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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: icepac on December 31, 2013, 10:22:52 PM
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.......if it inspires the kinds of missions I saw today.
Rather than whine about hidden CV's in the forums, one country simply went and took them back with well planned and executed mission.
I had fun finding some other cv that were hidden in various parts of the map, too.
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Yeah, you see the problem is we are only in control of our own actions, and anything but smash and grab missions, or big buff raids to the strats are extremely unpopular.
That means there's ZERO reliability of being able to set up such a mission you seem to envision.
Anything that makes you rely on strangers is a horrible idea, because they are inherently unreliable.
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Yeah, you see the problem is we are only in control of our own actions, and anything but smash and grab missions, or big buff raids to the strats are extremely unpopular.
That means there's ZERO reliability of being able to set up such a mission you seem to envision.
Anything that makes you rely on strangers is a horrible idea, because they are inherently unreliable.
Apparently, they achieved 200% reliability by sending two hidden cv back to their ports.
I agree you can only count upon yourself but I am able to find cv about 90% of the time that I look for them.
Had I decided to sink it, it would have been returned to play.
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Not hard to find a CV ... just costs the finder 12 hours on the other side :P
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Hiding CVs in the game is the one thing that makes my skin crawl.....cant stand it
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P...B... Y... Cat....ilina
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Pansies change sides to find the CV because they lack the skill or ability to anticipate the enemy enough to find them.
It's never taken me longer than 1 hour to find a cv no matter where it is.
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Why should I waste an hour of my time because someone hid a CV in the back of the map?
Because it's tactical? Nope it's not...
Gives a side an advantage? No not really...
Take away from further fights? Sure does...
Hiding CVs doesn't effect the game as much as the idiots who hide them think...just removes a fight.
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P...B... Y... Cat....ilina
Or Catalina... Which.
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Or Catalina... Which.
(http://www.reactionface.info/sites/default/files/imagecache/Node_Page/images/1314029819767.png)
Oh god. I wish I could change that. :o
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Hiding a CV is ghay
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The P-51 can cruise at over 400mph at 12k on military power. So the most efficient way to find a CV is to launch a P-51 with 100% internal fuel, and fly into the sectors that you think may harbor an enemy cv. This way you cover lots of water, can outrun nearly all enemy fighters, and have a tremendous range. Unfortunately, it still requires flying momentarily inverted or banking to see the water directly to your 12:00.
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The P-51 can cruise at over 400mph at 12k on military power. So the most efficient way to find a CV is to launch a P-51 with 100% internal fuel, and fly into the sectors that you think may harbor an enemy cv. This way you cover lots of water, can outrun nearly all enemy fighters, and have a tremendous range. Unfortunately, it still requires flying momentarily inverted or banking to see the water directly to your 12:00.
no need to look over your 12. the first ping that kills you tells you there's a cv there.
semp
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I enjoy looking for them almost as much as anticipating whether the dar I saw upping from enemy rear field is B29s so I can run them down in a 110.
I'm now going to run them down with a I16 or C202 since 110 has proven pretty easy.
The reward for finding a CV that was hidden by simply looking is far more satisfying than having someone cheat to find it. (yes, I consider spying to be cheating).
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Proper CV usage involves parking them a couple miles offshore from an enemy base and running up the black flag to signal no quarter asked and no quarter given. Anything else is a waste.
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Hiding them doesn't bother me until I find them hidden outside the map boundaries and ords have no effect on them. Can't remember which map off hand but that was lame.
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no need to look over your 12. the first ping that kills you tells you there's a cv there.
semp
agreed--fly high and away from radar--and ack starts popping--there you go-you've found it.
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Does it really require skill to find a hidden CV? One would think it takes a lot of patience (or not having a decent life or hobby), a little bit of intellect (given that icepac plays the game you can never fall too short of this), and being bored enough to actually go looking for a CV.
Furballs are good.
Base Hording is acceptable.
GV'ing is lame but okay.
Base Defending is great fun.
Bombing Strats/Towns/Bases is something to do.
DA can be fun sometimes.
MidWar/EarlyWar is almost always dead but great for practice.
WWI, no one likes kites but why not?
