Several billion words it seems....

[Sunchaser]

....regarding the soon to be implemented Bomber changes to Aces High and guess which ones are missing?

HQ
Depots
Cities
Strat Targets.

Fighter guys are running around worried about us ruining their furball fun when we whack their silly little airport.

If I were a fighter jock I would start capping the infrastructure in my country.

I think your frontline fields will be safe but ya better get some altitude over the ones around HQ.

I ain't back yet but my B17 is in the shop for a tuneup.

[BotaBing]

Hehe right on. I really hope this goes a long way to eliminate 90% of the current battles (low-alt furballs where Spits and Niks are as common as bishops switching teams when they are about to lose...)

[Wotan]

we dont wanna spend our time online flying around waiting for some attention starved dweeb to come in to attempt to kill the fhs.

Especially when we have way more fun dogfighting. Most fh killing fluffers arent supporting a base capture they just wanna go haha look yoo fighta hAnGeRzzz izzzzz dEd......

Theres a whole heap of strat objects to be hit. Also a whole heap of strategic bombing strategies that can be exploited. But admit it that stuff is boring and gets no attention. So fluffers up fly to the base that has the best action just to get attention.

With the new buff model hopefully some of this will be cut back.

[SKurj]

I just wonder how difficult it will be to drop dar now ...

Unless the HQ facility is changed, it will be next to impossible with only the one small target to hit.


I'd change HQ to require 40k if eggs within the boundaries of the facility itself.  Or maybe 80k...


SKurj

[lazs2]

No... what you are missing my melenoma threatened little buddy is the fact that fighters find fluffs annoying no matter what their targets are.   they are no fun to climb up to and no fun to kill.

as wotan says.. who in their right mind would want to "cap" anything?   Cap simply means "fly around and do nothing in the hope that you may get to shoot at a bunch of AI, gamey drones".  Not exactly a fair trade for fighting other players.  

course... if any fighter jock is stupid enough to cap the field I am at so that I can furball..... I will be grateful.
lazs

[Fatty]

I really hope this goes a long way to eliminate 90% of the current battles

You're not content to simply stay out of the furballs you don't like, but you've become so backed up about it you want them eliminated altogether?

[MuadDib of Dune]

Certainly one way of looking at it lazs.  Ive got to say however, if your looking for fighter vrs fighter and want nothing but furballing to occur your probably in the wrong place.

[Zippatuh]

I have to say that there is a certain amount of fun to cherry picking the bombers that are trying to down the furball base.  Usually they come in at around 10-15K and are so preoccupied with all the red on the ground as well as their target they don’t have a chance to see me drop in.

I also have to admit that I usually resort to this when both my flying and gunnery have gone to watermelon for the night, which seems like most of the time I’ve been on lately .

[lazs2]

well then spice boy.... you are welcome to "cap" CV's, resources and fields from the attention starved drone herders.   Like I said... I will be grateful if you minimize the effect AI has on the game.
lazs

[CavemanJ]

Originally posted by Sunchaser

I ain't back yet but my B17 is in the shop for a tuneup.

Lordy I hope yer gonna be flyin Rook when she rolls outta that hanger.......

[CavemanJ]

Originally posted by Wotan
Theres a whole heap of strat objects to be hit. Also a whole heap of strategic bombing strategies that can be exploited. But admit it that stuff is boring and gets no attention. So fluffers up fly to the base that has the best action just to get attention.

Beware, young grasshoppa, the strategic side of the game can have serious adverse affects on your furballing abilities.  Awfully hard to get to the furball if ya only have 25% fuel at yer launch base.... for TWO hours.

Maybe it's time for raising the awareness of strategic targets....

The Wrecking Crew style!

(should be some old timers who know what I mean )

[Wotan]

thers no attention in leveling factory targets  ofcourse porking the fuel at fields is equal to killing the fhs. Both are done for attention not to support field capture.

However i have seen missions where part of the capture strategy was to pork the fuel at surrounding bases. I even saw a few missions where arados were used to pork fuel and barracks at bases around hq. This was followed up by lancs and fighters which leveled hq.

All this is a bit much for you average fluffer though.

[Virage]

Wotan, I once had respect for you and your squad.

[Midnight]

Originally posted by lazs2
well then spice boy.... you are welcome to "cap" CV's, resources and fields from the attention starved drone herders.   Like I said... I will be grateful if you minimize the effect AI has on the game.
lazs

I can't stand this person. 1.10 is not even out yet and he already has is derogatory mud slinging and name calling started up by calling buff drivers, "drone herders."

I think the issue is the ability to resupply and the general rebuild time of strat targets. A buff that spends upwards of 30-45 minutes getting to target that he can bomb and have the enemy rebuild it before he get's home is not going to bomb strat targets very much. It is more fun for them to go and bomb things that can actually have an effect on the enemy.

Two of my favroite things to do in Aces High...

1. Escort friendly bombers and kill fighter dweebs that try to kill them.

2. Intercept enemy bomber raids.

The idea of the war is to reset the enemy, which is all about heavy bombers dropping tons of ordinance on little airfields that need to be captured.

If the targets of capture were factories and cities to effect the resupply of airfields, which would eventually run dry, the whole basic furball in and near airfields would go away very quickly.

[lazs2]

well.... gotta admit... it is pretty hard to argue with someone as fun loving as  a "major midnight"..   Still...  what is not accurate about the expression "drone herders"?
lazs