Keen Xbox pilot
 

I've read a few of the threads on the forum about the difficulties of online play for Xbox pilots. I've also experienced this for myself, although i have had a couple of good rounds of team battles.
So what i would like to do is get as many people who are actually still active online to leave gamertags for me to add over Xbox live, or to add me, to try and get some online action a little bit more frequently.
Any replies would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

i only play sim so if ur not scared of playing sim im DaNNy B00zE (the 00 are zeros) on xbl:evil:

I'm ontheborderland
I'm in Australia though, so I'm not usually on when everyone else is :(

Cheers dannybooze, i'll have to work on my sim flying a bit i think, but i'll add you. Ontheborderland, im from Oz too. It seems like we have to sit around till 3 in the morning to get a good game? haha

Hey i wanna get better at sim as I heard its fantastic
il be on around 5 (UK Time)
IDeJIa Vu x exactly :)

stealth finger

im in UK so ping maybe an issue for you oz fellas lol. sim or realistic for me

Yeah ive heard that sim is much better once you get used to it. Realistic for me mainly. The look around function is the thing that pisses me off hah Just have to get used to it I suppose.
Do you's know wat the deal is with the patch? I've read a few threads on it, wat is it actually going to change?

This is the list of changes for the PS3 patch, but a lot of these won't apply to the Xbox. Things like mouse and keyboard support, Vsync improvements, and some stuff with to do with flightsticks.

* keyboard support (in custom layout)
* Full mapping for buttons and axes was added
* Support of PC mouse for camera view was added
* adaptive Vsync (to prevent screen tearing in some cases)
* fixed significant performance drops on Berlin missions
* B-17 damage model tuned
* indicator distance of far away aircrafts on Simulator level increased
* Freezes in SP and MP fixed
* MP disconnections fixed
* some performance drops fixed
* in some cases unexpected behavior in Strike mode and Mustang P-51 had handling issues
* fixed voice chat issues that prevented some players from hearing others
* fixed rare disconnects from lobby when 12+ players with headsets were connecting to same lobby
* changes in score calculation for multiplayer leaderboards
* Message "Flaps Jammed" was added
* Button to create game was added to "No games available" message
* MP balancing: 5 points for air victory, -1 point for death
* Settings are saved always now, even if player changed it during the mission and exit to XMB
* Partially support of PC flight sticks was added
* Players in MP score tables sort by points now
* Players who leave MP game recolour in grey in score table
* Enemies AI and allies AI were improved
* AAA guns make more damage to player now
* Redout and Blackout were returned (Realistic/Simulator)
* Condition for unlock Ta-152 was changed. New condition is "Play 1 MP game"
* New control layout for Simulator added
* Separate firing from guns and machineguns added. Press R2 with 30% effort to fire from machineguns, press R2 with full effort for firing from machineguns and guns together
* Added sound for Stall
* Landing brakes on fligh stick were fixed
* Guns and machineguns recharging was added for "Ulimited ammo" setting.

Thanks for the info Rhah. Is this the reason for the lack of online pilots? Because the patch hasnt come out? Whats the online play like on PS3?

I think the main reason (although there's a thread somewhere with a lot more good reasons) for the lack of pilots is that games in progress don't show up when you're searching and people don't tend to sit in the lobby long. So quite often the online appears dead although there can be many players actually playing.

I gather on the XBox you also have the extra complication of ranked and unranked matches? On PS3 there are just the 4 game modes and the 3 difficulties, but you can search all difficulties at once.

But once you get into a game, it's fantastic and well worth persevering for :)