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General Forums => Wishlist => Topic started by: Copprhed on February 10, 2013, 10:52:58 AM
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Considering the poor opinions that have been voiced by MA players about DA players...and considering the superlative performance by those same DA players in BE's Brackets, I believe it's in order that the DA start being a ranked room. Eliminate F3 mode so that the terms for fighting are the same as the MA and rank pilots who fly there. We are NOT the red-headed step children of Aces High, we are some of the best fighters in the game and we deserve the same recognition that pilots in the MA get.
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Fly in the MA :aok
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:lol
Half the decent pilot couldn't give two watermelon about their DA score. Most bail or crash after every single duel, and that would turn their rank to complete poo. Yet they will still whoop 90% of the DA population.
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Theres a DA score? :noid
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I rank this thread 1.5/5
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I rank this thread 1.5/5
Pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt! :lol
Fly in the MA..I do...more often than not can't find a fight...in the DA it finds me.
I happen to prefer spending less time getting to a fight, as many do.
There's not really a reason not to...MA folks worried? It wouldn't effect you.
It might actually bring more people over to enjoy some good fights.
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Pbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbt! :lol
Fly in the MA..I do...more often than not can't find a fight...in the DA it finds me.
I happen to prefer spending less time getting to a fight, as many do.
Seriously, there's no reason not to.
Agreed, one of few reasons I hate the MA sometimes. But it's a small price to pay.
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we are some of the best fighters in the game and we deserve the same recognition that pilots in the MA get.
:rofl
Funniest joke of the year so far!
ack-ack
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Bad idea the behaviour at times in the lake bowl is bad enough.
Rank would only make it worse.
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Considering the poor opinions that have been voiced by MA players about DA players...and considering the superlative performance by those same DA players in BE's Brackets, I believe it's in order that the DA start being a ranked room. Eliminate F3 mode so that the terms for fighting are the same as the MA and rank pilots who fly there. We are NOT the red-headed step children of Aces High, we are some of the best fighters in the game and we deserve the same recognition that pilots in the MA get.
I don't know that all or even most of folks who spend most of their time in the MA really feel like the DA players are the red-headed step children of AH. I don't. I suspect most MA players don't really think about the DA players at all if they don't go there. I've really only heard one person express a really negative attitude about the DA on the BBS....can't speak to ingame on 200....I don't usu tune to it. I think that guy is really just trying to find a way to defend what many others call lame behavior and thinks referring to those folks as having a DA mentality is some sort of insult. I know that there are a number of really good pilots flying in there.
I don't care if they rank the DA or not. I don't pay attention to rank in the MA either. My experience in the DA is that it's just sort of a mini-MA at furball lake when it's busy (minus the base taking). A few really good flyers, a few in temps, F4U-4s or mustangs picking and the rest. When it's not busy it's a great place to relax and find a fight really fast....many times with people who kick the crap out of me. Great place to learn to fly a specific plane or some ACM and very much more laid back than the MA as the egos tend to be toned down somewhat for whatever reason.
I would think that in order to rank the DA players they would not only have to get rid of F3 mode but also perk the rides in the same manner as that in the MA with all planes being available (if the rank is going to be comparable to a MA rank). This sort of goes against one of the purposes of having a DA. That being a place to go settle daddy part measuring disputes, a place to learn a specific ride in a real fight (as opposed to the TA....can't REALLY tell if that shot you made woulda killed the other guy or not) and a place to learn ACM (F3 helps that). Our squad and a number of others uses it for training purposes also...not really possible in the TA.
Rank is really meaningless in terms of a real comparison of relative ability between players. Some folks like to work for better ranks, others don't. So a simple comparison of rank or sub-rank (fighter only etc.) is pretty meaningless. Many of the best dogfighters in the MA have less than stellar or way way less than stellar ranks as they will sometimes auger rather than fly back, tend to fly into situations involving high odds against them, don't fly bombers and don't GV much.
You and a number of other DA regulars always put up a tough fight when I'm in there, usually with a distinct lack of chest thumping....who cares what the anyone else thinks in the MA...(or DA for that matter). I would hate to see the DA environment change in any way as I think it's a nice change of pace and I like the guys flying in there....I'm afraid adding a rank system would do just that.
