Are you a "timid" flyer?

[Oldman731]

Timid? This afternoon I was in a 190D, a Niki dives on me. He's at high speeds so unable to roll-turn with the 190, he yo-yos, and after a few of these little dance moves he ends up 200m behind me. I pick up my speed on the deck, he empties his guns trying to kill me, ack ends up killing him.

So....you dragged him to ack when you had a faster plane with ammunition and fuel?

Yes, I suppose people might call that timid.

- oldman

[Dead Man Flying]

Oh well.  to each his own.  the comment was as to the fortitude/skill of a certain pilot.  I felt it was a bit inappropriate tis all.

You quoted me however, and I have no idea who this pilot is.  Nor do I care. 

The fact remains that you can easily game fighter rank by scoring just Tempest (or 262 or whatever) missions as Fighter and scoring the rest as Attack.  Racking up tons of fast kills in a Tempest while surviving is pretty easy.

[Chalenge]

You quoted me however, and I have no idea who this pilot is.  Nor do I care. 

The fact remains that you can easily game fighter rank by scoring just Tempest (or 262 or whatever) missions as Fighter and scoring the rest as Attack.  Racking up tons of fast kills in a Tempest while surviving is pretty easy.

Or you could artificially create a furball with lemming squad members while you come in with any other plane and pick your way to fame and fortune. We dont know anyone that does that now do we? 

[Dead Man Flying]

Or you could artificially create a furball with lemming squad members while you come in with any other plane and pick your way to fame and fortune. We dont know anyone that does that now do we? 

I guess you're talking about Bruv?  I'm about four years out of date on the super pilot du jour, so I don't really know anything about him.   In any event, I've never fought him or don't remember doing so if I did.

[Ack-Ack]

I guess you're talking about Bruv?  I'm about four years out of date on the super pilot du jour, so I don't really know anything about him.   In any event, I've never fought him or don't remember doing so if I did.

I think he might be referring to the joke you and the rest of the BK's played with the massive P-40 kill streak.  On a side note, it's actually quite amazing he was able to see from outer orbit while on his quest to conserve fuel.

ack-ack

[Yeager]

You dont seem to be willing to stop the base grabs. I think we have something around 25 captures which were primarily to irritate the enemy into a fight. Two other squads in there have over 100 captures and I know you are well aware which two squads they are.

The base grabs never bothered me either way, either being grabbed from or doing the grabbing.  More often than not I get kills out of the deal and generally have a good time.  The one thing it boiled down to for me was coming online seeing you guys heading towards my base, I grabbed, found you guys at 18-20k, dodged two passes from your fighters and then they left the sector at a great advantage.  I was a little puzzled thats why I asked to begin with.  I knew you all were new to the MW and I just wanted to know what the deal was going to be.  I finally figured out that you guys were basically a LW squad coming into MW to practice squad ops in the more leisurely paced, and generally less skilled MW.  Its all good.

I hope you all keep coming back and basically just stir up some fights.  Mix things up.

[Yeager]

You cry about how others bring down the game play in the MW arena when in fact you're just as much as the problem as the ones you cry about.  Change your handle to Kettle because all you're good at is calling the pot black.

ack-ack

Ankle, meet humper --->akak

[Zazen13]

I attempt to not intentionally engage at a disadvantage if at all possible. In reality, you will be engaged at a disadvantage enough as it is against your will. It's pure silliness, in my personal opinion, to go out of your way to put yourself into a disadvantageous situation. It's the enemy's job to do that to you and you to him.

On the flip-side of that, I find it very unexciting when the enemy intentionally allows himself be engaged at a disadvantage. I much prefer the tactical intrigue of an enemy that makes me work for that privilege.

If I find myself at a disadvantage, I will seek to dis-engage and consolidate my position, if & when the opportunity presents itself, prior to re-engaging. That is just common sense as far as I am concerned.

If that is timid, then I am guilty as charged.

[Belial]

Exactly Zazen thats why people who fly around at 1k...get picked then taunt you on 200 have no grounds.

Woof

[ACE]

Ankle, meet humper --->akak

He's not humping your ankle.  He's proving a point.

[Zazen13]

Exactly Zazen thats why people who fly around at 1k...get picked then taunt you on 200 have no grounds.

Woof

Yup, my personal theory regarding those folks is what I call the, "Shane syndrome".

 If you are at 1k and get ganged or picked or whatever, you can lash out at your molestors, conveniently blaming your untimely demise on their enormous advantage. If you happen to win a fight, you instantly attain glorious hero status and can gloat of your prowess to world, shaming your would-be assailant(s). In either event, your ego remains carefully protected and massaged.

Now if you're at 10k and you engage someone at 5k and lose, you have no one to blame for your dismal failure but yourself. However, if you win, well ...so what... you had the advantage you were supposed to win. So, the pilots' ego can therefore be "pinged", but never glorified.

So, the perennial victim type, equipped with excuses to fail, is really engaging in cartoon pilot "ego defense".

[Yeager]

He's not humping your ankle.  He's proving a point.

lol <shakes leg>

[ACE]

lol <shakes leg>

Hopefully im not on your leg.  I don't even no who you are nor have I heard of you in game. 

[Kazaa]

I had to google for the true definition of timidness

1. Lacking self-confidence; shy.
2. Fearful and hesitant.

[Yeager]

Hopefully im not on your leg.  I don't even no who you are nor have I heard of you in game.  

Ya, I was wondering who you were too.....