your "nice" eye catching moments in game

[FOZ_1983]

Away from all the shooting and dog fighting etc, whats caught your eye as a nice moment, something you look upon and think to yourself "looks good" and makes you feel great?

For example........


We were in a huge furball over Dover, well the fight had dragged itself out to sea so we were fighting directly between Dover and Calais. It was authentic 1940 (well as authentic as the game lets you get) spitfire Mk2, Hurricanes, 109E, RAF v Luftwaffe (done a few of these now they are superb)...

While out to sea all dogfighting i checked my map to see a friendly dot moving away from the furball and towards dover, eager to see what was gonig on i went on an intercept course.....

It was a lone spitfire, billowing black smoke and in a bad way. Just ahead of him the white cliffs of Dover.

That wa smy "nice" moment. Seeing this loen spitfire in a bad way, "heading for home" their was just something about it that made me think about what it must of been like back then. So i did my part and i hung around in my hurricane staying with this spitfire to make sure he made it "home" It was a really nice moment.



Now i know that when he lands he cant re arm/refuel/repair, and ultimately needs to crash to get back into the fight. But it was stil la nice moment to see.


You guys have any?

[Benrizz]

Nice story mate.... This the kind of game I love and why I'm playing that game.

I have one that I remember well enough because it was one of my first online encounters. it was SIM mode.

The story takes place over sicilia. Don't remember the part of the map though But because it was a definitley a desertic landscape It could have been north africa.

I remember that game very well because it has the perfect setting that I love to play.
- it was my very first big game "4vs4" or "5vs5"
- and it was Brits vs Germans. Only
- It was limited ammo

I was on my small 109E. The fight was furious, with ball of fires all over the sky. I was stuned to see how intense was online playing. and surpsingly I did manage quite well.

At one time I was a bit lost whithout bandits to chase. You know that feeling in SIM mode when you are thinking "where the hell are they?" (I didn't know that using the map was crucial in online SIM mode at that time )

But then I saw a big bird crossing my view... It was a flying fortress just below me (I didn't notice it in the lobby and surprisingly it was Team Battle mode).

The first one that I see. and I had the perfect position to attack him. I thought to my strategy, diving right towards him and prepared my self, to escape, climb and start a new diving wave.

At that time, playing that game was really emotional for me, I was so excited in my 109... I was the bird of prey

I started my dive. The B17 spotted me and started to defend itself. Knowing that one wave won't certainly be enough to shot im down, that my 109 was weak, and according to the fact that I had limited ammos.. I was ready for a disappointment.

So I waited to be close enough to him to fire... But when I release my burst, I saw one of his engine blow into flame.

I shot down my first flying fortress :!: I was so excited.

I even looked at the scoreboard to see if I got extra points with that kill or even a special reward :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[FOZ_1983]

Nice story mate.... This the kind of game I love and why I'm playing that game.

I have one that I remember well enough because it was one of my first online encounters. it was SIM mode.

The story takes place over sicilia. Don't remember the part of the map though But because it was a definitley a desertic landscape It could have been north africa.

I remember that game very well because it has the perfect setting that I love to play.
- it was my very first big game "4vs4" or "5vs5"
- and it was Brits vs Germans. Only
- It was limited ammo

I was on my small 109E. The fight was furious, with ball of fires all over the sky. I was stuning how intense was online playing. and surpsingly I did manage quite well.

At one time I was a bit lost whithout bandits to chase. You know that feeling in SIM mode when you are thinking "where the hell are they?" (I didn't know that using the map was crucial in online SIM mode at that time )

But then I saw a big bird crossing my view... It was a flying fortress just below me (I didn't notice it in the lobby and surprisingly it was Team Battle mode).

The first one that I see. and I had the perfect position to attack him. I thought to my strategy, diving right towards him and prepared my self, to escape, climb and start a new diving wave.

At that time, playing that game was really emotional for me, I was so excited in my 109... I was the bird of prey

I started my dive. The B17 spotted me and started to defend itself. Knowing that one wave won't certainly be enough to shot im down, that my 109 was weak, and according to the fact that I had limited ammos.. I was ready for a disappointment.

So I waited to be close enough to him to fire... But when I release my burst, I saw one of his engine blow into flame.

I shot down my first flying fortress :!: I was so excited.

I even looked at the scoreboard to see if I got extra points with that kill or even a special reward :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

The special reward was the satisfaction of downing a flying fortress :D thats enough to boosts anyones ego and morale :P you do feel good shooting one down. Though i usually end up looking like swiss cheese after my attack haha



Great read though i enjoyed it. Things like this are what makes this game stand out amongst other things. You cant really get moments like this is call of duty etc.

I know how you feel about your first sim game though and not realising that the map is a huge help... i was the same my first time round. Got seperated from the fight and i felt panic set in, i couldnt see anyone!!! but was worried that they could see me and i was about to get jumped any minute.. those few seconds felt like hours!!

[Vulcan607]

think my favorite moment must have been when i was flying a Blenhiem and a 109 was all over me, called out for help and some guy on my team shout "break right" turn as tight as i can and a spitfire roars past and cuts the 109 to shreads.

[FOZ_1983]

think my favorite moment must have been when i was flying a Blenhiem and a 109 was all over me, called out for help and some guy on my team shout "break right" turn as tight as i can and a spitfire roars past and cuts the 109 to shreads.


Sounds good!! its epic moment like that when you let out a huge sigh of relief haha. God bless the little friends!!

[mattd27]

This one time I was flying a strike match, and almost everyone on my team picked a bomber, and the other team had a B-17. I'm more of a bomber guy myself when it comes to strike, but I knew we would be crushed if we didn't have some fighter support.

