I have no intent of stirring up and argument or leaving bad feelings. However, here is my opinion on headons.
gatt(I think), you say you play Aces High and not Quake. Good, admitted one thing: you play a sim. The question I have for you is, do you want to continue to play a sim or actually end up playing Quake? You see by limiting the factors and levels we can play on you are in fact invoking a quake environment. Not being able to have a shot at a head on is quake like. Everyone(no matter what they fly and what armament they have) should be allowed the same chances as a WWII pilot actually had. They should be allowed to fly the entire map(fuel permitting) if they want to. They should be able to fly any which way they want(gravity permitting). They should be allowed to shoot at what they want(ammo situation and intelligence permitting). Simple fact: HOing is tactically, not stupid, but down right mindless. YOu have a chance at not taking fire or you have a chance at exchanging fire with an enemy. More often than not both of you will take fire and the one with better aim(and better armament) will win. This is a known fact by everyone and it's also a combat proven fact in WWII. There are actual recorded instances where WWII and WWI pilots took the HO. I believe somewhere on this BBS someone stated something about the Flying Tigers being told to take HO shots against Claudes(the A6M Zero statement was incorrect.. 20mms were not advisable to take hits from ;-). The obvious victor would be the one with more punch, that being the P40C(I believe that's the model the Chenault's squadron flew, 2 .50s above the engine and 2 in each wing, altogether SIX .50s punching into a light armored plane). Gatt, you then stated that "A lot of times I cut in pieces the other guys (yes, I see flashes, pieces, smoke and explosions, my squad mates tell me the foe died) but he gets the kill. I die, he dies, he gets the kill." This leads me to believe you too participated in the head on. So why are you asking others to stop this head on nonsense when you yourself are participating in it? That's outright hypocricy(sp?) if you ask me. I will admit I took head ons the first few times I flew Aces High. It was sort of an experiment to see what the damage model and ballistics model was like. I'm by no means a newbie to combat simulations. For my resume I have experience in the first Confirmed Kill(v.91 to whenever it became brand W till 2.0), Fighter Duel, and a few other games in between then and now. Back then HOs were very uncommon. Why? Close to 100% of the flyers were hardcore combat pilots. They read up on history, ACM and other such things so they could be the best they could be at the game. I believe we are on the same side on this issue. It's the players that make the experience, not the game. Putting in various limits to something that is supposed to simulate combat is rediculous, it defeats the purpose of it. Therefore, it's up to the players of the game to make it a simulation or a game. YOu have a choice(not just you gatt, everyone) between that 1 kill(HO) and perhaps a 3-kill sortie. You make a stupid choice and take the HO, well you can kiss the fun 3-kill sortie good-bye. Look in ANY ACM or history book and you will ALWAYS find that the point of attack that everyone agrees on to be the best is the direct 6 O'clock position. Why? Because, what is he honestly going to do? Piss in the wind and hope it deters you from blowing his silly bellybutton to bits? :-) Fly smart and I guarantee you will have the best sorties of your life and the MOST fun ever. Fly stupid and you will have the worst time in a game. I've seen posts squeaking and moaning about the damage model, head ons and other such nonsense. I have one question for you guys: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SILLY FOOLS DOING LETTING HIM SHOOT YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE?????? I'm by no means the best, maybe average... However I've been doing this kinda thing for a long enough period of time that I know the difference between tactics and stupidity. HOs and letting someone get a shot on you are STUPID, everything else is tactics. If you are getting shot, I'd suggest you quit your moaning and read up on ACM. I know when I get killed I learn from that experience and will never let that situation happen again. For example, head ons(which is what this particular thread is about), I do NOT take them unless I absolutly have to. And if I die, it's my dumb bellybutton mistake that got me killed, not the damage model, not the physics(atmosphere) model, not HTC, not the other players CPU speed, vid card, RAM or connection.. my STUPID mistake.
I LOVE simulations. I LOVE this particular simulation. I would NEVER want to see anything that's currently modelled changed. I may squeak about it, but it's no doubt because I'm pissed at myself.(I apologize to hblair for that incident I had with him.. my AH callsign is AKSWulfe, again my apoligies, I hope you can understand my situation.. I was being straffed and too ignorant to move ;-) Remember guys, it's up to YOU to make the game the way you want it to be. It's not up to HTC or the other guy, it's up to you(AND the other guy, but you guys must work together ;-). In summary, I want that idiot(<g> ) to take the HO on me, because once he misses, I'm on his bellybutton shooting him to bits and he'll learn from that engagement.. HOs are a tactically stupid and the 6 O'clock position is THE tactically SMART position to kill from. :-)
HTC keep plugging away, this game is amazing.
-SW
AKSeaWulfe+
ps: gatt, I in no way mean any ill will towards you or anyone else in this community. this post is just to hopefully "open some eyes".
pps: If you take me HO, you die, it may be slow but I guarantee it will be humiliating ;-)
