It may be a lop sided victory but......

[HighTone]

Top Squads: Objects Destroyed
   LCA: 74
   353rd Fighter Group: 20
   332nd Flying Mongrels: 15



Top Pilots: Objects Destroyed
   Provost (353rd Fighter Group): 20
  DAKone (LCA): 20
   office (LCA): 13
   40puppet (LCA): 12
   cntrl (LCA): 10
   xdan (LCA): 8
   18whisky (LCA): 5


Enough said 

[Flyboy]

nice going LCA, we intercepted you just a few miles from the TG, our Tonys were running low on ammo after we engaged the first wave of bombers but we did what we can.
i must say the Box you held in the front of the formation was impressive and intimidating, anything who got close saw a endless stream of tracers.
we picked up the lonely ones who didnt hold the formation well but one by one our cannons and MGs went dry and we RTBed leaving the TG alone.
if only we had N1ks.... <drool> 

[Saxman]

It helps when three or four guys in chutes over the middle of the task force are drawing ALL the AAA fire allowing the rest to make low-level bomb and strafing runs with impunity...

 

[xStrato]

That was me above the TG is a chute. I grabbed some great video of the group getting destroyed by my squadies. We didn't have much of a choice to stay tight, the 25's don't have much for defensive weapons. It was fun though.

[Qrsu]

Nice job LCA. Just wondering if you guys managed to get any of the ships after we got whacked?

[daddog]

WTG LCA! 

[Saxman]

Strato,

There were a total of 3-4 chutes altogether. I had a count.

Qrsu,

They sunk the rest of the ships after the cruiser went down. However three of the four destroyers were sunk while their AAA was distracted by the above-mentioned guys hanging in their chutes.

[Qrsu]

 

[oakranger]

Well, what did you want them to do, go down in the plane.  It really dosent matter if they bailed 5k ro 1k near the CV, the AA will still shoot at them.

[Saxman]

Actually, yes I would. Because then there wouldn't have been four guys slowly floating to the deck drawing fire from every gun in the task group. TG Ack is neutered in FSO as it is, and it doesn't help matters that this is such a well-known exploit.

I'm not saying it WAS intentional, but there's no way they could have NOT known about it.

[AKKaz]

Seeing how chute or goin down with your aircraft is of no advantage in the consideration of receiving "half points" versus full points of the loss of their aircraft, There would be only 2 reasons to bail out in an FSO.

To provide intel reports on locations size and strengths, and to divert the ack fire.  For some reason, the ack seems to see the chutes as a higher threat than the aircraft and stays focused on them instead of the aircraft.  I have no clue as to how the AI chooses its targets.

But whether this was done intentional or just by accident, don't know.... but you can bet that now it is out in the open, it will be used to that affect more in the future by some that never realized of the great affect it may have on their strike initiative.

[Nefarious]

I have always tried to bail in FSO and now that our squad tracks all records from FSO I try to punch out rather than take the death. But I have never used it to draw Ack fire or gather intel.

You get one life in most FSOs, I try to preserve it even if I am shot down.

[Saxman]

Kaz,

Problem is this exploit is ALREADY very well-known from the Mains. It's why you see guys dropping troops and supplies on enemy airfields while the AAA is still up.

Is there a way things can be set up to automatically send bailers back to the tower? The log records the a bail, but doesn't leave them hanging around? At the very least, I would think bailing with intent to draw AAA fire away from other aircraft should fall under the same category of someone bailing on an enemy airfield to CAP the runways with his .45.

[Jaxxon]

Hanging in your chute to draw ack is a new one on me, you think mabey it would be new to anyone else?

[fudgums]

Ive seen people in the MA, drop troops at 6K. Then let their friends vulch the field