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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: sirch on May 19, 2002, 06:53:22 AM
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Hi all, I am new here . I just now signed up and downloaded the basic version. I am an old fan of AW, and found AH accidentaly while looking for a new flight sim to play online. My question is how does AH compare to AW? Will someone be kind enough to share this with me? I am on my 2 week trial period LOL I havn't hooked up any of my joysticks yet or even tried this thing out yet. I flew b-17s, and most all the fighters in AW, and was the originator of the squadron "THE INTRUDERS". I was wondering if I may find some old friends in here. Lookin forward to havin some fun again, thanks in advance for any replys.:)
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No replies I imagine so far, since its no contest..AH simply rocks.
Welcome, good luck, don't get frustrated after two weeks, keep plugging away, this game has drawn the best Aces of all online flight sims to its doorstep!
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Well Lookie here, a neighbor from Brentwood, Long Island! I'm in Franklin Square myself.
God, AW is a distant memory here.
Many AW refugees are here so if you were plugged into the AW scene, you're sure to find some old friends.
My whole squad, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Marine Air Wing are here.
Meanwhile, how does AH stack up? No comparison, really. SUPER EXTREME CUSTOMER SUPPORT is here. The hell with big companies, this sim is run by 7 people who really really care about their product and their customers. Thats the number one selling point.
AS for the game itself, if you played RR in AW, your in for a steep learning curve. If you played FR in AW, your in for a steep learning curve. *laughs*
There's alot to learn here, and this game is ever changing. Selling point number 2.
2 weeks is not enough to fully appreciate this sim. If you find yourself overwhelmed, swing on by the TA and someone will help you out.
Otherwise, give me a yell if you see me on, and I'll answer any questions you have.
Final point, the "Top Gun" callsigns have been beat to death. If you choose any of these we will mecilessly hunt you down!;)
Seriously, my callsign is muckmaw. If you need any help, catch me in the arena or send me an e-mail at jpizzo127@yahoo.com.
Welcome to Aces High!
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One question SIRCH....
what does the phrase "2 WEEKS" mean to you? :)
Hands down, AH blows AW away.
Dmdmax
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How does AH compair to AW?... To me it's like the difference between Chess and Checkers. There both fine games, but they have almost nothing in common other than the playing field.
AW in the RR arenas was a really fun checkers game. You could log on if you only had a short time to play and truly have a ball.
I enjoyed the "bowling league" type of play that we had there. The squad nights were a lot of fun. We would even plan our squad nights so that we would face specific opposing squads.
AH is more of an indepth game of chess. You've got a lot more to learn, and when playing, there is much more to it then the old arcade style "yank-&-bank".
In my opinion... let me repeat that... In my opinion, AH is the much better game as far as realism, graphics, and customer support. But the community was freindlier in AWRR and the game was more "fun" in a beer drinking back-slapping sort of way.
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Thanks for those helpful replies. I just hope I am up to the challenge. I don't really have a lot of time for this sim, like I used to have. I can scrape up an hour or two a day hopefully. Is there a more complete sim on the market I can buy? Or is this download I started with enough? As for DMAX's question, 2 weeks for me is just for me to decide if this game will be interesting and challenging and fun enough for me to stay with it. It sure as hell sounds like it will be after reading your helpful replies. looking forward to flying with you all;
thanks again.:)
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The download that you got is the same version of the game that everyone in the game uses, so you don't have to drop and extra cash on the game (that is until you have been hooked into the wonderful world of AH and feel compelled to feed you addiction at $15 a month).
Come in, check the game out. If you take the time to learn some basics, the game becomes incredibly fun and challenging.
Hope to see you in the game soon checking it out!
-math
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Sirch, there are a lot of us old AW players in here now. Any one of us will help you with the learning curve. Come in with an open mind, and I'm quite certain you'll have a great time in a great game.
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I hear the AW community was something to see!
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Originally posted by hblair
I hear the AW community was something to see!
Well, you should know, hblair! You are surrounded by them! ;)
Welcome, Sirch, from another ex-AWr! :D
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Sirch, this SIM rocks as others have told you. As a Veteran of AW 1, 2, 3 and Millenium, I can tell you that AH wins hands down. The learning curb is steep, but even then you will have fun just learning the sim - as I am doing. Come on in and have fun. "Wizer"
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Originally posted by hblair
I hear the AW community was something to see!
Too bad you didn't have the chance to experience it first hand, maybe you would finally get it if you had.
