well i have begun to see a newish attitude creeping into the game as of late, intolerance to lame arsed-dweebery!!
what i mean by this, as a for instance, the other night while having a great time in a between bases furball my squaddie and others noticed a group of friendly bombers heading towards the base that the enemy we were fighting were upping from.
now as this was our fun and our fight and the players that had been knocking each other back and forth for over an hour had made no more on either base this seemed to me and to all my squaddies present to be exceptionally lame! there were other fights going on on the map, there were others in other places looking to take bases, but instead this "person" took it upon themselves to jump into a fight that was going great without them in an attempt to drop the hangers and ruin the fun for what was about 30 to 40 players fighting in the air and on the ground between the 2 sides.
now this "person" in the bombers was asked what his intent was and his reply was specifically to drop hangers...he was then asked to refrain from doing this as it would ruin the on going fight, he was additionally asked if he could just go bomb the next base up the coast instead. the "persons" responce was I'm not going anywhere else, then we noticed a second set of bombers flying behind the first. the intent of these people to put down the base and end our fight was now plainly clear.
so my squaddie (damn i love being a Muppet) took the first step, upon 200 he announced more than once for all the world to see that there were 2 sets of bombers at approximately 8000 ft heading to drop the hangers at A52. he continued to type alert 52 bombers inbound flying approximately 2k south of the coast at 8000 ft.
then it seemed as one unit, without talking about it amongst ourselves, almost every country man who was in a fighter who was engaged with an enemy fighter, or in the path of an enemy fighter headed towards the bombers location, pulled off and ceased their attack. we allowed every enemy fighter that wanted it free passage to the bombers, most of us stayed far enough back so that the enemy could persue their target without the fear of being jumped by us. one friendly that i spotted rushing in at an enemy P51 i check 6 5 times in rapid succession until he veered away flipping over and diving looking for the danger. by the time he recovered the 51 was well above and well away.
of the 6 bombers only one bomber survived to reach the shore again, it was in flames before it reached the base exploding just after it started to drop its bombs well short of their target.
that was the last bomber attempt that i know of in that fight for the remainder of the time i was there.
now i know that many of you are so offended at the thought that someone would do this that you are about to burst a vein in your head.....well calm down cause it gets worse!
not too far back a country man mentioned that he didn't understand why there were 3 count them 3 CV's hidding in the far corners of the map nowhere near an enemy base, i explained that they were highjacked and being hidden from the enemy. well after a few moments of conversation on the dweebiness of the situation this other player views the roster and finds the name of some he knows currently flying in the enemy country closest to the CV's. he explains to me after a few moments of silence that he then notified someone who will do something about it where the CV's were hidden.
i find this type of anti-dweebery extremely funny and additionally very productive to the game play of the many as opposed to catering to the selfishness of a few (not to be confused with members of The FEW
guys) so i have adopted this type of anti-dweebery attitude and shall from now on live up to similar standards in similar situations.
now this does not mean i will give up noe missions or big mixed bag missions heading out to do their base thing.
but if there is a furball going on that you want to end just because its your $15.00 then rest assured i will give up your location and give anyone who chases you a free pass, if i spot CV's tucked in the corner of the map not being used i will announce their location to the world at large.
you wanna play like a selfish a&*%$#e then i will be happy to meet you at that level.