Author Topic: No Honor (Read 3434 times)

Xasthur · « **Reply #30 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:15:34 PM »

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Originally posted by Carwash
I read a book a month or so ago called "Mustang Ace." Obviously about a P51 pilot. It was interesting to note, that even late in the war, when most of the honor had disappeared, both Luftwaffe and USAAC pilots allowed their opposing number to ditch a wounded bird.

Don't take that to be gospel, Carwash.

Not long ago I read about a P-47 pilot who bounced a low 262. He damaged the 262 badly enough to force it to crash land in a field.

He and his wingman straffed the pilot as he ran from the wreckage.

Larry · « **Reply #31 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:17:12 PM »

P47.........."Pro"......... only name that comes to mind is...................

NOMDE!!:noid.

If you want "honor" try the AvA. Sometimes a few people will give you a and break off with you get hurt. I only do it if you gave me a fight. But if you run to the ack Ill circle around your base and vulch you on landing then smack talk you on 200.

The "few people" are mostly vets who are there just for the fights and not "oh look at me I landed 15 vulches in my tempest everyone tell me WTFG" kinda people.

Guppy35 · « **Reply #32 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:20:52 PM »

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Originally posted by Xasthur
Don't take that to be gospel, Carwash.

Not long ago I read about a P-47 pilot who bounced a low 262. He damaged the 262 badly enough to force it to crash land in a field.

He and his wingman straffed the pilot as he ran from the wreckage.

Generally the idea was you didn't want the guy coming back up the next day to shoot at you again. if he was coming down over your territory he wasn't going to do that, but if he was coming down on his territory he was still a threat.

That being said, there were lots of instances where guys didn't shoot chutes and lots of instances where they did.

dedalos · « **Reply #33 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:21:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Larry
P47.........."Pro"......... only name that comes to mind is................... NOMDE!!:noid.

If you want "honor" try the AvA. Sometimes a few people will give you a and break off with you get hurt. I only do it if you gave me a fight. But if you run to the ack Ill circle around your base and vulch you on landing then smack talk you on 200.

The "few people" are mostly vets who are there just for the fights and not "oh look at me I landed 15 vulches in my tempest everyone tell me WTFG" kinda people.

~~Ahhh yes, like the 2 109s chasing my spit missing a half wing for a sector? lol. If I could have only made one of them hit the trees muahahahahahaha~~

dedalos · « **Reply #34 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:25:57 PM »

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Originally posted by The Fugitive
dedalos, crawl back under your rock bud. Had you read the first post you might have noticed that the "Pro" I was talking about passed over head 1000+ feet up in a P47. While watching said "Pro", a dweeb in an F6 pointed his nose at me. Had he never fired on that pass, neither would I. Again had you read my post you might have understood that a second plane made a head on merge and either didn't fire or had tracers off, so I DID NOT fire on him. Yes I'm sorry I gave them the benefit of a free shot on me, as it crippled my plane and took out any chance I had with tangling with the P47.

So no I didn't HO the "Pro", no did I HO the F6 till after he blew my oil for me, nor did I HO the third plane in. The whole post was nothing more than. "Its too bad the community has falling this far, like a lot of things, the old days were better.", I wish I would have typed it that way the first time.

ohhh, I read it alright. You did not read mine. I never said you hoed the 'pro'. Please point me to the text in your post where you tried to avoid the two HOs lol. You went for it twice at the merge, and for some reason the 'pro' that passed 1K over your head had something to do with it. Does not get any worse than that bud. Sounds like a typical HO and run lol. Just because you were smoking it does not mean you could not fight. Answer my question please. Where were you going? To see your kids one more time? lol. Did you learn anything from the pro by not trying to stay alive?

Crawling back under my rock now, lol

Who was it anyway? I need to know where to send the free beer.

EDIT. did you maybe think that the pro saw what you did and did not want to let a HO run dweeb escape? lol

Larry · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:26:00 PM »

Dont remember chasing your spit. But eather way I dont like you deadalot so Ill vulch you on take off if I knew it was you.

wooley · « **Reply #36 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:40:10 PM »

Ever notice how so many of these posts about 'lack of honour or class' are from people who lost the encounter.

You died because you ho'd and lost - get over it.

