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Major
Prenzlau, on 29 June 2018 - 03:14 AM, said:
Just because someone owns a bomber does not mean they are any good at piloting a bomber. I'm sorry if that is a crass statement, but I see too many people blaming the game for their own lack of skill and experience.
Prenzlau
*raises hand sheepishly*
Airman Basic
I like bombers and want to love them again, but getting dog piled by reds even at max altitude and all allies buzzing off for easier kills using me as a bullet sponge distraction is painful to play and extremely bittering my view to anyone in blue.
I have to hop in a Douglas A 26-B and go super heavy fighter while bombing to have a remote chance to win, every match lately in my beloved B-17's ends in a blowout loss while I'm getting minced everywhere on the map no matter how high or quick I go.
W/R has dropped to the point where troll blues are ramming my plan and saying because my stats suck.
First Lieutenant
Thats quite a necro.
This thread pre-dates the Equipment system rework, massive AA buff/s and Bomber-Seeking-Missile Bot Heavies.
Bombers got so tedious to play I've given up on them entirely.
Major
hoom, on 31 August 2019 - 01:51 AM, said:
Thats quite a necro.
This thread pre-dates the Equipment system rework, massive AA buff/s and Bomber-Seeking-Missile Bot Heavies.
Bombers got so tedious to play I've given up on them entirely.
I've taken them back up, and having fun with them. 
Captain
***
But a truce to this mournful story
For death is a distant friend
So here's to a life of glory
And a laurel to crown each end
Major
SpiritFoxMY, on 02 September 2019 - 09:50 PM, said:
Only a Human, supremacy bomber is a problem. Otherwise, They drop like flies whether I'm' flying them or killing them. 
Edited by SkyWolf__WM, 03 September 2019 - 12:28 PM.
Captain
***
But a truce to this mournful story
For death is a distant friend
So here's to a life of glory
And a laurel to crown each end
First Lieutenant
SpiritFoxMY, on 03 September 2019 - 06:41 AM, said:
Why is it because you can't beat a bomber they must be a problem? If you're not able to beat a bomber, then the problem is you.
Captain
Stygian_Alchemist, on 08 September 2019 - 03:58 AM, said:
Why is it because you can't beat a bomber they must be a problem? If you're not able to beat a bomber, then the problem is you.
That taunt might work if you were desert. You're not desert. You're an itinerant meta pilot who spends her time spamming either bombers or hard counters to bombers.
***
But a truce to this mournful story
For death is a distant friend
So here's to a life of glory
And a laurel to crown each end
First Lieutenant
SpiritFoxMY, on 07 September 2019 - 05:29 PM, said:
That taunt might work if you were desert. You're not desert. You're an itinerant meta pilot who spends her time spamming either bombers or hard counters to bombers.
You seem to think anything you fly badly or can't beat is a meta plane.
Also.. that word.. itinerant... You might want to learn what it actually means before using it? You're a rather garrulous and voluble fellow though, so I imagine that you'll try to spin the word to fit your... whatever.
o7
I'll just go back to playing My F7U Cutlass. Such a Meta Plane, So wow! Maybe I can fly some more bv p215.02 or any of a dozen other planes I regularly fly that are just sooooo Meta! Woo! I bet that Ki-94-I in my hangar needs the nerf stick taken to it, doesn't it? Maybe you'd like to discuss how my IL-40P needs nerfed further because it's a meta plane? Or perhaps we can discuss any of dozens of other planes that must be so meta... since that's.. all I fly, right? I'm sure that since ya know.. you have SO MANY games at T7-10 (where I fly.. I don't think I've ever seen you) you would know my flight habits, right?
Editing to add: OH NO! I AM PULLING MY JAVELIN! EVERYONE HIDE! I'M BRINGING THE METASSSSSSSSS *eyeroll*
Thank you for the laugh though, really and truly. I needed a bit of humor in my life.
Edited by Stygian_Alchemist, 08 September 2019 - 12:33 AM.
First Lieutenant
Edited by Stygian_Alchemist, 08 September 2019 - 12:41 AM.
Senior Master Sergeant
Stygian_Alchemist, on 07 September 2019 - 06:40 PM, said:
Heck Stygian, any plane you play is meta.
It's just the way you roll.
Stay thirsty.
First Lieutenant
Four_Leaf_Tayback, on 07 September 2019 - 06:58 PM, said:
Heck Stygian, any plane you play is meta.
It's just the way you roll.
Stay thirsty.
Aaah, I -make- the planes meta.. so did I misunderstand earlier? When it was said that I am a "meta pilot", it doesn't mean I fly meta planes? It meant I'm so good _I_ am meta?
