Why do people always assume that while
they are fine, absolutely every other person in the universe is an idiot?
Why always attribute malicious intent to actions you don't like? I think a lot of people see AH as a simulation of WWII. Therefore, to an extent, they see the group goal as winning the war (or at least defending territory) and the individual goal as
not dying. Examples:
Dropping hangers and killing off a good furball: perhaps the buffer saw a field being attacked and assumed the goal was to take the field. You say he should have asked first? How many different answers do you think he would have gotten? And why was yours the only correct one?
Dropping the CV and killing off a good furball: if someone sees a CV just offshore of his field his first assumption is that they are trying to take the field. How is he going to know that, in the chaos that is the MA, the two sides have
agreed to just furball? Sure,
you are just furballing but are you sure others, including the Cruiser gunners, aren't taking down the town?
Running: if the main individual goal is to live, while still forwarding the group goal, why would anyone attack from a position of weakness unless forced to? Air to air combat isn't just two planes going head to head at equal altitude. It's a chess game where you look several moves ahead and insure your target can't run away while you are free from bogies that can catch you.
I seriously doubt that the majority of players act solely to better their rank or to grief other players. Some just have goals that differ from yours.
Edit: oops, 4XTCH just said the same thing- with less words
Guess I should pay attention while typing
