Hornets Nest Help

[Soviet Ace]

Usually I just fly low near the ground, keep my eyes around the sky, and if I see a formation, I usually go for it. And also, you can just order your wingmen to attack the main objective ie Ju-52s, and they'll go after them easy. They shouldn't be hard to spot in the moon light, if your lower then they are.

[2nd LT. Herndon]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Usually I just fly low near the ground, keep my eyes around the sky, and if I see a formation, I usually go for it. And also, you can just order your wingmen to attack the main objective ie Ju-52s, and they'll go after them easy. They shouldn't be hard to spot in the moon light, if your lower then they are.

yeah that works too, i am correct about having to take down the planes right?

[Soviet Ace]

Simple answer: Yes

[2nd LT. Herndon]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Simple answer: Yes

ok lol thanks

[stez_ibanez]

Hello Fella's, just got the game yesterday and have read through the post's above, enjoying it but am struggling with this mission, the best i have done is shot down 22 planes and then the fail mission message comes up after about 8mins 20secs ish. How many transports are there to shoot down?

I have used my wingmen to intercept but they are useless (they seem to take forever to get a kill).

Any info is much appreciated

[Jazzy Jase]

Originally Posted by stez_ibanez

Hello Fella's, just got the game yesterday and have read through the post's above, enjoying it but am struggling with this mission, the best i have done is shot down 22 planes and then the fail mission message comes up after about 8mins 20secs ish. How many transports are there to shoot down?

I have used my wingmen to intercept but they are useless (they seem to take forever to get a kill).

Any info is much appreciated

There's only about 10 to 12 Transport planes to shoot down.

[Empi666]

just out of curiosity, what difficulty are you trying to beat this level on?

[stez_ibanez]

Originally Posted by Empi666

just out of curiosity, what difficulty are you trying to beat this level on?

LOL - I am a complete nOOb to this genre and have been playing it on arcade (PS3 system). I didnt realise there was only 10 to 12 transports, if i am shooting down 22 planes then i assume there are two or more different types of plane in this mission??

Sorry for being a nOOb LOL

[rufuzmitchell]

Originally Posted by stez_ibanez

LOL - I am a complete nOOb to this genre and have been playing it on arcade (PS3 system). I didnt realise there was only 10 to 12 transports, if i am shooting down 22 planes then i assume there are two or more different types of plane in this mission??

Sorry for being a nOOb LOL

First Off, nobody should feel the need to apologize for being a noob.
It just means newbie,but on the wonderful world of the internet it's almost a cuss word!

We all have to start somewhere,don't we?

I'm on the same mission right now and having a fairly difficult time with it, (yes,i too play on arcade!) The wingmen are quite useless indeed, they take so long to make a kill,that i just keep ordering them,because i keep thinking my order didn't register..but,hey any and all help should be used,so i use them as much as possible!

Mostly the bomber squads (slower planes) and transport planes are being escorted by fighters.So,yeah you should check if there are any fighters, i can't remember if they are escorted in this particular mission..but the transports are easy to recognize since they always fly in squads. and have a yellow nametag or sign or whatever it's called. just check the names on the planes,watch for clusters and firewall them. the IL-2 also sports rockets,and while it's fairly hard to get a hit with them,when lined up perfectly,it's definetly possible to hit the transports with it (i managed to take out an entire squad with three rockets and a firewall ! Just spam the rocket button while you firewall with machineguns and ignore the groundtargets. I almost made it,but one squad keeps getting away!

[Empi666]

Yeah, no need to apologize!

The reason I asked was that I have beat that mission and I am also playing at arcade level.

I had no problem beating this level. I never gave any commands and just shot down as many as I could and my men got the rest.