What is your definition of "Enjoyable Fight"?

[Stoat]

I enjoy fights that offer me a challenge.

I'm hopeless in a VHF. In a 1v1 I can almost guarantee my termination, unless my opponent is inexperienced. In a group fight I go crosseyed and can't focus on a target. So I tend not to enjoy VHF fights that much.

I'm getting much better in a bomber, and I just love my pulse/razor GBs. That's where I get the most fun.

I love taking my GBs into a fight where I'm facing 2 or 3 bombers, or a mix of bombers and fighters. The odds are stacked against me, but a couple of good shots can level the playing field. I have been known to take on 2 GBs at once, but I tend to do that if I think the pilots are very inexperienced. Against reasonable pilots, a single GB will almost always lose a 2v1.

I like 1v1s in my bombers, simply because it's a one hit matchup. I don't mind being outnumbered 2:1 if both are bombers. I'm not any where near good enough to take on fighters though.

If I lose, and I've not been horribly outnumbered, I don't care. As long as I know I've had a chance to win it's all good. What I really hate is when I'm having a really hard, close fight and someone else jumps in to turn it into a meaningless matchup. This usually occurs when I'm in a GB. At least in a fighter I have a better chance of avoiding fire and escaping. I've lost count of the number of fights where I've been in a 2 or 3 v me, and it's been really close, and suddenly it's been a 5 or 6 v 1. Usually with a "lolwilde, egnaggbbuging", or "dai hunter". And that's on a good day. Sadly it's experiences of this type that are more and more common these days. Nobody I know of enjoys fighting 2 cruisers and assorted Mafics/fighters in a solo GB. There's little respect for the people on the other end of the screen, it seems, and this leads to me having little respect in kind. That's a fact I really do not like.

The best fights I ever had were against the OPG of old, when I was in my Orca. They were always hard, but fair. I respected their skills and they, I think, respected mine. Kudos to all you guys - Vilkas, Ivan, Espi, Karolis et al.

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