Ack-Ack
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Welcome to AH Sirch.
The best part is the chance to meet old friends and new friends. :) If you have any problems, let me know. I'm always happy to help.
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Let me know if you need some basic training in AH, I can help.
Fariz
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AH is the bees knees sirch. I also played AW from Bigweek on, pretty well always in FR.
AH wasnt THAT hard to learn actually as long as you were an FR-er. Keep it smooth and imagine what a real plane would do and youre pretty OK. ie: only blown away 9 times out of 10.. lol but the kills come....
The ping is great, even here in NZ we get waaay better than ever we did in AW, you can fly/drive not only planes but the airfield ack, vehicles (trucks, tanks, AA, landing craft) and PT boats and even maneuver the carrier fleet. Fleet! as in with Battleship and yes you can fire th main guns!!
You get rockets of course, a new 4 buff box (coming next release... 2 weeks...) and a sometimes eclectic selection of aircraft. Macchies, mitsubishis and all.
(and 7 more coming next release also...)
And also note the perk system. You get points for kills, the better the kill (ie if you have a wussy plane and he/she has an uber plane and you win..) the better the points. the points can be traded for rides in uber planes ie: the 262 or arado 234 jets. But if you die in mission the perk points are gone and you start collecting again. Means you can fly those planes anytime but you get a bit gun shy in them.... lol.
anyway, enuff blathering... it is very very very good cf AW.. well worth your $15. Get into it.
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think of AH as AW on steroids.
as a former AWer, i've had no real problem w/ the full realism flight model of AH.
also the terrains are awesome. not just a flat plain with a few mountains. i esp. dig the mindanao map, using the valleys to avoid radar and fighters.
lots of AW orphans here. unfortunately my old squad, the C-HAWKS has succumbed to the 'evil doers' at CRS and plays WWIIOL.
AH rocks.
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If you flew in the AW FR arenas at all,you'll do fine here.
Blackouts are more progressive(instead of AW's nearly instant blackout),and departure into a spin has a better feel...you can ride the stall better here IMHO.
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I played Aw about 4 years. After AW died, I joined AH and after a few months I feel that this game is better that AW.
I feel that any AW Vet that gives AH a good shot will melt right in. I dont think any other online WWII game can approach the level of AH.
Hope this helps
->SUN
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sirch,
if you want some advice spend a few weeks shooting drones in offline mode before you start your 2 week trial. I did this because I was waiting for an internet connection and it has made a HUGE difference to how much I enjoyed the game, I was able to get a few kills right from day 1, and I have been hooked ever since.
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If you flew in the AW FR arenas at all,you'll do fine here. Blackouts are more progressive(instead of AW's nearly instant blackout),and departure into a spin has a better feel...you can ride the stall better here IMHO.
Are you saying AH is more realistic?
After fly at AW FR for 3 years and 3 years more at RR arenas. I feel AH is between both. It's more difficult that RR arenas and more easy that FR arenas.
Of course, better graphics, better ammo choices, convergence exist here, worst fuel choices (i want to put my plane 99% fuel what is the problem too difficult?), better damage model (worst that Il-2), worst community that at AW FR (90% people don't respect 1 poor low guy between 2 or more enemies for exemple, result quake arena with wings), if you employ german planes at AW you will have a problem here, some planes breaks aerodinamic's law (la7,nikis,spits and near all buffs). And you will love be killed for a ground vehicle or buff gunner about 2k distance when only thing you could do is look him, better patches that AW, more advanced planes that fly (WHERE IS KI84? ;) )
Personal conclusion: a global better game that AW with some mistakes, for me that mistakes are easy to avoid but seems some AH veterans begin to emigrate IL-2 because thay hate Quake games and there is where AH is going.
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Read it again...it MAY be more realistic,but what I'm saying is essentially the same thing you are,that AWIII FR is a more difficult FM.I was just trying to be diplomatic,and not start a flame war.
Having said that,I prefer the Aces High flight model.;)
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Golly akak, I was just giving credit where credit was due. :p
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AW invented Kurt Tank.
;)
Westy
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Welcome sirch,
As to harder or easier than AW FR, I think AH is just different. Easier in some ways, but with the more complex physics in AH there seems to be more to learn all the time. AW FR had a flight model that was masterable IMHO, while AH is more realistic (Not necessarily harder).
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Rat... sure in AW you could set fuel to 99% but guess what !! that fuel weighed the EXACT same as 95% 92% 90%! +)
realism?
I think AH's choices of 25 50 75 100 is perfectly fine..
