Puke –
So true, and I willingly admit to that's how I get the majority of my kills. Instead of becoming a better dogfighter in here, I've mainly learned how to select my battles in my favor.
Yes, indeed. I found out a long time ago that organisation and teamwork are the real keys to success. And it doesn't mean gangbanging. Just working with 2-3 guys and staying focussed is all it takes.
Of course we can all just go to where the big green blob is on the map, but there’s not much challenge in that. I expressed my disdain for that kind of thing in
this post a few months ago.
So what are the alternatives? I often sit looking at the map, and wonder where to go next. Either we (Bish) are gangbanging, or getting ganbanged. What I liked about the Pizza map was the chance to up a bombing or jabo mission without running into the LA7 cherrypickers 5 minutes after take off.
Yesterday, I had my "best ever" sortie in terms of kills - 8 kills landed in a F4U-1D. It was a capture of A12 off the CV. I had finished the town and had rockets to spare, and got two kills from rocket vulches! Two P51s came in with gobs of alt and E, but in typical AH style they blew the lot. All I did was stay high and fast. As the P51s made B&Z passes, I anticipated where each would be at the top of his zoom, and lay in wait. It worked. For both of them. Then they started upping fighters en masse - 6 at a time. We had our work cut out, and they DID manage to kill our first goon, but not the second. I really enjoyed that sortie.
8 kills is my best so far, but what I really liked was the planning and co-ordination with the other guys. And THAT is what I most look forward to in the Mission Arena. Call me Timid if you will.
