so.. hi everyone.

[jaywinner]

Well, as you can tell by my meager Post count i am new here. kinda just wanted to introduce myself. i just got this game about a week ago and love it so far. currently playing the single player on 360, Arcade, using the Saitek Flight stick. well this weekend i went to play it online and there werent a whole lot of people playing. (it was very late) i was just wondering when do most of you guys play online? and what difficulty and system. i'm sure i'll get my butt kicked but i wouldnt mind getting on with some people one of these days.

Also, i heard rumors that they are going to be adding Customizable Controls which i could use for the flight stick, any one know about that?

[House MD 221B]

welcome, feel free to add House MD 221B on XBL and ill give you a game whenever I'm on, I usually play realistic or simulator, and would be happy to act as a drone to let you get some practice if you would like. The more R and S players the better :)

[Chips86]

Welcome to the forums =]

Theres a good mix of people here that play all of the game modes, but one thing that i think is fairly universal is everyone looks at arcade as the weakest side of the game...without the immense physics and realism this game may aswell have been a DLC title...talk to some of the guys and try and get in on a little realistic action, then move onto sim :P

What system are you using? Anyways i think you'll find most of the people here really easy going, and its easily the most welcoming forum ive ever found.

Happy hunting xD

[Chips86]

Watch out for house though hes a serial sex pest and likes to talk about his genital herpies over xbox live.

[House MD 221B]

They cleared right up with that "Cream", who'd of thought THAT comes from a sheep!

[Tudorp15]

When you are on line, add me if you wish.. I play allot of strike and capture the airfield matches... some days, it is slow, others there are allot of battles going on. I play in archade, and realistic mostly, prefer realistic, but lately, been trying to practice sim because i would like to start doing some of that. the only problem is, when I start a realistic match, many people drop out because they only want to do archade.. that kinda sucks, but it is even worse if you start a sim match..

[House MD 221B]

feel free to add one some of the 202nd Tudorp, we'll gladly play Sim with you, thats what we mostly play tbh.

[jaywinner]

ha, yeah people here seem friendly. i could def see people looking at arcade as the weakest link in the game. my idea was to beat through it on arcade and move up. i tried the realistic tutorial and even that was tough for me. especally the stalling, i couldnt seem to pull out of a spin. i would definitely like to eventually move up to Realistic. maaaaaaaaybe Sim, but i'll worry about that at another time lol.
so when you guys play can you generally get full rooms or what, the most ive ever had was 3-3 with a guy leaving like 30 seconds in.

i kind of wish they made it like CoD where you can just join on the fly.

[House MD 221B]

tip for stalling, while you're starting out...

Move your aileron and elevator sensitivities ALL the Way to the right

then move BOTH sensitivities 11 clicks to the left. then unless you're overly rough you shouldn't spin.

as for escaping spins once you're in them, push DOWN and the OPPOSITE way with both rudder and ailerons.

hope to see you online and I can help you practice if you like.

[Chips86]

i kind of wish they made it like CoD where you can just join on the fly.

He's a funny man... :P

[Tudorp15]

I went archade through the game first, and now going through realistic. I find realistic is fun, simply because it is more.. well.. realistic.. lol..

I am through allot of the single player now on realistic. I actually did some of it on realistic at first two on a few of the battles. I was having a hard time on archade, switched to realistic, and beat it the forst or second try. Cant figure that out, but I did that a handfull of times, then decided to go ahead and do the entire game on realistic off line..

I have a couple of you sim guys on my friends list, just hadn't seen ya on line when I was yet. I went into a couple sim matches, but one or two guys just used me as a target drone, lol.. Which is ok I guess, but I been doing some off line sim stuff trying to get better at spotting targets. That seems to be my weakness. I gone through the training and all in sim, and did "ok" I guess, but on line seems to be much more aggressive that I am not intimidated by, but seem to not be ready for quite yet, lol.. But, If I see you guys, I will jump in...



ha, yeah people here seem friendly. i could def see people looking at arcade as the weakest link in the game. my idea was to beat through it on arcade and move up. i tried the realistic tutorial and even that was tough for me. especally the stalling, i couldnt seem to pull out of a spin. i would definitely like to eventually move up to Realistic. maaaaaaaaybe Sim, but i'll worry about that at another time lol.
so when you guys play can you generally get full rooms or what, the most ive ever had was 3-3 with a guy leaving like 30 seconds in.

i kind of wish they made it like CoD where you can just join on the fly.

[House MD 221B]

I think the trick with sim is to just plow through it. I suck my first couple of games, but eventually I get into it and get my situaitonal awareness back and then start kicking it. I find it HELPS when people play AXIS on team A, and Allies on team B, so that you can look for plane shapes and not just colours.

[Chips86]

Yeah thats always a great help, i find with sim i just generally suck at it ninety percent of the time, but that awesome feeling of sending two or three pilots to the ground in a matter of a thirty seconds just totally surpasses the feeling of being awful at a video game...personally i just love being as immersed into a game as i can, and you dont get much more immersive than sim with the cockpit view..

[Ancient Seraph]

Finally, someone that wants to introduce himself does it in a proper way, instead of a 'I'm new to the forums' in a random thread.

Welcome to the forums :). Adjusting your sensitivity helps a lot when you stall too much.

P.S. My way of introducing myself to the forums was just starting to post 15 posts a day in any thread (useful posts, mind you) :P.