La7 breaks laws of aerodynamics? prove it...
La5 is an uber ride in IL2, wait til the La7 appears +)
Gangbang is just as prevailent in AH as in AW, the only difference in AW was longer fronts enabling a player to escape the gangbang and find a fight elsewhere.
worst community that at AW FR (90% people don't respect 1 poor low guy between 2 or more enemies for exemple, result quake arena with wings) pile o crap
and yes i did fly AW FR for about 6 months before i left for AH.
And you will love be killed for a ground vehicle or buff gunner about 2k distance when only thing you could do is look him
NEVER been hit from 2k by a buff. If you know anything about ballistics... a buff hits harder when u are attacking his 6, if he hits u at even d1.5 there is a good chance it will hurt. 50cal is lethal to distances greater than that in reality.
An Antiaircraft Gunned GV should stand a chance of killing you at ranges you can't shoot back.. can't understand your complaint there.....
Unlike AW MG and cannon rounds don't 'dissappear' at d700
Rat.. is ignorance really bliss?
Enjoy IL2 mate, lemme know when they implement a real view system, then it might be worth flyin more than an hour or two a week.
And all these quake comparisons.... quake offers a game with parity between all players... I guess if we all flew the same plane that would exist in ALL flight sims...
SKurj
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Sirch and Muckmaw I am originally from Brentwood LI, living in Huntington currently damn small world.
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i don't fly IL-2 because don't like me. It had a really total unrealistic flaps and engine use.
If you had 92% fuel and i have 99% with same plane, are you sure same rendiment? Ok let's thing you survive a 1 vs 1 vs me with that load of fuel when you have 1% and i have 7% let me know what will happend. You will claim BINGOOOO!!
I have bee hit for buff gunners at near 2k ok i was at his 6, but i can't do nothing vs him at that distance. Hitech said buff guns hasn't convergence and did same damage all .50 cal. but i can't kill nodody at more 1k with a F4Ud and i have been killed at 12 oc high infront a b26 at near 1.5 and extending.
At AW FR you only have to said bingo fuel or ammo and 90% of times you will survive here is at inverse. First time i went to kill a guy that was ganged by 2 countrymen and kill him at AW FR I have to log out for 1 complete day, it didn't like enemy and countrymen. 2vs1 is gangbang but some pilots manage to survive 10vs1 is quakebang. Last night me vs 2 Spits 1 109 1 F6F 1 Niki. Turning with a F4U manage to kill 2 guys and run acks and Gv's, and i was a dweeb runhog at ack LOL that is pile of crap.
Quake planes are Spit, niki and la7. You may know if you are flying a Fw.
I will fly here since i find something better as everybody.
I said him what are differences for me. Only thing you do it is blame about me. I said him i prefer AH over AW. Probably it is more realistic but isn't perfect. HT has a lot of work to do with damage model of GV's and some planes (Super La7 is harder that any Fw or F4U). Install AW again and try to do a Loop with negative G's. Are Bombers modeled correct? Could a b17 loop at 20k and split S vs a 262?
Skur... is ignorance really bliss?
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Skurj.... Barcelona,Spain
And of course: "You may know if you are flying a Fw."
Need I say more?
-SW
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"is ignorance really bliss?"
Really? Maybe! ;)
Westy
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Big error i don't fly Fw !!TIO LISTO!!!
I've to say something more YANKIE
Good ol' US of A LOL
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Do not understand that last post at all.
-SW
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It's probably just something in the water over there or possibly the w(h)ine.
;)
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Originally posted by SKurj
Rat... sure in AW you could set fuel to 99% but guess what !! that fuel weighed the EXACT same as 95% 92% 90%! +)
realism?
SKurj
In AW fuel went by 9/10ths. So if you loaded u 39% fuel, your weight would be as if you were flying with 30% fuel.
ack-ack
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Originally posted by RatPenat
At AW FR you only have to said bingo fuel or ammo and 90% of times you will survive here is at inverse. First time i went to kill a guy that was ganged by 2 countrymen and kill him at AW FR I have to log out for 1 complete day, it didn't like enemy and countrymen. 2vs1 is gangbang but some pilots manage to survive 10vs1 is quakebang. Last night me vs 2 Spits 1 109 1 F6F 1 Niki. Turning with a F4U manage to kill 2 guys and run acks and Gv's, and i was a dweeb runhog at ack LOL that is pile of crap.
