Will the AI in SOW steal your kills??

[Fearfactor]

Originally Posted by baronWastelan

That would be a great feature. Personally I don't have any complaints about AI kill stealing, but I understand why it would be annoying to many. Not getting credit for all kills is part of a fighter pilot's life in WWII. I actually feel bad when I get the "Kill" message after a smoking enemy makes it all the way back to his territory and ditches, because in WWII I wouldn't have gotten the kill without confirmation. This was especially true in the USSR air force. Also, I'm not above stealing the AI's smoking victim from time to time

Yeah, I steal back kills from them too but it's a little hollow and not as satisfying as getting your own kill. Also there are times when I'm able to steal a kill back by putting a few bullets in the plane at the last second. But you sometimes have to trail that plane for a while to do it, while you otherwise could be getting on a new pursuit and new kill.

But I don't think it would hurt to get a key command to dissuade kill steals. People who don't mind having an occasional kills stolen would not have to use it. Or you folks who think it's kind of true to history would not have to use the command either. I'm just sayin'.....

[Fearfactor]

Another great feature would be to eliminate AI having faster planes of the same kind. And I'm not just talking about them not overheating. In my scenario posted above that AI mate had some temporary testicles added to his plane's engine to blow by me like he did and it happens all the time. My plane was at full throttle and not overheating so he should not have been able to muster added speed and acceleration that I could not add myself. They are particularly ( and suspiciously ) able to get this added "mystery boost" when they try to steal a kill and that's rather unfortunate. I'm just sayin' again......

[EJGr.Ost_Caspar]

An I-16 shouldn't fly at 9000m anway... and by then, when it reaches this height, the Bf109 should be home already.

[Majo]

"An I-16 shouldn't fly at 9000m anway... and by then, when it reaches this height, the Bf109 should be home already."

+1

Why we always forget this ...?
I will never understand what is the point for these "historic" abnormalities.

Salutes.

[TheGrunch]

You can tell them to return to base.

[tagTaken2]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

You can tell them to return to base.

And they will... right after they steal the kills of you, and everyone you care about.

[Fearfactor]

Originally Posted by TheGrunch

You can tell them to return to base.

You can only command them to return to base if you are the flight leader. I hate being the flight leader as one of my passions is to fly in formation with the other planes. If you're leader the others form up on you, not you on them. So in the latter case you can't really test your formation flying skills. I just enjoy staying sharp at flying by attempting to maintain perfect formation with the other planes. And over the years I have flown formation in every type of plane that is flyable. Some are tougher than others. Try to stay in formation in the Me-262 and you'll see what I mean, because constantly throttling up and down has to be done with great care or else, lest you explode or set fire to an engine. That 262 is a tough one for formation flying. Others are difficult due to massive torque. Some are really easy.

[Romanator21]

I wouldn't shoot my teammate down. Kill "stealing" happened. He's worth more alive than one dead enemy. In reality, pilots often made contact in just 1/10 flights, and even the top aces shot down aircraft only on occasion.

As for performance, it helps to know that 100% power and 100% prop pitch does not translate to highest speed. In a dive, you will go much faster by reducing RPMs and closing cowl flaps if open. Don't forget to set the supercharger and mixture for the proper altitude as well.

[Fearfactor]

Originally Posted by Majo

"An I-16 shouldn't fly at 9000m anway... and by then, when it reaches this height, the Bf109 should be home already."

+1

Why we always forget this ...?
I will never understand what is the point for these "historic" abnormalities.

Salutes.

Maybe it shouldn't but it does in IL2.

[KnightFandragon]

Lol, Bots stealing your kills......oh yeah, my uncle knows all about this. We often flew Coop missions and he would twist, turn, dive, and chase his target for 10-15 minutes just to have some random AI pilot come by fire 5 rounds and down his target....I was responsible for taking one of his kills haha. Then the part you said u shot down your own AI pilot....I did that once also. There was this 109 wingman of mine who wouldnt follow me, despite the order to cover my tail and my uncle was again following a target. I saw my wingman coming in head on at him, I was following my uncle, and I was like "oh shit, hes not about to.." just as i finish that thought (fireball) my wingman and my uncle crash. So, we reran that mission and this time we were flying to base and i gave my wingman I think it was line abreast or Echelon Right formation order and my wingman ignores my order. I then get make a diving right turn to prepare to line up w/ the runway....its at that moment my wingman follows my order and he crashes into me. Sooo, again we rerun the mission. This time I gave him a "Return to base" and he lands, we fly the mission us 2 vs like 6 planes, we win, return to base and my wingman is sitting on the runway so I strafe that unskilled, ignorant 109 flying bastard....if I had more ammo and there wasnt mad turbulence idda killed the guy.....So yeah, I know all about annoying ass AI who steal kills, cant fly, cant shoot, unless its my uncles kill =P.........Still after all that its a awesome fun flight sim that ive spent many hours one =D