Topic: Kill Thread

[Dizzy]

One big bad poodle has just been put out of his misery... C8VK by Dib fell to my STL cheeseboat. Was a gg.

EDIT: One good DN deserves another. GG again Dib, that CNV should have died twice. Count your lucky stars your engineer knows how to keep those shuttle bay doors working. I'm frankly amazed.

[KBFLordKrueg]

I notice Dizzy posts his kills...but not the times he get's killed.. .

[Dizzy]

Nope, just the big kills, and a few lesser exceptions. If I posted ALL my kills, we'd add 2 pages. All my losses, half a page.

[FPF-Paladin]

Good point LK, speaking of which...

... I lost a CF to LK and two of his wings a little while ago in a 1vs3, although it was foolish to stay I had fun with it anyway.  Almost made it across the border until my speed ran below 31 (I think I actually was right at the red line) and was tractored and pulled into mucho weapons and explosions.  Thanks for the match guys <S>  I thought maybe the kill wasn't posted because of the circumstances, but it was my choice to stay and fight

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

Lost a L-BCPp to Lord Saxon's DWD.  Got moderately agressive when I should have gone full aggressive or fully cautious and Saxon flew like a champ doing many nasty hit and runs, and though overmatched in ships his superior flying proved more decisive.

Salute to you Lord Saxon, very well played by you Sir. 

[KBFLordKrueg]

Good point LK, speaking of which...

... I lost a CF to LK and two of his wings a little while ago in a 1vs3, although it was foolish to stay I had fun with it anyway.  Almost made it across the border until my speed ran below 31 (I think I actually was right at the red line) and was tractored and pulled into mucho weapons and explosions.  Thanks for the match guys <S>  I thought maybe the kill wasn't posted because of the circumstances, but it was my choice to stay and fight

Yeah, I remember that, I was surprised you stuck around at all with the lopsided odds, and yeah, you were right at the line when Duck tractored you and dragged you back into a hail of drones and weapons fire. <S>
I started off posting a couple kills, but, didn't see the point with no VCs for PvP on this server. Had almost a dozen yesterday alone, with 2 excellent 3v3, numerous 2v2, 2v3, 3v2, and even a couple 1v1.
I just had to bust a little on Dizzy, since he died first in one of the 3v3 last night...

[[KBF]MuadDib]

I notice Dizzy posts his kills...but not the times he get's killed.. .

heh and i hardly ever post one way or the other...and thats usually just replying to someone else's post.

[TraumaTech]

dfly in a mirak cf(i think)  and i in a bcp vs dib in a con and soth in a k-dwl  had started out in a great match,both dfly and soth virtually destroyed with dfly getting in the last punch destroying soth,leaving dfly very banged up,and myself in the bcp (fully intacted)and dib in a con with around 70 internals....might have been interesting to see what would have happenned,but at this time i crashed,leaving dfly to the "tender mercies" of dib.great game to that point,oh well,it was a lot of fun to that point  gh gl to all

[Dfly]

Myself in a CCY vs Methanerider in a CHC vgg.  Methanerider was gassed and put back to base in a war destroyer.  He will get the last laugh though as my CCY fell right after to the base he was protecting.  Was swamped by fighters.

[Dizzy]

I notice Dizzy posts his kills...but not the times he get's killed.. .

heh and i hardly ever post one way or the other...and thats usually just replying to someone else's post.

I edited my post at the top at 5am this morning after I lost our 2nd match. I do post losses, only the big uns. If we all listed all our kills, this thread would be 14 pages long... at least.

[LordSaxon]

Lost a L-BCPp to Lord Saxon's DWD.  Got moderately agressive when I should have gone full aggressive or fully cautious and Saxon flew like a champ doing many nasty hit and runs, and though overmatched in ships his superior flying proved more decisive.

Salute to you Lord Saxon, very well played by you Sir. 

Indeed it was a fierce, duo tractored slugfest. Luckily I remembered to switch back to my Hit and Run raids, when my last 5 marines were about to beam over. You coulda captured me w/ 1 transporter.... Hope to see you again on the field of battle.

LordSaxon

[Komodo]

I'll share a good battle tale... it wasn't a kill, but a damn good fight!

