"But, if you're an AA player and you're not thinking while you're AAing, you're doing
something wrong. And if you can't kill enemy planes while sparing friendly planes, you
still suck at AAing."

QFT. 120% behind it.

Well, as I understand it. AA noobs tend to shoot in an uncontrolled trigger happy fashion
wherever enemy planes are - even when friendly planes are nearby.

While AA pros tend to shoot in a controlled trigger happy fashion. Basically, they know
how to hit enemy planes without hitting friendly planes.

So... what does this mean? Just direct the noobs to some AA guides and hope they learn.
If they're too arrogant to do it... I don't mind if you blow them up to kingdom come.

I'm not going to go through the details of what is right way or wrong of AAing considering
how different scenarios require different approaches. But, if you're an AA player and
you're not thinking while you're AAing, you're doing something wrong. And if you can't
kill enemy planes while sparing friendly planes, you still suck at AAing.

I dont fire my AA if there are fighters nearby.

Would you guys rather have your bombers dieing with the fighters still camped over the BB
or both dieing?My almost blockshotting emmy has a way better chance of killing the fighters.

if friendly bombers are leaving my side being chased by enemy fighters... they are ALL
going down. not gonna care what i hit nor do i care if they are gonna reach a fictorying
dd to waste their bombs/torps.

otherwise xpalax's method is what i go by.

When your shooting my scouts down with AA as soon as they are launched, and
your on the same team, that player is an "AA noob"....

"Technically its SDEs fault for poor programming of fighters."

LOL, agreed

Technically its SDEs fault for poor programming of fighters.

But yes, its the CVs fault. When I played CV, if my fighters got locked in COD, or
bombers got through, yes it was my fault.

But even vs higher level fighters, I attempted to at least drag them to their own BB line

Oh note that last line, about the scouts.. Yes I AA even my own scout if its being
retarded pretending to be a fighter.

"My rule of thumb for my AA usage.

If your fighters can't kill the bombers before they are in AA range, I will AA to stop them.

If your fighters are circle jerking above me with other fighters, I will AA them.

If your bombers are circle jerking with fighters, I will AA them.

If your scout is circle jerking another scout in AA range, I will AA them."

it's always CVs fault...

Sadly there isn't alot of people that even carry AA anymore.

Cubone, has came back, so there might be an influx of AAers one more time.