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Title: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Lusche on January 01, 2022, 02:57:58 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/6zF4GX6.png)



 :old: Been some time since my last 'look-at-me' post (7 years I think), and also quite some time since I posted something with a positive vibe, so here's another milestone of mine:


I Just shot down my 400th B29 in the main arena(s) of Aces High. My favourite prey in AH of all time: Rare, fast, resilient, incredibly well armed and usually flown at very high altitudes by pilots who are no beginners either. I still remember the two only times I got the "4 B-29s in one sortie" achievements (both times on Ozkansas, one raid was led by the Black-Knights (Germany) and the other by Earl a few years later), just because it's so difficult and exciting to get.  :joystick:

And yes, it took me a damn long time to get there.  With the B-29 being introduced in February 2011, I reached 100 kills in February 13, 250 kills  in April 14 and 300 only 7 months later. So it took me over 7 more years just to collect the next 50 scalps. But then, B-29 missions are basically a thing of the past, and I am not longer a regular since November 2015. I would have liked to wait until #500 with this shameless self-promotion, but I very much believe this day will never come.





(https://i.imgur.com/zbw4st5.png)

Not included in these numbers: The countless times the B-29 broke through my defense and smashed their target anyway, or I only caught up with them after the drop, or I was gliding home shot up badly (I'm looking at you, Ta-152 radiator! :angry: ).



p.s.: I miss the huge, escorted long-range bombing missions which once were a thing in Aces High  :(
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: scott66 on January 01, 2022, 03:19:49 PM
Well done sir!  :salute
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: The Fugitive on January 01, 2022, 03:55:14 PM
WTG Lusche!   :aok
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: JimmyD3 on January 01, 2022, 04:06:45 PM
Impressive sir, missing you in the MA. :cheers:
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: decoy on January 01, 2022, 06:51:31 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/6zF4GX6.png)

I Just shot down my 400th B29 in the main arena(s) of Aces High. My favourite prey in AH of all time: Rare, fast, resilient, incredibly well armed and usually flown at very high altitudes by pilots who are no beginners either.


Not included in these numbers: The countless times the B-29 broke through my defense and smashed their target anyway, or I only caught up with them after the drop, or I was gliding home shot up badly (I'm looking at you, Ta-152 radiator! :angry: ).

p.s.: I miss the huge, escorted long-range bombing missions which once were a thing in Aces High  :(

Rare?  Flown by pilots who are not beginners?  Well, yeah.  I don't know how many perk points you have to earn to launch a B29, but it's a LOT more than I have.  Still, congrats on your tenaciousness.  Another 100 isn't out of reach, especially if I get enough points to start launching B29s.  See, there's a silver lining to every cloud.

Rock on!
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: oboe on January 01, 2022, 07:16:20 PM
 :salute Lusche!
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Getback on January 01, 2022, 08:39:04 PM
Nice going!
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Oldman731 on January 01, 2022, 11:52:34 PM
D11 kills.  Very impressive.  Congrats, dude.

- oldman
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Goat1 on January 01, 2022, 11:55:01 PM
Nice job
 :aok

Goat
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Mongoose on January 02, 2022, 11:55:09 AM
Nice picture of the wing snap.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: haggerty on January 02, 2022, 02:43:23 PM
Dang, too bad I change my name so much, would be awesome to see how many Wirble kills I have, and deaths to them broken down.

WTG on your achievement.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: maxy on January 02, 2022, 03:14:23 PM
very cool :aok
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: The Fugitive on January 02, 2022, 08:23:43 PM
Dang, too bad I change my name so much, would be awesome to see how many Wirble kills I have, and deaths to them broken down.

WTG on your achievement.

If you do the work to post what tours are tied to which names Ill run your numbers for you.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Max on January 03, 2022, 06:26:22 AM
Pipz would have said, “Huzzah”!
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Lusche on January 03, 2022, 09:11:30 AM
Pipz would have said, “Huzzah”!


 :) :(
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Slade on January 03, 2022, 04:31:59 PM
Awsome!  :salute
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Shuffler on January 03, 2022, 04:55:42 PM
I have no idea how many 29s I have shot down...... but it ain't many... lol Good Lord 400. ROTFLMAO woot!
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Lusche on January 03, 2022, 06:05:45 PM
I have no idea how many 29s I have shot down......