Got the draft expecting a team-mate, but got Soth instead. He was flying a D5D, I had a Gorn CLF. We both approached each other with caution, and started the long dance. For quite a while, it went as expected, this was my first PVP with a CLF on this server, it's been quite a while since I'd flown this ship, and had forgotten its capabilities. That, and add the fact I'm a more seasoned player since then too

Anyhow, I managed to keep up a very respectable speed and still be able to charge heavies. I figured a F plasma is just about as good as a S in this situation, and turned off my F launchers and loaded F's in my S launchers (that way I get a quicker load time at less power to boot). We went punch for punch for about 20 minutes- I'd get the odd hit in, he kept pasting me with phasers. There were a couple close calls, once in the corner which could have came close to being bad for my sake, and once along the border which helped me get a good shot in. Eventually, he took out one of my S's, and I knew it was crunch time, or I was gonna be a pair of boots before long. By then I was out of spare parts. I got an F back online, waited for it to charge, then loaded up an S torp. BTW, I should point out every now n then I'd launch a pseudo either to keep him at bay, or just to keep him guessing. Just as I finished loading, he got to feeling cocky and got in the Zone. I let loose the S for a smack in the nose, and followed close with the F. That pretty well knocked the fight out of him, and he made for friendly space.

In summary, I just wanna say (once again) damn good game! You certainly made for a very tough match! <S>

[Dizzy]

Thats cool u took a D5D out with a CLF... Nice job. Poor Soth, he just doesnt ever get a break...

[ShadowLord]

Well this weekend past there were so many fantastic games I dont know where to start --

Hmm first off -- Yea I to dont post all my kill or deaths but some of the major ones I do -- and I do usually respond to  someone else's post about a game I was in.

Great jobs with every single wing I had -- or with lead ships that I happened to wing for this weekend.

Two significant very close match ups that were 1v1 games..


Game 1 --
Diz in a lyran BCP? vs Duck SUK_

Game started off great both pilots trying to use the Ion Storm for tactical advantage.. I had the early lead but Diz wore me down.. He pulled very sweet move with a Stop and WW that voided two close range S torps..after that I got hit with the ESG as I was doing a flyby -- end result I kepy flying by and left the map to avoid death..Great game diz --
BTW for the record here game was a little fubar at the begining see I didnt get any AI helpers and Diz got two - -- he sat at speed zero and told me to kill off the AI before we started our pvp match -- hats off to diz for his IN GAME SPORTSMANSHIP

Game 2
As above a great match up same ships Lyran BCP vs Duck in SUK -- lyran pilot was Chutt.. you had to be part of this game to belive the damage -- in my match vs diz we did some long range sniping in this game we closed range and went to town on each other..now as expected and as ducked learned its not a great idea to get in a knife fight with range 0 esg ..however my god i dumped out the fighters and they ALMOST made the difference ..both sides suffered massive internal damage and kept pouding away..Chutt won the match and my SUK went down in flames (I belive it was my only death the whole weekend) -- However as I recall chutt send me a message that his ship had 401? repairs or some such crap -- was a down and dirty match.

Well flown to both you guys..

GG to everyone on the weekend. 

(PS DIZ my kid has been playing online the last few days -- flying under the name Ducks_Kid  -- he is on his own when flying as I dont help him..so take him to town and show him the ropes if ya get him in mission..so far I think he had 2 pvp missions -- died to a fed CA DN combo and flew off vs and ISC CA)

[Dizzy]

Chuut was telling me about that one, Duck. He said he won by 2 phasers and 7 power or something like the skin of his teeth... haha. That'd be a film worth watching.

On our match, we did a fair amount of sniping, but dont forget midway thru the match, we both closed nose to nose and slugged it out before I was forced to swing out to repair. I couldn't hang there and finish that knife fight, I felt I was losing it. I think I was the worst off after that exciting exchange. What kept me in the game, I think was the fact my ship had 5 more spares than yours. Oh, and ya, that was a risky ES move at the end, but it worked! That's straight out of my old book,"Dizzy's Stupid Tricks". gg.

Duckling Jr. needs to do some PvP now, he has amassed a small fortune... I'll show him how not to get killed like 'dad'.

[Riskyllama]

PS DIZ my kid has been playing online the last few days -- flying under the name Ducks_Kid  -- he is on his own when flying as I dont help him..so take him to town and show him the ropes if ya get him in mission..so far I think he had 2 pvp missions -- died to a fed CA DN combo and flew off vs and ISC CA)

I was the ISC pilot, he flew pretty good, but let me get in too close after he though was out of guns.

[KAT Chuut-Ritt]

It was 4 Phasers and 7 power dizzy as I kept repairing my ph 1s.  Anyhow I was lucky in the end as Duck was trying to get away at speed 2 to let his fighters finish me, had he stayed at range zero the explosion of his ship would likely have taken me out as well.  That was likely the most down and dirty match I have ever been a part of.  Some might call it knife fighting, I think that doesn't do it justice, was definately clawing and biting fighting with a couple of eye gouges thrown in.

