Mistura Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hi all. This card should not be on the buy list period. I don't buy it because I think it's a cheat card. You have a 90% chance of hitting with it. I see the crazy kill ratio's and scores, and I think I must not be able to play this game. I think I'm at least ok at this game, but I don't get anywhere near the scores of some of the players. I check out what the players are doing and I see escort missions 4/5 of the time. I try the escort missions and I get beat up half the time,and I wonder what I'm missing, and it's the 2:Dest. card. I buy that card for my altergo "Mistura" pilot in the kick butt FW190, and guess what happened I won the Knight's Cross. What do you know. It was easy as pie. All 4 planes shot down by turn 5. :cool: My British pilot Roll did it the hard way. No automatic kill. Make the Highest awards mean something. Not handed out like CHEAP FRENCH WINE. Hey I like cheap French, German, and American wines, but only in my glass. STOP the buying of the 2:Destroy Card. If you players agree with me add on to this post. Start the Revolution! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hey weren't you hte guy who told me yesterday that you preferred to buy OOTS cards - 'cos they're cheaper and harder to dodge?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred19 Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I agree that this card is too powerful for the price of 36 pts. Maybe it would help to make it more expensive instead of removing it completely from the list of buyable skills? But I guess that's something already discussed in the higher circles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartbert Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I was going to remove it from the list of skills that can be purchased, and make it one of the skills that gets "awarded" at the end of a mission for use the next time that pilot flies. That enhancement is still a few weeks away, but I don't have a problem with removing it from the list for now, since it's going away eventually anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistura Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hi all. Yes StalinsO I like OOTS cards, but the card is not a 1 shot kill against any of the planes I'm fighting against now. You have to soften the target first to kill it with the OOTS, and that's a little harder to do. I buy the OOTS 1:2 most of the time. The best cards are the 1 burst for 2 damage cards anyway. Well except for the 2:Destroy card anyway. Thanks Bartbert I am looking forward to the changes that are coming. My hats off to the whole DIF Team, and have a Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to all, and your families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf KERENSKY Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Well here is what I do: I buy the 9 pointers Ace Pilots. Cheaper, have more usages and if you manage to draw the IMS 2:D it make it that much more usefull... of course IMS 2:D can very easily doom a low level wingman. But wasting it on a wingman isn't so efficient BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 The only time I ever purchase the IMS2:D card is if I use a high level pilot that has lost his Escape Death. I thought it would be a quick (dirty, sleezy) way to try to gain the ED back (ie, quickly killing the opponents without receiving damage). I have purchased it 5 times, and have been successful in using the IMS2:D three of those times. To my dismay, I have yet to regain ED. I have never purchased it, nor do I ever intend to purchase it, when playing a human online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strider Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I wouldn't miss not being able to purchase the IMS2:D card. I've never purchased it anyway. Feel the same way. Besides it seems a jinx card when my Leader draws it, as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistura Posted December 20, 2005 Author Share Posted December 20, 2005 The wingman I'm facing are not low level. They can and will hurt you. Spoil Aim, Tail Sweep is but a few of the MANY skills of the wingman I see. You take out 1 of them in the 1st turn your odds of winning go up considerably. That's 5 cards less a turn you will have to face, and that can, and is the difference between winning, or going DOWN IN FLAMES! [ December 20, 2005, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Mistura ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakespeed Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Well, I can tell you that I do basically all escort missions, except when I lose my ED, then I try to do 1v1 and hope I don't get killed until I get my ED back. I always purchase an Ace Pilot card, not the IMS:2D card. I too don't like this card because it is overpowering, and I agree that it should be booted. I can tell you this, escort missions have gotten a lot harder IMHO, usually if you are engaging 1 element and are within 1 altitude level of the other element, that element will stop attacking the bombers and gang up on you. I'm getting shot up pretty bad on every mission, and once you get bounced by the other high level element, usually you can kiss your wingman goodbye. I'm not complaining, I actually like it because it make you have to use a lot more thinking on what cards to play, knowing full well that you have to sometimes turn tail and run when things go bad. So I guess I'm saying that escort missions aren't milk runs like you may think. I've also been playing the board game since it came out, so I'm used to my brother playing every dirty trick in the book on me, so I've learned the hard way to show no mercy. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 I've started buying Ace cards too now - ever since 2 of my top leaders got killed for having a 2:D but no ace on hte 1st turn!! The 1:2 cards certainly give best bang for your burst, but I prefer to try to stay alive these days - hence the ace!! 1:2's and 2:3's however are the last omes to get chucked out. [ December 20, 2005, 03:56 PM: Message edited by: Stalin's Organist ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistura Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 I think we all have our likes of what is better for our pilots, but I can tell you of many games where I buy the Ace, and it's the only defense card I have in my hand. Buying the Ace for me is BAD luck. The leader is on the ground waiting for the wingman who shows up around turn 2 or 3 at the most. Give me the OOTS 1:2 any day. [ December 20, 2005, 07:15 PM: Message edited by: Mistura ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I actually would rather them not be in the game at all to be honest. Ask anyone, I discard them when i get them. -Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf KERENSKY Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 IMS 2:D is needed for the balance of the game. Especially when flying intercept mission. Or high level dogfight. Buying it on the other hand is perhaps too strong, but as the developpers told they already have started implementing solutions... Sixxkiller discarding it because you dont like it existence is fair... but dont hope for me not to use it against you because you dislike or discard it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Did you read my name? ITS SIXXKILLER, that means I am gonna be on your Sixx so buy to your hearts content. Hard to use it if you have 20 feet of silk over your head -Ray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Briggs Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Have already retrofitted Spitfire with rear-firing guns. Surprise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywolf KERENSKY Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Isn't that called Defiant ? Panzer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoat Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 No, the Defiant was its own kind of plane, built by Boulton Paul. He was just saying that you should stay off of his six because he retrofitted his Spit with rear-firing machineguns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixxkiller Posted December 23, 2005 Share Posted December 23, 2005 Well I have Sidewinders.... SIXX THREE!!! -Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistura Posted December 23, 2005 Author Share Posted December 23, 2005 Oh man. The 2:Destroy card is gone. I was having fun using it. I shot down 4 planes with 1 pilot 4 out of the 5 times I used it. The 1 time I didn't get 4 was because a bomber stole my wounded duck because it couldn't get out of the way of returning heavy fire. Winning the HIGHEST AWARD was getting addictive. I should of been doing this earlier. I could of had a dozen per pilot. Now I'll have to earn it. That's just not FAIR. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays All. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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