Fultures!

[MD_Titus]

feltchers?

as a side note vultching is entirely historical. even on heavily defended airfields it could and often did happen, just a single pass and then go. many accounts of the same as well.

[notafinger!]

Don't spawn at the coastal bases, especially Hawkinge. Problem solved.

[Red Dragon-DK]

I think vulturing is a great part of the game, and Im greatfull its alowed on ATAG. On some other servers, it was not allowed so I stoped flying there. To many ruels. like playing in a sandbox for kids only.
It was a part of the war and its a part of the game. I have been shoot at many times on the base and it canot upset me at all.

As other suggest, Move to another base and takeoff from there. Dont give up

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Red Dragon-DK

I think vulturing is a great part of the game, and Im greatfull its alowed on ATAG.

...really? What's so great about it exactly?

[Toni74]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

...really? What's so great about it exactly?

depends on who you are vulcher or beeing vulched

just look at all those beautiful new ricochet tracers. they have been made for making vulching a impressive experience.

[Sternjaeger II]

Originally Posted by Toni74

depends on who you are vulcher or beeing vulched

just look at all those beautiful new ricochet tracers. they have been made for making vulching a impressive experience.

got em in IL-2 1946 too now, and looking even better if I'm honest

One thing is a strafing run after a bombing mission or an airport attack, but loitering over enemy airfields is just not realistic and stupid, what's the fun in shooting something down in a vulnerable position?

[jimbop]

View it as an opportunity:

1. Warm up at Hawkinge, take off, get shot down. Bugger.
2. Take off from an inland base, gain altitude and approach Hawkinge at 10k feet. Dive on the base and engage the vultures with superior energy.

[raaaid]

the correct terms are vulture and vulching

when i find a vulture i wait for him to cross my sight while im stopped, once almost shot one

[Toni74]

Originally Posted by Sternjaeger II

(...)loitering over enemy airfields is just not realistic and stupid, what's the fun in shooting something down in a vulnerable position?

and of course as a spitfire pilot you always fight against even or stronger enemies and never against big slow planes hanging in the air like lame ducks.

come on.

in war it's the nature of man to wipe out the weaker ones first. what's wrong with it?

[ATAG_Keller]

First off, ATAG has lots of Flak guarding both RAF and Luftwaffe airfields. I've been hit by Flak so many times over England at 3500m that I try to avoid the area completely.

Secondly, in the last 3 months I can count the number of times I have been shot before takeoff on one finger. It's not that people aren't doing it, it's because I'm on Teamspeak for a few minutes before I even enter the game and have an understanding of what's going on before I even create a plane.

As to the ridiculous notion that Blue has better airfield placement and therefore is less susceptible to being pinned down by people shooting planes on the ground, maybe you should go back to 1940 and tell the RAF to move those damn airfields further away from each other.

If you think being shot full of holes 10 seconds after creating a plane is annoying, try taking off 70km from the French coast, forming up a group of three bombers, and being shot down an hour into your flight 3 minutes before you reach target. You can create another new plane if yours gets shot up before you take off and what have you lost, 20 seconds?

Does getting shot down when I’m that far into a bomber mission make me angry? Hell ya it does, but what am I going to do? Should I blame the spitfire pilot for being smart enough to find us, and for doing exactly what I would have done if I’d come across 3 Blennys while flying a 109?

AbortedMan, you mention the night when I was involved in bouncing you when you left Hawkinge and then meeting you again when you took off from Manston. I apologize for this, next time I will try not to out-smart you when you are on the server.