Zaphod
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Funniest joke of the year so far!
ack-ack
:furious dude really REALLY!!!!! Copprhed and a few of my old squad mates are some of the nicest players and great flyers there are a few people that are a pain in the arse because they fly tempests and HO but those are only a few atleast fly in there for a week or two before you judge them other wise you have no right to say ANYTHING :mad:
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So Rufio (ehm) and his reincarnations can beat their(his? her?) chest even more?
Thank you, rather not.
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Absolutely not. No rank for the DA.
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Debrody, I understand the idea that there will be some like that, but honestly, I don't see it as becoming worse than the MA as far as chest-thumping, etc. goes. Ack-Ack, I've usually had respect for your knowledge and attitude, but frankly, considering that you're non-existant in the DA, you really don't need to voice an opinion, as those who fly exclusively in the MA shouldn't have need to voice an opinion. Now if you bring yourself in there and do it regularly an opinion would not only be welcome, but valid. The question was for those who fly in the DA regularly.
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So what is the reason you would like ranking in the DA?
It would encourage the tempest pickers even more - not there arent enough already.
DA furball lake is zeek-brewster-spit16 vs 190D, f4u4, tempest. No for the ranks, thank you.
Private duels? I always bail after each fight. Now should i return home to rise my rank? So the fights would be slower? Why is it good?
Dont let me wrong, i know who are you, how you fly...
I just cant get it, but its none of my business anyways
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DA...whats that????? :rofl
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The DA is to the rest of Aces High as a Dojo is to a tournament. A place to learn, practice and have some fun without all the distractions. Rank is simply not needed there. :aok
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The DA is to the rest of Aces High as a Dojo is to a tournament. A place to learn, practice and have some fun without all the distractions. Rank is simply not needed there. :aok
thought it was where the "look at me chest pounders went" :rofl
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thought it was where the "look at me chest pounders went" :rofl
one much needed, intelligent comment indeed
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Considering the poor opinions that have been voiced by MA players about DA players...and considering the superlative performance by those same DA players in BE's Brackets, I believe it's in order that the DA start being a ranked room. Eliminate F3 mode so that the terms for fighting are the same as the MA and rank pilots who fly there. We are NOT the red-headed step children of Aces High, we are some of the best fighters in the game and we deserve the same recognition that pilots in the MA get.
F-3 mode so changes the dynamics of a fight it is hard to tell who is good in the DA and who is gaming the game. I don't even know why there is F-3 in the DA but I see a use in the TA for it. Also to make the DA like you are talking about you would need to go to a perk system to keep the Tempests to a dull roar. I don't like the DA because of the perk birds in F-3 mode spraying the sky with cannon. If you can't afford a perk ride in the MA why get a free one in the DA?
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Absolutely not. No rank for the DA.
Well that's final then :old:
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Even the blasted WWI arena is ranked...it's absolutely a slap in the face to those of us who pay equally with everyone else to play this game. Those MA pilots who wish to look down on us, fine...you're too damned scared to come in and have your behinds handed to you ..I guess it's safer to stay in the MA and HO everything that comes to you and look down on the lowly DA pilots. That way you can sit on your self appointed pedestals and say LOOK AT ME! I'm an MA pilot...I'm the best! Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ft! What are you all so scared of? You don't even come into the DA...Shut up and leave us alone or come in and put your proverbial money where your mouths are. I'm not the best, by far...but there are plenty of pilots in the DA who would be glad to prove my point.
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Even the blasted WWI arena is ranked...it's absolutely a slap in the face to those of us who pay equally with everyone else to play this game. Those MA pilots who wish to look down on us, fine...you're too damned scared to come in and have your behinds handed to you ..I guess it's safer to stay in the MA and HO everything that comes to you and look down on the lowly DA pilots. That way you can sit on your self appointed pedestals and say LOOK AT ME! I'm an MA pilot...I'm the best! Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ft! What are you all so scared of? You don't even come into the DA...Shut up and leave us alone or come in and put your proverbial money where your mouths are. I'm not the best, by far...but there are plenty of pilots in the DA who would be glad to prove my point.
calm down buddy but yes it is unfair The MA guys have no respect for us DA guys because they most of them never fly in there Perk planes should be excluded or at least limited in there F3 is sort of ok in my book And Copprhed's point about the WWI arena is true also In at least spend time in the blasted DA at least a week of two in there then THEN you can judge US!!! :furious
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perk the rides and make eny an issue, no f3...then maybe rank for DA :neener:
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I don't believe having rank in the DA would help with DA flyers gaining recoginition.