Well now, that's a liver spot of a different color ain't it?
Master Sergeant
SpiritFoxMY, on 07 September 2019 - 05:29 PM, said:
That taunt might work if you were desert. You're not desert. You're an itinerant meta pilot who spends her time spamming either bombers or hard counters to bombers.
I fly with Stygian regularly. I haven't seen you. I can say, whatever Stygian flies in, is meta. If it is not considered a meta plane, it is when Stygian is in it. Now if we encounter flights that are very good, Stygian and I both fly planes that are understood to counter whatever the situation is. I guess that would be meta.
First Lieutenant
Dc2mitchell, on 17 September 2019 - 03:24 PM, said:
I fly with Stygian regularly. I haven't seen you. I can say, whatever Stygian flies in, is meta. If it is not considered a meta plane, it is when Stygian is in it. Now if we encounter flights that are very good, Stygian and I both fly planes that are understood to counter whatever the situation is. I guess that would be meta.
That's the thing.. a meta plane will hard carry no matter who is on the other side unless they are also flying said plane or an equally "meta" plane. At t10? There are a couple of distinctly -crap- planes.. but there is no "one plane to rule them all" at T10. There are planes that require less skill than others. That's it. Having 15 fully geared specialist T10 planes who all have 11+ point pilots after last night.. Well.. I feel like I'm knowledgeable enough and have enough planes and experience at that tier to say that its nonsense when someone claims "The T9/10 meta is X".. No.. no.. Your skill capacity meta at that tier is X. Nothing wrong with that.. I've certainly got some planes I just don't fare well against no matter what I'm in.. but that's -my- handling of the opponent.. not the plane I am flying. Given that I've turned around and watched mitchell fly the same plane running the same build against the same opponent and wreck it.
Edited by Stygian_Alchemist, 18 September 2019 - 11:36 AM.
Second Lieutenant
Fair warning. My success rate at speculative guesswork is on par with my WinRate. Hit or Miss.
I start on the right track and then sometimes make a weird left turn and get lost in the weeds ...
Specialist Planes earned: Japan, USA, UK, Germany, USSR, Europe
Light Fighters: Ar 68/80, Bf 109 B/E/E-3/F/G, Fw 159, He 51/100 D-1/112, Ho 229, Me 209 A/ v4/ P.1092, Spit.V DB605, Ta 152
Ki-5/8/10/27/43-I/43-II, A4N, A5M, A6M1, Hurricane Ia, Bristol 146, Spitfire Vb IM, DH.100 F1, I-17, Yak-1, MiG-3
P-23/36/36C/39N-1/40, XP-31/36F/55, Hawk 75M, Model 81A-1, , P-51A, XF15C,
MultiRole Fighters: Type 91, P-12/26/35/43, XP-44, P-47B, F11C-2, F4F/U-1,
Typhoon, Ar 65, Fw 190 A-1/5/D, BV P.210/212.03, I-5/15/16(e)(l)
Heavy Fighters: P-38 F/J, XP-58, P-82 B, Beaufighter/ V, Ao 192, Fw 57, Bf 110 B/C-6/E, Me 410, Bf 109 Z, Do 335 A-1, Me 262, Tu-1, SE 100,
Attack Aircraft: BSh-2, Hs 123/129 A, Ha 137, Fw 189 C, Ju 87 G, Me 265, Me 1099 B-2
Bombers: B-17 G, Do 17 Z / 217 M, He 111 H2, Ju 288 C, Pe-2
Senior Master Sergeant
Second Lieutenant
Senior Master Sergeant
WafflesOfWrath, on 20 September 2019 - 10:17 AM, said:
With the RB-17 & tier 9/10 German Bombers altitude doesn't even matter. Certain players fly them at 1500m-2000m and never slow down, just bomb and run. By the time I catch them they already capped and get free travel time in respawn and go straight to the next base before I can get there.
It's a game of cat & mouse that is not fun for either side, they are basically try hards with 100's of hours in the same bomber repeating the same process over and over.
If I somehow manage to win I've spent the entire match chasing them, not fun. If I try to cap bases normally it's an automatic loss, not fun. All the while I'm flying my Spec. 262's with ultimate equipment to even have a chance, unspec or slower heavies have no chance.
This of course is a small percentage of bombers I encounter but don't feel bad for them, they can be the most OP plane in the sky. That's why I shoot any bomber I come across, no mercy... Which is why I fly heavies because I hate being in a Bf 109G with a RB17 flying freely at 3k, rendering me useless...
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