Moving offline to online, a story and some lessons

[jimbop]

Originally Posted by SIDWULF

It seems this thread is implying that most people are still playing offline. What? I don't think i have ever touched single player in the original IL2, mabye Quick Mission Builder for target practice. I always figured Single player was just put in just to say it's there and as a side show to the real magic of multiplayer. Nothing is better then the experience of public servers, online campaigns and squadrons!

And i am even more surprised you have a fully modded HOTAS setup and you have never played online! I would of surely thought you would be using that to dominate everyone on the ATAG server.

I'm not sure about 'most' people but I know a lot are. Let's find out: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?t=28418

As cheesehawk said I like setting up scenarios that are difficult to achieve online. I also check out the loadouts and their effect on the various damage models offline with the damage report script.

Online certainly has a lot to offer in terms of adrenaline, though. And chasing (or in my case being chased) by a human opponent is much more satisfying!

[ElAurens]

Welcome to the big leagues.

Great report jimbop.

Seems to me you have things down pretty well for a new online player.

[jimbop]

Yes, that's the sort of thing that makes offline worth doing. Bomber defence is tremendous fun offline and requires a very different approach.

As ElAurens said in the other thread the unpredictability and cunning of humans opponents definitely wins out in dogfight.