If I could figure out WHAT THE HELL your saying, I might be able to retort. However, it's obvious English is a second language to you, so I cannot hold that aginst you.
Now maybe I misunderstood this, but are you implying that calling BINGO on AW FR gave you a 90% chance of survival? You are saying that in AH your countrymen do not cover you on your return trip? Guess what? Fuel and Ammo management are YOUR responsibility. If you can't read your gauges, stay in a field gun. Otherwise, make sure you've got enough ammo and fuel to protect your own bellybutton on the ride home. Like SA, fuel and ammo management is your responsibility. If you get cover on the way home, say thank you, and be on your way. Otherwise, the only person you can count on is yourself, and your squad if your in one.
It's that simple. If I saw you and you called Bingo, I'd take you home, but that's me. Not everyone plays my way, nor should they have to. If you tell me it was different in AW FR, which I flew for 2 years, I'm telling you that's not true.
So enjoy your tenure here at AH, and when something better comes along, let me know how human nature is different at Game X. I'll be sure to file a report with the Consortium of Sociologists.
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I honored bingo calls from people I either knew,or respected.
There were certain people who I would never let go...especially the so-called "aces" who couldn't fly head to head if their life depended on it.
You would catch them with their horde vulching a field,and they would run home screaming bingo.Bingo from vulching?Sorry buddy...pop goes the weasel.
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No deje a la puerta golpearle en el asno, el payaso.
"Don't let the door hit you in the ass, clown."
Someone deleted their post. You know the one. Where out pal Rat called AH a bunch of clowns in Spanish.
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Necesitas lecciones de espaņol porque no sabes utilizar correctamente los sujetos aunque tampoco es exactamente el sujeto parece mas bien que no sabes utilizar los complementos circunstanciales de lugar o quizas sean los verbos pero lo que endefinitiva se nota es que no es tu lengua materna puedes seguir intentandolo y te puedo recomendar un par de foros para que vayas practicando tu castellano. En todo caso gracias por lo de asno payaso. Si te ves con cuerpo puedes traducir todo por mi y que vaya bien
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OK I'm gonna say this then duck and run.
I love AH, but one thing that almost never happened in AW FR was shooting a landing plane. It was frowned on by all and was considered bad form.
Additionally a countryman returning home with kills was often assisted. This was due to the scoring system. Landing a kill was worth 10 times dieing with one.
Kill stealing was much less of an issue in AW as well. If the guy was an enemy it was good to kill him.
All that being said, none of those issues had as much to do with the game as with the community. The AH community is as good as its players, and that is pretty darn good right now.
peace out
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I flew AW for 6+ years (2 RR, 4FR) and actually heard about the AH beta from Moss at the 99 AW convention. I'd say AH is a logical progression from WB's which grew out of AW. Overall the biggest difference is pilot quality...alot of very seasoned sticks.
Also the E modeling is a bit more demanding (but no where near as tough as it was in 1.4< :(
As for playability, this is more like "the real thing" than AW was. Alot more players at one time so SA is more important than ACM if you fly for score.
As for the bingo crap...it was then and is now. I would often let a cripple go (then and now) but was always amazed at folks would scream into a furball hose everything they could and then go screaming bingo as they tried to crawl out the bottom of the furball.
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AW kill stealing? lol plane dissappeared when enuff damage was done. No death spiral.
SKurj
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Originally posted by Sox62
I honored bingo calls from people I either knew,or respected.
There were certain people who I would never let go...especially the so-called "aces" who couldn't fly head to head if their life depended on it.
You would catch them with their horde vulching a field,and they would run home screaming bingo.Bingo from vulching?Sorry buddy...pop goes the weasel.
When I heard someone call Bingo in AW, all I thought was, here is a kill I don't have to work hard for. To me, Bingo is a game that old ladies and dweebs play.
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Ack-Ack
479th FG - Riddle's Raiders
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never played Air Warrior a day in my life! :confused:
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I love AH, but one thing that almost never happened in AW FR was shooting a landing plane. It was frowned on by all and was considered bad form.
Really? First I've heard of it! I lost count the number of times I was chased back to base by an angry Bz or Az and had to make a very quick landing, trying to avoid being shot down in the process. Fortunately, I usually had a very good gunner on board (Arrt), who would take them out as I was landing, or even rolling down the runway trying to brake like hell! More often than not, of course, the ack would get the attacker first.... :) Diving down to a friendly field from around 30K after destroying the Bz Aircraft Factory, with a Bz fighter in pursuit, was always a great buzz! :D
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Originally posted by NJMAW
never played Air Warrior a day in my life! :confused:
You must be one of very few MAW who hasn't then! :D
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OK I'm gonna say this then duck and run.
