Do you guys still consider it a HO if one person is deliberately trying to avoid the HO, and the other guy takes the shot? What if as we approach I drop my nose to get separation and avoid the HO shot and the other guy takes it, is that not a HO in your eyes because at the time of the shot my plane's forward vector was maybe 5 or 10 degrees under his plane? Gimme a break.
In the case I'm talking about the only angle this other guy had on me was because I deliberately tried to fly under him - I was in only a shallow climb and it would have been trivial to get my nose up and shoot him in the face. I just hate it when longtime advanced players in a 1 on 1 relatively even scenario (he was in a Spit 9, I was in a Seafire) take the HO shot and then try to dress it up in fancy terms to avoid the stigma.
allow for more separation at merge.
again a Ho is when both parties have a gun solution. so i would say no it wasn't a Ho.
ill try to explain, if i loose ya sorry im a artist not a writer,
lets see, when i merge with someone(depending on nme planes e state)(and my e state) i will shallow dive or climb, when the target gets within 1500(again depending on nme plane gun range) i start to turn into them, i will fake a couple moves, as they are getting closer,(keep them guessing), at this point i am watching the nme closely, and i roll to the direction the nme will have to red out to follow, now depending on what the target does will depend on what i do.
i picture a giant basketball between me and nme, my goal is to fly around the ball to get behind the target, very similar to tai chi, imagine you are holding a basketball between your hands rolling it around, never taking hands off the ball, each one of the rolls is in reality a block or punch.(or both in one move)
now if you do this while in your plane, you will see when and where to pull the maneuvers you need to use to get behind the target.
couple things to remember the more fakes you can pull the more confused they will be, try to make them red out while you avoid the red out, turn or fake into the opposite direction the nme is traveling don't be afraid of going inverted in the merge(this allows for awesome fakes), and learn to fly in the blackout, change direction when you are in the blackout(obviously not total blackout) carry 50% fuel and drop tanks.
ALWAYS ALWAYS fight,(NEVER VULCH) no matter the odds (this will improve your SA) and people will respect you allot more for trying to fight, then running at the sign of being out numbered, and if you do these things and dont give up, it will be very shortly before the Hoers easily die to your guns, and you will be able to carry on a awesome Multi con engagement.
trust me there is nothing quite like the feeling(in AH) of killing multi cons trying to kill you, with no vulches or picks.
so far my personal best is 7 attackers with 7 sculpts, but i have had many 2 on 1, or 3 on 1 where i have killed all attackers, plus i have fought more then 10 planes by myself killing some of them, and when i finally run out of ammo fighting them just for the thrill of the fight.
well i hope this helps, like i said im not good with words.
oh and one more thing fight red guys for your killz, not green.(in other words don't hoard, fight the Hoard)