TA is great if you feel like teaching.
Now if none of the above crosses your mind before CV hunting for hours then maybe CV hunting is your idea of "fun" but I strongly recommend you explore other actions to do in the game.
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Hiding CVs in the game is the one thing that makes my skin crawl.....cant stand it
Hiding a CV taken from an enemy port that is likely to be retaken is obviously tactically advantageous. Some folk play the game to find a fight and I get it (I guess) why they think hiding CVs is an unhappy thing. But there are scores of bases from which to find that fight, a few CVs MIA isn't going to impact that significantly.
I want my side to win so I am very much pro-hiding.
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I prefer to put the CV into action at the earliest and best time possible. Just take a few more bases around the port so you know you have some barrier.
Simply defend the port and boat.
No need to hide the boat.
:rock
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Does it really require skill to find a hidden CV? One would think it takes a lot of patience (or not having a decent life or hobby), a little bit of intellect (given that icepac plays the game you can never fall too short of this), and being bored enough to actually go looking for a CV.
Furballs are good.Check!
Base Hording is acceptable.Don't think so, is just another way to avoid fighting
GV'ing is lame but okay.Spawn camping is lame, GVing can be very fun
Base Defending is great fun.Check!
Bombing Strats/Towns/Bases is something to do.Check!
DA can be fun sometimes.Check!
MidWar/EarlyWar is almost always dead but great for practice.... and for perk farming
WWI, no one likes kites but why not?Check!
TA is great if you feel like teaching.....or learning
Now if none of the above crosses your mind before CV hunting for hours then maybe CV hunting is your idea of "fun" but I strongly recommend you explore other actions to do in the game.
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Just to clear up a few points :devil
Hiding a CV taken from an enemy port that is likely to be retaken is obviously tactically advantageous. Some folk play the game to find a fight and I get it (I guess) why they think hiding CVs is an unhappy thing. But there are scores of bases from which to find that fight, a few CVs MIA isn't going to impact that significantly.
I want my side to win so I am very much pro-hiding.
I understand what your saying, but it is still lame. Your hiding it because you don't think your team could keep it if it was attacked. I'm more along the lines of if we can't defend it then we deserve to lose it. Use it as a focal point of a great battle!
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I'm more along the lines of if we can't defend it then we deserve to lose it. Use it as a focal point of a great battle!
Small point: You can't defend the CV, because you were born with the gene that allows you to feel boredom. :D Thus you will be enjoying that great battle instead of staying on high patrol for buffs and jabos. The CV lasts until someone on the other team decides to kill it, and not one second more.
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Most maps you can find them but you have to be willing to look.
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Small point: You can't defend the CV, because you were born with the gene that allows you to feel boredom. :D Thus you will be enjoying that great battle instead of staying on high patrol for buffs and jabos. The CV lasts until someone on the other team decides to kill it, and not one second more.
Point of order, sar! I have both witnessed and participated in CV defense against a dedicated attack that succeeded.
We're talking about an hour or more of jabos and buffs high and low (apparently there was a dedicated high cap).
And it wasn't boring the defenders at all. The attackers apparently either got bored or lost stamina or had to log, though.
It was glorious.
Having said that, however, it does seem to be more of a rare happenstance now. :salute :cheers:
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Small point: You can't defend the CV, because you were born with the gene that allows you to feel boredom. :D Thus you will be enjoying that great battle instead of staying on high patrol for buffs and jabos. The CV lasts until someone on the other team decides to kill it, and not one second more.
I've been a member of many a CV defense! They are great fun. Most MUST have a good driver, some guys good on the guns doesn't hurt, and flying high cover or low in a C-hog popping buffs is fun, and the fights that develop with guys trying to get those buffs in.... just awesome. I've been in some that lasted the whole afternoon. Great fun. None of this horde crap, or diving lancs, just strait up fight for it!
Ahhh but that was when people actually fought in this game :noid
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Well, I never figured out why anyone would bomb a CV in the first place. It's a moveable feast parked right next door.
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Well, I never figured out why anyone would bomb a CV in the first place. It's a moveable feast parked right next door.
You're not the only one that has that point of view. :)