I remember Albion.
I was just starting out in the german/american trees (Mustang/P-38/Me109/Stuka were my original goals) and still getting the hang of this thing called "Boom and Zoom".
That was a rough experience. However; as a result i treasured the dornier (with a 6 point pilot! when most of pilots had less than 3) I won even more.
(my second premium after the XP-58 and the first one i earned)
I did not like that the meta promptly went to #Turn&Burn2Win afterwards. but i have always appreciated a challenge. And while fighting them is at times unforgiving of mistakes it is not necessarily a forgone conclusion. Skill still mattered. I just needed more than they did. And to not get sucked into low alt furballs ...
>>> And i am a better player for it <<<
This new mode was welcomed in my eyes. I am a competent Heavy Pilot. To the point where I can even make the XP-58 perform reliably.
So i hopped into lots of heavies and went to town. Did really well in the 1st phase and then once i got the hang of how to kill bombers i hopped into a mostly stock Dornier 17 and ground out the line in a day and got a premium bomber for that line. then the reset and i tricked out the bombers and won another premium on day 2.
Being one lonely bomber with maybe one little friend to help out if your lucky, sucks.
Cruising along inside a whole flight within the comfortable drone of all those engines. Wrapped up within a nice pile of overlapping fields of fire from all the turrets ... I shot down more planes with defensive fire this weekend than i have since 2.0 was released. And if i DO get shot down i go down laughing because they wasted their time to shoot down a bomber that wasnt going to score anyway.
"Nothing but winning , folks. You'll get tired of all the winning, you'll win so much..."
Yes i noticed the weird cricket scores being run up in the opening hours as many folks were still working out the "meta" for the event.
I attribute that to mostly GAA and Bombers having a never ending supply of caps to flip over and over not really aware that the bombers crossing the field is how the score is decided.
Combined with defenders with heavies that were focusing on Bomber Flights exclusively (because thats what heavies do when bomber flights appear in the game) and just barely wiping out the flights (thanks to no AAA) in spite of their focus.
They just had to watch the introductory video for the event, or better read (and ask questions until you understand) the F****ing Patch Notes.
But who does that right?
Certainly not all the players (particularly Light fighters ) going "I cant win. Nothing I do works. Muh WinRate!, GAme is rigged. Bombers are OP. plz Nerf,WG ... This is [edited]"
Yadda, Yadda, pain and sufferin', bitter salt
I was not blind to their pain, after all my main go-to planes since 2.0 have all been variations of Fly High. Turn and Die.
in order to be productive. And it took me weeks of playing to get a handle on it.
And they have had all of a long weekend to "catch up" to a playstyle that is rarely as instinctive as usual
meta.
I am aware of the unfairness of it all. And the hopeless futility.
By the time the reset happened most defenders had just stopped trying or grinding out missions from Operation Orders. Battles that could take 15 minutes were taking 4.
You have every right to; justification for, your bitter tears of frustration.
They are f*****g delicious. And make for excellent lubricant as i maneuver onto your 6.
Get in a flight. Join an active clan.
This crapmatters and makes all the diference no matter the game mode ...
Set up a voicelink on discord. LISTEN WELL and COMMUNICATE CLEARLY & SUCCINCTLY.
Learn to work With your Team not just around it.
Get Informed.
#AdaptOrDie, #GetGud, or ragequit and #UninstallAlready
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