If you die in the air fellas, the 1st person you should point the finger at is YOURSELF.
this is absolutely the truth....... for the most part, things are so far removed from how they used to be.you see 1 vs 1 or 1 vs 2 ( or 3 ) fighting and you'd ask " you need help" or "you ok" and either help or stay out and cover the higher ground only engaging when asked....
to day it is all "Me Me Me Me ME and Mine Mine Mine Mine Mine" so you have a 1 vs 1 and then you end up in a 5 thru 10 vs 1, because of the Me and Mine mentality
I dont whine when I accept an obviouse HO attempt from a K4, or 110, why do you think its ok to?
with in the TOS rules of online play, it is ok for anyone to do anything they want to do, the only up or down to that is the impression you leave on everyone else
I don't necessarily whine about it, it is what it is......but when I witness 9 to 12 members of the same squadron ( one that has been here since almost the beginning of AH ), and everyone of them merge-ing with guns blazing from 1,000 to 800 out, every single time you engage them and sometimes 3 or 4 at a time vs 1... you can bet your arse I will absolutely give them grief about it......
even if they do respond with "you bet I will take a face shot at a Neg E F4U coming over the top and nosing down at me"
it just shows you it is more of a "points / win the war/map game thing" to some than it is about the " dogfight" to others.....
long as everyone is having fun, go for it..... just will not get no respect from me for being a "non-fighting chicken twit"
* even if I do keep going back to the same area, thinking it's going to be any different, ROFL.......
as for knowing if it is going to be a good fight or not, or knowing who you are up against before the fight...... you play/cartoon fly long enough and you will figure it out...... I can most times spot who I am up against by the end of the 1st merge, if it is someone who has gave me good fights before.. I can even tell them "Nice Shot ~so-n-so~" before I ever get the you were shotdown by message.........