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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: mosgood on February 12, 2003, 09:57:32 AM
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I just noticed that I'm getting killed consistantly by osti's more than anything else lately. Is this happening to everyone else or am I just lucky?
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you are lucky
I avoid them like the plague
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Top 7 from the Kills list:
Panzer IV H 25299 kills
Spitfire Mk IX 10531 kills
Ostwind 9528 kills
P-51D 9146 kills
Ship Gunner 7398 kills
La-7 7362 kills
N1K2 6696 kills
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A new danger is developing for the Ostwind:
This tour so far:
The Ostwind has 64 kills and has been killed 80 times against the M-8.
Last tour:
The Ostwind has 276 kills and has been killed 193 times against the M-8.
Tour before that:
The Ostwind has 276 kills and has been killed 142 times against the M-8.
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Originally posted by narsus
I avoid them like the plague
Words to live by. Literally!
Drano
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ostwinds are fun...especcially there messages after they die
WHAT HOW DID YUO DO THAT BLASTED studmuffinATIGER HOW DARE YOU DESTROY MY BEUTIFUL OSTI ILL GET YOU YET
sounds about right
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I would have a decent K/D if deaths by GV's weren't counted.
lazs
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wasn't the ostwinds ammo recentky changed from AP to HE ?
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I just noticed that I'm getting killed consistantly by osti's more than anything else lately. Is this happening to everyone else or am I just lucky?
Correction
You WERE lucky
Not anymore
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Originally posted by Fridaddy
Correction
You WERE lucky
Not anymore [/B]
LOL
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Originally posted by john9001
wasn't the ostwinds ammo recentky changed from AP to HE ?
I believe so. So watchout A/C ... and osties watchout for tanks and M8s (M8 with AP can be nasty).
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Mosgood:
No. In fact I can say I get killed by any a/c that points its guns at me when I'm in an Ostie.
I get the drop on nme a/c as they strafe; I aim ahead of em as they pass to apply lead...no joy; not so much as a ping. I point my guns at em dead on as they dive down at me...no joy, and I die.
I don't understand it but, I have practically no success in an Ostie at all. On ocassion I get a kill from about 400 feet as they pass by me but, no more. :confused:
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Originally posted by Don
Mosgood:
No. In fact I can say I get killed by any a/c that points its guns at me when I'm in an Ostie.
I get the drop on nme a/c as they strafe; I aim ahead of em as they pass to apply lead...no joy; not so much as a ping. I point my guns at em dead on as they dive down at me...no joy, and I die.
I don't understand it but, I have practically no success in an Ostie at all. On ocassion I get a kill from about 400 feet as they pass by me but, no more. :confused:
Something about Osties, and other manned guns, is the lag affect. You don't see this as much in fighters, I think because it's adjusted for. Planes are never where they appear to be, and with high lag they can be off an incredible amount, making them nearly impossible to kill.
Most of the time when a plane approaches, I see it suddenly jump from like 2500 yards to between 1200 and 700. Another way I see lag is when the plane drops a bomb, I sometimes get killed by the bomb long before the plane reaches me (like 500 - 600 yards out). There have been times when I got jabo killed to see the plane drop the bomb or pass by after I got dumped back to the tower ( with no other planes in the area).
Some nights I can get a lot of manned gun kills, and on other nights fight off hordes of straffing planes for an hour without getting a kill.
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I think the Ostwind get kills to easy. Except when I'm in them.
TeeDog
332nd Flying Mongrels
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Originally posted by TeeDog
I think the Ostwind get kills to easy. Except when I'm in them.
TeeDog
332nd Flying Mongrels
LOL! My thoughts too! I can't hit a THING with one, but man, some of the folks driving those can tear me up at 2.5k away