Path: nnrp3.clara.net!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara .net!nnrp3.clara.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Badboy" Newsgroups: bigweek.general References: <3EC27B6A.81548FA1@cox.net> Subject: Re: Bored with AH Lines: 49 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:54:59 +0100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 80.192.56.154 X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net X-Trace: nnrp3.clara.net 1052945700 80.192.56.154 (Wed, 14 May 2003 21:55:00 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 21:55:00 BST Xref: mephistopheles.news.clara.net bigweek.general:302139 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain "JOsio" wrote: > Lately I've grown increasingly bored with AH. Not with the game itself > but rather the 'level' of competition. Sure there are some good pilots > in AH, like Lev and Shane that can always be counted on a good fight but > there's an increasing number of players that only know two things, HO or > run or some variation of those two things. I'd like to make a few points if I may. I've discovered, just like many others, that you really don't have to concede those high aspect shots... In the last tour in the combat theatre with the F4F and F6F against Zekes, some of the F6F drivers were using high aspect shots almost exclusively. I think I was fired upon in every single merge, and I'm talking about very determined attempts! They pulled hard into me for the shot, and fired long bursts in the hope of getting a hit, and I never suffered a single HO death! I did take the odd hit or two, because some of those guys were very skilful at what they were doing, but none that resulted in a kill! I use the word skill, because although it certainly doesn't compare with sound BFM, I was still amazed at their ability to keep their nose on me during my evasive entry to the merge and some of them were excellent shots. Even so, despite some very determined attacks, none succeeded, and that's an important point. There is a lot of satisfaction in defeating repeated high aspect attacks, and then getting the kill yourself because they became frustrated and stayed in the fight longer than they should have and were forced to surrender their 6 O'clock in a late attempt to extend. I admit that when it does happen, getting shot HO may not be much fun, but it doesn't have to happen unless you lose your concentration. In that last tour, they really didn't have much choice unless they started with a respectable energy advantage. The high aspect shot was the right thing to do from a tactical perspective. If you have a much, higher high aspect Probability of a Kill (PK) than your opponent, it makes sense to take the shot if you can, particularly when it may be the only chance you get! In WWII the USAAF applied the same tactical doctrine, and favoured high aspect shots for exactly the same reasons, the combination of less manoeuvrable aircraft with better guns and lightly armoured targets made it so. That's why, in those circumstances, it could even be described as more realistic. After all, those guys in the Combat Theatre were only doing what their real world counterparts did sixty years ago! There is an alternative! Instead of becoming bored you can take the time to learn effective evasive merge entry manoeuvres, accept the challenge, enjoy the learning process just as you did with Air Warrior... Trust me, I think you will have fun with it! Badboy