Vodu, I first thought you were trolling.. Then I figured you might be playing devil's advocate.. Now I'm not sure anymore at all.. I'm glad you could learn everything in 4years.. Most could not I think.
We rarely have more than 3-4 on during peak time but more than likely 2.
If you up a spit5 or any spit in the MA you should expect to be ganged.. You're upping a spit5 wanting a slow stall fight with what.. A P51? Sounds fair.. Why would anyone up a spit in the first place unless they wanted to engage multiple cons.. Spits are fairly uber in the MA even the 5.. Just because you're in a spit5 doesn't mean you're not in a trainer..
I love to up from capped bases.. But I will not up to be vulched more than 3x in a row.. At that point I might even bring a deuce.. But I up at capped <not vulched> bases ALL the time... I don't complain about being ganged.. well, on squad chan I will haha.. but its always my fault when it happens.. Being ganged is worth it to me b/c I know odds are good that I will be able to contribute to breaking the cap on the base.. and thats the fun part..
If you're not having fun or constantly find yourself being ganged you need to rethink your playing style.. Ideas sometimes exceed ability which is not a bad thing.. Its how we get better.. Jus sometimes the path taken needs adjustment..
i rarely fly spits at all. the spit5 deal was just that one day i seen Violator. he was a p40 with alt.
even though i think know most of the ACM's i still have a ways to go in refining them.
the vulching/ganging thing is one thing i think doesnt help the game, just my opinion. an example is this, the map we are on now, small map, high alt bases. a few weeks ago you guys were furballing at my base, barely out of ack range pretty much. it looked like fun and i wanted in. so i up a g14 and try to get as much E as i can, knowing that ill get a fight quickly. and a red jumps me, then another and then another and then you came in a spit9 and killed me. i was literally the only rook who lifted and didnt do circles in town and base ack until most reds were dead, ganged or rtb. ( in my mind, why gang the only person willing to fight? why not appreciate that someone finally isnt hiding and is willing to fight?, it doesnt take 4 people vs 1 in my mind.) so, i try it again and the exact same thing happens. so i decide ill up from a different base and do this proper. i fly about 8 mins and find rudeboi, i get the advantage and he runs. i dont ever chase for long, they either want to fight or dont. i break off about the same time i see all the reds he ran to. he keeps going and i have to fight red after red after red and im doing good and not dead yet. a second later, rudeboi kills me. all that time i spent to get to a fight and he runs to helpers and then comes back to join the gang. again, i was the one and only rook who came out of ack to get some fight on and challenge you guys. i spent 8 mins flying and 30 secs dying. eff that im done with it. i logged off and chalked it up as another reason i can leave and not miss it. its proof imo that people dont want fights, they want kills.
i can solve all that by changing how i play. yes this is true. and if i did that, id be just another runner hider in a fighting game that is 90% runner hiders. im here to beat the other guy fair and square. im not going to play scared in a fighting game. im not going to vulch for kills. im here for the challenge of beating the other person outright. i see no challenge in being one of 5 guys ganging a single red. especially considering how low the numbers of players are( this game needed me and others like me). i dont want to discourage people from going all in and playing hard and FIGHTING. so i play fair with them every time. it hasnt helped me to play fair. its made me hated in game. but im still compelled to play fair even though it seems like no one else does. i think that now, since numbers are so low, is especially the time when players can at least try to keep the game alive and not run people off. but no one is doing that. as long as their trip is fine then everyone elses trip doesnt matter.
so when i see this thread and it involves the players who do two of the things i think arent that great for the game, i felt i needed to call out the hypocrisy of it. it doesnt make any sense to me when theyre complaining about "no fights", "HQ down we cant find fights" and 2 mins later they gang the one and only person willing to fight. i really dont think discretion on yours and their parts is unreasonable here. but im also not asking for a break. it is what it is. so, for me, its one less player in game who actually fought hard.
