No offense but, I don't see the problem...he opens fire, do a little jig and light him up...but then I'm seeing a lot of people here that view HOs as noob tactics...for me it's better than giving the other guy an opportunity to get behind me...
It is a noob tactic. However, I confess I do welcome the attempt.
When you line up nose-to-nose with an EAC, you are immediately communicating to him that you don't understand the very elementary concepts of the lead turn and vertical/horizontal separation. Once this is clear to the EAC, he will quickly, and with a high degree of accuracy, conclude that your understanding of "Step 2" is equally lacking.
That being the case, should the other individual have some idea of what he's doing, you will have immediately placed yourself at a tangible disadvantage. His aircraft will be in a better state to assume the offensive position immediately following the merge. In a best case scenario for you, your options will be to run, to run or to run. As you may have guessed, this is why the Channel 200 text buffer is filled with whines about HO'ing and running.
This is all determined, digested and filed away by the EAC driver before you've even rested your index finger on the trigger. When you smack the WEP key and begin to steady your hand in preparation for the joust, he is already at least three steps ahead of you and has visualized the exact moment, 15 seconds from right now, where he will have gained a firing solution and you'll be dead.
Once you learn how to maneuver your aircraft so as to fully exploit your advantages in any Plane X vs. Plane Y contest, you will quickly come to the conclusion that the practice of leaving the result of a fight, which you spent ten minutes finding, up to chance and two seconds of "fun," is a poor investment of your time.