it vertical.
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My playstyle.
Fly planes at random and do pretty decently in all of them.
And i like to shoot down advanced planes in my poopy early war inferior planes.
Ie. killing a spixteen in my Spit MkI
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I'll own your spitI in my P-40E
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Oh. Its on now.
Well not now but tomorrow.
Give me a time and we will duel 1v1 with our extremely inferior planes.
And please state your timezone so i dont come a couple hours too early.
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Unless it's a 6 50 HO I'm going with the meat and bread flying the Spit on this one :t
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Unless it's a 6 50 HO I'm going with the meat and bread flying the Spit on this one :t
i've met a couple that can take a p40 and make the spit driver look like a complete noob. :bolt:
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i've met a couple that can take a p40 and make the spit driver look like a complete noob. :bolt:
I'm taking into consideration his opponent. :D
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Nem..if it provides a fight, its the smartest thing I can do. Years ago I used to fly more like my life depended on it. Now I save that for the FSOs. As much fun as you have defeating the enemy with staying fast etc, I have with killing a plane that should kill me for the situation we're in. Smart in this game is getting as much fun in it per minute as you can. Staying alive means little to most, its the battle, not the war.
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Nem..if it provides a fight, its the smartest thing I can do. Years ago I used to fly more like my life depended on it. Now I save that for the FSOs. As much fun as you have defeating the enemy with staying fast etc, I have with killing a plane that should kill me for the situation we're in. Smart in this game is getting as much fun in it per minute as you can. Staying alive means little to most, its the battle, not the war.
must......................... ..win........................ ...........................wa r!!!!!!
:noid :noid :bolt:
:rofl :neener:
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Nem..if it provides a fight, its the smartest thing I can do. Years ago I used to fly more like my life depended on it. Now I save that for the FSOs. As much fun as you have defeating the enemy with staying fast etc, I have with killing a plane that should kill me for the situation we're in. Smart in this game is getting as much fun in it per minute as you can. Staying alive means little to most, its the battle, not the war.
+1
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i think the most fun i had, was fighting you guys(skyrock, and the other 109 dwe....eerr.....pile-its) in the da a few weeks ago.
no win the war crap, no ganging, no egos, just a bunch o dweebs all having a blast...at low alt too. :aok :aok
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i think the most fun i had, was fighting you guys(skyrock, and the other 109 dwe....eerr.....pile-its) in the da a few weeks ago.
no win the war crap, no ganging, no egos, just a bunch o dweebs all having a blast...at low alt too. :aok :aok
fun stuff, I was having some success that night in my hog-1 gainst 109f's, spit8's 109g's definitely fun stuff! who set that up, btw?
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fun stuff, I was having some success that night in my hog-1 gainst 109f's, spit8's 109g's definitely fun stuff! who set that up, btw?
seraider started the whole thing. i think him, and guppy are working on doing it again, but a lil more organized. i can't wait....... :aok
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I like them both, TnB and BnZ. I strictly stick to LW birds only though. Just 9 more months til I can play Ace High again woot
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My philosophy on flying Aces High? It's to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
ack-ack
Ack-Ack has it all figured out...
(http://yourmomsbasement.com/officeofthedeputyalphageek/files/2009/08/conan.jpg)
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Ak Ak needs to figure out his states budget woes :D
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Ak Ak needs to figure out his states budget woes :D
:rofl
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I like learning new things, SHawk put a move on me yesterday that was just astonding and he was in a Hog, if I hadn't been around awhile I would have screamed "HEY thats a Cheat", but I know he just put a move on me that I didn't expect. :banana:
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Most of all, have fun! And to please Crom.
Lately my buddy and I have been taking up a TBM/F6F team from CVs to go after shore batteries. Since the guy in the TBM doesn't last long, even with the escort, we'll take turns on the roles.
In a more general setting, any fight that last longer than two minutes indicates to me that I'm fighting someone of equal skill level (or he's missing some control surfaces, anyway). The longer the 1 on 1 fight, the more satisfying the engagement, regardless of the winner.
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I like learning new things, SHawk put a move on me yesterday that was just astonding and he was in a Hog, if I hadn't been around awhile I would have screamed "HEY thats a Cheat", but I know he just put a move on me that I didn't expect. :banana:
hmm Must have been the coveted...."Mullet Move". :aok
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I'll fly best suited for each situation. I tend to pick alot in the MAs, but it's pick or be picked. I do whine, but I'm not a hypocrite either, meaning I won't whine about somthing, and then turn around and do that same thing I don't want to be done to me. So usualy when I whine, I tend to do it to try and drive the skill out of people that don't want to use it.
<S>
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I never pick not because I am too cool or I am too good.
I actually suck at BnZ and I cant seem to aim in such quick succession.
Its much more fun to stay and fight anyway.
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I'm taking into consideration his opponent. :D
My bellybutton you are. Besides I'm incharge of him, I can order him to fly in a strait line if I feel like it.
must...........................win...................................................war!!!!!!