Score is and has always been meaningless in regard to the skill of an invidual fighter.
If a DA fighter craved recoginition, Baldeagles Dueling bracket would be a good place to start.
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Even the blasted WWI arena is ranked...it's absolutely a slap in the face to those of us who pay equally with everyone else to play this game. Those MA pilots who wish to look down on us, fine...you're too damned scared to come in and have your behinds handed to you ..I guess it's safer to stay in the MA and HO everything that comes to you and look down on the lowly DA pilots. That way you can sit on your self appointed pedestals and say LOOK AT ME! I'm an MA pilot...I'm the best! Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffff ft! What are you all so scared of? You don't even come into the DA...Shut up and leave us alone or come in and put your proverbial money where your mouths are. I'm not the best, by far...but there are plenty of pilots in the DA who would be glad to prove my point.
told ya(http://imageshack.us/a/img607/5325/5225533903movinganimate.gif)
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calm down buddy but yes it is unfair The MA guys have no respect for us DA guys because they most of them never fly in there Perk planes should be excluded or at least limited in there F3 is sort of ok in my book And Copprhed's point about the WWI arena is true also In at least spend time in the blasted DA at least a week of two in there then THEN you can judge US!!! :furious
Ive been to the Da awhile back and saw no difference between the DA(the lake anyway) and MA, well there was on ..there wasnt funpolice shutting fields down.
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calm down buddy but yes it is unfair The MA guys have no respect for us DA guys because they most of them never fly in there Perk planes should be excluded or at least limited in there F3 is sort of ok in my book And Copprhed's point about the WWI arena is true also In at least spend time in the blasted DA at least a week of two in there then THEN you can judge US!!! :furious
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Mine is bigger than yours .
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Hawker, the last person in the world to thump his chest is me. I'm average at best, probably not even that. I'm advocating for those in the DA that ARE really good, as good as any in the game. This whole issue, for me, started with the Brackets, seeing some less than flattering comments about DA pilots only flying F3 and such. For me it's more about gaining equal "benefits", so to speak, for those of us in the DA.
I've found some good pilots in the MA, and have become friends and gained the respect of those that have some humility and respect others. Many of those who fly the MA exclusively now started in the DA, as most new pilots do. We, more often than no,t are the "gatekeepers", we help new pilots, we talk to them and we give them tips. Many of those new pilots stay or leave depending on how they are treated. I was there when RedBull started...he was a DA pilot for quite some time before moving over to the MA, as have many others. If it weren't for Fudmukker, nrshida and Rollya RedBull might have gotten bored and left.
Those pilots who, at least when I started, were most often in the DA are part, if not most of the reason some of the best pilots are now where they are. Give us rank or give us death! Hehehehehehehe. Salute to you all, I respect many of the MA players, and enjoy my time flying with you.
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told ya(http://imageshack.us/a/img607/5325/5225533903movinganimate.gif)
Your an arse you know that i agree with Coppr but it gets annoying of how Bloody Ignorant you guys are you guys have no right to look down on us
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I respect many of the MA players, and enjoy my time flying with you.
I don't, I think they're all a bunch of ploppy heads who run away screaming like little girls when they lose their advantage. :neener:
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If it weren't for Fudmukker, nrshida and Rollya RedBull might have gotten bored and left.
^ That is very, very accurate
I agree with you to a point coppr, however I do not think ranking would be the way of going about this, I think the first thing we'd need to do to get the DA rep improved vastly, quickly, and easily is remove F3 view :aok
:salute
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I hate to admit it, :cry but I was one of those exclusive DA F3 guys for the first year that I was with AH. I came from an arcade style "Aerial Combat" game that taught me nothing except perhaps BFM. I was Green as Grass. I tried the MA Late War on my first day as a paid subscriber. Ruuuuuudddeeee Awakening!!!!! So it was the DA for me. One of the buttons on my stick when depressed put me into "F3" mode (had no idea you could map buttons). So I stuck with it...........bad idea!!!!!!! I got lots of help and made some friends and got more help, but I couldnt kick the "F3" addiction, I liked making impossible shots in my Tempest. I knew that I had learned about as much as I could flyiing outside the cockpit, and one day in 09' decided to leave my squad, change my name and really give LW Main a try. Man I got Kicked over and over again. It was perhaps 3 weeks before I actually got more than one kill in a single sortie. There was no going back.
