Tell us why BoP is WAAAY better than Battlefield 3

[Robotic Pope]

Arrrghhh. Thats what I hate about unlocks that give you abilities over newer players. Its a right pain to not only be new at the game, not knowing any of the maps but to be totaly out gunned by longer time players aswell. I mean who in real life would take a Warplane into combat armed only with a cannon, no radar and no defensive counter measures and take it up against a fully armed highly effective enemy? He'd get shot down in seconds, and thats exactly what happens to me.

Thats what i like about BoP's unlocks, they were difficult but fair. A Hurricane can still win even against the most difficult to unlock plane.

[StiC]

Originally Posted by Robotic Pope

Arrrghhh. Thats what I hate about unlocks that give you abilities over newer players. Its a right pain to not only be new at the game, not knowing any of the maps but to be totaly out gunned by longer time players aswell. I mean who in real life would take a Warplane into combat armed only with a cannon, no radar and no defensive counter measures and take it up against a fully armed highly effective enemy? He'd get shot down in seconds, and thats exactly what happens to me.

Thats what i like about BoP's unlocks, they were difficult but fair. A Hurricane can still win even against the most difficult to unlock plane.

Hopefully private matches will be patched in to help boost unlockables.

StiC

[flynlion]

Thanks for the responses everyone. It sounds like the flight controls are sorta goofy, but at least you do get rudder, aileron and elevator yes? Do they work with legit flight physics (like, gravity? LoL) or is it a simple point and shoot like 99% of the other games out there? I been thinking about maybe renting this one but then I heard that you only get to fly in the online multi player, and that’s not even available from rentals I’ll probably pass this one up completely LoL

Still patiently waiting for Birds of Steel.....

[hurricane]

the last thing i want to do is fly in bf3.I played bf3 and a dogfight broke out is like saying I was playing Il2 and a firefight broke out.

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by hurricane

the last thing i want to do is fly in bf3.I played bf3 and a dogfight broke out is like saying I was playing Il2 and a firefight broke out.

Thats a bad example isn't it? You spend most of your time in Birds of Prey on the ground with the firefighters desparatly trying to put out your flames

Originally Posted by flynlion

Still patiently waiting for Birds of Steel.....

+1

[FOZ_1983]

I have to admit I do enjoy flying in this game. 99.9% of the dogfights involve use of the cannons only as the heat seekers just get countered by flares. The flight psychics work well enough though. Go to slow and you will stall and fall out of the sky. I'm enjoying it. It works particularly well with a friend in your team using the laser designator to mark targets for you. All in all I'm loving it. Feel at home in the air or on the ground. I do think anyone who has the slightest bit of interest of knowledge of aerial combat will prevail though. Half the people playing just fly around as fast as the can. Easy kills though I guess so I shouldnt complain.

This is mainly a fps though not a dogfighting game do we should really take that into consideration. A great game all round though. Especially when pope is on the other team and your trying to sneak around so you can get his dog tag haha.

But like the rest of you, I patiently wait for BoS and the chance to once again roam the skies in the hurricane or the mossie

[Robotic Pope]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

I have to admit I do enjoy flying in this game. 99.9% of the dogfights involve use of the cannons only as the heat seekers just get countered by flares. The flight psychics work well enough though. Go to slow and you will stall and fall out of the sky. I'm enjoying it. It works particularly well with a friend in your team using the laser designator to mark targets for you. All in all I'm loving it. Feel at home in the air or on the ground. I do think anyone who has the slightest bit of interest of knowledge of aerial combat will prevail though. Half the people playing just fly around as fast as the can. Easy kills though I guess so I shouldnt complain.

This is mainly a fps though not a dogfighting game do we should really take that into consideration. A great game all round though. Especially when pope is on the other team and your trying to sneak around so you can get his dog tag haha.

But like the rest of you, I patiently wait for BoS and the chance to once again roam the skies in the hurricane or the mossie

You knifed me?? When?

laser designtor? is that yet another unlock or are you talking about the back button marking? The multiplayer really is backwards when you think about it. I mean in singleplayer you expect the game to get harder as you progress through and better your skill. These multiplayer unlocks are the oposite. New people in jets have nothing but a gun and nothing marking any enemys or anything. Where as people who played the game from the launch (like you foz) who had an easier time with less high ranked people trying to kill them when they were new. now have a much lower difficulty in killing people thanks to all the unlocks.