realistic rookie

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by siteseeker

wooo hoooooo got my first kill in Realistic tonight.. granted i was being taught by several good vets =)

thanks guys!!!!!!! lot of fun in that session!!!!!!

Nice one siteseeker and good to see your sticking with it. Most of us regulars are on every night 7-11(plus that one last game!) gmt and anyones welcome to join us to either just fly or get stuck in and try dogfighting. I personally am really enjoying it and find the more time I put in the better I'm becomming. I'll second the advice that sticking to one plane is the best approach. My mkII spit may not be the fastest or best turning plane in the game but I've got to know it through and through and will happily go up against anything in it confidently that I'm in with a chance.

[siteseeker]

took Brig suggestion on the settings and seems to work pretty good... also took another posters sugestion and used the LA7 which seemed to work pretty good for me while learning.

in realistic there must be a damage model or something... took a couple of hits and could get the plane to turn or bank... i also managed to get my up close shot lined up and 2 or 3 shots before the big red RELOADING came on.... ARRGH!!! =)

it certainly is a new lease on the game!!!!!

[Gilly]

Originally Posted by siteseeker

took Brig suggestion on the settings and seems to work pretty good... also took another posters sugestion and used the LA7 which seemed to work pretty good for me while learning.

in realistic there must be a damage model or something... took a couple of hits and could get the plane to turn or bank... i also managed to get my up close shot lined up and 2 or 3 shots before the big red RELOADING came on.... ARRGH!!! =)

it certainly is a new lease on the game!!!!!

The damage model is different from arcade. You can put a plane down by just destroying the wings or control surfaces. It's were the 'bail out' argument comes in in that it's better to bail and credit the shooter rather than fall 3000ft and just crash. This is especially true in limited ammo games where rather than totally destroy an aircraft it's better to just fatally wound someone and then move onto the next target rather than use up all your ammo 'blowing' them out of the sky. Just a pity everyone doesn't follow this gentlemans rule and will just keep crashing. Pity there isn't a crash and youre out of the game, bail and you fly again rule in the online game as this would elivate this. That said the guys I play with will bail if crtically wounded and anyone who doesn't tends to get singled out! It's simple, I'll happily bail for anyone who damages me beyond control but will subsequently crash if it isn't returned when they're shot down. And in real life, would they really die with their plane... Don't think so!

[f1rebrand]

Ah I see what you mean now Gilly. I was only picking up snippets of this on the headset last night.

[siteseeker]

agreed Gilly... played like that last night.... however, it seemed like most of the action took place below 2000 ft.... things happen quick for sure... when i had someone on my tail i just climbed as it seems altitude is a good friend to have when pulling defensive manuvers =)

[McQ59]

Originally Posted by siteseeker

agreed Gilly... played like that last night.... however, it seemed like most of the action took place below 2000 ft.... things happen quick for sure... when i had someone on my tail i just climbed as it seems altitude is a good friend to have when pulling defensive manuvers =)

I second that siteseeker. Deeply! Or should I say Highly...

The bailing out option get so much more realistic when the fights take place higher than 1000 feet above the ground. I gladly grant my oponent the kill and bail out, if I only could manage to push the right buttons in time! In addition I think it looks cool when the pilot gets out of the cockpit and his shute opens. And like Gilly I think it's more like the actual pilots too rather would bail out than dedicate them selves to Old Godfather Gravity and meet Mother Earth in a frenzy of flames...

An other thing is the fact that I usually uses the G-6, and it really likes a bit of air between it and the deck. The games get so much more fun and interesting too when u have the possibility to roll, turn and do some evasive manouvers.

Respect to the bailers.