Four years later my oppinion of the DA has changed substantially.
The average (not rank) MA pilot has sooooo much more to contend with than the average DA pilot, and in no way amy I dissing the quality of sitcks flying there. The OP is asking for ranking (I see no real need for it), but has not IMHO taken many factors into consideration. F3, ENY and Perk Rides have already been discussed.
Because someone is unwilling to fly more then 15 miles to find a fight is not a valid reason to "Rank" the DA. MA pilots must contend with: (its a long list) upping from a capped field to defend (LOL it does happen) GV's on or near the field or town, CV's parked close to his base (damnned dreaded puffy), CV's shelling his base to shut it down, the Dreaded Horde inbound to his base, Radar down, Ords disabled, Bombers hitting his field, The list goes on and on. For this he is given the reward (sic) of having and improving his or her Rank, which is broken into 4 distinct catagories with some having sub catagories. (some would say this is gaming the game too).
I am in no way condemning or condoning "Score Whoring" It is what it is. Im not saying that there arent good sticks in the DA I know there are. I am saying that Ranking in the DA is kind of pointless as there is only Furballing happening there, on the lake at least. As long as F3 is enabled in the DA, you dedicated DA'ers will never get the credit you so desire and for some perhaps deserve.
Now if its "Pitting your skills agains some really fine sticks in a furball setting" that youre looking for you may want to check out KOTH, some of the best sticks in the game are regulars in there, and if you can beat some of them then my hat is off to you.
If its close, accessable fights youre seeking, try the AvA, Weekly changes and historic plane match ups for the most part and some very fine fighting at times (remember no enemy icons in there).
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Carver (Reformed F3 junkie, leading the clean life in the MA's, AvA and of course FSO)
F3 in fighters just has to go!!!!!!!!!!! :bhead
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I hate to admit it, :cry but I was one of those exclusive DA F3 guys for the first year that I was with AH. I came from an arcade style "Aerial Combat" game that taught me nothing except perhaps BFM. I was Green as Grass. I tried the MA Late War on my first day as a paid subscriber. Ruuuuuudddeeee Awakening!!!!! So it was the DA for me. One of the buttons on my stick when depressed put me into "F3" mode (had no idea you could map buttons). So I stuck with it...........bad idea!!!!!!! I got lots of help and made some friends and got more help, but I couldnt kick the "F3" addiction, I liked making impossible shots in my Tempest. I knew that I had learned about as much as I could flyiing outside the cockpit, and one day in 09' decided to leave my squad, change my name and really give LW Main a try. Man I got Kicked over and over again. It was perhaps 3 weeks before I actually got more than one kill in a single sortie. There was no going back.
Four years later my oppinion of the DA has changed substantially.
The average (not rank) MA pilot has sooooo much more to contend with than the average DA pilot, and in no way amy I dissing the quality of sitcks flying there. The OP is asking for ranking (I see no real need for it), but has not IMHO taken many factors into consideration. F3, ENY and Perk Rides have already been discussed.
Because someone is unwilling to fly more then 15 miles to find a fight is not a valid reason to "Rank" the DA. MA pilots must contend with: (its a long list) upping from a capped field to defend (LOL it does happen) GV's on or near the field or town, CV's parked close to his base (damnned dreaded puffy), CV's shelling his base to shut it down, the Dreaded Horde inbound to his base, Radar down, Ords disabled, Bombers hitting his field, The list goes on and on. For this he is given the reward (sic) of having and improving his or her Rank, which is broken into 4 distinct catagories with some having sub catagories. (some would say this is gaming the game too).
I am in no way condemning or condoning "Score Whoring" It is what it is. Im not saying that there arent good sticks in the DA I know there are. I am saying that Ranking in the DA is kind of pointless as there is only Furballing happening there, on the lake at least. As long as F3 is enabled in the DA, you dedicated DA'ers will never get the credit you so desire and for some perhaps deserve.
Now if its "Pitting your skills agains some really fine sticks in a furball setting" that youre looking for you may want to check out KOTH, some of the best sticks in the game are regulars in there, and if you can beat some of them then my hat is off to you.
If its close, accessable fights youre seeking, try the AvA, Weekly changes and historic plane match ups for the most part and some very fine fighting at times (remember no enemy icons in there).
