"When at a distance, like beginning a game, do enemy aircraft show as the dark "dots" far off and my other team players show as almost invisble specs ?"
does for me on xbox. they will appear then dissapear as you get closer. you need to use your map feature A LOT in sim. the dots will give you a general direction but wont be dead on...at least that is my exp.
"I have a problem homing in on the right Aircraft to aim at....now i am reluctant to shoot until i can see the flashes on the wings and by then....
" where they gone again ? "
that's sim. in real life there were a lot of ac shot down by friendlies. use you map feature...if the dot infront is red shoot, if green announce to you team so you dont get shot.....it gets tough if you see one red and one green close together. then you have to find out if your team mate is the prey or the preditor. it take a time to get the eye for it. being able to work you POV to keep an eye on the EA and getting a feel for what they are going to do next.
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