ATAG Dedicated Server is up!

[bw_wolverine]

Yeah, I don't really mind being the one at a disadvantage. Kinda sets the mood for the Battle of Britain flying for RAF, huh?

Side note, GREAT night on ATAG for me tonight. Had a brilliant flight (in the Ia) in which I:

a) managed to take out a 109 over dover, diving on him from height and forcing him into a low energy manoever that put him into a spin.

b) flew a high sweep to the French coast at 18,000ft and bounced a 109 there in a combination of BnZ and TnB attacks.

c) joined a bomber formation at the french coast and flew return leg escort, engaging one fighter (who either collided or took a lucky hit from a bomber gunner) who lost a wing just as I was laying my finger on the trigger, and then fending off a second 109 over the channel.

I claim two confirmed and one probable out of it. I ended up on fumes for fuel on my RTB Hawkinge. Just as I had put the wheels down, the engine coughed up. St. George was with me on that flight, for sure!

Probably my most successful flight online so far.

I did notice some serious warping on the last 109 I fought. Part of why I call it a probable. It hadn't shown up on the score sheet when I logged out, but I had to quit quite soon after the dogfight occurred. I doubt he would have made it home.

[xnomad]

I'm annoyed that people don't balance the teams. I join and it's 10-2 in blue's favour. Why do people still join blue when there's no competition? I'm in a Spit all night because everyone's on blue and I'm a 109 nut and kind of hate the Spit.

I've hardly flown the bloody thing so I got shot down a few too many times and now I know how it feels in a Spit 1a, it sucks it can't climb. Within a few minutes of taking off you get bounced. I even had trouble evading the bounce when I saw it coming.

Took the 2a out for a laugh merged with a 109, shot him up a bit at 3000m. He went for a dive, I saddled up behind him, put him in the cross hairs and suddenly the screen went black.....

Long story short my computer room's circuitry is somehow linked with the outside lights, my mother-in-law hit the switch and I was sitting in the dark.
That Spit is probably still trying to figure out where I went....

[trumps]

yeah those gunners aren't bad, makes it interesting taking on a flight of bombers singlehanded, i like it!

Craig

[xnomad]

I know I'm coming off as a whining git but I don't want to fight AI online. If I want to take on AI bombers then I can do that in single player. Especially as the AI is so frustrating.

Since the patch the gunners are also too good. I attacked two He 115 yesterday out of boredom, each time the gunner took out my flap hydraulics with insane deflection shots before I even got close. The gunners were just like IL2 if not better.

I'd guess the majority of the people on the server are there to fight human opponents, the thing is some are so naive they don't realise to fight opponents you need opponents and you can't all go on the same side.

So I have to be pragmatic and end up being the Spit bitch that gets shot down for their pleasure, as I'd rather do that then fly around the map all day looking for the solitary spitfire with ten other 109's.

[trumps]

sounds good bud.

i don't mind going after the bombers, i find the E-1 works very well against them, flames engines and shreds crew positions very nicely, doesnt blow them into little bite sized chunks but a couple of seconds worth in the right spot sends em down just the same. from time to time a spit or hurri sneaks up and trys to ruin the party and then the fun really begins.
i would love to see the results of the bomber strikes affect the availability of airfields, fuel, and aircraft, when someone manages to incorperate this into mission scripts, and game play it will really put this game on the map as something better than just another flight sim. people will have to protect their bombers, and take out the enemy's. it will really make this the battle of Britain
that it is supposed to be.

Craig

[SEE]

Wolverine, nice read about your sortie in the Mk1a. I had a dreadful first half hour in a spit Mk2 and decided to take a break for half an hour to re-focus.

First encounter (at a daft low altitude) - pulled a high G turn - blacked out - and hit the channel without firing a single burst.

Demoted to newbie status!

It got worse......

Chased a BF - lost him in the glare - re-aquired my target - flack going off - pulled the trigger - it was a Spit, it crashed and it was a player!

Demoted to Blind as a Bat with Newbie status.

Took off from Hawking - bounced by a BF just as I lifted off - instant death!

Which is what happens when you are 'Blind as a bat' and flying 'Newbie Mode' given the amount of low flak filling the skies around Hawking.

After the break it was all OK but demoted myself to Hurri or Mk1a Spits only (TigerMoth is bugged......lol).

[ReconNZ]

Hi all, loving the ATAG server - its the only one my squad (RAAF) fly in!

Just one thing though, can you please not have the night rotation? Its too damn tough flying around at night and the server quickly empties out!

Also sorry i haven't read all the discussion but what is the thoughts re ai 109's flying escorts for some of the bombers? Is this doable with the current mission building parameters? It seems a little unrealistic that all the bombers reach the UK unescorted. (i know there are human escorts from time to time but these tend to be very loose).

We always fly RAF planes so we love the 109 escorts when we get them! We often like to escort the wellies over when we can too! Also dont worry about balance, we often fly the Hurri Rotol, prefering this to the Spit Mk2 most of the time. Please do keep the hurries stationed at Lympne though.

[trumps]

think server might need a reset, crashed about 10 minutes back.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Restarted.

No spitIIa's until I can figure out a way to limit them. And when they come back it will be in very small numbers. After being in a 109 for the last couple days, it's badly outclassed in virtually every aspect against the II, and I can understand the frustration for blues.

Question: Did they make the 109's worse? It seems they bleed energy much worse now.

[ATAG_Bliss]

Hmm,

It seems different to me. I fly as much blue as red. Maybe it has to do with the stalls.