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Carver (Reformed F3 junkie, leading the clean life in the MA's, AvA and of course FSO)
F3 in fighters just has to go!!!!!!!!!!! :bhead
^^^^^^ THIS
Very nice, couldn't have said it better myself Carver :aok :aok On every point
I very very much encourage everyone to try KOTH as well, it is the best Special Event in Aces High just under Scenario's and on par with FSO IMO guys.
ALSO......I believe perked planes should either also be perked in the DA and/or only usable from the 1v1 fields....Granted the temp guys could still fly all the way over, but I imagine this greatly reducing the number of Temp BnZ guys in the DA! Just food for thought :)
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I'm all for eliminating F3. As for the rest I understand. My opinion of the perk rides in there is that they're already flown, and frankly I don't care what planes people fly. If everyone has the same chance to fly them they can and will. We deal with Temptards on a daily basis. If you can't beat them in the DA...how are you going to beat them in the MA? The ranking is forDA only, what does it really matter if we don't deal with GVs, manned ack or flying for 20 minutes to get in one 4 minute( if you're lucky) fight? The odds are much greater that you'll meet with someone who blasts through Hoing you, and you still don't get a damned fight. THAT is what I see mostly in the MA. You have to LOOK for a fight in the MA...come to the DA, you won't have to wait for a fight, and the MAJORITY of DA pilots aren't going to run away from a fight..I know I don't. This change wouldn't effect the MA or the MA players one tiny little bit, and I've seen very few reasoned objections to it. Mostly what I've seen is typical MA snobbery and truthfully what seems like fear or jealousy of the possibility that DA players might be considered equals in their own right. If you guys think you are God's gift to the game, get your candy behinds in there and let us open a can of WHOOP-behind on you! (Apologies to Steve"Stone Cold" Austin for stealing his phrase) Skuzzy, I'm just using a well known phrase that appears on public TV regularly. PLEASE don't punish me...well...you could spank me a bit....hehehehe
P.S Danged text police...oh well you guys get my drift...
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I guess it's safer to stay in the MA and HO everything that comes to you...
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In my experience, there is as much or more ho'ing, picking, and ganging going on over furball lake.
The very first time I ventured in there was because I was having a terrible run of luck in the MA... figured a more gentlemanly fight would help me shake the bad mojo. Wrong. I'm not talking about targets of opportunity at the top of a loop. Most I ran into seemed to be maneuvering for the HO from 3k+ out.
Meh. It's good for practicing SA if nothing else.
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RedBull, it has been an honor and a pleasure to watch you come in here and rise to the top...at least I can say I knew you back when.....even if I can't beat you.....BTW this is an open request for you MA sticks to come in and find out what you've been missing, not only would you be well received, you could help us help the new guys who come in. We welcome all and will kill you without prejudice......Debrody, Ack-Ack, Pand, Dolby, Joach1m..... ALL of you! Oh...and MOAR TATERS!!!!!!!!
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Triton you do get that in the DA at times...is it any different than trying to up from a horde capped base? There are plenty of times that you can come into the DA and get your gentlemanly fights...look for any of us in the 133RAF Eagles, try early morning if you're up, or around 4-6 PM EST those are better times for more "intimate" experiences. There are times when the furball is fun, but I've always preferred 1 on 1s or 2 on 1s. Ask nrshida, RedBull, Rollya or a few others who come into the Breakfast Club. We get on a cross country vox, talk with each other, exchange ideas, get tips and generally have a great time.
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HEY SKUZZY! Would you please impart your opinion on this? It doesn't seem that it would take an enormous amount of work on your part and I'd like to know your take on the subject!
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HEY SKUZZY! Would you please impart your opinion on this? It doesn't seem that it would take an enormous amount of work on your part and I'd like to know your take on the subject!
I'm thinking it's more along the line of what Hitech wants not so much Skuzzy. :aok
As for flying in the DA, been there did that. HOs, gangs and kill stealers.... much the same as in the MA. You want rank? I say come to the MA and see how you far against the other 2-3 thousand players that fly there. Whats the big deal about being top dog of 25 guys in the DA?
Disclaimer: I have no concrete knowledge of any subscription numbers. All numbers in the above post were pulled out of my.... well you know :D
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We welcome all and will kill you without prejudice......Debrody, Ack-Ack, Pand, Dolby, Joach1m..... ALL of you! Oh...and MOAR TATERS!!!!!!!!