Every red icon is fair game.

Raptor · « **Reply #37 on:** June 25, 2007, 12:56:24 PM »

It depends who I let live or let die:
If I am in a pure 1 on 1 fight and kill their engine, I will usually finish them off because I did the initial damage to begin with.
If they call out Pilot Wound on 200 I'll let them go.
If they are the 6k extend, turn around try again, timid type. I make a point to kill them since death in a game is such a big thing for them.
If I shoot off a wingtip... I try to take the other one off to balance things out:aok

halcyon · « **Reply #38 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:19:00 PM »

First off, takes two to HO. You could have avoided going H2H with the F6, but you chose to shoot at him as well, hence you're now leaking oil by your own hand.
Don't expect pilots to give you a free pass just because you're greased a little. An oil leak by no means makes a plane disabled. Sure might be hard to see, but you CAN still see out the window and your guns WILL still shoot.

Personally I won't fire on a plane if he's missing a wing or on fire (although you get the occasional pilot who still tries to continue on while burning, in which case I will take him down to save allies).
If the wing's gone, that plane is pretty much out of the fight, and I'll let him go. I don't need perk points and I don't care about score, so me chasing down a disabled fighter does nothing more for me then trying to boost my own ego, which I don't need to do.

You'll come across a lot of different pilots in here. But truth is it's an online game....expect everything, and don't be surprised if people play the way you usually don't.

Yeager · « **Reply #39 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:23:36 PM »

Ive lost kills of burning aircraft because they land and exit. Ive also lost kills of de-winged IL2s that float softly to the ground and ditch. Bottom line: If they are burning, kill them. If its an IL2 spinning to the ground with half a wing gone, keep gunning it.

thndregg · « **Reply #40 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:33:43 PM »

There was an AH screenshot someone posted a long time ago involving a 190? or 109? escorting a wounded P38 back to it's base after a good fight. It's good to see that kind of respect on occasion, even in a game.

dedalos · « **Reply #41 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:36:35 PM »

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Originally posted by Larry
Dont remember chasing your spit. But eather way I dont like you deadalot so Ill vulch you on take off if I knew it was you.

Nah, it was TB and the guy I colided with. I have the feeling I was chaced because the colision gave up my name

. But thats the point. Even with half a wing, it was fun to try to see if one of them would get ganged by the trees. Did not work out but stil fun. I had the speed to make it to ack btw but nothing like a JG54 friend hiting a tree chasing a desabled plane hehehehehe

~~Good fights again last night~~

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #42 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:48:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Xasthur
Don't take that to be gospel, Carwash.

Not long ago I read about a P-47 pilot who bounced a low 262. He damaged the 262 badly enough to force it to crash land in a field.

He and his wingman straffed the pilot as he ran from the wreckage.

One of Germany's top aces was killed in his chute by some P-51 driver.

ack-ack

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #43 on:** June 25, 2007, 01:58:21 PM »

i hear you Fugitive! even if no one else does.

the other day i as fighting a T-152 and in my Chog and i hit his engine out dead with a quick burst. He was at about 2000ft and near his base so i flew his wing for a min as he glides towards home then roll around him and peel off. he sent me a salute and i still felt like i 'won' the fight, without the need to get a kill credit.

then maybe a week ago, i was flying in a sector in an La7 and i came accross a certain player in another La7 as he was AFK climbing from base. At least i thought AFK. i knew who it was so i formed up 100yrds off his left wing and sent him a PM 'Check 6 sleepy'

instantly he banks off to the right and i bank off to the left.

he turn a wide circle and comes back at me, and i go in for the merge.

WOW surprise he HOs me straight up and kills my motor dead.

i glide down and under, and point my nose at him as he comes back, and i HO him killing his pilot. boom.

what a waste of time.

The Fugitive · « **Reply #44 on:** June 25, 2007, 02:29:05 PM »

Dedalos, maybe thats where we have a communication problem. In and head to head pass where no one fires I call a merge. Anyone firering on a head to head pass turns it into a HO, aka "cheap shot". Again if you read the post you would see I didn't shoot in my "merges" untill the F6 proved himself a dweeb by shooting me. At that point the fights were done, and it was time to RTB.