Originally posted by Westy MOL:
My statements were perfectly clear. Calling my POV a "whine" and that I infer you and others who pilot bombers to be "evil" is how you brought us down this path.
Re-read this thread and the other buff-bithing ones. We've been called every name in the book. Your opinions are shared by Lazs, who makes it crystal clear that buffs are not wanted. That's where I infer from.
My point stand. It's too easy for a no skill bomber/jabo pilot to single handedly ruin the fun of a half dozen or more people.
Your point here eludes me. How is the newbie/moron buff ruining your fun? He's a bomber, and bombing. Wouldn't you be ruining his fun shooting him down?
And if we are touching on No Skill things, then lets match flying an La7 versus a 109G10 or P-51D? Surely anyone can raise hell jumpnig into a super-dee-douper fighter like the La7, N1k, etc etc...but are they ruining peoples fun with their F-16~like handling? Yes. Do we see the same anti-those-airplanes sentiment? Somewhat, but no where near this anti-buff sentiment.
I never mentioned group efforts, I single out the solitary dimwad who has no ability what so ever of making a capture of the base they are bombing but they come in at 15k and make one hit and run (or hit and die).
I fly 90% of my sorties with just me. I'm not a dimwad and if Im egging a base, its in support of a capture. But in any case, you have radar, you have the ability to see these guys coming to plunder, yet fault them for doing so. Its a war sim, I really do not understand this "Foul! No Fair" argument. While I do not understand why someone would drop a field without caturing it, if he does, so what? You have the means to stop them.
Also, no one told bomber pilots to go fly H2H if they want to bomb. Yet that's the lame response some people cough up every time when anyone speaks up about how easy it is for a few to disrupt the enjoyment of many.
That's a pretty broad statement.
You guys indicate you like the furballs more than the captures/strategy. Yet, you constantly comlpain we are ruining everyones fun bombing and capturing your bases. I just do not see the posts to support that argument. Where are the posts that read like "Yea, we were having a great battle at A3 then the stupid reset happen" or the like?
I do not propose weakening bombers guns. They die easy enough. I do not propose abolishing bombers, they are fun in thier own right and also make nice targets.
Agreed!
I do propose the skill level needed be raised to somewhere approaching the lowest level of some complexity. That's something you "bomber guys" would have no problem with isn't it? I mean you want a sim right? Or would you prefer HTC rename Aces High to "B17-III: Online" and make the fighters AI operated?
Ah, the spin and attacks.
So now we aren't good enough, nor deserve the ability to hit the targets we fly for so long to get to. Nevermind if we survive enemy aircraft, acks etc. Well, if you are going to insist that all bomber pilots have PHDs and have completed "Westy's School for Anal Retentive Pilots Opposed to Field Captures", what do you propose we up the ante for in the fighters?
Where's the "required skill level" for guys to yank around in an La7 or more complex fighters like F4s, P51s, etc etc?
So let me get this straight, you want *limitations*, rather, complexities, on our rides, but none on yours?
I'm not making fun (well, dammit, maybe a little), I'm just trying to make sure I understand you correctly.
Finally, you (or someone) asked about how I felt about the bomb accuracy? To me, its kinda too easy, but that's how HTC has it setup. >shrug< The zoom-ability almost makes it too easy. But, in the buff game, GETTING to the target has always been my biggest challenge.