We have tangled in the DA on a number of occations. :) Fun fights they were. :salute
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RedBull, it has been an honor and a pleasure to watch you come in here and rise to the top...at least I can say I knew you back when.....even if I can't beat you.....BTW this is an open request for you MA sticks to come in and find out what you've been missing, not only would you be well received, you could help us help the new guys who come in. We welcome all and will kill you without prejudice......Debrody, Ack-Ack, Pand, Dolby, Joach1m..... ALL of you! Oh...and MOAR TATERS!!!!!!!!
I am no where near the top, I'm maybe a little above average at best.. Lot's of people can still own me
However I will agree with you on the subject of...MOAR TATERS... pl0x? (> ^_____^)> @
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^ That is very, very accurate
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Fugi, please give the DA another chance...and I'm ranked somewhere around 1124 last time I looked. I've been as high as 975. I don't claim to be good. The thing is that many of you who've posted derogatory comments about us, I've not ever seen in the DA.
DOLBY I wish you'd come in more, it's the only chance I get to fight you. In the MA I would rather team with you and gain knowledge and have the support. If more of the MA players were like you and those in your squad, I'd live in the MA
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I am no where near the top, I'm maybe a little above average at best.. Lot's of people can still own me
However I will agree with you on the subject of...MOAR TATERS... pl0x? (> ^_____^)> @
please
I put you in the top 3-5..........top 10 easy :aok
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Fugi, please give the DA another chance...and I'm ranked somewhere around 1124 last time I looked. I've been as high as 975. I don't claim to be good. The thing is that many of you who've posted derogatory comments about us, I've not ever seen in the DA.
DOLBY I wish you'd come in more, it's the only chance I get to fight you. In the MA I would rather team with you and gain knowledge and have the support. If more of the MA players were like you and those in your squad, I'd live in the MA
Just come into the main, he is there alot flying Knights. Alot of the time I am flying "near" him so just PM me and I will tell you where and what he is flying. Just do not under any circumstances let him know I told you where he is.
(This message will self distruct in 10 seconds)
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Lol Zoney, that's a deal....btw, isn't he a bit tardy with this month's toon?
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Lol Zoney, that's a deal....btw, isn't he a bit tardy with this month's toon?
Umm..sorry, I wasn't clear, I was talking about Dolby :devil
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Many fine AH citizens and some well respected sticks have piped up in this thread. It appears that you are trying to bolster the DA, Copperhed , and that is your perogitive. You have stated that its hard to find fights or the majority are runners, and at times this may seem like the case. I am putting it out to you, instead of trying to get some of these Vets to "Give it another try". Come and fly with some of us, Im sure that several of the posters in this thread would be more than happy to have you tag along for a few days/ weeks. I dont believe one of the posters is a "runner" and I have fought nearly all of them at one time or another (lost more then I have won). There is alwasy a furball somewhere in the MA (whether you want to dive headlong into it and expect to come out unscathed is another matter entirely.). Anyway the offer is open from me and my squaddies. (we fly rook) and Im on pretty much every night from 5:30 PST onward.
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Carver
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Umm..sorry, I wasn't clear, I was talking about Dolby :devil
:lol
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please
I put you in the top 3-5..........top 10 easy :aok
Bah, thanks man but I am not even close to there, I'd bet Krup, latrobe, Joach1m, and/or you and a few others are though
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Hawker, the last person in the world to thump his chest is me. I'm average at best, probably not even that. I'm advocating for those in the DA that ARE really good, as good as any in the game. This whole issue, for me, started with the Brackets, seeing some less than flattering comments about DA pilots only flying F3 and such. For me it's more about gaining equal "benefits", so to speak, for those of us in the DA.
I've found some good pilots in the MA, and have become friends and gained the respect of those that have some humility and respect others. Many of those who fly the MA exclusively now started in the DA, as most new pilots do. We, more often than no,t are the "gatekeepers", we help new pilots, we talk to them and we give them tips. Many of those new pilots stay or leave depending on how they are treated. I was there when RedBull started...he was a DA pilot for quite some time before moving over to the MA, as have many others. If it weren't for Fudmukker, nrshida and Rollya RedBull might have gotten bored and left.
Those pilots who, at least when I started, were most often in the DA are part, if not most of the reason some of the best pilots are now where they are. Give us rank or give us death! Hehehehehehehe. Salute to you all, I respect many of the MA players, and enjoy my time flying with you.
