realistic rookie

[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!