Which is why I will win. without U.S. help, england would be speaking german.
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My bellybutton you are. Besides I'm incharge of him, I can order him to fly in a strait line if I feel like it.
Which is why I will win. without U.S. help, england would be speaking german.
yikes!!!!
you're gonna get a bunch of euro-doods all up in arms now!!!! no one needed the U.S. :noid :noid :bolt: :bolt:
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Fine cap, I'll let them dream :salute.
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I'm a furballing luftweenie.
Love the 190s and 109s, and I fly them very aggressive and to the death. Very rarely would you see me run from a fight, I'll take a spit 16 on in a Dora even if it means my death. I try not to BnZ because I hate when its done to me, and I do complain about it. No need for the kettle to call the pot black or what ever it is.
I will take one pass to burn off extra E, then on the next one I will try my best to latch on to your 6 until one of us are hitting dirt.
Well thats just about down right idiotic.
Regardless, I fly for realism, prefer to use a wingman, my ultimate goal each sortie is to RTB in one piece, and would rather get home with one assist and land it than 4 kills and die. I try and avoid picking out of furballs, but will gladly pick a low and slow if his SA is horrible. I also never "climb" to a fight, I dive into a fight, as does anyone with any expectation to live. I will take on dissamler airframes, and use my airframes strengths against it, and if my aircraft does not match up, and the chance to flee presents itself, I will.
I fly B n Z as well because it is more challenging than Turn and Burn IMHO. Putting your airframe in the right place at the right time to get a snapshot and having the patience to wait for an oppurtunity, to set it up, to execute it, and do so successfully is far more rewarding than flying in circles in a furball and trying to get the guy who is to busy to notice you, because he is getting the guy in front of him, meanwhile someone is creeping on you....
I do however respect a good fight with a spit16 or 51, but only when we both fly to our airframes strengths. To turn a D9 or A8 .. well thats just stupid and you might as well be throwing quarters into an arcade machine or flying on XBOX as far as I am concerned. And I do agree there are plenty of respectable Turn and Burn fights happening out there 2 V 2 or 2 V 1, but furballing is to arcade for me in generally. I prefer fighter sweeps with 6 V 6 or smaller engagements.
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Fine cap, I'll let them dream :salute.
:salute :aok
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Furball and try not to die.. :rock
Main rides:
P47's
Mossie
F4U's
109's
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Nice, not a lot of P-47's in fights unless that changed with the P-47M.
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Well thats just about down right idiotic.
Regardless, I fly for realism, prefer to use a wingman, my ultimate goal each sortie is to RTB in one piece, and would rather get home with one assist and land it than 4 kills and die. I try and avoid picking out of furballs, but will gladly pick a low and slow if his SA is horrible. I also never "climb" to a fight, I dive into a fight, as does anyone with any expectation to live. I will take on dissamler airframes, and use my airframes strengths against it, and if my aircraft does not match up, and the chance to flee presents itself, I will.
I fly B n Z as well because it is more challenging than Turn and Burn IMHO. Putting your airframe in the right place at the right time to get a snapshot and having the patience to wait for an oppurtunity, to set it up, to execute it, and do so successfully is far more rewarding than flying in circles in a furball and trying to get the guy who is to busy to notice you, because he is getting the guy in front of him, meanwhile someone is creeping on you....
I do however respect a good fight with a spit16 or 51, but only when we both fly to our airframes strengths. To turn a D9 or A8 .. well thats just stupid and you might as well be throwing quarters into an arcade machine or flying on XBOX as far as I am concerned. And I do agree there are plenty of respectable Turn and Burn fights happening out there 2 V 2 or 2 V 1, but furballing is to arcade for me in generally. I prefer fighter sweeps with 6 V 6 or smaller engagements.
You must not fly any of the MAs. Nothing close to realism in there.
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Furball and try not to die.. :rock
P47N
Great flying the other night in the N model Sir. Consider me schooled... :uhoh
:salute
Way
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Great flying the other night in the N model Sir. Consider me schooled... :uhoh
:salute
Way
Actually i was in an M.. But it was a fun fight.. :) Didnt think it could hang w/ your spit 9 eh? :aok
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Actually i was in an M.. But it was a fun fight.. :) Didnt think it could hang w/ your spit 9 eh? :aok
I stand corrected on the model. I did not think it could hang with the 9. I came in complacent smacking my lips thinking Jugs taste good! By the time I realized that I was in deeper than I thought, I received an all expenses paid trip to the tower. It was one of the fights that make you think, how will I approach this fight next time? The good kind of fight... :aok
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I came in complacent smacking my lips thinking Jugs taste good!
Well 90% of the time, p47s are good tasting meat (bacon?) on a stick, until you run up against someone who knows how to throw the big girl around.. I found out the hard way the other day 47M vs. 47M against RedDog.. Though.. The next fight, he found out I can throw her around pretty good too.. Muahaha! :rock
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I remember the first time I played AH2, the P-47 just caught my eye. IDK why, but she just looked like the plane for me. First time I flew P-47 in combat I got into a fight with a P-38 and I finally got the drop on him and then promptly ran out of gas due to taking only 25%.