I picked the 109 E-3 (I wanted to work towards the unlock for the he-111-h3). Now an E3 going up against a B17 is not great odds, but I held my ground and had damaged my enemy pretty bad. He was almost within range of doing huge damage to our targets,and I had taken some engine damage and was having trouble keeping up.

Then, seemingly out of nowhere, my squadmate dives on the B17 and finishes it off! The last thing on my mind was to call him a kill stealer of something ridiculous like that, I was so pumped we took down the B17. I wish I had my mic to thank him, but we ended up winning the match so that may have been enough. :)

[FOZ_1983]

It sure feels great taking one of those big birds down doesnt it lol

[dazz1971]

yep seems ppl just love to down the b17 ..
and im no different i was in a strike match all my team mate went for spits and hurris and there team had bombers and a b17 i decided to fly the bf110 16 or whatever its called (its late and ive been to the pub all night) and was looking throu the gunner view at the b17 in the distance so i let rip i didnt even think he was in range but i saw the fireball start to hurtle to the ground i was so amazied i carried on watching it all the way to the ground not noticing that i myself was in a dive and boom :grin::grin:

[Wissam24]

I remember winning an Arcade Dogfight against Hurris and Spits in an A-20. I don't actually know how I did it but it was awesome.

Another time, I had set cloud to low, with blind, so we're all flyning around lost, then almost simultaneously we burst up through the clouds. I see an enemy about to fly above me, so I let rip with the guns, and I shot him down. I spun the plane around and saw this fireball go back through the clouds. It was amazing

[ChankyChank]

Tonight we were playing capture the airfield on sim mode. I was flying an I16 with bombs and I pulle some negative Gs and the engine died. So I glided down and landed and just sat on the field right in between two big fires. I just sat in my cockpit looking around at all the mayhem around me when suddenly an enemy IL2 pulls a smoking loop right in front of me. It looked like an airshow lol. And then moments later I look over to my left and two teammates come streaking in flying formation (it was Danny booze and foz or mirgervin I think) and finish him off before he could bomb me. I wish I could have recorded that match from my view. It was like being in a movie

[FOZ_1983]

Tonight we were playing capture the airfield on sim mode. I was flying an I16 with bombs and I pulle some negative Gs and the engine died. So I glided down and landed and just sat on the field right in between two big fires. I just sat in my cockpit looking around at all the mayhem around me when suddenly an enemy IL2 pulls a smoking loop right in front of me. It looked like an airshow lol. And then moments later I look over to my left and two teammates come streaking in flying formation (it was Danny booze and foz or mirgervin I think) and finish him off before he could bomb me. I wish I could have recorded that match from my view. It was like being in a movie

Yup id be their, wouldnt of known you were hiding had you not told us lol. The IL2 in question caused me ALOT of damage!! i got on its 6 and didnt realise it was an IL2 at first, by the time i realised it was to late, he had me smoking!! i think it was lil GUNNY lil flying the IL2, not sure though. By the time i respawned he had already crashed and burned.

Suprised you could land on that runway to lol, it was a mess!!!


was great flying with you tonight. thanks for the games.

[Steyr_amr]

Had a few actually, remember an arcade Strike in Catania, we had all the coastal positions and the Opfor the single battleship with all 500 tickets on board. We had a B-17 on our team so I figured it was easy street, but there were 2 chaps in I-16's who really knew what they were doing and shot it and it's gallant escort down almost simultaneously. I had lagged at the start so was just approaching this in my Emil.

Knowing the same thing would just happen again, as they only had one target to defend, I dived straight down at the and cracked one open while keeping speed up to keep his wingman off my back, off course he just respawns above the ship so that was no good and I knew the B-17 was coming to it's inevitable death again, so I flew up towards him again (his wingman still in tow) missed him :( but just flew on too the south making sure they followed me, which they did :) and so began the most turny, twisty, G-forcey, controller breakingly 3 minutes I've ever had on IL2. It was all very worth it though when I led them back just in time to see our bomber bust their ship open completely unmolested. Game won, though the back of my plane was holier than a bishop.

Apart from that though would be any of the times i got postgame messages from guys complimenting my playing or asking for advice :)

[durangodoug]

Hey guys, been watching this forum since the summer but its my first time writing. I had to reply because this game does have a lot of "eye" catching moments.
My story started during the first week of the game's release. I had completed the campaign and decided late one night to try playing online (even though I knew some of you guys would be in the air trying to tear me up). I got into a room, and decided to pick the P-51D, this is before I realized how bad the flight model was. We started a 2v2 round and my wingman actually had a mic, so we were in constant communication. It didn't help us too much because a player on the other team was ripping us apart with his 109, towards the end of the match he got onto my wingman's tail and started to fire. We were flying over the channel at a pretty high altitude when he started to dive towards dover. As my buddy dove, the 109 followed and I was able to bank around and follow. After a few minutes of turning and diving we ended up on the deck with me still trying to save my buddy. I told him to break left, and he did, but the 109 quickly snapped left and tried to pull lead. I had my sights on him but I knew he was going to beat me in the turn(I'm in the P51 remember) and probably get my bud, so I did what i had to do. As my buddy flew between some trees at the end of a farm I yanked the stick and fired on the 109(knowing I probably wouldn't hit him). As he flew between the trees I saw 3-4 small bursts on his wing, he slowly keeled over and crashed into the farm. My buddy and I were screaming over the mic like little boys and after the match I checked the leaderboard and found out the guy I shot down was ranked #5 in the online community. I had a pretty fun night getting my first kill, this game is awesome.