I love AH, but one thing that almost never happened in AW FR was shooting a landing plane. It was frowned on by all and was considered bad form
LOL!! what planet did you play AW on?? I shot bingo callers on general principles and chutes because you dont get off that easy in my sky
And for the person who said AW FR had a better flight model??
Are you serious?:rolleyes:
AW FR flight model was the same model as RR except it had built in penalties for stalling(unrealistic penalties I might add)
When a plane stalls it does not go into a spin automaticly as AWs did, most times you have to force a plane to spin. And the blackouts were instant.
That should be clue enuff.
BTW I played AW extensivley and was a staff member
[AWAR]Lee
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Originally posted by akak
When I heard someone call Bingo in AW, all I thought was, here is a kill I don't have to work hard for. To me, Bingo is a game that old ladies and dweebs play.
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Ack-Ack
479th FG - Riddle's Raiders
maybe in RR, not in FR or even here... i love getting manuver kills after i run out of ammo.
:D
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Originally posted by RatPenat
Necesitas lecciones de espaņol porque no sabes utilizar correctamente los sujetos aunque tampoco es exactamente el sujeto parece mas bien que no sabes utilizar los complementos circunstanciales de lugar o quizas sean los verbos pero lo que endefinitiva se nota es que no es tu lengua materna puedes seguir intentandolo y te puedo recomendar un par de foros para que vayas practicando tu castellano. En todo caso gracias por lo de asno payaso. Si te ves con cuerpo puedes traducir todo por mi y que vaya bien
Believe me, I don't need Spanish lessons. I have no interest in learning, or speaking your language. But when I get the impression that someone is bashing my favorite pastime, or my country, I will be more than happy to plug your little tirade into a free online web translator, and tell you where to go in your native tongue.
I'm sure my spanish is as good as your English. Translation: Terrible.
So, in closing, how do you say "Dweeb" in Spanish?
Buenos dias, El Dweebo.
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I have the same problem with people that employ stupids words to attack that i'm spanish. I can said that you begin that and i don't go to stop because you were an american (que miedo).
Good day El Tonto
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I don't think anyone implied you were stupid RatPenat, the problem is the number of Spaniards that came before you here and incessantly whined about the fm, dm, whatever you could possibly think of... and especially the German planes (typically Fws)...
So, in the end, I found two common points of similiarity between you, and a few other spaniards that have been here before you.
The only fault you have is that you believe harder means more realistic, certain planes are more dweeby than others, and that people should actually let you live when you called bingo or were damaged.
When the point of air combat is to shoot the other guy down, where's the combat in letting someone go?
Sorry, that's WWI chivalry.. WWII, well pilots got shot in their chutes... so finishing off a cripple or downing someone landing/taking off is all part of the simulation.
-SW
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Originally posted by Shane
maybe in RR, not in FR or even here... i love getting manuver kills after i run out of ammo.
:D
Not sure what you're tryin' to say, but I seldom honored "bingo" calls in AW. Sometimes, if the caller was someone I knew and respected, I would.
If the caller had wasted bullets trying to kill me, though -- all bets were off.
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Hey listen, I don't know the Lone Ranger, and the guy with the mask was just a college thing, alright?:D
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Originally posted by pbirmingham
Not sure what you're tryin' to say, but I seldom honored "bingo" calls in AW. Sometimes, if the caller was someone I knew and respected, I would.
One thing I noticed when I was staff, was that in FR channel 1 was very little used - most people were tuned to squad channels, so any calls of "bingo" ammo/fuel etc were simply not seen! In many cases, the only time anyone tuned channel 1 (it was either/or in AW) was to either swap salutes, or exchange whines! :)
There were exceptions to this, of course, especially as numbers dwindled during the last year. I often stayed on channel one if there were no other Kraits on, and enjoyed the banter which happened occasionally... :D
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Originally posted by pbirmingham
Not sure what you're tryin' to say, but I seldom honored "bingo" calls in AW. Sometimes, if the caller was someone I knew and respected, I would.
If the caller had wasted bullets trying to kill me, though -- all bets were off.
Sometimes in AW when the hunting was slow, I'd give out false bingo calls over open channel knowing some dweeb Az or Bzlander would rise to the occasion and come looking for the free kill, only to find out that I wasn't a glider or out of ammo. Then the usual whine of "but you called BINGO!" would appear on the buffer after I shot them down. I don't know how many times I shot down Stigr or SkyCry (SkyKi) using that trick :p
Happy to find out it works in here too.
