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I was playing online today looking to have some fun. To my surprize evertime i set up

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  • Its war, deal with it

    77 56.20%
  • doesnt bother me much

    19 13.87%
  • Bugs me

    14 10.22%
  • Can't stand it

    11 8.03%
  • It should be banned

    16 11.68%
  1. #1
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  2. #2
    It's one thing if keeping enemy fighters from taking off will accomplish a mission goal, but in a dogfight server it's pretty much lame.

    Usually the guys vulching on a dogfight server have no skills and can't get a kill any other way.

    -CK-
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  3. #3
    shoot him down!!! nothing make me smile more than shooting down a vulcher then killing his @ss after he bails when I shute kill him for vulching, my favorite target on GG is a well known vulcher ( he knows who he is ) he's one of the leading kills pilots, but he has ZERO dogfighting skills , if you get on his six he'll fly in a straight line and hardly try to evade. I mean we are talkin SERIOUS suckage as a pilot in the skills department, when I see him in the game I know exactly where he's heading and set up to jump him when he shows up, and I do agree that Vulching is a no skill part of the game ( this guy is a prime example, his k/d ratio is good but its easy pickins shooting planes on the ground, but it is part of the game none the less, unless the server rule forbid vulching then you need to deal with it
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  4. #4
    I don't mind people vulching me but i don't vulch.
    I just think that they have no skills.

    Si
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  5. #5
    I think wulching is ok, as long as its only on takeoff.



    besides, what else is there to do in my a-20, when all the tanks are so darn well camouflaged?
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  6. #6
    I fly in a few servers where this practice is allowed and I don't mind it a bit, except.......

    When the vulcher does just that circles and waits for you to spawn (which is usally in a pile of smoke,fire and remnents of you previous aircraft) not only is it annoying but makes it near to impossible to even start your engine and it causes a major amount of lag when your trying to start your engine engulfed in flame.
    Funny thing is they are the first to complain when you return the favor and blast them as soon as they spawn!
    If your going to vulch at least wait until the other pilot has the plane started so they can move out of the mass of smoke and fire before being shot again
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  7. #7
    any1 can shoot dirt. but dropping a bomb in the cockpit requires a little bit of skill. it takes 18 yrs to make a man, and the object of war is to make the other bastid die before he kills u with any means possible. but in a game, it's a tad lame. especially if the field doesnt have any aaa around.
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  8. #8
    When Il2 first started the vulching was a major issue. Over the years it has become more accepted as a valid tactic. Most servers now provide plenty of AAA around airbases to make vulching extremely hazerdous and the rapid fire stuff does a nice job of pinpointing the vulchers position so if they're willing to fly through all that I say let them vulch. I used to do it all the time but I found myself getting wasted more often than not.
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  9. #9
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    1)Its war....deal with it.

    2)Its a legitmate tactic only if the server rules allow for it. The rules are the rules of engagement...so I abide by them. If full vulching is allowed then you can bet yourself that if I get the chance, I will mow down every aircraft on base. If the rules prohibit it then I will abide by that as well.

    3) Most servers that allow vulching also present several bases that your team can take off from. Use an alternate base to take off, gain altitude, and regain CAP around the first base so that the vulchers can't continue their operation.

    4) A number of smarter map designers and server admins place a small but effective number of AAA emplacements (preferably inside concrete and sandbag fixtures) to keep vulching counter balanced with a barrage of fire. Then only the crazies like myself would consider facing the barrage
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  10. #10
    meh

    change to a different airfield.

    then theyre usually so engrossed looking for spawn targets on the ground you can enfilade them relatively easily.

    lack o'skills? naah not necessarily. I think its just a case of easy kill syndrome.
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