Last night on the |@| clan server my friend and I were jetting on Daqing Oilfield, and after getting killed, we spawn back at the airfield. There was 1 guy waiting at the hanger so my friend tells me to go ahead and backseat for this guy, he patiently waited...I get in with the guy, and he gets shot down in short order, so I spawn back on my friend and there is an |@| clan member in the hanger, so once again my friend lets me fly with this new guy. We blast off and he is full afterburner for most of the time, I manage to get a couple locks/kills but at that speed it is very tough. We still fly for maybe 10 minutes until getting shot down, now I'm thinking, I ain't gonna ride with anyone but my friend because most pilots don't seem to realize they have a backseat gunner and don't try to set me up. Now the suprising part, this |@| clan member types to me on chat that he is sorry he couldn't line me up better and had to fly so fast, but there were fighters on us most of the time. I was shocked and pleased! I didn't flame him for not setting me up, didn't say anything about it, but when he took the time to apologize, I actually responded that it was OK and I understand.
Plus there was no tking for the jet and no rushing for it. I know as far as {USI} goes, if we arrive at a hanger/helipad and someone is waiting, we will give them their turn and either wait for a respawn, or move out on foot, and sadly a lot of people won't share, and depending on our mood if we get line jumped or tk'd we will either just give up flying all together, or start our own little tk war with the guys who started doing it to us, childish I know. Suprisingly there are those who do share and that's what makes an enjoyable game. Thanks |@| clan for showing some serious class!
BTW, my friend was trying to help me get the aviator ribbon. I am a sucky pilot but an OK gunner in both planes and choppers. He is a good pilot in both and since we have ventrilo comms, we usually do quite well together. I have gotten 17 once, and 18 twice, but that 19th kill eludes me. I swear here publically that if I ever get that ribbon I will never get in another jet, unless it's in the time before the round starts while waiting for more people to show!
Plus there was no tking for the jet and no rushing for it. I know as far as {USI} goes, if we arrive at a hanger/helipad and someone is waiting, we will give them their turn and either wait for a respawn, or move out on foot, and sadly a lot of people won't share, and depending on our mood if we get line jumped or tk'd we will either just give up flying all together, or start our own little tk war with the guys who started doing it to us, childish I know. Suprisingly there are those who do share and that's what makes an enjoyable game. Thanks |@| clan for showing some serious class!
BTW, my friend was trying to help me get the aviator ribbon. I am a sucky pilot but an OK gunner in both planes and choppers. He is a good pilot in both and since we have ventrilo comms, we usually do quite well together. I have gotten 17 once, and 18 twice, but that 19th kill eludes me. I swear here publically that if I ever get that ribbon I will never get in another jet, unless it's in the time before the round starts while waiting for more people to show!