I have a question about sneaking. Is it considered bad form to sneak on bombing missions? I love flying the edges or up high and screaming in unannounced to drop the bomb! At what point is this considered akin to cheating? Just curious because I get really bored flying head on into the onslaught only to be shot down seconds before the bomb drop. After all, I don't want to spawn kill on the final approach. So hypothetically, on a 5 on 3 match up is it bad for one of the 5 to take a more stealth approach? To me it should be considered a viable option except when there is only 1 red. The game does have to end after all.

Well I'm guilty of sneaking...but when teams are fair. I left a game tonight because there were two of us and like six reds..one kept sneaking. That may be just hit way and I'm fine with it...just got frustrating.

I'm with you tx.

Some people are going to complain about it but who are they to tell you how to play? Sneaking is a gamble. You give the reds an opportunity when you are out of the fray for a while. I think it was a bigger issue when you could hit 3 hangars with one bomb.

I think it's one of the best ways to counter red droppers.

If its a fair game, I understand, but when its 6-1 and 3 people keep sneaking, I consider that a bad move.

To each, their own. I mean if it's 1 vs 6 you're gonna lose anyways.

If 2 - 6 or 1 - 4-7 I consider it bad form to sneak.
If you sneak on me anyway and the teams even out so I can I will pin you down first chance I get, and remember, you brought it on yourself.

Edit: not aimed at you TX Lawman

Contrary to many comments I make in game, sneaky is a perfectly viable option. When it's done to me in an outnumbered situation, I usually call them out on it. Scream that it's a punk move make references to their ancestors and swear a death oath to pillage their town and salt their fields. That's just me trying to get in their head.

I expect it and look for it. I love it when they try to sneak and I makes couple of good runs laying waste to their team only to get shot down and respawn in time to catch them diving and take them out. That's gotta be frustrating as hell. Then a little comment about how much of a punk move it is and it usually makes them reckless and easier to kill.

Personally, I seldom sneak. I get a thrill from the up the middle fight. It's a rush when you make through their whole team two or three times, pin em down and get a couple hangars and I DEFINITELY spawnkill on approach if I have to to get to the target. I fully expect the same if I let you get to the end of my runway.

Yep, I go with it or not. This is a mission-oriented game. My mission is not to get my bomb-laden butt shot down thirty times to add to someone's K/D ratio. If my mission is to bomb, go high, go low, take a bus, whatever gets you there. And sure, if someone does it to my team I get riled...so what. They're pursuing their mission as well. This is a game, but real life or game, what knothead deliberately and routinely walks into the valley knowing they have little to no chance of accomplishing their mission. With all the sharpshooters and droppers out there, the bombers gotta do what they gotta do. You don't bomb, you don't win, no matter how many reds you down...

I'll sneak whenever I feel it's a smart move to make. I don't care if the enemy is outnumbered. It's up to them to understand the circumstances of that particular matchup.

On the other side, if I'm greatly outnumbered, I'm going to be playing a defensive game, so feel free to sneak on me. You're only making my job of clearing my airspace that much easier.

Exactly!

And I absolutely agree with Parrot's comment on clearing a path when you're coming in to bomb. Their wheels grab air and they can shoot you down (kinda thwarts your mission). That's legit spawnkilling to me. And, if there are more blues coming in with you, I'd extend that license further. Its perfectly OK to support your teammates as they come in.

That's a fine line though...it is a game, and wanton camping and spawnkilling wrecks the game for whoever is on the receiving end. Once my team is clear and I've made my run, I try to get over the rush and then head for home to reload. Unfortunately, we have some players who make a hobby out of dropping, rushing to the red base, and camping as long as possible to rack up spawn kills. THAT I consider lowlife play...

And The Lord didst sayeth unto the blues. Lo! I have made unto thee hills on either side of thee, that thou mayest sneak. Henceforth then and get thee hither and sneak.

i play dogfight like i play assasins creed and DISHONORED.

And stealth missions in call of duty


Edit : muck , ur banner ( U KNOW WHAT I MEAN )

There is nothing wrong with it at all. This game has many players and most have their own way of playing to accomplish or help accomplish the mission. You will probably get yelled at by some for sneaking but keep playing how you feel is right. I know alot of high ranking sneaks and I find nothing wrong with it. I'm a dropper and I tell you what? I get lots of complaints lol. I prefer being a fighter rather than a bomber...someone has to occupy the Reds and protect tanks and bomber ) anyways ...do what you like to do to win the game (except tank spawn kill)

Thanks for quoting from the Gospel of M.O.M., Muck

I actually win a fair amount of outnumbered games because I play better outnumbered, eventually some reds quit and blues join, and we win. That's not all the time, but about 33%

TX LAWMAN wrote: I have a question about sneaking. Is it considered bad form to sneak on bombing missions? I love flying the edges or up high and screaming in unannounced to drop the bomb! At what point is this considered akin to cheating? Just curious because I get really bored flying head on into the onslaught only to be shot down seconds before the bomb drop. After all, I don't want to spawn kill on the final approach. So hypothetically, on a 5 on 3 match up is it bad for one of the 5 to take a more stealth approach? To me it should be considered a viable option except when there is only 1 red. The game does have to end after all.

Yes TX, and a round about way of getting there.

To protect myself and my brothers/sisters (blues) I will not disclose my tactical moves! After all, it's in my name.

I will, however, rein unspeakable terror upon my red enemies as much as I can. Either air or ground or upside down, in the clouds, over water, above the trees, with a mouse, in the house.....whoa, got carried away for a second....back to reality. As I was saying, I will swoop down thy enemy and you no'th where it came. For I am RiC0 the Suave! Or RiC0 the smooth (for the lay peoplez)

As mentioned, folks are going to play the game the way they see fit.
I used to sneak every so often but now rarely .. and then typically in response to a sneak. I find it excruciatingly dull to fly high or off to the four corners to try and avoid the fight and sneak in a bomb. Granted, the objective is to win the mission, whether it be BTB or BTC, but I find it more exhilarating to eek out a win while sharpening your teeth in the valley of death.
It happened this morning ... spawned in to a BTB where we were outnumbered 6-2. The reds were a mix of low-medium ranks with a high rank. Blues were me and an air marshal, who was accused of dropping. I think this marshal is noted for dropping but I was too busy with the reds to notice.
Anyhoo .. a brigadier snuck over the top and took out a hangar. On the second one I called out "Real impressive ... not". The red high rank seemed to think I was harsh, saying he was only a brigadier. So? He was a brigadier, not some noob fresh off the kiddie servers. He made a couple of attempts down the middle but generally stayed high and out of the fight. I was tied up with reds and noticed he was missing again so I mentioned it will be over soon since the brigadier was sneaking again and we were down to one hangar. I got shot down and spawned and sure enough he was in the final dive and so went the final hangar.
Long winded I know, but for me personally, sneakers are irritating .. especially when you are in a good long battle.
But by all means, play it anyway you want .. I will just give special attention to the sneaker when I next see them as a red.

To say that I have never sneak would be a lie,for I have. But I have found that it's more gratifying to my self to go down the middle and fight my way to deliver my bomb. Again this is just me,but I think sneaking is bad form and I rarely do it unless it's to pay back a bunch of bomb droppers that you can't get pass,talk about fair play..