[Dizzy]

Duck, Duckling Jr would make you proud... sort of. In a close nailbiter of a mission, he stuck to Dib like glue and was a great wingman never splitting off and making sure Dib's CNV+ was kept from getting overrun by Soreyes' DWD and my LDNM.

But right as Dib was attempting to disengage because of light damage and very weak shields, I made my move with Soreyes coming close in behind for the kill. I had my tractor set and marines ready to prevent the fighters from deploying. But I couldn't get close enough in time. 16 fighters launched right as I cut off Dib and tractored him from running over the Red line. While I alphaed Dib with ESG's and all my phasers and dizzies, Soreyes saw the Ftrs launch and went for them instead of duck trying to lkill them off before they shot their plasma.

But he was too late. Three squads hit me, some with Plasma and one hit Soreyes with plasma. I survived the barrage, but poor Soreyes was blown into space dust. I managed to get a few Tbombs off at Dib and his entire ship was blacked out. All he had was his right warp engine. He swung around, I'm sure to disengage as his hull was 10%, and I'm sure since his ftrs were empty he thought maybe I had enough to finish him. But fearing the Ph3's from what was left of his ftr squadrons and the fact I had no Starboard weapons and his ftrs were headed in that direction, I frantically repaired my engines to give me just enough to coast over the line. I think I beat Dib to it, hehe.

Here's what the last few seconds of this quick and dirty battle looked like:


What a hell of a game... Hat's off to all of us on that one, it was a film keeper.

Oh, almost forgot, Duck... As Soreyes ship debris cleared, I didn't notice DuckJr's ship anywhere. Hrmmm... Wonder where he went?

Diz

[ShadowLord]

Few things first off GG last night DFly -- sorry we could not have kept up our usual cat and mouse battle as I think my power curve was winning that one for me but -- it would have taken about 3 hrs to finish to the mission at least..interesting battle as it was -- I turned off all phasers and went into run down mode on Dfly in a CAT? while he used only the 3 S torps to keep me at bay.

Also good game to (Damn i forget) Mutt? and Riskey? or was that you Dfly? pulled a nice het with a hoild up.. forget which combo but as I was running the two of them down they nailed me at the border.. good job
In the end I had used my parts and left the map..both of us were enjoying the game.

Second thanks for the kind words to several of you on Duck Jr.. he is only 13 and well to be honest has never played the game before. He was watching me on this server and has gotten into it..I hope to have some time to train him before the next server. So far any time he played I have been at work or gone to bed so its nice to hear from several of you that while he may be a new player he is doing Ok  -- it did my heart good to hear he stuck on his wing...All that being said feel free to give him adivce on any game.

I guess he I need a second copy of OP or at least another CD key so Matt can play online at the same time..he has a computer of his own that will run the game and I already have two systems on the router..a 3rd shouldnt be that big a deal. So by next server you may see us flyind side by side..
Duck

[Dfly]

VGGs Duck.

That first one you mention about last night, we flew for 1hour 28 mins when it ended.  That 2 extra power your ship had was making a difference and I could not match your speed and recharge fast enough so I was taking the odd internals to your not taking any.  If you noticed I had dropped my overall speed to around 24 after about 1 hour.  I had not lost any power but this was my only way to counteract your ship advantage.  Dangerous, ya, but you were using your ship as a phaser boat, so I felt I could work it.  That ship you had is about 40 more bpv than mine and it showed.  The CAT is 155.


Hey Duck, that one you forgot, that was Me and Mutt, with me in the CAT and Mutt in a Heavy Battlecruiser Lyran.  You had the SUK and an AI that had double plasmas and used them well vs Mutt at the beginning.  I faked him and slowed him from following for the first bit while Mutt crippled him. After some phasering back and forth you  followed us to the border when I did the HET and grabbed you.  You saw it coming at the last second and launched your fighters.  3 of them targetted me while the other 2 hit Mutt.  Just before they hit me, I did a full strike on you crippling you.  You shot me with everything, tractor still held even after the fighters hit me.  we had each taken about 100 internals by then.  As the tractor dropped Mutt came into range and overan you, taking you out.  We returned to finish off the AI after.

Was a great fight especially when Mutt took all that damage in the first pass from that AI.  This gave you reason to fight it out as your ship was more than a match for mine and your AI was still alive, though hurt.