As for the rocket tatic, my feeling on them is allthough they can be anoying it still takes a large amount of skill combined with luck to get an air kill with them bombers being larger and slower only slighty easier but still hard to hit.The biggest problem seems to be the amount of lag they can generate if some is fireing rockets and guns I have seen lag spikes that slow the game down due to fact that the amount of smoke generated stresses the system due to haveing to render so many pixles with rocket smoke trail . I have had rockets used on me flying a fighter if that happens next match ill grab my trusty IL2M and introduce them to the tailguns of death . I love my tail gun
As for bombers in dogfight well you just have to change tatics to get them
Dont hang out on thier 6 attack from abreast from above or make head on runs . But I agree that for Dogfight bombers should be parked but alas as the host has no control over who can join or what type planes it is one of those game things we have to live with .
That brings us to the topic of bailing . I will bail most times in dogfights CTA and Strike once I am damaged enough feel that guy who pumped all those rounds into me deserves it. Team battle is different thing I will try and last as long as possible in those engagenments in order to allow my teammates to get advantage. If one or 2 bandits are busy trying to finnish me off they arn't killing my Sqn mates . But as thier is no real incentive built into the game to bail ie should get a star if you bail and survive as opposed to rideing it into the ground loseing crew and craft . Maybe a 30 sec time pently for a pilot kill
Instant respawn if you bail would be a soultion.
But as far as my biggest cheese for me is the Stacking of teams that happens over and over. Ie last nite in a strike realistic match Other guys are in Stuka and il10 go team B I pick A and grab Il2M with bombs rocket load out teamate has an A-20 so it looks to me like are pretty ballanced its 2 on 2 just as match starts my team-mate who is frequent player switchs from his A-20 to a fighter- no A2G weapons. Now my teammate flies off to north loiters around while the stuka makes bombing runs un -opposed while 1L10 herasses the hell out of me . Oh after i damage the hell out of Il10 My teammate comes fires one burst at guy he bails so teammate gets kill . Teamate then bails crashes repsawns gives up 2 easy kills to other team who are both over our targets didnt see what happend but assume based on the tatics I assume he just gave them up, each get a kill on him with in a min of his spawning . End result loss teamate gets 10 stars other 2 get 40 and 20 me 0. So I join next strike mission 2 guys from other team are thier so this time a grab my stuka . Now these 2 clowns pick team a and b17's and try and jam on a match .So I called them on the being the pussies that they are and took my bag of marbles and went home . Now I understand that often times people will setup a match unpurpose that is one sided to allow someone to get a plane unlock or achivement have no problem with that have been helped in that way many times and have helped others. Things is everyone in room is aweer of what is happening. That is not what this was. These actions are what can be the demise of online play for a game people try game if they are constantly being raped by A-holes. They quickly lose intrest and stop playing traffic on servers dies . puplishers see no growth - no intrest thus no reason to delevop sequel .
So my cheese of the week award goes to MAD-Coyote