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Ack-Ack
479th FG - Riddle's Raiders
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Originally posted by Flossy
One thing I noticed when I was staff, was that in FR channel 1 was very little used - most people were tuned to squad channels, so any calls of "bingo" ammo/fuel etc were simply not seen! In many cases, the only time anyone tuned channel 1 (it was either/or in AW) was to either swap salutes, or exchange whines! :)
And macro's..................
HOWZAT!......
Hissssssssssssss...........
Road Kill........
etc etc
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I think the only thing I miss from AW is the Imortal Line
"A kill has been recorded"
Tilt
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"A kill has been recorded"
We had it once, "XXXX was shot down by XXX of the xxxxx squadron." but HTC took it out. Now the whole arena can still see you got a kill, but only the person you killed knows it was you who shot them down.
Westy
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Hey All,
Flew AW for 4? ( I forget exactly how long) years. I too miss the "A kill has been recorded" message lol.
Flew RR and FR roughly 2 years for each one. AH flight model is quite a bit different than FR (RR is no comparison at all.) The AW FR model was really touchy in my opinion especially with spins however there was pretty much a control input formula that would always get ya out of a spin whereas in AH you really need to be careful about recovering. The gunnery in AW was quite a bit easier also since all guns were basically lazer guns, that coupled with the lead calculating sight made gunnery very very easy in AW vs AH. However as someone else mentioned the bullets pretty much dissappeared after max range was attained. To me the flight model and gunnery in AH is vastly superior (i.e. more fun lol). I think that the AH flight model is easier overall that FR AW and the gunnery model is much much harder overall than RR/FR gunnery model but way more realistic especially with regards to damage (I'll never forget first bomber I killed in AH, he broke in HALF.......unbelievable).
As far as the community aspect goes......... It seemed easier for some reason to find and make buds in AW than AH especially in different countries. I think probably that I haven't flown in here quite long enough to make a valid comparison (less than a year vs the 4 in AW). In other words I moved from a community where I was fairly well known since I had been there for some time to one where I was a total stranger, kinda like movin to another state lol. As far as the folks in AH, they seem to be real similar to the folks in AW, even before the big infusion of AW players (which is great in my opinion....the more the merrier.) I think probably that you will find a similar community as far as different types of players (organized/unorganized, point hounds/who-cares-lets-have-fun hounds etc) in any flight sim that is similar to the set up that AH has.
Try it for a while, give the game a chance and give the community a chance and you will love it......guarunteed. Its what AW used to be before it was ruined but with better programming, support and connections :).
Zaphod-------> AH
-REX-----------> AW (wish I coulda got this when I started AH grrrr)
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AW vs AH?
AH is what AW was 10 years ago--it's the top of the heap. 10 years from now chances are some other game will have surpassed AH.
Personally I enjoyed AW more than any other computer game I've ever played, but this is irrevelant due to both the fact that AW is gone, and I no longer have the time to spend playing AH (which is why I haven't been posting here lately).
J_A_B
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Originally posted by K West
"A kill has been recorded"
We had it once, "XXXX was shot down by XXX of the xxxxx squadron." but HTC took it out. Now the whole arena can still see you got a kill, but only the person you killed knows it was you who shot them down.
Westy
Why did he do that anyway?
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No idea.
Westy
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I'm thinking it was "XXXXX shot down XXXXX". The "XXXXX was shot down by XXXXX of XXXX squadron" was in warbirds wasn't it?
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Originally posted by hblair
I'm thinking it was "XXXXX shot down XXXXX". The "XXXXX was shot down by XXXXX of XXXX squadron" was in warbirds wasn't it?
That's what I remember from my WB days.
Ack-Ack
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Originally posted by Turbot
Why did he do that anyway?
An educated guess is that HT felt that naming the defeated pilot in the buffer has an adverse effect on said pilot.
One's handle appearing in the kill message all night sort of gets depressing, don't you think? Additionally, it can give him a "reputation" as an easy mark.
A little tough on a newbie, perhaps not so bad for old vets that are used to hearing the sound of someone beating on a metal garbage can with a jackhammer all night long. ;)
Anyway, I think he did it to keep the embarassment factor down.
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"I'm thinking it was "XXXXX shot down XXXXX". "
Im thinking its was hblair was shot down by easymo. :D