13.  I guess with the oxygen supplies replaced by a blender, you simply can't reach their usual cruise altitudes anymore  :old:

By the way, you also have 11 kills in B-29s yourself
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: fuzeman on January 03, 2022, 07:49:37 PM
I have recollections of being part of this 400 club and you in a Mossie. I recall it because I had been practicing some B-29 stuff in the TA and loaded up 25% fuel and only noticing as I approached the target which was either a HQ or City.

Then again...... it may have been a nightmare or bad dream I had.

Then again my coconut and swiss cheese have many things in common.  :old:
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: guncrasher on January 03, 2022, 08:24:37 PM
Rare?  Flown by pilots who are not beginners?  Well, yeah.  I don't know how many perk points you have to earn to launch a B29, but it's a LOT more than I have.  Still, congrats on your tenaciousness.  Another 100 isn't out of reach, especially if I get enough points to start launching B29s.  See, there's a silver lining to every cloud.

Rock on!

I think once i lost like 20 b29's in 2 hours betting my squadies that I would shot down more of them.  then again there was a fire sale on b29's that afternoon.  we had a great time.

semp
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: mERv on January 03, 2022, 09:51:55 PM
 :cheers:

OzKansas.... Now that is a name I haven't seen used in a very long time! That was an old  name I used long ago. Can't remember if I was flying 2 sets or if that was pre 2016 but either way big  :salute on the milestone

It was sorties like that one and many more of yours that forced me to up my gunner and strategy game over the years.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: save on January 04, 2022, 04:21:36 AM
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Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Lusche on January 04, 2022, 04:36:59 AM
(https://www.dunken.se/images/normal/mlp-iwantaponyt-shirt-6.jpg)


I want one in 3XL, please  :old:
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Lusche on January 04, 2022, 04:39:11 AM
OzKansas.... Now that is a name I haven't seen used in a very long time!


Actually, I messed up the names. It wasn't OzKansas, it was TAGMA those missions happened on.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Shuffler on January 04, 2022, 12:06:59 PM

13.  I guess with the oxygen supplies replaced by a blender, you simply can't reach their usual cruise altitudes anymore  :old:

By the way, you also have 11 kills in B-29s yourself

It could be the weight of Triple-sec and Cuervo in the DTs...... along with modified blender of course.  :D That dang ice machine too.


Then there are the times deep into the night when I am shooting at a whole flight of bombers that turns out to be one bomber. Again margaritas  :D
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: oTRALFZo on January 04, 2022, 12:40:33 PM
2 B29 kills in a Tiger 2..Someone had a bad day :D :rofl

WTG Snailman
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Spikes on January 04, 2022, 12:43:04 PM
2 B29 kills in a Tiger 2..Someone had a bad day :D :rofl

WTG Snailman
LOL, didn't even notice that. I'd love to hear the story on that one.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Lusche on January 04, 2022, 12:47:13 PM
LOL, didn't even notice that. I'd love to hear the story on that one.

You won't believe how long it took me to get my Tiger II to 30K  :old:


The true story has no glamour, though: Someone with too many buff perks flew low enough to get killed by town ack. Those two kills are just proxies.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: Shuffler on January 04, 2022, 04:45:10 PM
You won't believe how long it took me to get my Tiger II to 30K  :old:


The true story has no glamour, though: Someone with too many buff perks flew low enough to get killed by town ack. Those two kills are just proxies.


I prefer the story I made up in my head.
Title: Re: Look at me! LOOK AT ME!!! #400
Post by: decoy on January 04, 2022, 06:35:10 PM
LOL, didn't even notice that. I'd love to hear the story on that one.

Spikes, I really appreciate your input and participation in AH, but allow me to say, I was scrolling through this thread and my lovely and gracious wife, Connie walked through. 

"Who is that?"

"Uh, that's Spikes.  I'm not sure who he is.  He's a biggie, though."

"That's not what it looks like to me."

"Uh....  yeah.  I love you, too, sweetie."

So, you make my life a challenge from time to time and I thought you should know.  <Salute>