Got my a@# handed to me last night by Maninovka in sim. I was in the La-5 he was flying a Spit 9. New to online but reading post about crediting kills. Tried my best to keep flying when badly damaged so he would get credit...seemed to work. Hell, I don`t know if I even hit him LOL. One thing about online, it`s harder to hear the hits your taking. Great match though...<S>!

Also, no headset yet so I couldn`t congratulate him

What does anyone think about bailing? I used to do it quite a lot figuring why should I hobble around in a shot up plane cos the other guy can't finish the job...

LOL errr....is it just my machine, or did I really make a quote from the future? Forum weirdness...

EDIT: ok - too weird. All my posts are appearing above the final post. Think I need to go home...

honestly you dont have to go out of your ways to try n keep a badly damaged plane in the air: I mean as long as you dont hit the dirt intentionnaly as soon as u see an enemy on ur six, when ur in a bad position or when you're slightly hit, you should b ok. Its the game that is to blame for not crediting kills properly. If u fell u may have crashed a bit too much in a match, just send a little psn msg to the guy afterwards. Most ppl here are very supportive and wont even have taken any offense to it... like I said it is the game that is to blame for the bad scoring system and ppl are aware of how hard its is to fly with no elevator for example... and that a bullet riddled plane naturally tends to go down (duh:!: lol).

Seriously i'm such a bad shot that probably 90% of my kills are not registred. I def cant blame the other guys for crashing nor can I blame the game for not scoring them as kills: i usually end up nibbling on their tails and wings until im out of amo and they cant keep it up. So basically the only thing wrong here are my shooting skills...

And about not being able to see enemies; use aviator layout, fly low (very low, i mean insanely low, u'll b harder to spot and it'll b easier to spot the guy if you're under him) and use the map alot. Watch ur speed, use the flaps, a little rudder work here and there for better turns... It gets alot easier once you get the hang of it. Just keep practicing.

Cheers m8

If you damage your enemy's wing and it crashes 2 minutes later, you shot the enemy down. It would qualify as a kill if confirmed, in real life. Simulation mode should consider it a kill. In a heated battle, it's better to deal enough damage to an enemy plane to keep it from fighting effectively, then fight the undamaged enemies.

The Luftwaffe credited 1 kill to each pilot who took part in downing a plane, one reason why they have so many kills... in the RAF and USAAF there was a decimal points system when more than one pilot contributed to a kill.

Flying low will solve your spotting problems, if the enemy is in the air, but try to spot from the air if you can, first. Altitude really is an advantage, if you can see the opponent.

in arcade
 

i would say ranadoralda or wazmatic, i don't count 153 pilots for their skills.... sorry

I dont really mind ppl bailing...unless they always do it as soon as i get on their 6 with undamaged planes.

Some ppl seem to get frustrated when a kill isnt registred or when the enemy take his plane down because of extensive damage: the way I see it, an enemy crash is a point for me, nomatter how the game scores it (like the rules in edal tourney). So if the guy scored 3 kills on me but crashed 6 times while i only shot him twice and crashed 4 times: I view it as a win, even tho the endgame msg says mission failed.