Suicidal Wingmen

[Jeremiah Weed]

I started flying an OTC campaign flying a Scooter, my first mission was to destroy an MRBM Launcher, I fly to the target, order my flight to attack ground targets and start a rocket attack on my target. Out of nowhere, one of the members of my flight streaks into my line of fire from left to right and a rocket hits him center mass and he explodes into a fireball. It took a minute to sink in that that had actually happened. That is a one in a million event I think. Has anyone else had something like this occur?

 

[macelena]

I started flying an OTC campaign flying a Scooter, my first mission was to destroy an MRBM Launcher, I fly to the target, order my flight to attack ground targets and start a rocket attack on my target. Out of nowhere, one of the members of my flight streaks into my line of fire from left to right and a rocket hits him center mass and he explodes into a fireball. It took a minute to sink in that that had actually happened. That is a one in a million event I think. Has anyone else had something like this occur?

 

 

In fact what i use to see is how my line of fire crosses the scooters when im bored of escorting them, "ensign hawkins", but seriously, i had seen a lot

of times, thought never killed him. what is more usual is that when you´re intercepting a bomber formation, one of yours hits you with an AIM9

when close to incoming raid

Edited September 19, 2008 by macelena

[+MigBuster]

Theres no doubt been a few million near misses though I bet - my wingy has dropped a bomb on me before but that was my fault for ordering him to attack then diving low on the target meself :whistle2:

 

This shows that setting up a proper coordinated attack with your wingies is not part of the game and can be ignored even by the player - tbh for years I didnt even consider that I should consider where my wingies were before attacking.

[Lt. James Cater]

Theres no doubt been a few million near misses though I bet - my wingy has dropped a bomb on me before but that was my fault for ordering him to attack then diving low on the target meself :whistle2:

 

This shows that setting up a proper coordinated attack with your wingies is not part of the game and can be ignored even by the player - tbh for years I didnt even consider that I should consider where my wingies were before attacking.

 

I'm of a different mind. One of the most important things that gets overlooked is the timing between you and your wingman. When everything clicks, all the ordnance will be on the way within 2-3 seconds of each other and so will reduce the exposure time over a target.