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To blast uber rides out of the sky with a single shot. :devil
<S>...-Gixer
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+1 to Nimble and Saxman
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Well, if I used to boom and zoom since I was the mustang junkie (no pun intended junkyII) but thinking about maybe learning the spit or something. GUess it depends if my old squad is still around, still trying to find out.
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I dont have a specific playstyle. I play one style for a while then change to something else. Or do whatever suits me at any given time.
I've done everything from Toolshedding to landgrabbing to furballing.
I enjoy them all
One of the things I enjoy most about the game is
I can be a homicidal maniac without actually being a homicidal maniac
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Same here. See avatar for part of play style. Past that, I'll turn fight if it suits me, E fight all the time, BnZ if thats whats called for.
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I like playing defense. While it doesn't do much for your score, "who cares"?, the action is almost immediate and you have to really watch your ACM because your almost never looking down at anybody, airplane at least. Even when your GV killing you have to be aware of fighters, often dodging them or engaging them. IL2s, Yaks, LAs, are my favorite planes on the defense and I'm also pretty decent with AA guns.
Not great at anything but hopefully competent at everything. That was always my goal.
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Ack-Ack has it all figured out...
(http://yourmomsbasement.com/officeofthedeputyalphageek/files/2009/08/conan.jpg)
Not that I care: but, what was Maria Shriver thinking?
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Example. My play style over the last few nights has been that of NOOOOB. Breaking long held and hard learned lessons of combat discipline and ACM. Cant fly fight, or gun for chit
LMAO
When I come out of this slump. Some of you are gonna pay. LMAO
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Damn, the week he starts screwing up has to be when I can't play.
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Damn, the week he starts screwing up has to be when I can't play.
Well if your back it seems you can still get in on the action.
While better. Im flying nowhere near or even being near my potential.
And not to worry. Even if I out maneuver you. Or catch you AFK. At worst, I'll more often then not just scratch your paint job.
My
SA's off, ACM's are better but still WAY off. Timing is off. Gunnery is next to non existent
So you might as well join in on the action. Everyone else is LOL
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My philosophy:
Push the limits of my plane and flying ability.
Its why I will straight up turn fight anything the sky just about with P-38, P-47, P-51 and sometimes other oddball planes. Its extremely fun blasting a much better fighter (for TnB anyway) out of the sky with some of the "sleds".
Strip
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With so many different playstyles and reasons for playing, it'd be nice to have a friendly thread of what you like to get out of your time in AH2.
Have not been able to find it. Starting to think it doesn't exist any more.
:salute all anywho.
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I like to noe 110's for base takes. Fly typhoons to deack field then ditch and grab a tempest for vulching. Gv bombing in a B5N. Camping runways in a T34 Turn fighting in all planes. Porking in a P47D40.
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I like to noe 110's for base takes. Fly typhoons to deack field then ditch and grab a tempest for vulching. Gv bombing in a B5N. Camping runways in a T34 Turn fighting in all planes. Porking in a P47D40.
:rofl
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I fly the 38 and love it.
Rule one kill spixteen cartoon pilots and watch them cry on 200 or watch them pvt me "your cheating no plane can do that" LOL makes my day.
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Comaradarie . :cheers:
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Flying spit16s with 25% fuel, so when they dive in I can collide with them, guns blazing. Lets see what else. . . Oh I like do dive in on badguys when they are engaged with 3 of my countrymen, hopefully killshooting my comrads in the process. Oh an my absolute favorite is when I see someone shoot a wing off an enemy plane I swoop in and try to make him explode before he hits the ground or bails. Just kidding. . . noobs.
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"I vultch, therefore I am."
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My playing style is very very complex, and requires a lot of thinking...
1st I start by spawning my P38 on top of the bomber hangar, getting rid of unnecesary parts.
(http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss154/dirtydog_02/nickonthehanger.jpg)
2nd I attempt to give Spit16 dweebs a rough time.
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/82nd58.jpg)
3rd I then dive in at rediculous speeds to catch 262s when they arent looking.
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/82nd41.jpg)
4th And sometimes hoing them...
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/82nd54.jpg)
5th But I usually end up landing my 38, even without knowing that there's no runway nearby...
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/sapp3.jpg)
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/sapp5.jpg)
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/sapp6.jpg)
(http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u138/exodus2243/sapp7.jpg)
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If it moves I shoot it. If it keeps moving I shoot it again! :t
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I like to pretend I am a noble cartoon warrior of the sky some days, then others I am intentionaly an epic dweeb, depending on my mood. That way every sortie is intresting and new.
Why box myself into a single style that I may get bored of?
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Play style:
Push the limits
Cause P-38's to compress and crash (always a good source of entertainment).
Hunt La's in my P-51
BnZ, and TnB if it won't kill me
Piss off the N1K's by staying JUST out of effective firing range :D.