I enjoy joining base take missions. It's cool to see a bunch of aircraft skimming the wavetops, listening to the radio chatter as targets are assaigned, watching the occasional newbie auger in just before ya arrive, then popping up on dar and generally having a hell of a good time. I think it's a big part of the game and makes the game better, building familarity with other players I might not normally interact with. I meet nice people everywhere here.
More fun for me though is "guess the next base the enemy horde will go to and be there waiting". It's lovely to have the right plane at the right place at the right time and not only be the first one in to thwart the mission, but get on the radio, enlist some help and give out information that will help them to defend with me.
Yesterday I was hanging out high, looking for what I figured to be just one set of inbound buffs when it appeared with a high P51 escort. I know I have a couple of squaddies near so I call em out and instead of taking on the buffs with the P51 chasing me I actually managed a nice fake toward the buffs but then engaged the P51 and got a nice kill. Just as my 2 squaddies attack the buffs and we each take one out.
As has been said in this thread already, a horde is a mix of all kind of pilot skill levels. What's wrong with a guy with limited skills flying with a group that may help him survive long enough to have a little fun. Even if he does not get a kill, he at least gets to see some action he might not be able to when he engages and it last 5 seconds before he is dead.
There are plenty of guys not flying in a horde if you do not want to fly with or against them, go find em, then fight them and just be nice anough to let others play as they like.