YAYYY!!! I got an honorable mention!!! :rock
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I go in there to practice new planes, or mebbe try out new gun convergences.....Invariably I'm up against Tempys, F4u4's.....and many grab to absurd alts before they engage....so I spend 5 minutes avoiding being B&Z'd to death, only to finally get ho'd by yet another tempy/F4u4.....who proudly lands his/her kils amidst "WTG's". Couple three of those, I conclude the time would be better spent in the MA
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Secret to the DA.
Step 1: Press /
Step 2: Type in "Anyone up for some duels?"
Step 3: If an answer is yes -> ??? -> Profit
Step 4: If an answer is no or none at all -> Proceed to MA -> Repeat Step 1 and 2 -> ??? -> Profit.
So far, only Krup and Debrody are the only ones that handed my butt to me (in 109s anyways), anyone else want to own a piece of SoyMilk property? :D
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Actually I prefer 100% Whole Vitamin D milk...We deserve to be ranked just like any of the other rooms...the DA is the only unranked room. WW! is ranked and so are the the MAs... there's no reason that the DA shouldn't be...my last comment on the subject. I'll wait for a comment by HiTech or Skuzzy, =S= to all who discussed this with me
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Excitement, adventure, a Jedi craves not these things.
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I agree with coppr. You can always choose if you care about the score/rank.
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I just had a GREAT morning in the Breakfast Club with RedBull, Ehrler, Latrobe, Camirous and nrshida. This was one of the absolute BEST times I've had recently, whether in the MA or the DA. :aok :rock :salute
Thank you all for such a great time and for flying with the honor that you ALWAYS fly with!
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I just had a GREAT morning in the Breakfast Club with RedBull, Ehrler, Latrobe, Camirous and nrshida. This was one of the absolute BEST times I've had recently, whether in the MA or the DA. :aok :rock :salute
Thank you all for such great time and for flying with the honor that you ALWAYS fly with!
Sorry I missed this today. Always a great time and a great learning experience. The courtesy, unwritten but adhered to 'rules' and banter are fantastic :salute
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Fly in the MA..I do...more often than not can't find a fight...in the DA it finds me.
I happen to prefer spending less time getting to a fight, as many do.
There's not really a reason not to...MA folks worried? It wouldn't effect you.
It might actually bring more people over to enjoy some good fights.
If the DA could be coded so that only fights over the lake got ranked as a "fighter" rank, there may be some merit to this as I see it.
But if not, you would get less traffic in the DA, than you already get. No one wants to have their crappy rank from bailing of duelling Krupinski over and over, thrown in their face on 200. The DA is a mano-e-mano place where outcomes are between the parties only. If loss records were kept and published, it would be even harder to get a duel.
The lake is just am small MA furball, with no restriction on perk rides. If you want to keep stats for just that section of the DA, I'm for it, IF they factor ENY into the Rank.
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Rank is one of the main things folks complain about when looking for reasons as to why it can be hard to find a 1v1 in the MA. I could care less if the DA is ranked or scored, but this might be a clear case of "be careful what you wish for".
Flying for score/rank and white knuckle, sweaty palm, 1v1 fights don't have a history of playing well with one another.
Rewarding cruising over 1v1 fights picking in a BnZ bird seems counter to what the DA is for.
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Rank is the one reason a lot of folks wont duel people in the MA, That's why I wont go to the DA because they get to set up all their stuff and it doesn't hurt them if they lose.
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Rank is the one reason a lot of folks wont duel people in the MA, That's why I wont go to the DA because they get to set up all their stuff and it doesn't hurt them if they lose.
I only go to duel someone that's in my squad . Seems like the rest of the folk's in the DA like to HO and so on to much .
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Not only do I think the DA shouldn't have ranks (or F3 mode), I also think scores and names in lights should be eliminated.
IMO the DA should be all about the fight, not about the egos and if ego is what it's about then that should be between the combatants.
JMO
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Not only do I think the DA shouldn't have ranks (or F3 mode), I also think scores and names in lights should be eliminated.
:aok
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Not only do I think the DA shouldn't have ranks (or F3 mode), I also think scores and names in lights should be eliminated.
IMO the DA should be all about the fight, not about the egos and if ego is what it's about then that should be between the combatants.
JMO
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