[dazz1971]

hi mate welcome feel free to add me on xbox live tag is same as forum :)

cant go wrong with house and his gang great bunch of guys and sim is the way to go :)

[jaywinner]

i wouldnt say im AWEFUL with stalling. i understand the basics, cant pull in a differnt direction too fast because of loss of speed and drag. gotta maintain a fast speed, dont climb too fast etc. i am sure i will just need alot more practice as im still not so hot with Arcade, i could imagine what would happen on realistic. lol. as for spinning out. i get to push the rudders in the opposite direction of the spin, but what do you mean the ailerons?

i am on the flight stick. so, for instance, i am spinning clockwise. i would turn the rudders against it. essentally / <position of rudder.
as for the ailerone, i thought i was supposed to lay off of those? i tried alot of crap all ended the same way, with me in the big drink.
its a little strange when you are looking at the on screen commands and they are for the regular controler.

[Ancient Seraph]

i wouldnt say im AWEFUL with stalling. i understand the basics, cant pull in a differnt direction too fast because of loss of speed and drag. gotta maintain a fast speed, dont climb too fast etc. i am sure i will just need alot more practice as im still not so hot with Arcade, i could imagine what would happen on realistic. lol. as for spinning out. i get to push the rudders in the opposite direction of the spin, but what do you mean the ailerons?

i am on the flight stick. so, for instance, i am spinning clockwise. i would turn the rudders against it. essentally / <position of rudder.
as for the ailerone, i thought i was supposed to lay off of those? i tried alot of crap all ended the same way, with me in the big drink.
its a little strange when you are looking at the on screen commands and they are for the regular controler.

The game is very sensitive to stalling, especially with some planes. Here (http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=10207&highlight=sensitibity) are some guidelines to what sensitivity to use for what plane, to reduce the stalling.
As for the spins, in RL you wouldn't touch the ailerons, true, but in-game it says to put rudder in opposite direction and ailerons in spin direction. Not sure why, but it works (in flightstick language: left spin = stick left, twist right, and vice versa). Kind of tricky with the joystick to do, but it's doable, and if not, you can just leave the stick centered and just twist, it should work as well.

[jaywinner]

wow, you guys change your sensitivity every time you change planes. is that as important on realistic? i wouldnt mind finding a sensitivity that would work generally decent on all planes, you guys are on a whole nother level lol. i am finally almost done with the 1 player. i just finished bastogne. that plane (P-51?) flys like a buick on a frozen pond. i couldnt control it even on arcade.

[Ancient Seraph]

wow, you guys change your sensitivity every time you change planes. is that as important on realistic? i wouldnt mind finding a sensitivity that would work generally decent on all planes, you guys are on a whole nother level lol. i am finally almost done with the 1 player. i just finished bastogne. that plane (P-51?) flys like a buick on a frozen pond. i couldnt control it even on arcade.

Yeah, lots of complaints about the P-51. It'll get fixed in the upcoming update.
And yes, we do change sensitivity for every plane, since it makes a big difference. The La-7 for example can handle just 2 notches down (form the far right), whereas for the Spit you need 6 notches. If you'd fly with 6 notches down with the La-7, it'd turn like a brick.

[jaywinner]

wow, is that as pronounced on Realistic as it is on Sim? i think what i might do when i graduate to realistic is find one or 2 planes i like and just work on those for a little bit. then maybe move on to others.

[Ancient Seraph]

wow, is that as pronounced on Realistic as it is on Sim? i think what i might do when i graduate to realistic is find one or 2 planes i like and just work on those for a little bit. then maybe move on to others.

It is. And I think most people have 1 or 2 favourite planes they usually fly. Just write down or remember the sens. settings for the planes you like, and you can switch, no problems.

[jaywinner]

well. i beat the single on Arcade, gonna rock some of the solo missions and some Realistic, but i played online for the first time pretty much and got my ass KICKED.. i got a long way to go :-)

[condorz38]

arcade is fun for what it is. The problem is you can get into bad habits. In arcade, you can through the plane around a lot, about the only thing that will get you in trouble is critical speed, push nose down. Try to throw the plane this way and that on realistic or sim and you will find yourself in a spin or stall in no time. Realistic and sim require a lighter touch on the controls. Realistic is a good place to practice, and on several of the single missions I found it easier than arcade to finish the mission. Work your way up to sim slowly, the plane is even touchier and findiing targets is the big problem. You have to train your eyes to see even the smallest speck. I'm thinking of trading mine in for a better set, but I can't seem to find any eyes.

[Chips86]

arcade is fun for what it is. The problem is you can get into bad habits. In arcade, you can through the plane around a lot, about the only thing that will get you in trouble is critical speed, push nose down. Try to throw the plane this way and that on realistic or sim and you will find yourself in a spin or stall in no time. Realistic and sim require a lighter touch on the controls. Realistic is a good place to practice, and on several of the single missions I found it easier than arcade to finish the mission. Work your way up to sim slowly, the plane is even touchier and findiing targets is the big problem. You have to train your eyes to see even the smallest speck. I'm thinking of trading mine in for a better set, but I can't seem to find any eyes.

I murdered a hooker last night, i can have a look at hers and see if there any good if you want?

[jaywinner]

would you guys say the sensitivity matters in Arcade, i seem to be over stearing.

[Riceball]

With some planes, it is actually better to lower the sensitivity. Even on Arcade.

[jaywinner]

i think ill kick it down a few notch, especally with the flight stick, i find myself slightly over climbing on foes, and BADLY dropping. ill zoom right past my opponant.